New-York tribune., 1921-12-18
Penn State Most Formida.
BILE Opponent of Mid
dies on Mat and in Ring
From specio. Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Dec. 17.-The posi-
ton of Naval Acauemy athletes is pre-
eminent in the two sports, boxing and
wrestling, which depend upon direct
personal opposition of the contestants.
They have been first among the col
leges during both years in which the
first has been in vogue as competitive
sport among the colleges, and for three
seasons they have not lost match in
the latter and during those periods
They have been the recognized co.'s
legiate champions.
TO very large degree the Naval
Academy owes its opportunity of
demonstrating its rank in these
branches to the fine sportsmanship
practiced at Pennsylvania State. In
both sports Penn State is the closest
contestant. Of the Naval Academy, and
II it were not for the fact that it
to match with the midshipmen the
latter would have no definite basis for
the championship claims
There is general satisfaction that the
Naval Academy will now have an op-
portunity of giving Penn State re-
turn match. and it will send it's wres-
ting team there on March H.. The box-
ing teams will meet at Annapolis on
March 4. and it is also probable that
they Will meet on neutral ground
in the finals Of the Intercollegiate
Boxing Association, which will prob
ably be held in Philadelphia about
March 1s.
Large Squads for Both Sports
Squads in both sports reported this
week and elimination matches were
begun. There. were about 800 boxing
asspirants to report to Coach Webb.
while about 200 ambitious wrestlers
reported to Coaches Schultz and Lynch.
These squads will be reduced to about
forty in each case.
The boxing team was hard hit by de-
partures from the academy, Nilsson.
Miller, Waggoner and, Jones, four Of
the seven regulars, having left. Zotti,
the l75-pound champion. has been
named as captain, but Webb will have
10 rely upon new men in most Of the
other classes. Fortunately, the ma
ter,al is abundant and appears good.
Inc football squad. with the appro-
patton OF the mentors Of that sport, is
furnishing many of it's best men to the
boxing squad. The candidates include
Barchet, O'Regan, Flaherty and d
Rooney. and possibly King and Fraw-
ley. Another promising mitman is
Powell, an A. E. F. veteran, who won
heavyweight honors in the plebe class
competition last summer.
Wrestling Prospects Bright
. With five Of the regulars OF last
years champion team and with a most
attractive schedule ending with the
Penn State match on March II. the
wrestling season looms bright ahead.
Lewis, one of the best 175-pound
w,restlers the colleges have ever had,
is captain Of the team, and there are
experienced men in every class except
the heavyweight.
However. Coach Schultz has not over
looked this lack, and has obtained the
consent of Carney, the big football
guard, and Hudgins, an even larger
linesman who played for the first time
this year, to take up the graphing
game. Both have splendid physical
equipment for the purpose, and it is
believed that they will fill the place
of even so great u wrestler as "Tiny"
Eddie Wiilkie.
The other teams on the Naval Acad-
eny wrestling schedule are Brooklyn
Poly. Washington and Lee, University
Of Pennsylvania, Brown, Lehigh and
Massachusetts Tech. with possibly
Dartmouth and She University Of West