Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-15
CORNELL, PRINCE TON AND PENNSY
DEFEATED IN ATHLETICS SATURDAY
Downing Cornell Navy Registered Fifth Consecutive Victory
Gymnasts Closed Most Successful Season With Triumph
Over Princeton Swordsmen Easily Trpped The
Pennsylvania Bladesmen

The midshipmen athletes who have
shown the way to practically all com
petitors during the winter indoor sea-
son of sport events. cleaned up every
thing again Saturday. The program
for the day was a three-cornered af-
sair. consisting OF dual engagements
in wrestling. gymnastics and fenc-
ing.
The embryo officers disposed of
Cornell on the mat, in comparative
easy fashion. winning FIVE of the six
bouts. three of which resulted in falls.
Then the gymnasts tanned the Prince
.ou Tigers hy a score of 80 10 10,
while the fencing team completely
overwhelmed the swordsmen OF me
University of Pennsylvania, taking
nine bouts with the foil, and 4 with
the sabre.
Fifth Win For Wrestlers
Bv defeating Cornell. % to 4, the
midshipmen won their fifth consecu-
live victory on the wrestling mat
Though given worthy opposition in
each bout. the Navy grapplers did not
have as hard time as anticipated
The Navy wrestlers were usually able
10 go to the mat ON top with a body
lock on their opponents. and either
stay on top long enough to get de-
cision or work to hold leading to a
| fall
Markley. in the 115-pound class,
won the only Cornell victory, defeat
ing Hough.. The regular nine-minute
| period was a draw, but Markley had
| the better of the extra six minutes.
The shortest bout was in the 125-
pound class, Gallery pinning Captain
1 Ackerly. of Cornell. in less than four
minutes. Eimers. wrestling for the
first time in public, was one OF the
three to secure a fall Summary:
115-Pound Class--Markley, Cornell,
won decision from Hough in regular
bout in 8 minutes and extra bout of 6
minutes.
125-Pound Glass - Gallery, Navy,
threw Ackerly With arm scissors and
Nelson hold in 8 minutes 81 seconds.
135-Pound Glass II Swigert. Navy,
won decision over Conroy in 9 min
utes.
145-Pound Class-Pixtol, Navy, won
decision over Maier in 8 minutes.
15S-Pound Glass elverton, Navy,
gained decision over MacBride in 3
minutes.
175-Pound Glass = Eimers. Navy
threw Beam with bar and chancery
hold in minutes Is seconds.
Unlimited Class - Willkie. Navy
threw Huntington with chancery and
arm hold in minutes.
Referee-Frank Lynch, Baltimore.
Princeton Gymnasts Outd0ne.
In the gymnastic meet the Jersey
ties were completely outclassed in the
| tumbling, parallel bars and horse
events, the middies taking all points
in each, while the Tigers had some
thing on their opponents in handling
the clubs, scoring all three places in
| this. Perhaps because of the absence
of Hales, the Navy captain, and star
on the rings, the middies lost first
place in that event, although it APP
peared that the judges awarded first
to Neher, of Princeton, largely be-
cause of his fine exhibits of strength
exercises, which oyershadowed the
fancier stunts of Mold, who is close
understudy of the Navy captain.
Strang, Barrett and Krecek, of Navy,
who registered places in the order
named. all performed splendidly on
the side horse. their work far excell-
ing that of their rivals. Summary:
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