FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1950 Between 6 1 • 1 .!) ( / 14 \ „,\ 46 7 0 / ~, 5.. ) , 'if 4 :P \-7 ) I 0 ..t. 'fr The Lions With Elliot Krane Sports Editor Wall Street Ticker Chuck Spieser, still breathing heavily from his hard-fought de cision over Bill McMoore of Min nesota yesterday afternoon, walk ed into the handball court of Hee ' reation Hall. Instead of .the array of sweating players that usually fill the small room, he was greet ed by a mass of charts, tables' and a machine that looked like a glori fied Wall Street ticker. The Michigan State boxer was told to get -up on a table and the machine's operator spread small globs of mud on his ears, forehead and head. He attached electrodes to the mud spots, flipped a switch- and four ink fed tubes charted Spieser's brain waves on 'a long strip of paper. This operation was just one part of the over-all , study of col legiate boxing being conducted by the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Ben Glover,. Assistant Pro fesior of Neuropsychiatry, is con ducting this part of the experiz ment during -the national boxing - tournament. Chart the Waves "Before a boxer goes into the zing," said Dr. Glover, "we Chart hii brain waves on this machine. This is used as a con trol chart. After each fight, we check him again \ to see if the ' head blows had• any effect on ' his brain." Dr. Glover went on to explain the workings of the machine, call ed a electroencephalograph. "We Use Bentenite mud to establish contact between the• electrodes' and brain waves. If a boxer blinks, swallows or 'wiggles his toes, the machine:will pick up 'the change in , waves and record it on the ,chart. "A variation on the chart does not necessarily indicate that a Boxer is dizzy," he continued. Many times 'the man may be , nervous or excited and any vari ation from normal will be re corded on the graphs." . Last year, the electroencephalo graph, E.E.G. for short, was used at ; the tournament at 'Michigan State. No' boxers were , barred from participating in the contest because of abnormal wave pat terns, and none of the E.R.G.'s ob tained after the fights were ab normal. Get The Facts Throughout the' boxing season, 119 E.E.G. charts were made •of the Badger boxers. Of. the men examined, only two had.abnoririal patterns and had to' be barred fromboxing in the, all-,college tournament. None of the'.W.geon sin boxers suffered head blows sufficient to cause disability or unconsciousness. , • not' This study includes:only . boxers competing now but also. men who have boxed in college • and graduated. Dr. Brown would like to expand the study y. to include many other "colleges' and eventually the professional ." field. • Not Comfortable . - "That's not very comfortable," said Dr. Glover's assistant Bill Weiner, as he adjusted an elec trode on. Spieser's head. • ,; "That's 0.k., I wasn't very, com'-, fortable• out there in: the 'ring for three rounds, "quipped the Olym pic boxer. -Dr. Glover peered at the chart while Spieser and his , coach, George Makris looked on anxi ously. "Mnnn, I see you've picked up his pulse," said Dr. Glover as he pointed to little, regular peaks on the ink lines. "Here's where you swallowed," he explained, pointing out a mark that looked like a deep valley. There were other marks caused by eye.blinks and coughs but everything else was in perfect order. Dr. Glover folded the chart and prepared for the inevitable, 'What's this thing doc?" that would come from the next box ; . er waiting to get his brain okaY .. ed in this 'scientific boxing , tournament. - • "'''' rwr. nn r..V COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA After The Final Bell . . . —Penn State Photo Shop. CONdRATULATIONS: Pat Heims, Lion 155-pounder, shakes hands with LSU's*Gordon Peresich; after their quarter-final bout in the NCAA tournament yesterday afternoon. Helms upset the LSU boxer in a unanimous decision. • Win, Loie, or Draw, Bolger Fights Game Leo Taught By GEORGE VADASZ It was a tired looking- scrapper who turned on the hot water spigot in the Rec Hall shower room last night. "This kid Maxey is dynamite," he commented; "really, good." "You were pretty great yourself, Jack," remarked Penn State Coach Eddie Sulkowski. • • ' "I'm afraid it's all over now," Bolger replied reminiscently . . . and while the watery drops beat out their rhythmic notes on the cement floor, Bolger recalls that same shower room, but two years ago ... i. • He had just conie in .from a tedious workout. -He. wasn't out for the boxing team then; he was just .working out in an effort. to eliminate some excess poundage. Leo Houck, .connoisseur of potential boxing • talent and Penn State's boxing tutor. for 27 years' until his death this January, - was interested in, this youngster. Happy about his new "find"; Houck inquired, "ever box be , fore Fred.': (Houck had a.habit of calling everyone Fred). • Bolger replied negatively. But he was willing to learn. "All right Fred you come out tomorrow and I'll show you a few things," Houck said smilingly. A• week later hp wag ready =for his first test. TI jayvee boxe from' Syracu: invacled .the tarry 'Valley al Bolger, weighii 190 pounds th( was slated for •heavyweig' berth. • - He was oppi •ed by a fre: man, Mar • FAMOUS BRANDS SHOE' STORE 2 • Is/Your Headquarters For • • • ShoeS For Men • e‘ LOOK SMARTER • • • • FEEL BETTER Jarman shoe a,f9 so fle.*:ible and comfortable from the very . 'first y9u'/I - Org4t ail about "breaking them in." You'll like' the ' handsome styling and top quality leather, that shines like a ; mirror. Come in today for a finer shoe in every way. ;• At . , , • SURPLUS MEN'S and WOMEN'S SHOES AT .IGREATIOf REDUCED PRICES • 4** l7 Opposite The Post Office Crandell, a supposed ring neo-i phyte. ' , It didn't last long. • One • of M.arty's rights connected with Bolger's button . . . a trip to the canvas and lights out. • • But-that first setback didn't disco4rage Bolger, in fact it en couraged him and he stuck by his guns. The following season he was groomed by Houck for a start ing 175-pound berth. He went , great guns;.• , Only one guy could beat him, his nemesis from West Point, , Pete Monfore.' First, Monfore 'decisioned Bol ger in a dual meet, then again in the finals of the EIBA tourney. In their third meeting, at the Na tionals. it. was Monfore who elimi nated Bolger: Monfore, a two-time Eastern titlist,.went into the finals of last year's NCAA tourney but yester day in the upset — of 'the . day, he was dropped from further. compe tition by San Jose's Don Schaef fer. Bolger figured he'd get, a crack at a national title when up pops this guy Maxey. .Isolaxey owns quite a reputable ..record,-' himself, eight: straight • decisions, ; this year .and lhe Pi-. • cific Coast light . heavyweight crown. Not bad! • Bucky Ennis Scores Lone TKO Opening Win- ' Catholic University's 155-pound Bucky EnniS scored the lone TKO victory in yesterday afternoon's opening round of the 13th annual NCAA boxing show, staged at Rec Hall. Only nine seconds of the third round had elapsed when Ennis tagged Maryland's Southern Conference champion Don Oliver. Both scrappers threw leather about freely during the • opening two rounds but a vicious right thrown thrown by Ennis spelled lights out for Oliver. Ennis squares off against Eli Thomas, Gonzaga U. Pacific coast champion in a feature semi-final bout this evening. Only one 1949 NCAA champion stepped into the ring yesterday afternoon. Idaho's 145-pound Leonard Walker, in his first de fense of his title, won a decisive 90-76 verdict over Michigan State's Pat Dougherty. Carrying the battle all the way, Walker had Dougherty against the ropes numerous times in the second round. Accurate rights weapon and. Dougherty's doom. were Walker's chief offensive and Dougherty's doom. SURPRISE Ii the biggest surprise of the afternoon, Army's two-time Eastern champ, aggressive. Pete Monf ore fell by the wayside, losing a decision to Don Sc4ef fer of San Jose State., Schaeffer, last, year's NCAA heavyweight runnerup who com peteS at 175 pounds this year, had to much reach for Monfore. A third • round rally. gave Schaeffer a split decision. In another light-heavy pre liminary, Chuck Spieser, the Olympic battler. from Michigan State, lived up to his press no tices by pounding out , a 90-74 decision over Minnesota's game Bill McMoore. Actually the contest was much closer than the final score indi cates. McMoore, a stubborn scrap per, showed up well against the ring-wise Spartan slugger. REIMS WINS -Penn State's •first victory of the day was -lanky 155-pcikund Pat Heims. Very explosive in spurts, Heims had little difficulty in figuring out the southpaw tac tics of his Louisiana State op ponent, Gordon Peresich. Three-time Eastern 165-pound champ, dincing Jimmie Rollier, from Syracuse% copped a 'one sided decision from his Catholic U. opponent, Billy Maher. Al though never in trouble, Rollier was not to impressive in winning from Maher.. Another Syracuse battler, the Orange's number one' hope for a 4 4 . ~‘,.. , . ~... ------7-. Wardrobe . i .....,5...,,...„....,. .., v 5......... _...,‘ Favontes • , A 1 II . ' s ‘, ' • ‘ li i , Smartly Tailored Sport Coats 1 s Handsomely Tailored t, ! 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Pacific Coast champ, Mac Mar tinez took his eleventh straight of the year, a one-sided bout from Wisconsin's co-captain, 125-pound Steve Gremban. In the lone 130-pound contest of the afternoon, Jim Reilly of Gonzaga U., pounded out an im pressive win over Minnesota's Dave Mackey. (Results of last night's contests appear on the front page of to. clay's Daily Collegian.) Third Time Penn State is host to the NCAA boxing tourney for the third time. The first .tournament was held - at Rec Hall in, 1932. The Lions won the team title that year. Again in 1941, the Nationals were held here. 'VETERANS Want a free summer in Merico —and up to 9 credits, besides? You can study in Europe on the G. L Bill, tool See France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy (Rome, tool) Entire trip can cost as little as $649 plus study at the .University of Fribourg Write Foreign Studies Insti tute, $O6 W. College Ave. or call 6354. PAGE FIVE
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