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Slants on Sports /CORNELL teams fared well in ten contests January 9 through 20, V_> winning seven. Swimmers splashed to their seventeenth and eighteenth consecutive victories, and the basketball team scored three successive triumphs. The wrestlers and Junior Varsity basketball team broke even in two contests apiece, and the hockey team lost its only engagement. Swimmers Splash On TANUARY 9, 1942, the swimming J team dropped a 39-36 decision to Columbia in New York. Since then the team has been undefeated in dual and triangular competition. On January 13, 1945, Cornell swimmers visited: New York again',and handed Columbia a 49-26 defeat. The victory was No. 17-in-a-row. Cornell won five first places, including the two relays, as Richard M. Holsten, USMCR, took the 50-yard freestyle in 0:25; Paul Klein '46 won the 150-yard backstroke in 1:49.9; and Paul C. Murray, USMCR, captured the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:39.2. The relay winners were: 300-yard medley, Klein, Murray, and Joseph R. Di Stasio '48, in 3:19.5, and 400yard freestyle, Wallace White, US NR, Ralph Riehl, Jr., USNR, Di Stasio, and Holsten, in 3:54.6. Holsten placed second to Rogers of Columbia in the 100-yard freestyle, and Riehl was second to Rogers in the 220-yard freestyle. Other point winners for Cornell were Clarence F. Urban, USNR, second in diving and the 440-yard freestyle (Rogers won this one, too); John D. Holmes, US- NR, second in the 50-yard freestyle; Charles Reynolds '48, second in the 200-yard breaststroke; Norman C. Merz '48, third in the 220-yard freestyle; James R. Del Signore, USNR, third in diving; Benjamin D. Wright, USNR, third in the 150-yard backstroke; and Johji H. Muller III, US- NR, third in the 440-yard freestyle. At Rochester January 20, Cornel- Hans set two new pool records. The medley relay team—a new combination of Donald Iseman '46, Reynolds, and Holsten—opened the meet with a 3:12.6 effort for the 300 yards. The old record of 3:14.5 was set this season by a Sampson Naval Training Center trio. Placing one-two in the 200-yard breaststroke, Murray and Reynolds both bettered the old fecord of 2:38. Murray was timed in 2:33. Other winners were Urban, 220yard freestyle, 2:30.4, and 440-yard freestyle, 5:24.4; Iseman, 150-yard backstroke, 1:49.5; 440-yard freestyle relay team of Frederick J. Hammond, 300 USNR, Riehl, Di Stasio, and Holsten, 3:55.6. Other second-place point scorers were White, 50-yard freestyle; Holsten, 100-yard freestyle; Riehl, 150yard backstroke; and Muller, 440yard freestyle. In -third places were Merz, 220-yard freestyle; Holmes, 50yard freestyle; and Di Stasio; 100-yard freestyle. Cornell was forced to withdraw from the diving event when Del Signore was injured, not seriously, in striking the board. Cornell was awarded one point in this event. fending Eastern Intercollegiate League champions, 46-28, to tie with Pennsylvania for the League lead as of that date. Cornell's zone defense puzzled Dartmouth so successfully that the home team could score only a single point— on a free throw—in the first twelve minutes of play. Meanwhile, Cornell, paced by John G. Kimball, USNR, at guard and Edward T. Peterson '48 at center, picked up 18 points and finished the first half with a comfortable —if somewhat unbelievable—23-5 advantage. The teams battled on even terms the second stanza, each scoring 23 points. The new forward combination of Alterson and Way, with Peterson at center, worked well. But Kimball came out the high scorer with 17 points. Peterson scored 12 and Alterson, 9. League standings, as of January 20: W L Pts OP Cornell 2 1 143 118 Pennsylvania 2 1 149 140 Columbia 1 2 129 142 Dartmouth 1 2 111 132 Take Three on Courts Wrestlers Win, Lose B ASKETBALL team started its three-game victory string in Barton Hall January 9, winning easily from Pentathlon Military Academy, a division of the University of Mexico, 52-37. It was strictly no contest, despite Cornell's unusually ragged play. With every advantage in height and reach over the smaller Mexican players, Cornell found it extremely difficult to execute plays properly. The Mexicans outclassed Cornell in floor work and passing. But fair shooting by William W. Matchneer '48, forward, and Walter D. Way '48, center, put Cornell in the van. The visitors held Cornell to a 5-point lead at the half, 23-18, but could not match Cornell's second-half spurt. Matchneer wound up as Cornell's high scorer with 14 points. Way scored 12. Both are discharged \var veterans; Matchneer the son of William W. Matchneer '10 and grandson of Carl J. Hoster '94, Way the son of Dr. Walter D. Way '17 and Mrs. Way (Hilda Greenawalt) '19. January 13, Cornell entertained Hobart in Barton Hall and scored an easy win, 55-33. Captain Irwin Alterson, USNR, forward, and Way, playing at forward and center, were the top Cornell scorers with 10 points each. McCaslin, Hobart center, scored 11. Way was used at center because of an injury to Matchneer in practice during the week. Matchneer hurt his knee and had not recovered for the Dartmouth game at Hanover January 20, when Cornell defeated the de- RESTLING team scored its Wsecond victory of the season January 13 at Bethlehem in defeating Lehigh, 18-12. Falls scored by Captain Rodney G. Stieff, USNR, and Donald B. Campbell '48 in the last two bouts settled an issue that had been in doubt because of a mix-up in the opening contest. In the 121-pound bout, Hinleun of Lehigh was declared the winner by decision over Phineas P. Kuhl, US- NR. Coach Walter O'Connell '12 protested on the ground of a time advantage for the Cornell wrestler, and it was disclosed that one of the timers' Scores of the Teams Basketball Cornell 52, Pentathlon Military Academy of Mexico 37 Cornell 55, Hobart 33 C®rnell 46, Dartmouth 28 US Military Academy Preparatory (Cornell) 35, Cornell Junior Varsity 30 Cornell Junior Varsity 51, Waterloo Rotary 26 Swimming Cornell 49, Columbia 26 Cornell 51, Rochester 24 Wrestling Cornell 18, Lehigh 12 Penn State 14, Cornell 12 Hockey Dartmouth 10, Cornell 1 Cornell Alumni News
clocks had stopped during the bout. O'Connell and the Lehigh coach then agreed that if the bout were needed to decide the meet's outcome, it would be wrestled again. James Q. Wynn, USNR, lost a decision in the 128-pound class. David H. Huntington, USNR, son of Lowell S. Huntington '19, former Varsity heavyweight, won a decision in the 136-pound class. Clifford Steinbach, USNR, lost a decision and Lehigh led, 9-3, in the first four bouts. Benjamin G. Smith, USMCR, came through with a fall over Turner and 5 points in the 155-pound division. He pinned Turner with a half-nelson and body chancery in 2:40 of the second threeminute period and scored another fall in 2:25 of the third period. Lehigh increased its advantage to 12-8, as Jack T. Rakoski, USMCR, dropped a decision in the 165-pound class. Stieff, however, threw Gerb in the 175-pound class with a double bar arm in 1:35 of the second period and repeated the fall in 0:10 of the third period. This put Cornell ahead, 13-12, and Campbell clinched the victory by throwing Koran, Lehigh heavyweight, in 0:46 of the third period with a body press. A week later, January 20, in Barton Hall the wrestlers suffered their first defeat in three engagements as Penn State won a close one, 14-12. Only one bout was decided by a fall, the extra 2 points scored by Smith of Penn State in pinning Rakoski in the 165-pound class winning the meet. Smith threw Rakoski with a crotch hold in 2:40 of the third period, just twenty seconds before the bout's end. Five points are awarded for a fall. All other bouts were decided on decisions, worth 3 points apiece. Winners for Cornell were Kulh, 121 pounds; Huntington, 136 pounds; Stieff, 175 pounds; and Campbell, heavyweight. Stieff and Campbell are undefeated in three bouts this season. Coach Cointe Returns G EORGES Cointe, former fencing coach and assistant athletic trainer, has been honorably discharged as a lieutenant in the French Army, and returns February 1 as a member of the physical training staff. He designed, built, and oversaw much of the operation of the "commando course" on Kite Hill for civilian students in 1942-43, and during football seasons he was on the field assisting Trainer Frank Kavanagh. Varsity fencing was discontinued when he left. Cointe joined the French Army July 9, 1943, and completed training February /, at Fort Benning, Ga. He went to Casablanca as liaison officer and served in Morocco and Tunisia. He was next stationed in Scotland and England before he returned to France in the Normandy invasion. He saw action with the US First and Third Armies on the Western Front. In the first World War, he served as an underofficer in the French Army and won the Croix de Guerre at Verdun. H Hockey Team Loses OCKEY team lost to Dartmouth, 10-1, on Beebe Lake, January 20. It was Dartmouth's forty-sixth consecutive hockey victory since 1942. Edmund Cranch, USNR, right wing, made the Cornell score when he slipped behind two Dartmouth defense players for a clean shot at the goal. F No Board Track OR more than fifty years, CornelΓs indoor track squad has practiced on an outdoor board track. Not so this season; too much snow. First heavy snowfall came before the track could be erected, and continuing heavy falls have prevented the work. Now it won't be put up at all. The track squad is practicing on a circular track laid out on the dirt floor of Bacon Cage. It is approximately fourteen laps to the mile. The men will run on dirt in one meet, in the US Military Academy's field house at West Point, but in other indoor engagements at New York and Boston the runners will be at a disadvantage on boards. P Veterinary Honors RIZES were awarded to eleven students of the Veterinary College at "Honor Day" exercises January 12, in Willard Straight Memorial Room. Dean William A. Hagan, MS '17, of the College presided, and Professor Hadley C. Stephenson '14, representing the Veterinary Faculty, made the awards. Horace K. White Prizes of $75 and $25 were won by Grayson B. Mitchell of King Ferry and Joseph C. Shaffer of Rosedale, who maintained the highest averages for the entire Veterinary course. The White Prizes were established in 1872 by Horace K. White '87, brother of President Andrew D. White, and increased in 1928 by his three sons, Andrew S. White '88, Ernest I. White '93, and the late University Trustee Horace White '87. Mitchell also won the first Mary Louise Moore Prize of $25, given by the late Dean Veranus A. Moore '87 in memory of his wife, for the best work in veterinary bacteriology; second prize of ,$15, going to Gilbert Lewis of Jamaica. Addison D. Merry '80 Prizes of $.30 and $20, given by his son, Dr. Albert E. Merry '06, for the best work 1 in Veterinary Anatomy, went to Henry M. Doremus of Towaco, N. J., and Robert W. Kirk of Stamford, Conn. Anne Besse Prizes of $25 and $15 were awarded to Ralph F. Wester of Clinton and to Shaffer, for the best work in Medicine and Clinical Diagnosis. For humaneness in handling animals, with special reference to anaesthesia, the James Gordon Bennett Prizes of .$25 and $15 were awarded to Harrison J. Wilcox, Jr. of Binghamton and to Wester. Wilcox also won the Alpha Psi gold watch, as "the member of the graduating Class who has shown by his scholarship, character, and breadth of interest that he is best equipped to advance the standards of veterinary science." Jane Miller Prizes of $25 and $15 for Physiology went to Michael Rothblatt and George H. Herlitz, both of New York City. Charles Gross Bondy Prizes of $25 and $15, for the best work in Practical Medicine and Surgery of Small Animals, were won by Charles S. Duncan of Binghamton and Andrew S. Ritter of Hudson. Doremus and Kirk are Sophomores, Rothblatt and Herlitz are Juniors, and the other seven prize-winners are Seniors. Dean Dexter S. Kimball, Engineering, Emeritus, spoke on the history and development of Cornell and the Veterinary College. The program was concluded with a dance sponsored by the Cornell chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association. War Letter Published E TTERS HOME, a new book edited by Professor Mina Curtiss of Smith College and published by Little, Brown & Co., contains a stirring letter from Sergeant Samuel Allen, Jr., US Tank Corps, written May 15, 1943, from North Africa to his family in Hudson, Ohio. Sergeant Allen's tank company is credited with the capture of Bizerte, Nazi stronghold in Tunisia; his letter describes this action. In the summer of 1940, Sergeant Allen came to Cornell from Miami University to take unit courses in Hotel Administration. He was manager of the Southland Hotel in Norfolk, Va., at the time of his induction. After Bizerte he was sent to Italy, where at the age of twenty-three he died of wounds received in action. 301
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