The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-05
II STATE CLOSES
SUCCESSFUL SEASON

EAte College, Pa. April 4.--when
8lne and White rnatmen triumphed
The third straight year In the in
&1ouagtate wrestling championships
3AtlAdelphia last week, they closed
o OF the greatest seasons in the his
Ia AZ tbs wrestling game at STATE
70n CoxnAll Lehigh- Princeton
IN 8nnnxy4vania fell before thA Nit
1M1 gxapraerS at various times dur
- season, while the ono setback
- e Annapolis whAn the Navy
&&ntlery nnsed cut al Is to IL VIC
to -eAowfnx at the Penn State team
&aM tAA tntercolleg1ate was surprising
5an many ways, Two men. looked upon
$N9 sure winners failed TO gain the
1avcted crown while another grappler.
#kho was not figured upon in the adj
S@1ncc dope" came through TO a title,
4hirk the 11s-pouud champion. was
S&khe surprise Of the meet End his VIC
stnrv over Nackay. of Cornell. was a
atting reward for his hard work all
EsHeAscn
Sa The defest Of Mcvrer in the preisra-
asAnAry round, uas bitter blow to Penn
u State students, for the former ii@-
u Bound ti.iehoidsr had bean undefeated
I'll season and was locked upon As
srre point-vianer- The same was true
INF Brown. in the t7s-pound class. for
Il NJ had previously defeated Good. IN q
S#4ual meet
Brown held tie iss-nound tite for
tive years and had hoped to and hlt
career with another title.
@D&tar wss looked upon as the logics
SWtnner in the 1.5-pound class, hts
M0niy defeat this year coming at the
\ hands Of Swicert, the Navy captain
SsEAo nose6 cut a dectslon over tie
d rhArky Penn Slater The same thing
@WAs true % Captain NILS. the 10
Sound char pion, and his anal victory
crowned q wonderful wrestling career.
During the present season and in
Efuding the championships, MIL wres-
] tied eight different men. won every
Y bout on fan ard With the exception
Rsof Simmons. Of Yale, 10 man laS.ed
over SIX minutes with him He IS
6lcokee anon aS the greatest wrestler
@~ho ever H0re the Blue and white
4 sururnar- ct tie season shows
that Penn state wau thirty bouts ana
4 Lost twelve e dual meets Mills,
Mowrer ard Brown each wen six
bouts while netar wcu Eve and lost
ere. The other u-ins and losses came
IL Tia rs l25 and heswy-r eight diYi-
Mons, whers Co3sL Lsusis used quito =
few nen IN an effort to get a strong
1xpribiration Eis tnal lineup, with
xhirk At 115: CARRIER at 125. and Far
ssi4y at heas<-we sEt. proved To be
goe6 one
- OF the present team. snlrk. CARRIER
SsAnG Grown viii re lost ~ graduation
iii June while Mills MAJ rot return,
n@x. year I'm Black, a'ho vrest!ea
1 heavvwei gkt early in the season. w-jll
also be los ~ graduation. This VIII
ssnAcessitata Fhe development of pFac-
\ tic4liy' a new team, but with the
amount Of material on hand. Penn
state rootera are looking forward. to
Another successful year In 1871
Fer tbs il5pound class, Coach
Lewis will have Jones. q sophomore
who has pushed shirk 70 the limit all
rezr. Ali that Jones needs 81 expert
@ncA ard he ts expected 70 prove
better man than Shlrk next seaEcr.
The IeS-pouna class will be weak
From present Indications. although
Williams and Teegan. of this vsar
squad will return The veteran Datar
will urdou h1sdly hold dor@ TIE 1885,
pound bsrth and there wtll be nc fears
On that score.
tt Mills can vrastie again next
4 year. he will take his old place at las
pounds. II rot, Rose. Who vas laid
I'D with injuries all seasor. should
rrove TO be good man Mowrer ts
expected 70 stage comeback in the
I5s-pound class next year and he
should be q consistent point winner
For the 4 IT, pound class, Lewis will
nave Srsngley The latter came down
ro a5s this season and he was prscti-
raily tire equal CT Mowrer in every
thing but experience and he is count
"a upon IS a winner. Farley. who put
& up such great boats In the champion
ships, defeating both Booth. Of Lehiga
4 md Carpenter Of Princeton. Will have
another year, and he should solve the
hSavywe.ght problem that hs. bath
ared Coach Lewis for several yeart-