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Knockout En • s Eastern Boxing
REFEREE CHARLIE REYNOLDS
waves Syracuse heavyweight George
Kartalian to a neutral corner before
couting out Joe Mehalick of Virginia
during the 'first round of their cham
pionship bout in the ETBA tourney in
Albarano, Marino Capture
Eastern Ring Championships
After a,couple of unforseen setbacks washed their chances for a
team championship down the drain, the Penn State boxers did
manage to come through Saturday night with two individual champs
and finish third behind Syracuse and , Army.
Lion Captain Johnny Albarano retained his 147-pound crown
and 125-pbunder Sammy Marino won his first championship, while
139-pounder Tony Flo r e, the
Lions' only other finalist, dropped
a split decision
As a result of. the five, points
apiece which the championships
brought, and three points for the
runnerup spot, the Lions finished
with 13 points as compared to
he. Oranges' 24 and Army's 21.
First Jolt
The points, however, don't tell
the whole story, for had Lady
Luck been a little kinder, the
Lions might have capttfred the
coveted team crown.
The State team received ;the
first jolt when 178-pounder Ad
am Kois, after a gruelling semi
final win over Syracuse's Whitey
Mahar, found that he had broken
his hand and would be unable
to continue into the finals.
According to IBAA rules, if a
man, after winning a fight, is
unable to continue, the man he
beat takes his place. So, Mahar
went on to meet Army's Jim Mc-
Inenery,,in the finals.
The committee, after several
hours of debate; ruled that Mahar
would be awarded the three
points toward the t eam score
which Kois had earned by fight
ing his way into the finals. As it
turned out, this three points was
Syracuse's margin of victory over
Army.
Three Champs Each
The Lions' second blow came
in the afternoon semi-finals,
when defending 165-pound champ
Lou Koszarek lost a tight deci
sion to Virginia's Estel' Nichols.
After the bout was declared even
on points, two judges gave the
verdict to Nichols and one to Kos
zarek.
Syracuse and ,Army each pro
duced three individual cham
pions, with the Orange taking
more of the runnerup honors.
In the biggest upset of the
night, Army's Carl Crews de
throned Syracuse's 156 -po u n d
king Bill Miller. What makes the
feat even more astonishing is the
fact that Crews had eliminated
Virginia's Pete Potter in a tough
semi-final match, while Miller
had spent only 15 seconds knock
ing out Catholic U's John Spin
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12ty 808 VOSBURG
Summary
Semi-final Suirtmaries
125 pounds
Sam Marino, Penn State, decisioned Tom
Coulter, Syracuse.
Paul Driscoll, Army, TKO'd Bill Banerdt,
Virginia. Time: 55 seconds of third.
132 pounds
Art Nelson, Syracuse, decisioned John
Cronin, Catholic U.
Jim McGee, Army, TRO'd Bob Rush,
Virginia. Time: 1:10 of second.
,147 pounds
John Albarano, Penn State, decisioned
Rod Koch, Army.
Gus Fiacco, Syracuse, decisioned Grice
Whitely, Virginia.
156 pounds
Bill Miller, Syracuse, TKO'd John Spin
ale. Catholic U. Time: 15 seconds of first
Carl Crews, Army, decisioned Pete Potter
Virginia.
Estel decisioned Lou
Kbszarek, Penn State. •
Jeryl Hughes, •Army, decisioned Cliff
Sisler, Catholic U.
llwt.
Joe Mehalick, Virginia, TKO'd Bob Pot
ter, Penn State. Time: 1:45 of thi second.
George Kartalian, Syracuse, TKO'd Mike
Ropier, Army. Time: 1:50 of the second.
Eight Advance
n IM H-Ball
A full bracket of eight men
moved into the third round of
the IM fraternity handball
singles tournament in matches
played last night at Rec Hall.
John McCall, Alpha Tau
Omega, 'and Don Bricker, 'Kappa
Delta Rho, each copped easy' deci
sions. McCall won over Acacia's
Don Williams 21-0, 21-5, while
Bricker downed 'Tim Rodriquez,
Alpha Chi Sigma, 21-1, 21-0.
Art Betts,• Phi Delta Theta,
ousted Don Maurey, Delta Up
silon, 21-6, 21-9. Jim Clark, Sigma
Pi, and Ilvio Del Farra, Alpha Phi
Delta, moved up through forfeit
wins.
Other results last night in
cluded: Bill Hamilton, ' Delta
Sigma Phi, over John Mattie,
Sigma Phi Sigma, 21-18, 21-8:
Bernard Whitehill, Theta Kappa
Nu, 21-2, 21-4; Fred Leviri, Phi
Phi, over Len Shephard, Sigma
Sigma Delta, over Bill Waters,
Sigma Chi, 21-7, 21-3.
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THE DAILY COLLE9TAN STATE CCiLLEdt PENNSYLVANIA
Photo by McNeillie
Rec Hall Saturday night. Kartalian al
so KO'd Army's Mike Hepler in the
afternoon semE-final session. Syracuse
won the team 'championship and had
three individual champions. Army fin
ished second and the Lions were third.
165 pounds
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assistant base ball manager
ships can sign up at the Ath
letic Office in Old Main.
Edinboro Wins
With Last Ditch
Rally, 34-28
Edinboro, defending independ
ent cage champion, displayed true
championship form last night;
rallying in the second half to
avert what would have been . a
big upset In IM basketball.
The Epars, fighting every inch
of the way, led throughout most
of the game, but couldn't check
the high-scoring winners in the
final six minutes, and finally lost
out, 34-28.
Phi 4Sigs Win
Edinboro's tall cent e r, Ken
Bouldin, turned the :tide in the
second half with'amazing prowess
under the backboards. The Epars
led at halftime, 15-14, and stayed
With the defending champs ,until
a nine-point splurge by Ediiqboro
late in the game iced the contest.
Another playoff favorite, the
Sinkers, found its opponents, the
Foresters, equally as tough, but
managed to squeeze out a . 34-33
victory. Jim Garrity, who led the
winners with 13 markers, scored
what proved to be the winning
basket with a left-handed hook
shot.
Phi Sigma Delta piled up a
15-5 halftime' lead, and held on
desperately to eliminate Phi Del
ta Theta, 30-23. Jay Poser's 11
points led Phi Sigma Delta into
the semi-final round.
Crusaders Move Up
Pi Kappa Alpha also moved in
to the semi-finals by dropping
Sigma Phi Sigma,' 41-31, as Bill
Thorpe tallied 21 markers.
The Crusaders advanced to the
quarter-final round by edging
Dorm 14 by a 20-18 margin.
BULLETIN
NEW YORK, March 10—(P)
A record free throw performance
by slender Norm Grekin gave La
Salle of Philadelphia a 51-45 up
set victory over fourth-seeded St.
John's tonight and with it a free
ticket to the semi-finals of the
National :Invitation , Basketball
Tournament.
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HERE ARE the Eastern Intercolle
giate Boxing champions for 1952: (left
to right) George Kartalian, Syracuse
heavyweight: Ji m Mclnerney, Army
178 pounder: Jeryl Hughes, Army 165
pounder: Carl Crews, Army 156' pound
er: Johnny Albarano, Penn State 147
Cagers Take Rest,
But Watch Mailbox
Coach Elnier Gross' basketball team is going to spend this week
relaxing after `closing the most successful season in State history—
but the cagers will have one eye on /the mailbox.
• The. Lions' decisive 80-67 triumph over Bticknell at Lewisburg
Saturday gave the Nittanies a 20-4 record, and strengthened hopes
for an "at large" bid to the NCAA tournament
Tentative plans call for the Lion basketeers to resume practice
drills later this week after • a
short, layoff. NCAA tourney officials
will make final selections by Sat
urday. Results of the National In
vitation Tournament now in
progress will
~probably affect the
district bids.
When' College officials turned
down a feeler 'to • the ,NIT last
month they expressed preference
to the NCAA. Gross said if the
school received a bid and officials
passed it, his squad would accept.
The Blue and White had an un
expectedly easy time with the
Bisons Saturday. Coach Jack
Guy's crew was 'supposed to be
tougher at home than when. the
Lions won a ten point victory
in Rec Hall early in the season.
A balanced offense aided the
Lions',cause. Five players scored
in the double figures, with Jesse
Arnelle leading the way with 22.
This outburst-lifted the amazing
freshman's point total for the
year to 448
The other Lion pacesetters were
Joe Piorkowski, 14; Herm Sled
zik and Jack Sherry, 12; and
Hardy Williams, 11. Thus, Co
captain Williams and PiorkoWski
concluded their collegiate careers
in fitting styles. The other senior,
Co-captain Tiny McMahen scored
two field goals.
The Lions started fast with 26
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Footb - all Meeting
Theie will be an important
meeting of the football squad
at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in 110
EE.
Coach Rip Engle extended a
special invitation to all stu
dents who have had previous
football experience bu t who
have not yet been out for the
team.
All, members who have not
yet turned in schedule cards
are requested to bring them to
the meeting.
Bortnies Defeat
W. Kentucky;
70-69, in NIT
NEW YORK, March 10—(iP)—
Third-s eed e d St. Bonaventure
' went on a wild scoring binge in
the third quarter tonight and sub
dued , Western Kentucky, 70-69, to
gain the semi-finals of the Na
tional Invitation Basketball Tour
nament at Madison Square Gar
den. Behind 41-58 at one stage
in the last half, the Kentuckians
almost pulled the exciting game
out of the fire.
After trailing 34-38 at inter
mission, the spirited Bonnies
scored ten straight points befOre
the. Hilitoppers could scratch and
rolled up 24 points in the space
of seven minutes while their
dazed foes were getting only
three.
This gave the Bonnies a 61-50
lead at the third quarter and
the game seemed over until the
K.entuckians, the nation's 'leading
marksmen in the matter of field
goal percentages, surged , back
with a rush that brought a , sellout
crowd of, 18,000 to its , feet.
With a minute to go Richard
White, Western's dumpy guard,
drove in with a layup to cut the
score to 70-67. Kay Greer, a sub
stitute, made it 70-69 with less
than 15 seconds to' play.
Bob Sassone, St. Bonaventure's
bespectacled r ebound i-n g and
shooting ace, ,led his , team's ,scor
ing With 17 points.
Toutinciitieni
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By DAVE COLTON
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1952
Photo by McNeillie
pounder; • John Granger, Syracuse 139
pounder: Art Nelson, Syracute 132
pounder; and Sam Marino, Penn State
125 pounder. Albarano and Mclnerney
were the only exile:es in the tourney to
successfully defend their crown.
4 WRA Teams
Remain on Top
1 Four teams maintained , their
first place positions last night as
WRA intramurals resumed activi
ties • after a two-week recess due
to sorority rushing.
In badminton' Atherton East
stayed on top in League 3 as a
result of a forfeit by Beta
,Si g ma
Omicron. McAllister whitewashed
Thompson A to retain its first
place in League 1 in badininton.
Alpha. Gamma Delta shutout Co
op, to keep first place in League 2.
In bowling, a forfeit by Theta
Phi Alpha held Chi Ome'ga, in the
top position in League 1.
In the •other badminton games
Kappa •Alpha Theta won over
Simmons and Delta Gamma de
feated/Sigma Delta Tau.
In the only bowling activity,
Atherton West claimed Kappa
Delta, 523-438. . •