★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Meet History
40th Annual EIWA Championships
March 10, 1944 - March 11, 1944 @ Grace Hall (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
Powered by matburn®

 

Leading Contenders in Easterns
 The 40th annual Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships to be held at Grace Hall Friday and Saturday of this week are unique in that this contest is one of few major intercollegiate sporting events still being held in spite of wartime difficulties. SOURCE: Brown and White, Lehigh University, March 8, 1944. Click for larger image.





Varsity

Team Final

U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD] 32, U.S. Military Academy (Army) 26, Lehigh University [PA] 15, University of Pennsylvania [PA] 15, Dartmouth College [NH] 7, Pennsylvania State University [PA] 6, Princeton University [NJ] 5, Columbia University 2, Cornell University 2

Outstanding Wrestler Award - Malcolm MacDonald (USNA)

Championship Final (1st)

121  Malcolm MacDonald (USNA (Navy)) > Fred McNair (CU) fall 2:59
128  Fred Barkovitch (UP) > Howard Blum (USNA (Navy)) fall 5:15
136  Jack Sullivan (UP) > Ray Oliver (USNA (Navy)) fall 8:57
145  Josh Henson (USNA (Navy)) > George Fee (USMA (Army)) decision 14-7
155  John Hale (USNA (Navy)) > Ted Niewenhous (LU) decision 4-2
165  Dave Wood (USMA (Army)) > Malcolm Lowe (PU) fall 7:28
175  Bill Bernard (LU) > Bob Land (USMA (Army)) fall 3:48
HWT  Joe Stanowicz (USMA (Army)) > Gordon Steele (CU) fall 2:28

Consolation Final (3rd)

155  Gale Stockdale (USMA (Army)) decision 3-2
165  Clarence Creel (USNA (Navy)) fall 1:59
175  Peter Fuller (DC) forfeit

True Second (2nd)

121  Robert Lowrie (PSU) > Fred McNair (CU) decision 2-1
128  Howard Blum (USNA (Navy)) > Robert Bach (DC) decision 3-2
136  Roy Zackey (LU) > Ray Oliver (USNA (Navy)) decision 2-1
145  George Fee (USMA (Army)) > Bill Haydock (UP) decision 3-2
HWT  John Coppedge (USNA (Navy)) > Gordon Steele (CU) fall 4:05


IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OR DOCUMENTATION FROM THIS EVENT, CONTACT INFO@ARMDRAG.COM.


Comments (40th Annual EIWA Championships)