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45th Annual EIWA Championships
Wrestling Tournament
@ Barton Hall, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
Friday-Saturday, March 11-12, 1949

Horizontal Attack
Horizontal Attack
James Jackson, Lehigh, gives John Downey, Yale, a roughing on the chin during the semifinals of the annual tournament of eastern intercollegiate wrestling at Cornell University. Jackson outpointed Downey. SOURCE: Buffalo Evening News, March 14, 1949. Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission.

Album: General

Horizontal Attack

Album: Centre Daily Times

Barr, Dreibelbis Loom as Lion Title Hopes In Eastern Intercollegiate Toournament Barr, Markle Lion IC Mat Survivors Barr wins crown

Album: The Ithaca Journal

Lehigh to Present Powerful Lineup in Title Defense Huge Mat Meet Begins Friday Eastern Wrestling Intercollegiate Meet Starts Today Cornell Represented By 4 Wrestlers in Tourney Semis Syracuse Captures Wrestling Title; Red Season on Wane Capt. George Gebhardt

Album: Lancaster Daily Intelligencer

Two F&M Wrestlers Gain Semi-Finals In Eastern Tourney Syracuse Captures Eastern Mat Title Joseph Golego is bested by Joseph Settani

Album: The Daily Collegian

Lion Wrestlers Vie for Crowns 8 Lion Wrestlers Advance To EIWA Quarter-Finals Barr Breezes To Mat Diadem

Album: Syracuse Post-Standard

Cornell, Syracuse Matmen Rate Well in Title Test Five Orange Grapplers Win In Title Meet Orange Boxers, Wrestlers Win College Tourney Syracuse Hails Ring, Mat Kings Keeping Posted with Bill Reddy Happy Threesome Champions All

Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Brown University [RI], Columbia University [NY], Cornell University [NY], Dartmouth College [NH], Franklin & Marshall College [PA], Harvard University [MA], Lehigh University [PA], Pennsylvania State University [PA], Princeton University [NJ], Syracuse University [NY], Temple University [PA], U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY], U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD], University of Pennsylvania [PA], University of Virginia [VA], Yale University [CT]
Team Final
1. Syracuse University [NY]  35 points
2. Lehigh University [PA]  34
3. U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]  16
4. Cornell University [NY]  15
Pennsylvania State University [PA]  15
6. Princeton University [NJ]  12
7. Franklin & Marshall College [PA]  11
8. U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY]  9
9. Yale University [CT]  6
10. University of Pennsylvania [PA]  5
11. Harvard University [MA]  2
12. Columbia University [NY]  1
13. Brown University [RI]  0
Dartmouth College [NH]  0
Temple University [PA]  0
University of Virginia [VA]  0
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: George Gebhardt (Syracuse University [NY], 175 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
121 lbs: Mike Filipos (Lehigh University [PA]) > James Fogarty (Syracuse University [NY]), DEC 6-5
128 lbs: Dave Poor (Princeton University [NJ]) > Ralph Raabe (U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY]), DEC 6-3
136 lbs: Dick Kelsey (Lehigh University [PA]) > Joe Settanni (Syracuse University [NY]), DEC 4-2
145 lbs: Bart Downes (U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]) > Jack Adams (Cornell University [NY]), DEC 5-3
155 lbs: Ken Hunte (Syracuse University [NY]) > Russ Randall (Princeton University [NJ]), DEC 7-0
165 lbs: Pascal Perri (Syracuse University [NY]) > Bob Wisherd (U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]), DEC 3-0
175 lbs: George Gebhardt (Syracuse University [NY]) > Jim Jackson (Lehigh University [PA]), DEC 10-4
HWT: Homer Barr (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Gus LaSasso (Lehigh University [PA]), DEC 10-2
Consolation Final (3rd)
121 lbs: Pete Bolanis (Cornell University [NY]) > Peter Munyan (University of Pennsylvania [PA]), DEC 4-3
128 lbs: Joseph Calby (Cornell University [NY]) > Tim Mahoney (U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]), DEC 4-2
136 lbs: Joe Golego (Franklin & Marshall College [PA]) > Robert Sellers (Princeton University [NJ]), FALL 1:58
145 lbs: John Mahoney (Lehigh University [PA]) > Bob Wendell (Franklin & Marshall College [PA]), DEC 2-0
155 lbs: Eric Erikson (Lehigh University [PA]) > Frank Mansell (Yale University [CT]), FALL 7:43
165 lbs: Ed Erikson (Lehigh University [PA]) > Dean Mulder (U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY]), DEC 4-0
175 lbs: Jack Downey (Yale University [CT]) > Bob Markle (Pennsylvania State University [PA]), DEC 3-0
HWT: Howard Houston (Harvard University [MA]) > Dick Clark (Cornell University [NY]), DEC 5-3

Attachments
Brackets (PDF)



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