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50th Annual EIWA Championships
Wrestling Tournament
@ Barton Hall, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
Friday-Saturday, March 12-13, 1954

Champions
Champions
The winners in the Eastern Intercollegiates Saturday night at Barton Hall. SOURCE: The Ithaca Journal, March 15, 1954.

Album: The Ithaca Journal

Champions

Album: General

No. 1 In The East - Pittsburgh Eastern Intercollegiate Tournament Individual Champions and Place Winners

Album: Cornell Daily Sun

EWL Matmen to Journey Here Pitt Grapplers Annex Tourney Penn State's Dick Lemyre

Album: The Ithaca Journal

50th Annual Tournament Some of the Outstanding Wrestlers State's Mat Dynasty May End Jim Macaleer Four-Team Battle Looms Penn State is the defending champion Pete Blair 50th Eastern Intercollegiate Mat Tourney Starts Friday Weigh-ins Whipped along in record style Matt Tourney Starts Today At Cornell Heads Down Pittsburgh Qualified 7 for Semifinals in Mat Tournament Fprm Holds True; Pitt Matmen Win Dick Lemyre Rex Peery Pete Blair

Album: General

Individual Eastern Winners

Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Brown University [RI], Columbia University [NY], Cornell University [NY], Franklin & Marshall College [PA], Harvard University [MA], Lehigh University [PA], Pennsylvania State University [PA], Princeton University [NJ], Rutgers 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 Pittsburgh [PA], Yale University [CT]
Team Final
1. University of Pittsburgh [PA]  37 points
2. Pennsylvania State University [PA]  25
3. Lehigh University [PA]  23
4. U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]  18
5. Syracuse University [NY]  10
6. U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY]  9
7. Temple University [PA]  7
8. Princeton University [NJ]  6
9. Cornell University [NY]  3
Harvard University [MA]  3
Rutgers University [NJ]  3
Yale University [CT]  3
13. Columbia University [NY]  2
Franklin & Marshall College [PA]  2
15. Brown University [RI]  0
University of Pennsylvania [PA]  0
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Ed Rooney (Syracuse University [NY], 157 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
123 lbs: Hugh Peery (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Bob McCreary (Temple University [PA]), DEC 7-3
130 lbs: Dick Lemyre (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Jim Mahoney (Lehigh University [PA]), DEC 6-2
137 lbs: Gene Maurey (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Ken Faust (Lehigh University [PA]), DEC 6-3
147 lbs: Charles Uram (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Eddie Eichelberger (Lehigh University [PA]), DEC 7-2
157 lbs: Ed Rooney (Syracuse University [NY]) > Ed DeWitt (University of Pittsburgh [PA]), DEC 9-4
167 lbs: Joe Gattuso (U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]) > Joe Solomon (University of Pittsburgh [PA]), RD 
177 lbs: George Beresford (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Calton MacDonald (Princeton University [NJ]), DEC 4-2
HWT: Peter Blair (U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD]) > Werner Seel (Lehigh University [PA]), DEC 7-0
Consolation Final (3rd)
123 lbs: Eugene D'Alessandro (Rutgers University [NJ]) > Alex McCord (Lehigh University [PA]), DEC 12-8
130 lbs: Bill Kozy (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Dean Oliver (Rutgers University [NJ]), DEC 7-1
137 lbs: George Matthews (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Richard Simmons (Temple University [PA]), DEC 5-4
147 lbs: Doug Frey (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Harry Scott (Columbia University [NY]), DEC 5-1
157 lbs: Dale Ward (U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY]) > Donald Rumsfeld (Princeton University [NJ]), DFLT time?
167 lbs: John Kousi (Yale University [CT]) > Gerry Tebben (U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY]), FFT 
177 lbs: Joe Krufka (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Ken Culbert (Harvard University [MA]), DEC 7-2
HWT: Bill Oberly (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Gerry Lodge (U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY]), DEC 10-4

Attachments
Brackets (PDF)
50th Eastern Intercollegiate Mat Tourney Starts Friday (Ithaca, Mar 11) (PDF)
Form Holds True; Pitt Matmen Win (Ithaca, Mar 15) (PDF)



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