New-York tribune., 1922-03-25
PENN State l.
Out of Fight z
or Mat Title
intercollegiate Champions
Of 1921 Eliminated i'm the
Early Bouts at Lchigh
By Jack Masters


history of intercollegiate wrestling,
Penn States team, which has won the
championship of America three years
~ succession. was toppled from the
pinnacle in LehiGh University's GYM
rasium here tonight, where the
eleventh title meet is in progress.
only the preliminaries and finals
"cre decided but these were sufficient
to shatter States wrestling monopoly.
When the collegians called it a day
liter severe double duty the point
score was Yale, 3; Cornell, 8; Lehigh.
Z; Pennsylvania, 1; Princeton, 1 Penn
State /; Columbia, o.
With Penn State, which appeared to
/ have an excellent chance to defend its
/ tjme~worn laurcls, out Of it Yale is
the only team which ran true to forn.
The Blue is figured n logical con~
/ tender FOR team championship honors.
Lehigh and Cornell also loom up as
colleges which will fight FOR the title
tomorrow afternoon
Lehigh's unexpected strength is one
Of the outstanding features. The
Brown and White, which had not won a
single dual meet on the mat, qualified
four men for the finals. Cornell has
The same number and Yale has two en-
/ n.
but it is not believed they can over
como the advantage gained by Cornell,
and Lehigh particularly.
Columbia not only failed to score a
point, but the meet saw the passing Of
| the l35-pound championship won last
year by Phil Kart. Hart competed in
the l45-pound class and was thrown by
Ray Ayau, of Cornell, after two extra
periods lasting in all II minutes and AZ
seconds.
The Morningside Heights boy sue
cumbed to a hammerlock and reverse
chancery hold. Bill Johnson, Colum-
bias l68-pound star gave Manhattan
its only point when he defeated Cap
tain Benjamin, OF Yale.
An indication of the hardest kind OF
a struggle came after the first few
preliminaries had been decided in the
afternoon. The coilegians were tested
to the nth degree as match after
match went the full iimit of nine min
utes OF intense action without decj-
sion.
Only Seven Falls
OF the twenty bouts only seven re
suited in falls, the quickest Of these
being the victory Of Captain Coke, OF
Lehigh, who pinned Wetzel, Of Penr
State, TO the mat in minutes and IL
seconds with bar nelson and reverse
chancery that was cleverly executed.
Mervin Smith, of Pennsylvania, gave
a dazzling exhibition of courage in his
bout with Robinson, Princetons 1853
pound star. Smith was thrown in 4:4(
with a crotch and half nelson, and il
was afterward found that Smith hat
dislocated a verterbra early in The
bout. He was carried from the fiool
and treated by Dr.. Estes, OF Lchigh
VINO announced that the injury was
not serious one.
The most interesting bout in tht
preliminaries was that in which Roy
Hanson, of Cornell, threw Howard Par
soNette, of Columbia, after two extra
three-minute periods. Both men helt
their feet the entire nine minutes O,
the first test, each exhibiting eXce1len
defensive tactics.
In the first extra period Hanson tool
the offensive and gained a fall in 2:4(
and the sturdy Cornellian came bach
in the next period and again pinned
the Blue and White representative tt
the canvas in 1:01.
Pennsylvania hopes for team honor
were given hasty exit when it wa
announced that Captain Nat Pendletor
! had been declared ineligible. The pro
test came from the Princeton camp
it being charged that Pendleton hat
been wrestling the allotted three years
Sustain Princeton Protest
A meeting Of the executive commit
tee of the Intercollegiate League wa
called about 2 o'clock in the Afternoon
and Princeton's protest was sustained
Pendleton was the only Quaker entr,
in the heavyweight class and the team
had to default all matches in this class
The finals will be decided tomorrow
afternoon.
The summaries follow:
SEMI~FINALS
,, 115-pound closs-schwarabach, Lehlgt
defeated Keip. Pennsylvania, judges de
cision. Time advantage, 4:22 Watson
Penn State, defeated Ackerly, Cornell
judges decision Time advantage, 7:oS;
feated Schwartz. Columbia. Judges de
cision;; Time adyyiasntage. $50 Roberts
J Cornell, defeated Weinschenk. Penn State
. judges decision. Time advantage, 3:48.
1876 pound class-Wallace, Yale, defeate
Webstec, Princeton. judges decision. Tim
= advantage 7:22. Gihon, Lehigh, defeate
Davis, Princeton, judges decision Tim
: advantage, 4:t2.
t 145-poqnd closs-Parles. Penn state
, and chancery. Time. 6:2s Ayau. Corne
threw Hart, Columbia. hammerloce an
reverse chancery. Time, 2:42 secon
, i5s-pound class-coSe, Lehigh, thre,
Robinson. Princeton. bar nelson and re
verse chancery. Time, 1850 Johnson, CO
lumba. defea ted Benjamir, Yale. Judge!
decision. Time advantage. 2:29
7 175-pound class--Don WILSON Penn state
r. defeated Brooks. Inle. judges decision
Time advantage, 3:22. Second extr
4 period. Hanson, Cornell, defeated A. 10
1 gan Wilson Princeton, judges decision
1 heavyweight class-Wright, Cornell, de
, featcd Moorehouse, Lehgh. judges dc
= csiou Time advantage, 3:05. Mackay
Yale, threw Blaine. Columbia, bar nelso
and reverse chancery Time, 4:23.