WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1955 3 Win to Bolster 20-Point Margin; Sigma Nu Loses 2; 5 Indies Win DU stock soared last night When three of its IM boxing entries won decisions to qualify for a shot at titles Thursday night. Five other fraternity hopefuls and five independent boxers won their semi-final tests to also move into the championships. Before last night’s action even began, DU led the fraternity pack with 65 points. Phi Kappa Sigma, last year’s champs, and Sigma Nu were tied for second with 45 points each. Sigma Nu lost two men last night, but Plji Kappa Sigma advanced one man to the finals. Jack Stewart put the DU’s championship drive into motion when he decisioned Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Merle Smith. The 135- pound Stewart—calm and confi dent throughout the bout —used a sharp left jab and a hard right cross combination to defeat Smith. Tony DeJulius, boxing in the 128-pound division, followed Ste wart into the finals by pounding out a hard-earned decision over Dan Land, Sigma Nu. Land, al though game and aggressive, could not stymie the experienced DU’s flurries. Jim Lockerman gave the DUs their third,, man in the finals by whipping Jim Schry, Phi Delta Theta. Lockerman cornering his man in the second round, threw two stiff lefts to the head, drop ping Schry to the canvas. After the knockdown, Lockerman was in complete control. Brahm Stops Weaner A 1 Brahm, Sigma Alpha Epsi lon, earned, the right to meet Lockerman far the 175-pound title by stopping Bob Wenner, Pi Kap pa Phi, in the first round. Referee Eddie Sulkowski' was forced ,to call a halt to the fight because of an injury to Wenner’s nose. * Dick King, Lambda Chi Alpha, entered the finals against DeJul ius by pounding out a unanimous decision over Sid Kurtz, Theta Kappa Phi. King used a potent right hand lead to rock Kurtz twice during the bout to swing the votes of the judges. Ray Okamoto. Phi Kappa Sig ma—l2l pound finalist in 1954 made his second bid for the cov eted crown by winning a split decision over Joe. Nudge, Alpha Gamma Rho, in the closest bout of the evening. Both fighters traded hard shots throughout the fight, with Oka moto’s carrying more steam. The Phi Kappa Sig landed two hard left hands in the final round to clinch the victory. Epstein 121-Pound Finalist Earl Epstein, Alpha Epsilon Pi, also entered thte 121-pound finals by defeating hard-fighting Joe Hyspn, Sigma Nu. Epstein used his strong overhand left in win ning the decision. In the independent battles, Ro ger Crawford copped a unanimous decision over Phu Caton to enter the 165-pound finals. The fight was very close, but the aggressive Crawford connected with the harder blows in winning. Dick Hartmann joined Craw ford in the 165-pound finals by defeating a game Jim Farina. Hartmann was forced to stage a rally in the final round to get the nod. Larry Wert pounded his way to a unanimous decision over Ron Tacchi in a 145-pound battle. Wert opened up with a relentless attack to keep Tacchi on the de fense for most of the fight. Vignola Wins Mike Vignola advanced into the 155-pound, finals by whipping Joe Riley. The bout was stopped in the second round when Vignola sent Riley to the canvas with a hard right high on the head. It took Harry Stack only nine seconds to dispose of Ron .Welton in the other 155-pound semi-finaL Stack threw a short left jab, and followed with a sharp overhand right to the face to floor Welton. At that point Sulkowski stopped the bout. Denny. Springer, Delta Chi, gained a forfeit victory over Gene Foster, Phi Kappa Sigma, to enter the 135-pound finals. Juniata Coach a Lion Bob Hicks, coach of Juniata College’s Tangerine Bowl football team, played on Penn State’s Cotton Bowl team of 1947 and co captained the 1948 team. A native of Lancaster, he posted unbeaten records in his first two seasons at Juniata. Pads Ring Lead By VINCE CAROCCI Dorm 14, 'Horses' Top IM Bowling By LOUIE PRATO Dorm 14 and the Dark Horses maintained their Intramural bowling leads Monday night by copping victories at the Recrea tion Hall bowling alleys. Dorm 14 is on top of Inde pendent League A with a 29-3 record while its counterpart in League B, the Dark Horses, have a 30-6 slate. The Dark Hdrses won its fifth straight shutout with a 4-0 win over R.A.R. The winners bowled 825 in one game and 2550 in three to capture the high team single, and three-game scoring for the night. . Dorm 14 received a surprise from Pollock 2 in its 3-1 win. After winning the first two games of the series, the victors fell to fi»e men from Pollock by 29 points. It was. only the third loss suffered.by Dorm 14. In other League A games, sec ond place Dorm 23 defeated Watts Rollers, 3-1; the Alley Cats stop ped the Weather Men, 3-1; and the Engineers won a forfeit from the Centovards. Another game be tween Unit 6 uad the Nittany Ten Pins was cancelled when both teams failed to appear. ' Two other shutouts were re corded in League B—Runner up Newman Club blanked the No Threats, 4-0, and East Five stopped Frazier Dorm, 4-0. In other matches, the Screw bowlers edged the Flying Dutch men, 3-1,. and the Pin Splitters battled to a 2-2 deadlock with the Erieites. East Five's Russ Bovaird won the individual single in the B circuit , when he rolled 208 in the third game of Dorm 14's match with Frazier Dorm. This brought his three-game total to 543. also tops for the league. In the other loop, Lloyd Kling er, Dorm 14, won the high indi vidual single and triple with a 207 and 531. His teammates came through to win the team triple with 2151, but Pollock 2’s 793 in the third game of their match was the high team single in the circuit. T H E T A V E R N THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Griess Role Doctor Alfred A. Griess, a name synonomous with athletics at Penn State, plays one of the most important parts in promoting the great success of the intramural boxing program that has been staged the last two weeks at Rec Hall. “Doc Griess,” his familiar nickname, can be seen any night, Monday through Friday, from 5-6:30 at r '' -ide carefully watchir the boxing events, and, above all, I scrutinizing each boxer’s actions. If any boy shows signs of tiring or appears injured in any way, Doc Griess will either have the round ended or the bout stopped. This may be the main reason why the spectators in the balcony have hollored: “that round wasn’t two minutes long’’ or “you’re favoring the other guy.” Round May Be Short But according to the IM rules, a round can be a maximum of two minutes long. This is left up to the! discretion of the attending doctor at ringside. Thus, the reasons fori the short rounds and numerous catcalls, according to Dutch Sykes, assistant director of the IM de partment, there hasn’t been one serious injury to a boy since he (Sykes) has been here; he says full credit should be given to Doc Griess. Has Uncanny Ability “His uncanny ability to notice when a lighter is hurt is remark able, and this is more than likely the reason why we have injury free bouts. Sykes said. In fact, Sykes said, we wouldn’t hold the boxing ..tournament un less Doc Griess or somebody as capable as he were at ringside. ■ These statements tell the true, value of Doc Griess above any thing else that has been said about him. But not all is ringside work for the slow - talking conscientious doctor. Weeks before the IM tour nament’s opening night, Doc Griess is examining, accepting, and rejecting prospective boxers. Over 300 Enter His list of entries totals over 300 names. Each medical record is carefully checked, and each boy is examined if Griess has any doubt about allowing the candi date to box. A tremendous amount of work is involved in making the tourna ment, one of the biggest in the nation, a success. Doc Griess, team physician for every varsity sport at Penn State, examines over 1000 men for IM boxing, wrestling, and track; his varsity players total in the hun dreds. He does his job “above and be yond the call of duty.” Delightful Atmosphere I Delicious Spaghetti Ptays Major in IM Boxing Bt FRAN FANUCCI Standard-Bearers Penn State will be represented in the East-West Shrine game by three players—Lenny Moore, Ot to Kneidlnger and Frank Reich. Back to Back For the first time in its dis tinguished soccer history, Penn State put perfect seasons back to back in 1954 and 1955. Team’ Physician 3 Forfeits Plague IM Basketball Three of the 18 teams scheduled for Intramural'basketball on Mon* day night at Recreation Hall failed to appear. Two of the forfeits came in Independent League H where Dorm 43 and Dorm 39 were the victors while the other was re corded in League D by the Cougers. In a League C contest, Pena Haven copped its second win against two defeats with a 24- 15 victory over the McElwain Men, Rick Sheridan topped the Penn Haven scorers with eight markers. Pollock 12 couldn’t hold on to a 18-13 halftime lead in losing to the Canadian Club, 31-24. It was the fourth straight victory for Canadian Club. Denny Uhrin, 10, Don Shearer, 7, and Dick Fred rick, 8, led the winners but Pol lock’s Burt Jones walked off with scoring honors with 15. Led by Bill Joyce's 22 points, the Rocks scored a walloping 42-21 win over the Yum-Yums in a League H fracas. The win ners held a slim 18-15 lead at the intermission but their scor ing tempo increased as the game progressed. Dave Watkins poured 11 points through the hoop and Bob Miller scored nine to lead the Trojans to a 33-18 conquest over Dorm 23. John Waugaman, Kappa Sig ma, tallied all of his team's field goals but his output wasn't enough to defeat Alpha Zeta. AZ eked out a 21-20 decision in the closest game of the eve ning. Kappa Sig held a oner point advantage at the half but failed to keep in front of the AZ floormen in the second period. In the other fraternity attrac tion, Phi Sigma Delta blasted Phi Kappa, 43-19, behind the 16-point scoring spree of Milt LiniaL Please the whole family with our wide variety of standard priced Christmas Gifts. SHOP AT STATE COLLEGE PAGE SEVEN
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