Evening star., 1925-04-05

The midshipmen boxers now nave
capped. this splendid record of VIC
tories In dual contests by an over
whelming triumph in the finals of the
intercollegiate Boxing Association.
just held in Philadelphia. In this con-
test, the Naval Academy obtained four
of the seven firsts, and scored 25
points.
The nearest the Naval Academy
ever came to a defeat In q dual event
was when Yale, in a most unsatisfac-
torily handled match at New Haven
in 1924, counted q draw. with three
decisions on each side. Yale, however.
men this year, and only scored three
points, one second place, in the Inter-
collegiates.
The only other setbacKs received by
the Naval Academy team was when
1T was narrowly elipsed by Pennsyl-
vania State in the Intercollegiate Of
last year. State, though 1t had been
defeated by the Navy in a dual match,
scored 1s points to the Navy's 1s in
the big event. Every other contest in
which the Navy mitmen have been
entered resulted in a decisive victory
for the midshipmen.
Navy Teams Complete Record.
This is the complete record of the
Naval Academy boxing team:
1920-Navy 4; University Of Penn
syIvania, Q: Navy, s; Penn State, 1.
1s21-Navy, 6; Carnegie Tech. o;
Navy, z; Massachusetts Tech, o; Navy,
4: Penn State, 8: Navy, 6; University Of
Pennsylvania, 1.
1s2a-Navy. s; Massachusetts Tech.
1; Navy, a; Penn State, 3; Navy, S;
ALI Canadian, 2.
1s23-Navy. s; Penn State, % Navy,
s; Massachusetts, Tech, o; Navy. 5;
ALL Canadian, 2; Navy, 4; University
of Pennsylvania, 8.
1924-Navy, z; Massachusetts Tech,
o; Navy, 4, Penn State, 8; Navy, s.;
AI-Canadians, 2; Navy, 5; Yale, 3;
Navy, A Colgate, 8.
Iuercollegiates:, Penn State (hrst),
Is points; Navy, 16 points.
1s25-Nayy s; Notre Dame, 1; Navy,
6; Penn State, 1; Navy, z: Catholic u,
o: Navy, g; All-Canadians, /; Navy, 4;
Yale, 2; Navy, 4; University of Penn
sylvania, 3.
Intercollegiates: Navy (frst). %
points; Syracuse (second), 1a points.
In the intercollegiates. just COM
pleted, the following took frsts:
Lyon (captain), ITS pounds; Hender-
son, 160 pounds; Ragsdale. 145 pounds;
Charlson, 1876 pounds. Allen. 125
pounds, took second place, and Col
[lins, lis pounds, and Edwards, un-
limited weight, each won their first
encounter.
Credit Due Coach webb.
During this whole period of unap-
preached success the mentor of the
Naval Academy boxers has been
Spike Webb, "a coach OF unusual
Qualifications and of unequaled sue
cess as handler of college and ANA
teur boxers.
Webb did his first big work as
coach of the A. E. r. boxers, and he
since has handled two teams repre-
senting the United States in the
Olympics, both international cham
pions. His record with the Naval
Academy boxers entities him to rank
at the top of coaches of college mitt-
men.
College boxing, according to Webb.
is becoming more and more a contest
of physical and mental skill, rather
than a game of mere brute strength.
1t is, he says, a game of strength, but
strength properly controlled by mind,
and boxing, as he teaches it,, has a
tremendous influence on the character
of the pupil.
intercollegiate boxing appears to
have passed the Experimental point.
More and more the colleges are en-
gaging in 1t, and the dangers which
have been feared have not affected it
to any great degree.
The dangers of certain features
connected with boxing on CONNER
oial plane were recognised from the
nrst, an1 care vas taken to devise