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mmm A. soqnmm smi Wrttei)8, March 11, lfmiok has turned out seven IntbrcollegiBta Boxing As* ohamplofiihlp teams at Btttb, but bom of them gets Wt* u the beet Nlttany Lionhi has coached.the oldttme middleweight » Who few hie 1940 combination permanent possession of the as-firtion'a title trophy Saturday picked the 193T team today as tbps._-(• lWf team, undefeated in dual mbets, was nosed out for the by Syr sc use by a single point, members Included Billy Soose, BOW fighting professionally, Izzy Slckfcr, a former National A. A. U. Sbbvyweight champion, Frank CoodUian, national collegiate 135 champion in 19lfi, Sammy Donato and Lou Little, both eastern titleWinner*.“Bxperlenoe made that team thebest,’' How* explained. “Most ofthe boys had; boxed before entering College and naturally had an advantage oyer my other teams.**BUt Houck is enthusiastic m hie prgfee of the current Lion champions.Hot one of those beys ever boxed before they entered college,** he an* tinned. “Mike Cooper, our captain who won the 12? pound champion* ship, put on the gloves for the first time three years ago and kept plug* ging away until he became a champion.”In addition to Cooper, 16fi«pound-er Jim Lewis captured the eastern title and live other Lions won sec* ond places. Syracuse produced three individual champions in Milford Fahey, 120 pounds, Loren Schoff, 145-pounds and Americo Woyciesjes, light heavyweight, but gained only a tie for second place with Army, whose individual champions were Wallace Clement, 135 pounds, and Harry Stelia, heavyweight. The ra maining 155 pound title went to lanky John Clark of Cornell, the fourth place winner.Two of the Lions' previous team titles were won before Navy retired the first trophy offered by the Baltimore Sun in 1928. Next year the association members will compete for the Edward J, Neil trophy, offered by the organization in memory of the Associated Press writer who was killed in Spain.
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Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Mar 10, 1930
Page 9
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