44th EIWA Tournament At Lehigh 3/12-3/13/48 1948 Team Champion Outstanding Wrestler Fletcher Award Sheridan Award Lehigh - 25 Points John Fletcher - Navy None None Final Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses 1 Lehigh 25 (2) 2 Franklin & Marshall 18 (2) 3 Navy 16 (2) 4 Army 15 (1) 5 Syracuse 14 (1) 6 Columbia 6 7 Yale 5 7 Penn State 5 9 Harvard 4 9 Cornell 4 11 Princeton 3 11 Pennsylvania 3 13 Dartmouth 1 14 Virginia 0 14 Temple 0 14 Brown 0 Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 121 1st: Robert Schell [1] - Franklin & Marshall (4-3) 2nd: Pilgrim McRaven [2] - Lehigh 3rd: George Hastings [3] - Yale (6-2) 128 1st: Stan Mousetis [1] - Franklin & Marshall (12-7) 2nd: Ralph Raabe [3] - Army 3rd: David Poor [4] - Princeton (4-2) 136 1st: Dick Kelsey [3] - Lehigh (7-1) 2nd: Joe Golego [4] - Franklin & Marshall 3rd: L. Wayne Smith [1] - Navy (14-7) 145 1st: John Fletcher [1] - Navy (8-5) 2nd: Jim Maurey [3] - Penn State 3rd: Bill Haydock [2] - Pennsylvania (8-2) 155 1st: Stan Thevenet [1] - Army (1-1 RD) 2nd: Eric Erikson [2] - Lehigh 3rd: Ken Hunte [US] - Syracuse (9-2) 165 1st: Pascal Perri [3] - Syracuse (6-2) 2nd: Ed Erikson [1] - Lehigh 3rd: John Howard [US] - Yale (9-3) 175 1st: Jim Jackson [1] - Lehigh (8-5) 2nd: George Gebhardt [3] - Syracuse 3rd: Vernon Finley [US] - Army (1-0) UNL 1st: Newbold Smith [2] - Navy (14-6) 2nd: Henry O'Shaughnessy [1] - Columbia 3rd: Richard Clark [3] - Cornell (4-2)
1948 EIWA Championship Page 1 of 4 121 Weight Class Robert Schell, Franklin & Marshall [1] Jim Vovakes, Temple David Coombs, Harvard Walter Powell, Pennsylvania Howard Edwards, Navy [4] George Schautz, Penn State Bob Valle, Syracuse Richard Ferenbach, Brown Pilgrim McRaven, Lehigh [2] William Morse, Virginia Sam Nicholson, Army George Johnson, Dartmouth Robert Schell Fall 2:53 Walter Powell 2-0 George Schautz 3-1 Bob Valle 5-2 Pilgrim McRaven 8-5 Sam Nicholson Fall 2:42 Robert Schell Fall 3:27 Bob Valle 8-3 Pilgrim McRaven 8-1 Robert Schell Fall Robert Schell 4-3 George Hastings, Yale [3] Dan Cadiz, Cornell Charles Hall, Princeton Joe Pettinato, Columbia George Hastings 8-5 Charles Hall RD George Hastings Fall Pilgrim McRaven 5-4 George Hastings 6-2 128 Weight Class Stan Mousetis, Franklin & Marshall [1] Frank Manchester, Brown Mel Gevertz, Syracuse David Poor, Princeton [4] Larry Leeds, Yale Lew Dolan, Dartmouth Ralph Vrana, Columbia Joe Calby, Cornell [2] Al Vigilante, Penn State Gee Hazelhurst, Lehigh Stan Mousetis Frank Manchester 3-1 David Poor Fall 4:17 Ralph Vrana 8-1 Joe Calby Fall 6:46 Gee Hazelhurst Stan Mousetis 6-0 David Poor 5-0 Joe Calby 6-4 Stan Mousetis 8-3 Stan Mousetis 12-7 Ralph Raabe, Army [3] Paul Haenn, Pennsylvania Bill Chandler, Navy Stan Glossner, Temple Ralph Raabe Fall 5:03 Bill Chandler Fall 7:54 Ralph Raabe Fall 7:50 Ralph Raabe 6-0 David Poor 4-2
1948 EIWA Championship Page 2 of 4 136 Weight Class L. Wayne Smith, Navy [1] Charles Gardner, Columbia Norm Hascall, Yale Badger, Dartmouth Joe Golego, Franklin & Marshall [4] Robert Sellers, Princeton John Raine, Cornell Harry Smith, Penn State Joe Settanni, Syracuse [2] John Erb, Temple Al Fern, Army L. Wayne Smith Fall 4:53 Norm Hascall Fall 2:40 Joe Golego Fall 2:30 John Raine Fall 4:41 Joe Settanni John Erb 4-0 L. Wayne Smith 7-2 Joe Golego Fall 2:55 Joe Settanni Fall 5:24 Joe Golego 10-9 Dick Kelsey 4-1 Dick Kelsey, Lehigh [3] Montgomery, Pennsylvania Graham Michael, Brown Dick Kelsey Fall 2:05 Graham Michael Dick Kelsey 8-3 Dick Kelsey 7-4 L. Wayne Smith 14-7 145 Weight Class John Fletcher, Navy [1] Abraham Allan, Army Bob Wendell, Franklin & Marshall Don Wareck, Lehigh Dan Ray, Harvard [4] Bob Huber, Columbia John McClure, Syracuse Lloyd Hamilton, Yale Bill Haydock, Pennsylvania [2] Edward Wanamaker, Princeton Sam Beachen, Brown George Sprowls, Temple John Fletcher Fall 4:15 Bob Wendell 11-1 Dan Ray Fall John McClure 11-3 Bill Haydock Fall 5:23 George Sprowls 9-5 John Fletcher Fall 3:40 John McClure 7-3 Bill Haydock 7-0 John Fletcher Fall 2:30 John Fletcher 8-5 Jim Maurey, Penn State [3] John Adams, Cornell Charles Gilmore, Dartmouth Jim Maurey Charles Gilmore DFT Jim Maurey Fall 1:32 Jim Maurey Fall 3:23 Bill Haydock 8-2
1948 EIWA Championship Page 3 of 4 155 Weight Class Stan Thevenet, Army [1] Harry Green, Pennsylvania Alex Marshall, Brown Matt McIlhenny, Temple Bart Downes, Navy [4] Ken Hunte, Syracuse Jack Foley, Cornell Eric Erikson, Lehigh [2] James Cook, Harvard Peter Larson, Dartmouth Laird Robertson, Penn State Stan Thevenet Fall 4:40 Alex Marshall RD Bart Downes Ken Hunte Fall 2:13 Eric Erikson Fall 2:02 Peter Larson 6-5 Stan Thevenet Fall 2:43 Ken Hunte 5-3 Eric Erikson 2-1 Stan Thevenet 8-7 Stan Thevenet 1-1 RD Frank Mansell, Yale [3] George Farrier, Franklin & Marshall Russ Randall, Princeton Bruce Gilman, Columbia Frank Mansell 6-1 Russ Randall DFT Frank Mansell 14-7 Eric Erikson 12-8 Ken Hunte 9-2 165 Weight Class Ed Erikson, Lehigh [1] Fred Allner, Princeton Bill Corman, Penn State Bill Burdick, Cornell Bob Wisherd, Navy [4] John Howard, Yale Charles Olentine, Army Don Louria, Harvard [2] George Hershey, Pennsylvania David Donahue, Dartmouth Bill Gross, Franklin & Marshall Ed Erikson 6-0 Bill Corman 9-4 John Howard 4-3 Charles Olentine Don Louria Fall 8:34 Bill Gross 8-2 Ed Erikson 6-2 John Howard RD Don Louria 11-2 Ed Erikson 9-5 Pascal Perri 6-1 Pascal Perri, Syracuse [3] Gene O'Donnell, Brown John Segal, Temple Bill Baron, Columbia Pascal Perri Fall 2:43 Bill Baron Fall 1:36 Pascal Perri 8-2 Pascal Perri 10-3 John Howard 9-3
1948 EIWA Championship Page 4 of 4 175 Weight Class Jim Jackson, Lehigh [1] Earl Long, Penn State Brooks Naffziger, Yale Tony Travison, Brown Reginald Tichner, Franklin & Marshall [4] Bob Runyon, Columbia Vernon Finley, Army Fred McTarnahan, Dartmouth Peter Kassak, Pennsylvania [2] John Augustine, Temple Bob Claflin, Harvard Gardner Reynolds, Cornell Jim Jackson Fall 7:27 Brooks Naffziger Fall 2:28 Reginald Tichner 6-0 Vernon Finley 10-0 Peter Kassak Fall 4:57 Bob Claflin Fall 4:46 Jim Jackson Fall 5:10 Vernon Finley 12-1 Bob Claflin RD Jim Jackson Fall 7:09 Jim Jackson 8-5 George Gebhardt, Syracuse [3] Herman Bading, Navy Matt Atkinson, Princeton George Gebhardt Fall 8:50 Matt Atkinson George Gebhardt 4-1 George Gebhardt 6-0 Vernon Finley 1-0 UNL Weight Class Henry O'Shaughnessy, Columbia [1] Julian Buxton, Princeton Al Fillipone, Pennsylvania Peter Fuller, Harvard [4] Lloyd Rivard, Brown Gus LaSasso, Lehigh Bob Zeiser, Dartmouth Newbold Smith, Navy [2] Wallace Chambers, Penn State Lin Mather, Army Ducan Waterman, Yale Henry O'Shaughnessy Fall 4:1 Al Fillipone Peter Fuller Fall 3:46 Gus LaSasso Fall 3:38 Newbold Smith 4-1 Lin Mather Fall 4:05 Henry O'Shaughnessy Fall 2:4 Gus LaSasso 4-2 Newbold Smith 5-4 Henry O'Shaughnessy 7-4 Newbold Smith 14-6 Richard Clark, Cornell [3] George Jones, Temple George Vohden, Syracuse Bog Takach, Franklin & Marshall Richard Clark Fall 2:45 George Vohden Fall 7:45 Richard Clark 8-3 Newbold Smith 1-0 Richard Clark 4-2