lrrSts "fA DIECENMER 3, 1952 • 4. t 1952 IM Boxing Begins; go' Win in Ist Day Action DU's Move Up Three in Quest For Fifth Title By GEORGE BAIREY IM' boxing plodded meth odically . through listless first day activity of the 1952 tour ney, yesterday at Rec with nine men posting wins and eight moving up via the usual first-time-out f or f eit route. Delta Upsilon fraternity, four time defending team champions, picked' up right where it left off last season• and advanced three men into the second round, a pair of them through forfeits. Hank- Arnold, DITs machine like 155 pounder, converted hig long right-hand shots into an unanimous • decision over John Valentine, Pi Kappa Phi. The smaller, :more agressive Pi Kapp tried in the final two rounds, but couldn't get inside to the lanky Arnold. Two TKO's DU's Dean Harbold, last year's 128-lb champ, and Arch Kinder, 175, took wins in their respective divisions through forfeits, Har bold's coming in the 135-Ib. class at the expense of Barry .Bredt, Phi Signia Delta. Milt Erb, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, forfeited to Kinder. The 155-Ib. fraternity division found the only two abbreviated scraps of the nine-event program, both as a result of TKOs. South paw Jim Nelson, Theta Chi, after being swarmed all over by_ Zeta Beta Tau's Gil Kososky .in the initial round, quickly found him self in the 'second and stopped Kososky at 1:05. The other , TKO came in ' the Jack Cleland, Phi Kappa Sigma- Elliott Birkenshaw, Phi Gamma Delta, match. The larger Cleland, fighting a ,defensive. fight all the way, abruptly and very suddenly halted Birkenshaw at :30 of the final round with a short right hand to the head. Referee Eddie Sulkowski stepped in at that point and refused to let the Phi Gam continue. Miller Wins Independent action also gOt underway with four scheduled . bouts, two each in the 145 and 155-Ib. brackets. Bob Miller, 145, and Walter Stanish, 155, had to work for their first-round wins, while Robert McMath; 145, and • Al Smith, 155, were presented with forfeit wins. Miller was on top the whole fight with John Taylor, but couldn't get through to drop Walter Stanish, a- 'perpetual motion type of fighter, - unveiled a variety of left hands, ranging from a big roundhouse to a straight, shot to the head in- his bout with Jack Davis. Stanish took the unanimous decision. Forfeitwise, McMath" won over. Donald Zipin, as did Smith over 4 Jim Brennan. DTD's Hailkedis Advances It took a pair of scrappy 128- pounders to move the almost.: noiseless first-day gathering. Jim Greenwood, Kappa Sigma, and Tom Kingsland, Pi Kappa Phi, threw everything in the book at 4i each - other, -including long, loop ing overhands -and short back hands. Greenwood was staggered fewer times than his equally game opponent to capture the split verdict. Delta Tau - Delta's husky port sider, Ted Halkedis, cashed in on booming right uppercuts to oust George Steinhuser, Theta Xi, in a 165-Ib. go. Halkedis got the unani i mous verdict over his larger, op ponent. Another off ensiv e-minded southpaw, Norm Paul, AI ph . 4 Gamma Rho, took a split-decision from Sigma Phi Epsilon's Pete Crooks in the 155-lb. class. Paul, , a "go-gettem" fighter, swarmedN over his bigger opponent all the way. Other Forfeits I The lone 1.2,1.-lb, fraternity clash w found Jim McGraw, Phi Sigma Kappa, eliminating Steve SpenJ . Delta- Chi. McGraw took a t round to solve a steady left, and ' then went on to take the fight to Spencer the rest of the wayl for the split-verdict —Photo by Schroeder TED HALKEDIS, (right) ' Delta Tau Delta's southpew-sviinging 165-pounder, pumps one of many right uppercuts into the covered up George Steinhauser, Theta X;, .in their first round IM fight yesterday at Rec Hall. Halkedis went on to take an unanimous decision and advance into the second round of the 'fraternity 165-pound class. Sports _Thru The Lion's Eye By SAKE HIGHTON Collegian Sports Editor oh God, that men should predict sports results and make fools of themselvesl • Back in September, before the now dead 1952 collegiate, foot ball season had ,taken the first of its zany, bounces, Gloomy Gus disciples of NOtre Dame Coach 'Frank Leahy and Nittany Coach Rip Engle had their faces marred by deep rivulets of - tears for the Lions. Nittany gloomy Gusses were wearing out Leahy's favo rite pre-season moan, "we'll lose six." A "fool," who wasn't joking even though writing for a campus humor magazine, predicted a 5-5 season for the Lion gridders. A Collegian editorial writer "smartly" alluded that this was not to - be "a 1947 rainbow with a Cotton Bowl hanging on the end of it." Yet, the latter "fool" must be • commended more than the first—he came closest to achieving complete fooldom. For in the final analysis, State lost a Cotton Bowl or Orange Bowl bid by one game alone. The loss to Syracuse being that one game. That setback by the Orange was more unfortunate than a loss to Rut gers would have been. It may sound like the sourest of sour grapes, but it still is not believed here that Syracuse -has a better - football team than Penn State Look at it this way: Syracuse's lone claim to fame, other than its 25-7 Orange Bowl clincher over State, is a 20-19 squeaking vic tory over Holy Cross. Otherwise, the appropriately monickered Orangemen boast (can they really boast?) vrns over Colgate, Cornell, Temple, Fordham, and Boston University. Hardly any of these can be classified among the top ten teams in the East. On the other hand, look at the schedule the Lions went through. (Probably the roughest in Nittany history, the schedule is what helped make many predictors "fools.!') And how State went through it! Victories over Ivy League champion Penn and Southern Conference runnerup West Virginia (8-2); a tie with Big Ten co-champ Purdue; and a win over Pitt. a team con sidered by many—including the Orange Bowl committee—as the best team in the East until State applied its roadblock. With triumphs over Pitt and Penn, the Lions captured the cham pionship of Pennsylvania. (Villanova met none of the Keystone State's big three P's, 'Pitt, Penn, and Penn State). But it was the second jewel, the win over Pitt, that was the clincher for a Lion team which was probably the best in the East more Saturdays than not. The magnitude of the Pitt win can only be realired properly when you consider that the Panthers are the only "mortal" team to. beat Notre Dame's thirc)-ranked (AP) Irish. (Michigan State's invincible marauders also beat Leahy's "po lil' boys.") Pitt could have been little short of the "best in the East" to whip a team that defeated four conference champions Texas (Southwest), Oklahoma (Big Seven), Purdue (Big Ten), and Southern Cal (Paclic Coast). It's a shame that one defeat is held against a team. But alas, the record shows that Syracuse had 25 points, State but 7. It doesn't say that State was a weary team after meeting three straight un beaten teams and that Lebanon Valley could have beaten them that afternoon. It doesn't say that Syracuse had rested with an open-date the Saturday before the Lion game.. It merely says, 25-7—" nor all your tears wash out a word of it." * * * * * The first "fool?" His was just ordinary foolery since State wound up-with a 7-2,1 log—a proud record for any team. * • * PITT POST MORTEMS: Lion 'Coach Rip Engle said State.. played ifs best game of the season and expressed a fond wish for another chance at Syracuse , . . State narrowed the series gap to 30.20-2 in favor of Pitt . . . Complaints were heard among Pittsburghers about "a bum passer" Rudy Mattioli. Nothing was said about Rosey Grier and Stew Scheetz's pressuring him . . . Pitt was 'licked fairly .and squarely, In its two other losses star Vneliaalcor Joe Schmidt didn't play. No such excuse against the , Lions . Tackling was vicious and bone-rattling on both sides ' . . . History repeated itself in reverse. In 1940 and 1948 the Pan thers derailed bowl-bound Nittany teams . . . And Pitt hasn't • been bowling since the Tournament of Roses, Coach Jock Suther land. and 1936. - - • Tim p 4 my . SATE COLLEGF, PETINSYT,V44I:4%. •• -AAA, * * * * * * ATO's 60 -15 i . nCage Tilt \ A tall Alpha Tau Omega quintet starripe itself as a strong con tender for fraternity IM basketball laurels Monday night by trounc ing Alpha Epsilon Pi, 60-15. The potent ATO attack was spearheaded by Tony Dorrell, with 24 points and Larry Bauer, who added 18 counters. In other - action, Pi Kappa Phi; led by Fergey Condliff's 11 markers, turned back Sigma Al pha Mu, 33-16. Josh Lederberg paced the losers attack with 11 points. Millen Stars Alpha Phi Delta and Beta Theta Pi each chalked up four point wins. The former bested Signia Pi, 28-24, with Ang Borzillo show ing the way' for the winners with eight markers. The Betas defeated Sigma Phi Alpha 30-26, as Bob Harris contributed 10 points to the formers attack. John Millen's nine counters helped Phi Delta Theta to score a 23-11 win over Alpha Zeta, and Theta Xi had little trouble defeat ing Zeta Beta Tau, 27-11. Tau Phi Delis Win Beta Sigma Rho looked sharp in outclassing Alpha Gamma Rho, 33-13, as Al Goldberg scored sev en points for the Betas. Tau Phi Delta had little dif ficulty taking the measure of Al pha Chi Rho, 33-11, with Joe Strasser copping game scoring honors for the winners 'with 11 points, and Newk Grubb chalking up six for Alpha Chi Rho. Alpha Phi Alpha pulled away in the closing minutes to down a stubborn Delia Tau Delta team, 24-20. The Alphas were paced by Seth Brown's eight points, and football ace Bob Pollard's six markers. 6, 0 , Tromp AEPi's WRA Results Mac Hall 11, 35; Kappa Delta, 28 Gamma Phi Beta, 41; Alpha Ep silon Phi, 18. Atherton West, 14; Beta Sigma Omicron, 4. Zeta Tau Alpha, 48; Theta Phi Alpha, 16. Alpha Xi Delts won over Delta Gamma. Kappa Kappa Gamma won over Delta Zeta (forfeit). Phi Mu won over Tri Delts (for feit). Theta Phi Alpha won over Beta Sigma Omicron. Three on the Road Penn State will face Wisconsin, Penn and Boston University, all on the road, in its first three foot ball games in 1953. Wrestling Managers Candidates for second-assis tant manager of th e varsity wrestling team are asked to re port to Coach Charles Speidel or to the wrestling room- in Recreation Hall at 4 pan. to day. give yourseW a coffee-break When you have to use your head ... head straight for a cup of coffee! Coffee can help you think better ... for coffee gently stimulates your mind. It can help you work better for coffee helps efficiency. Youll feel better every way V... after a coffee-break! . Pan-American Coffee Bureau, 120 Wall St., New York 5, N.Y. Brazil* Colombia • Costa Rica Cuba • Dominican Republic Ecuador • El Salvador Guatemala • Honduras Mexico • Venezuela owns P4.qr, SEVEN Basketball Ping Pong When passing s your stake...
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