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Saturday, January 23, 1943 CLOUDBUSTER Page Three Wrestling Victory Over ASTC Opens Home Season For Speidelmen Coming from behind to win the last four matches the Pre-Flight wrestlers defeated Appalachian State Teachers College here Wed nesday afternoon, 25 to 15. It was the first home match of the season for Lieut. Charlie Spei- del’s cagy “grunt and groan” men, and a good crowd of fans, mostly officers and cadets, were on hand. Behind 10 to 0 after losing the first two matches, the locals, thanks to Cadet C. A. Dorn, 135- pounder, got back in the thick of things. Dorn pinned Miller in 2 minutes, 38 seconds of the second round. Then came the final win for Ap palachian when William Austin, at 145-pounds, pinned Cadet R. R. Sachsel in 1 minute, 19 seconds of the third round. Sam Mordecai, who completed his Pre-Flight training this week, took good care of the 155-pound division when he pinned Hendricks in 2 minutes, 35 seconds of the second round. Cool and cunning Mordecai, who wrestled at the University of North Carolina be fore becoming a cadet, had little trouble and victory was just a matter of time. Before Mordecai’s victory was written in the books. Cadet J. W. Hendershot had disposed of D. O’Connel, the time being only 35 seconds of the first round. There followed another quick job when Cadet J. Landsberg, brother of Mort Landsberg, var sity football player here last fall, pinned Ousley in 2 minutes, 25 seconds of the first round. In the unlimited division Mc- Keeby, a. 175 pounder, pinned 220- pound Kirk in 2 minutes, 30 sec onds of the third round. Complete ly outweighed, McKeeby wore Kirk down in the first two rounds, and then went on to win. Assisting Coach Speidel with the wrestling team are Lieut. (jg) F. D. Gardner, Lieut, (jg) C. A. Shellenberger, and Ens. G. E. Raab. Summaries: 121-p 0 u n d class—Carpenter, Appalachian, pinned Nist in 2 wiinutes, 25 seconds of the second lound. 128-pound class—Burton, Ap palachian, pinned Babine in 1 minute, 25 seconds of second ^ound. 136-pound class—Dorn, Pre- flight, pinned Miller in 2 minutes, 38 seconds of second round. 145-pound class—Austin, Ap- ’Busters Meet Wake Forest Here Today ’Kraft Replaces Broberg As Team Captain Captain Gus Broberg scored 31 points, seven other Cloudbusters got 29 between them, and Coach Dyke Raese’s Navy Pre-Flighters snapped a three game losing streak to defeat North Carolina State! here Wednesday afternoon 60-55. Their season’s record now stands at three victories and four defeats. Broberg, playing his final Cloud- buster game, wrote a great finish to his playing here. The former Dartmouth captain and leading Ivy League scorer for two years was high man for the Cloudbust ers in every game but one, that be ing against Duke at Durham when he scored but 10 points. From the beginning when Jack Kraft, the only member of the original Cloudbusters left at this station, made eight points in the first five minutes, the locals grab bed a lead they held throughout. At halftime they were ahead 33 to 23. State, led by Mock who scored 20 points, pulled up to within three points of tying up the game sev eral times late in the final period, but on each occasion Broberg hit the hoop for two points for the winners. Kraft with 13 points was second to Broberg in the Cloudbuster scoring. This afternoon the Cloudbusters meet Wake Forest in Woollen gym at 1500, the game replacing a pre viously scheduled contest with the New River Marines. Monday afternoon at 1600 VPI comes to Chapel Hill for a game with the Raesemen. No starters for either game have been announced by Coach Raese. COME ON , 8!NNACL£, HOW 00 YOU EXPZCr TO PASS Boxm& If YOU CA,H‘T yoUR OWN SHADOW Boxing Regimental Boxing Champions Crowned on Wednesday Night Finals of the Pre-Flight boxing tournament directed by Lieut, (jg) Alfred Wolff, head boxing coach, to determine the regimental cham pions saw 16 cadets fight eight furious fights last Wednesday night in Woollen gym. The best bout of the evening from the spectator point of view was that between heavyweights Jack Williams of the Coronado squadron and Thomas O’Boyle of the Buffaloes. Neither the most skillful boxers in the world, they slugged it out for three rounds, the judges’ decision going to Wil liams, As far as the crowd was concerned either fighter could have been judged the winner. There was not a dull tilt on the card which saw most of the box ers matched very evenly. Another good bout was that of Cadets Russell Hunchar and Henry Huson. Although not a <s>- palachian, pinned Sachsel in 1 minute, 19 seconds of third round. 155-pound class—Mordecai, Pre- Flight, pinned Hendricks in 2 minutes, 35 seconds of first round. 165-pound class—Hendershot, Pre-Flight, pinned O’Connel in 35 seconds of first round. 175-pound c 1 a s s—Landsberg, Pre-Flight, pinned Ousley in 2 minutes, 25 seconds of first round. U n 1 i m i t e d—McKeeby, Pre- Flight, pinned Kirk in 2 minutes, 30 seconds of third round. final’s bout for they had fought two previous draws, and were fighting to decide who would meet Cadet Houston Copeland yester day in the finals of the 175-pound division, it drew plenty of inter est from the large crowd of cadets present. Huson, using his right to advantage, was the winner. Summaries: 135-pound class—Cadet James Ankeny, Coronado, won by TKO, end of second round, over Cadet John Breithaupt, Mariner. 140-pound class—Cadet Francis Canning, Vindicator, won decision over John McGee, Kingfisher. 145-pound class—Cadet Ramond Jones, Wildcat, won decision over Charles Ruszala, Mariner. 151-pound class—Cadet Robert J. Bourdeau, Vindicator, won de cision over Bernard Ostrander, Helldiver. 158-pound class—Cadet Habet Maroot, Buccaneer, won decision over Albert Johnson. Devastator. 165-pound class—Cadet Steve Bogue, Devastator, won decision over Paul Martelli, Devastator. 175-pound class—Cadet Henry Huson, Coronado, won decision over Russell Hunchar, Buffalo. (Semi-final bout, winner met Cadet Houston Copeland, Hell diver, yesterday.) Heavyweight class—Cadet Jack Williams, Coronado, won decision over Thomas O’Boyle, Buffalo. UNC Boxers Meet Virginia Tonight Cadets, officers and enlisted men are invited to attend the boxing match in Woollen gym tonight at 1900 between the University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia. Coach Joe Murnick, Tar Heel headman, has asked that ca dets be reminded of the differ ence between college boxing rules and those of Pre-Flight. In collfege boxing the fans do not yell while the fight is in progress, only between rounds and at the end.
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