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IM Boxing Enters' Finals Tonight
Nine Teams
Post 1M
Cage Wins
Two walkaway-wins, after very
close halftime scores, were the
starring attraction at Rec Hall
Tuesday night as interfraternity
IM basketball resumed play.
After a close halftime score of
12-11, the Beta Sigma Rho quin
tet, who was on the short end of
the score as the first period ended,
came on strong in the last period
of play to trim the mired Alpha
Chi Rho crew to the final count
of 29-20.
ATO Romps
Kress Myton, with five field
goals, led the Delta Tau Delta
squad to a 34-18 romp over a hap
less Delta Chi five after a half
period score of 10-10.
Alpha Tau Omega ran over the
Phi Gamma Delta crew 46-22.
Fred Dorrell with 14 markers and
Larry Bayer with 15 points led
the race for the winners.
Jay Poser with 11 tallies and
Gitten with 12 points, led the
winning Phi Sigma Delta attack
on Sigma Phi Epsilon, final score
41-31.
Kappa Sigma endured a second
period rally by the Kappa Alpha
Psi team to win out 26-19. Chief
scorers for the winning squad
were Tom Wilson and Tom Golds
worthy with six tallies each.
ZBT Trails
Ron Miller, with 11 markers,
led his victorious Phi Delta Theta
team over the Theta Xi's, 24-13.
The losers were unable to recover
from a 15-4 halftime deficiency.
Zeta Beta Tau just didn't have
the stuff to turn back Tau Phi
Delta and wound up on the short
end of the 31-20 final score.
Alpha Zeta turned back the Al
pha Gamma Rho tide 22-12. Jim
Grove was head tide turner with
nine points.
Alpha Phi Alpha took one by
way of the forfeit rout from Delta
Sigma Phi.
Weftstone to Represent
Gymnastics on Video
Gene Wettstone, Penn St a t
coach, has been invited to repre
sent the sport of gymnastics in a
television film sports series now
being prepared in cooperation
with the American Olympic Com
mittee and the National Colleg
iate Athletic Association.
A St. Paul, Minn., firm has been
retained to do the series and will
send its cameraman to State Col
lege after the first of the year to
do the Wettstone sequence. The
intent is to cover every accredit
ed college sport and release the
series to television on a nation
wide basis.
"THE SAVAGE"
in technicolor
with
CHARLTON HESTON
Sat
GROUCHO MARX
CARMEN MIRANDA
in
"COPACABANA"
Mitemey
"HOW GREEN WAS
MY VALLEY"
WALTER 'ITT) -.EON
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Sports Thru
The Lion's Eye
By JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
Every bit as good as Tex Richard or Mike Jacobs, Intramural
Boxing Association promoters Gene Bishchoff and Dutch Sykes had
Recreation Square Garden packed yesterday evening, as it has been
for the last three weeks, for the semi-finals of the greatest intramural
show of them all. Nearly 300 bloodthirsty sadists hung from the
corner balcony and clustered around the ropes to watch the frat men
hammer each other from pillar to post—not for filthy lucre, but for
the honor and glory of the house.
Except for the fact that ring announcer Jim Schulte doesn't
quite have the golden-toned voice of a Harry Balogh, the IM
boxing tournament is a wonderful facsimile of the big time.
However, there are one or two differences from the pros. The
IM fighters are on the level and usually put on a bangup show.
In fact, some of the IM bouts are so good that they could help
to make Madison Square Garden more popular than the television
sets. Last night, for instance, the Don McCormick-Pete Shopa setto
was a fight to quicken the pulse of the most ardent fight fan.
For sheer drama, it was a good as a world's heavyweight title fight.
The full-house of McCormick's TKE's—who had probably posted
a fine for anyone not showing up—and Shopa's Kappa Sig's were in
a frenzy at the punchfest.
McCormick, the sentimental favorite to whip the football star,
had a coolness and a self-assurance which many pros lack as he
calmly and methodically attacked a tiger. Tiger Shope, who had
shredded all previous rivals, counterpunched the wicked 175-pound
smashes in rhythm to the roaring crowd. But McCormick had the
edge after two rounds. However, in the third, the Tiger took on
the cunning of a fox and feinted and lefthooked his way to a split
decision even though at the end he was resting heavy 16-ounce
gloves on his knees.
With McCormick smiling, and still cairn, the crowd booed and
booed judges Frank Patrick and Don Watkins and ref Glenn Haw
thorne. Yet, the jeers were in keeping with the Madison Square
Garden setting which also has had unpopular but accurate decisions.
Still: in tune with the "big time" setting, the IM's have the
occasional dull affair which gives rings'ders the chance to practice
their wit. The Warren Haffner-Bud Thompson "scrap" was one
such. Haffner from DU—a house of champions which never pledges
anyone without possessing proficiency in the ungentlemanly arts
of boxing and wrestling—snorted and pounded the air while his
Delta Theta Sigma foe stood like Jake LaMotta with arms low
and wide open and occasionally rushed like a bull. After two rounds
the score stood 0-0 but in the third the aggressor Haffner hit
solidly three times, once on the break to cancel one of his points,
and wound up with a 1-0 victory. But again, even the Garden has
seen such matches.
Such bouts are the exception. Many are like the second round
of the Jim Lewis (Sigma Chi)-Whitey Messermen (Delta Chi) slug
fest which saw both 135-pounders windmilling punches toe-to-toe
for almost a full minute. Although the headgears, 16-ounce gloves,
and quick stoppage of fights are all designed for safety—such leather
catching is mighty rough pounding to take just "for -the house."
SLIGHTLY PUNCHY: Al McChesney and Bruce Wagner cer
tainly shatter the belief that men cheerleaders are siss:fied. Both
looked plenty rugged in the squared circle as Phi Kappa Sig
McChesney won at 128 and• Beta Theta Pi Wagner lost at 135 . . .
Many of varsity boxing coach Eddie Sulkowski's boys—Adam Kois,
Tony Flore, Sammy Marino, and Lou Koszarek—serve as seconds.
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Bouts to Feature Activity
With the top-seeded fraternities advancing their eager
pugilists in Rec Hall yesterday, the 1952 IM boxing tourna
ment team champion will not be deterrnined until they meet
one another in the finals. The finals, which will feature a
12 bout card—eight fraternity men - and, four independents—
will be held at 8:15 tonight.
Delta Upsilon, three-time team
champion, maintains a slim lead
over strong contenders as Phi
Sigma Kappa, Sigma Nu, and
Beta Theta Pi.
Carl Evankovich, Phi Kappa
Sigma, became one of the light
weight boxing finalists when he
gained a unanimous decision over
Bruce Wagner, Beta Theta Pi.
The Phi •Kappa Sigma fighter
stunned Wagner later in the first
round with a right to the head.
Wagner, however, endeavored to
rally in the next round by beat
ing Evankovich to the punch, but
the aggressive Wagner hit the
harder on counter punches. Evan
kovich fell to the canvas in the
final round on a right to the head.
Crowd Boos Decision
Bob Thomas, Kappa Delta Rho,
received a unanimous decision
verdict from Dick Kepple, Delta
Sigma Phi, in their 165-lb divis
ion match. Toe-to-toe most of the
way, Thomas was more effective
in the exchange of punches. In
the third round Kepple dropped
his guard, leaving the former con
nect with a left jab and then a
ight cross to the head.
Probably the best fight of the
card, 175-pound Pete Shopa, Kap
pa Sigma, rallied in the final
round to win a split decision from
Don McCormick, Tau Kappa Ep
3ilon. A mixture of cheers and
boos came from the enthusiastic
crowd when the verdict was an
nounced. McCormick, a coo 1,
charging boxer, blocked Shopa's
potent rights beautifully, hitting
the TKO artist with rights and
lefts' to the head in • the second
sound.
The third round, however, was
decisive. Shopa swarmed over his
charging opponent, catching the
TKE pugilist flu . sh with his hard
rights to the head.
135-lb Champ Wins
After taking the harder punches
in the initial round, shifty Bob
Wylie, Pi Kappa Phi, rallied in
the next two rounds to gain a
split decision in their 121-lb en
ounter. In the second round Wy
lie rushed his foe, blocking Po
ito's attempted left hooks then
'rllowing with a terrific right to
head. Although Polito changed
is tactics in the third round.
'.lading with his right, the alert
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1952
By SAM PROCOPIO
Wylie also blocked his right jab
and then constantly landed with
a left jab.
Stan Engle, Sigma Nu's 1951
135-lb champion, was awarded a
split decision win over Tom Hand,
Lambda Chi Alpha. Both fighters
failed to stay toe-to-toe through
out their three rounds. Engle and
Hand would lead with a left or
right and then backstep away
from his opponent. In the ex,
changed punches however, Engle
landed more often.
Haffner Outpoints Foe
Barton Fields, Kappa Alpha Psi,
enter the finals by constantly
beating Theo Balabanis, to the
punch The 128-pound Fields
rocked Balbanis with vicious
rights in the second round. In the
clinches Balabanis Worked on
Fields' midsection, while the win
ner was connecting with hard
rights to the head.
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Warren Haffner, DU, outpointed
Bud Thompson, Delta Theta Sig
' ma, in the 165-lb class. It Was not
until the final round that both
.fighters began exchanging jabs.
Thompson's unorthodox style
Igave Haffner an opportunity to
connect his hard rights to the
iformer's face. Thompson held both
gloves away from his body and
constantly swung them together.
Whitey Messerman, Delta Chi,
gained a split decision from Jim
Lewis, Sigma Chi. The Delta Chi
fighter's rights and lefts in the
second round had Lewis covering
up. In the third round both fight
ers stunned each other with ter
rific rights.
Musial Polished Boxer
Offensive-minded Alan McChes
ney, Phi Kappa Sigma, outdanced
and outpunched his 128-lb rival
to gain a unanimous decision.
McCesney was effective with his
left jabs to the head and body.
Middleweight Bill Matthews
won a unanimous decision from
Torn Lozaw, Delta Sigma Phi,
with a flurry of rights and lefts
to Lozaw's head.
Joe Musial, Theta Xi, the more
polished boxer, stunned welter
weight Bob Krieger, Phi Sigma
Delta, in the initial round to gain
qplit decision. - •
Harry Carroll, Phi Sigrpa, Kap
3, was the only forfeit win on
card.