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45th Annual EIWA Championships
March 11, 1949 - March 12, 1949 @ Barton Hall, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
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Horizontal Attack
 James Jackson, Lehigh, gives John Downey, Yale, a roughing on the chin during the semifinals of the annual tournament of eastern intercollegiate wrestling at Cornell University. Jackson outpointed Downey. SOURCE: Buffalo Evening News, March 14, 1949. Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission. Click for larger image.




Slideshow: Centre Daily Times



Slideshow: The Ithaca Journal



Slideshow: Lancaster Daily Intelligencer



Slideshow: The Daily Collegian



Slideshow: Syracuse Post-Standard




Varsity

Team Final

Syracuse University 35, Lehigh University [PA] 34, U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) [MD] 16, Cornell University 15, Pennsylvania State University [PA] 15, Princeton University [NJ] 12, Franklin & Marshall College [PA] 11, U.S. Military Academy (Army) 9, Yale University [CT] 6, University of Pennsylvania [PA] 5, Harvard University [MA] 2, Columbia University 1, Brown University [RI] 0, Dartmouth College [NH] 0, Temple University [PA] 0, University of Virginia [VA] 0

Outstanding Wrestler Award - George Gebhardt (SU)

Championship Final (1st)

121  Mike Filipos (LU) > James Fogarty (SU) decision 6-5
128  Dave Poor (PU) > Ralph Raabe (USMA (Army)) decision 6-3
136  Dick Kelsey (LU) > Joe Settanni (SU) decision 4-2
145  Bart Downes (USNA (Navy)) > Jack Adams (CU) decision 5-3
155  Ken Hunte (SU) > Russ Randall (PU) decision 7-0
165  Pascal Perri (SU) > Bob Wisherd (USNA (Navy)) decision 3-0
175  George Gebhardt (SU) > Jim Jackson (LU) decision 10-4
HWT  Homer Barr (PSU) > Gus LaSasso (LU) decision 10-2

Consolation Final (3rd)

121  Pete Bolanis (CU) > Peter Munyan (UP) decision 4-3
128  Joseph Calby (CU) > Tim Mahoney (USNA (Navy)) decision 4-2
136  Joe Golego (FMC) > Robert Sellers (PU) fall 1:58
145  John Mahoney (LU) > Bob Wendell (FMC) decision 2-0
155  Eric Erikson (LU) > Frank Mansell (YU) fall 7:43
165  Ed Erikson (LU) > Dean Mulder (USMA (Army)) decision 4-0
175  Jack Downey (YU) > Bob Markle (PSU) decision 3-0
HWT  Howard Houston (HU) > Dick Clark (CU) decision 5-3


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