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43rd Annual EIWA Championships
Wrestling Tournament
@ Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)
Friday-Saturday, March 14-15, 1947

Eastern Intercollegiate Grappling Giants
Eastern Intercollegiate Grappling Giants
Lehigh University. SOURCE: Official NCAA Wrestling Guide, 1948.

Album: General

Eastern Intercollegiate Grappling Giants Eastern Standouts Bottoms Are Really Up Here

Album: Yale Daily News

Defending Titlist Navy Wrestlers Boast Spotless Record Yale's Grapplers Face 14 Teams In Mat Tourney Lehigh Qualifies Six Men For EIWA Semi-Finals Matches Navy Grapplers Dethrones

Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Columbia University [NY], Cornell University [NY], Dartmouth College [NH], Harvard University [MA], Lehigh University [PA], Pennsylvania State University [PA], Princeton University [NJ], Syracuse University [NY], U.S. Coast Guard Academy [CT], U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point) [NY], 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. Lehigh University [PA]  21 points
2. U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]  17
3. Syracuse University [NY]  13
4. Columbia University [NY]  9
5. U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY]  8
6. Pennsylvania State University [PA]  7
7. Harvard University [MA]  6
Yale University [CT]  6
9. Cornell University [NY]  4
Dartmouth College [NH]  4
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point) [NY]  4
12. University of Pennsylvania [PA]  3
13. Princeton University [NJ]  1
14. U.S. Coast Guard Academy [CT]  0
University of Virginia [VA]  0
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: John Fletcher (U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD], 145 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
121 lbs: Pilgrim McRaven (Lehigh University [PA]) > Ralph Raabe (U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY]), DEC 12-6
128 lbs: James Mohney (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Robert Bach (Dartmouth College [NH]), DEC 5-3
136 lbs: L. Wayne Smith (U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]) > John Raine (Cornell University [NY]), DEC 11-5
145 lbs: John Fletcher (U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]) > Edward Barnes (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point) [NY]), DEC 9-7
155 lbs: Stan Thevenet (U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY]) > Eric Erikson (Lehigh University [PA]), DEC 3-1
165 lbs: Ed Erikson (Lehigh University [PA]) > John Chafee (Yale University [CT]), FALL 8:45
175 lbs: Bob Pickett (Syracuse University [NY]) > Jim Jackson (Lehigh University [PA]), DEC 5-2
HWT: Henry O'Shaughnessy (Columbia University [NY]) > Peter Fuller (Harvard University [MA]), DEC 5-3
Consolation Final (3rd)
121 lbs: George DeLong (U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]) > Charles Hall (Princeton University [NJ]), RD 
128 lbs: Chuddie Smith (Syracuse University [NY]) > Joseph Calby (Cornell University [NY]), DEC 12-1
136 lbs: Bill Haydock (University of Pennsylvania [PA]) > Joe Burns (Lehigh University [PA]), DEC 8-4
145 lbs: Zell McClure (Syracuse University [NY]) > Jack Sullivan (University of Pennsylvania [PA]), DFLT time?
155 lbs: Grant Dixon (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Charles Hathaway (U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]), DEC 2-0
165 lbs: Don Louria (Harvard University [MA]) > John Keenan (Columbia University [NY]), DEC 11-2
175 lbs: Frank Horvath (Columbia University [NY]) > Wallace Chambers (Pennsylvania State University [PA]), DEC 5-2
HWT: Donald Berndt (Lehigh University [PA]) > E. Newbold Smith (U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]), FALL 4:52

Attachments
Brackets (PDF)
Eastern Intercollegiate Championships (NCAA Guide) (PDF)



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