MpCH 18, 1953
The Lion’s Eye
By JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
STUMBLING HEBE AND THERE:
What was billed as the Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing champion
ships had a startling resemblance to a dual meet between Syracuse
and the Eastern All-Stars. Six of eight Syracuse boxers fought in the
finals and except, for Artie Nelson’s failure to scale 132 pounds at
the semi-final weigh-in, the champs would have had seven for eight
• . . The order of team finish—Syracuse, Army, Penn State—was a
1952 replica and an Orange phenomena' for the last five years . .-. No
wonder the “All-Stars” were raising a hue which sounded like
“Break up Syracuse.” After all, so monotonous a winner like base
ball’s New York Yankees haven’t won five straight, yet . . .
Captain Sam Marino’s sparkling defense of his 125 pound EIBA
title earned him the Outstanding Boxer award and a .place beside
Chuck Drazenovich, the only other Nittany ever given the honor
(I 860). Draz boxed heavyweight in addition to starring on the foot
ball team. He’s now with the Washington Redskin pro gridders
. . . State’s assistant boxing Coach Frank Patrick called the shot
on Sam’s selection but Marino told Pat he “was prejudiced” . . .
In sharp contrast to the merciless, killer , instinct of the Syracusers,
Maryland’s, Gary Fisher was responsible for the tourney’s finest
gesture. Fisher was meat-grinding Catholic U.’s Die DiCarlantino
in the second round of their preliminary bout. Seeing his foe’s dis
tress, Fisher leaned .into a clinch and said, “I’ll carry you.” For the
rest of the bout Fisher threw powder-puff punches with the con
vincing authority of a Barrymore.
Talking about monopolies on Eastern championships, the Nit
lapy wrestlers are piling up. shares in the EIWA title market.
Thejir third successive conquest Saturday is only one away from
the Nittany high-water era—l9lB-21 when State won four straight
. : . However, the over-all caliber of EIWA wrestling is tightening
up behind the Lions. A year ago State had 33 points. The field
straggled behind with Syracuse getting 17. Rutgers 16. and Lehigh
15. The gap between t'he top four was considerably narrowed last
weekend. Slate netted 31, Cornell 25, Lehigh 22. and Army 18 .. .
Jerry Maurey’s 137 pound championship placed the. third jewel
in the family EIWA crown.. Brother Jim won at 145 in 1950 and
brother ■ Don "took 137 honors in 1951. Only one detail keeps the
Maurey wheel from coming full cycle—both Don and Jim captained
Nittany teams.. . . When in doubt, favor the champ. Not that a
champion should be given special' favors. However, he should be
beaten. When-Cornell’s Don Dickason tied Joe Lemyre 2-2 in the
167 pound semi-finals, State’s defending champ should have been
called fhe winner. A couple of years ago Jersey Joe Walcott actually
“licked” , world’s champion Joe Louis in the opinion of nearly every
one. But the Brown Bomber—the champion, remember—got the
decision.
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Sometimes the less you expect, the more you get. So it was
with the Nittany gymnasts. Given the least consideration for pos
sible individual champions because they had relied more on over
-111 lhan siickout performers, the G-men brought back the
most titles—four. Golly, the EIGA only offered seven.
Neither here nor there, but . . . Has an athlete ever performed
Pe . nn State with a more ses*quipdedalian surname than Harry
Papacharalambous? (He was a Nittany 130 pound boxer in 1950).
**★ ★ ★
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. The most colorful basketball ref in the Nittany-Penn district,
Hed Mihalic—an occasional visitor to Rec Hall—got into trouble
agaii} during the recent National Invitational tourney in Madison
Square Garden, .The dramatic Redhead needed a police escort
sifter the LaSalle-St. Johns game when incensed LaSallers made a
rush for him. Mihalic has had his troubles with Grandstand Refs
before. Several years ago Mihalic - got so much abuse from fans
during a Piit-Duquense game that he quit the harrowing trade
for the-season and for a long lime afterward refused to work his
Hometown Pittsburgh.
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THE DAILY STATE COLLECT; PENNSYLYAIHA
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Grapplers Seek NCAA
Win for 'Grand Slam'
After establishing itself as the winning est team today and then copping its third
successive EIWA title, Penn State’s matmen will be seeking wrestling’s “grand slam”
when they oppose collegiate grapplers from, the entire United States for national honors
at Rec Hall March 27-28.
In winning its third tit
Sports
Briefs
Cage Coaches Meet
KANSAS CITY, (JP) College
basketball coaches took an offi
cial swipe at Clarence Bevo
Francis’ phenomenal, scoring rec
ord yesterday and then went into
a harried huddle over rules.
They kicked a number of pro
posed ■ changes around in a
lengthy session, devoted largely
to the controversial “one and one”
regulation, and,prepared to make
a set of recommendations to the
rules-making body tomorrow.
Before tackling the rules,
though, the National Association
of Basketball Coaches adopted a
resolution asking the NCAA to
put stronger, restrictions in its of
ficial . statistics. '
In a move aimed at Francis, the
group urged that the-NCAA re
strict its team and individual rec
ords to games involving four
year, degree-giving colleges. It
asked that any action be made
retroactive. '
Howard Hobson of Yale, in pre
senting the motion, said the pur
pose is. to eliminate ludicrous
records such as that piled up this
year by the Rio Grande sensa
tion, who was credited with 1,954
points in 39 games for a 50.1 av
erage.
Braves to Shift?
ST I . PETERSBURG, Fla., (A 3 ) —
National League • club owners
meet today to consider shifting
the Boston Braves to Milwaukee,
less than 48 hours after the Amer
ican League refused to let the
St. Louis Browns move to Balti
more.
What action the Natio n a 1
League will take is problemati
cal. Those close to the situation
believe Braves’ president Lou
Perini’s chances, which looked so
bright only a few short days ago,
now are much darker.
Freshman Baseball
Candidates for the freshman
baseball team should report to
Coach John Egli in Rec Hall
tomorrow or Friday.
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ie crown, Penn State took second place among the league
leaders. Coach Charlie Speidel’s
matmen how own a total of 12
titles since they .became members
of the league in 1918. Lehigh,
which leads the loop in total
titles, has one more championship
than State.
Cornell Leads
Although the matmen of Cor
nell trail-the Lions with 11 cham
pionships, ■ they . convinced Spei
del’s grapplers that they have a
long way. to go before ousting the
Ithacans in individual honors.
Going into the 49th annual tour
nament, Cornell led with 65, while
State was second with 62.
Since Bettucci of Cornell was
the Ithacan expected to win a
title and the Lions were expected
to take five, there was no doubt
that Penn State would take the
lead. This did not hold true, how
ever. Cornell ended the. tourney
with three individual champions,
while the Nittany Lions survived
with only two. State now trails
with four.
State Wins Most in 137, 147
With Dick Lemyre (130) and
Jerry Maurey (137) winning in
dividual titles, Penn State’s rec
ords show that most of the wrest
ling standouts are in the lighter
weights. Of the. 64 Lion winners,
39 have been earned in weight
classes of 145 pounds or under.
State has been most consistent
in the 137 and 147- pound brackets
than any other. Thus far, Penn
State has won 11 in those divis
ions. Nine times the 130 champion
has been a Penn State man while
the 123 title has been captured
but three times.
The Nittany Lions have won
13 championships in the heavier
divisions—l 67, 177, and heavy
weight.
Berger Pinned in :15
In the upset department Joe
Lemyre and Bob Homan were not
alone. Others' included were sec
ond-seeded Ken Faust of Lehigh
(137), top-seeded Ed Rooney of
Syracuse (157), second-seeded Ed
Downey of Yale (177), and second
seeded Hud Samson of Penn State
(Hwt.) who all were beaten in
the semi-finals.
Probably all records in dual
meet and tournament competition
were broken when Pete Blair of
Navy caught Temple’s Bob Ber
ger on a dive and secured a cradle
hold to show him Dillon Gym
nasium’s lights in fifteen seconds.
Berger remarked after, the pin
that “I thought I would go all
out to win. But I was careless.
As soon as I charged him, I was
flat on my back.”
Collegiate
Chatter
Syracuse University’s Orange
Bowl football team of last year
will invade State College Oct. 17
to continue an old - rivalry with
Penn State. The Lions will be out
to avenge a 25-7 setback last fall.
The ’52 Saltine Warriors went on
to compile a 7-2 record and cap
ture the Lambert Trophy, sym
bolic of the Eastern champion
ship.
Powerful Illinois is the only
new addition to the Orange 1953
schedule. The Illini will be met
at Champaign Oct. 24. Illinois
is back on the Syracuse card
after a year's absence, the last
meeting being in 1951, as John
ny Karras and Don Stevens led
the Midwesterns to a 41-7 win
at Syracuse.
NYU was on the schedule, but
the Violets recently announced
they are dropping the sport. The
1952 Orange opponents which are
missing from the schedule are
Michigan State and Bolling Air
Force Base.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha over Co-op
Leonides over Atherton West
Woman’s Building over Aye-Sees
Delta Gamma over Kappa Delta
Theta Chi Alpha over Kappa Al
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Leonides Over Gamma Phi Beta
Phi Mu over Alpha Chi Omega
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