35th EIWA Tournament At Yale 3/10-3/11/39 1939 Team Champion Outstanding Wrestler Fletcher Award Sheridan Award Lehigh - 29 Points Bob Mathers - Cornell None None Final Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses 1 Lehigh 29 (4) 2 Penn State 22 (1) 3 Yale 9 3 Harvard 9 (1) 5 Syracuse 8 5 Cornell 8 (1) 7 Princeton 6 (1) 7 Pennsylvania 6 9 Columbia 5 Champions and Place Winners 121 1st: Robert Mathers - Cornell (Dec OT) 2nd: Robert Allman - Pennsylvania (WBF 3:19) 3rd: Joe Oless - Lehigh (Auto) 128 1st: Bob Eberle - Princeton (Dec) 2nd: John Craighead - Penn State (Dec) 3rd: Harold Zaret - Columbia (Dec) 136 1st: Frank Gleason - Penn State (Dec OT) 2nd: Bob Craig - Lehigh (Dec) 3rd: Waldo Bird - Yale (Auto) 145 1st: Harold Masem - Lehigh (Dec) 2nd: Joe Scalzo - Penn State (Dec) 3rd: Charles Hunt - Cornell 155 1st: Gus Hagerman - Lehigh (Dec) 2nd: Roy Gensler - Penn State (Dec) 3rd: Jim Bird - Yale (Auto) 165 1st: Tom King - Lehigh (Dec) 2nd: Don Bachman - Penn State (DFT) 3rd: Bill Daughaday - Harvard (Auto) 175 1st: Henry Matthes - Lehigh (Dec OT) 2nd: Bob Taylor - Columbia (Dec) 3rd: Ernie Bortz - Penn State (Dec) UNL 1st: Clarence Boston - Harvard (Dec) 2nd: George Hooper - Syracuse (WBF 4:59) 3rd: Larry Pickett - Yale (WBF 5:51)
1939 EIWA Championship Page 1 of 8 121 Weight Class Len Mallon, Yale Richard Stevens, Syracuse Addison Foshay, Princeton Joe Oless, Lehigh Harvey Ross, Harvard Robert Allman, Pennsylvania David Waite, Penn State Len Mallon Richard Stevens Addison Foshay Joe Oless Dec Robert Allman David Waite Richard Stevens Fall 8:13 Joe Oless Dec Robert Allman Fall 3:56 Joe Oless Dec Robert Mathers Dec OT Alfred Marasca, Columbia Robert Mathers, Cornell Alfred Marasca Robert Mathers Robert Mathers Fall 3:08 Robert Mathers Dec Robert Allman, Pennsylvania defeated Alfred Marasca, Columbia - Dec Robert Allman, Pennsylvania defeated Joe Oless, Lehigh - Fall 3:19 Joe Oless, Lehigh automatic
1939 EIWA Championship Page 2 of 8 128 Weight Class Bob Eberle, Princeton Harold Zaret, Columbia Clarence Patten, Syracuse Franc Burnett, Lehigh W. Serrel, Cornell Norman Bond, Pennsylvania Ted Schoenberg, Harvard Bob Eberle Harold Zaret Clarence Patten Franc Burnett Dec Norman Bond Ted Schoenberg Bob Eberle Dec Franc Burnett Fall 5:23 Norman Bond Dec Bob Eberle Dec Bob Eberle Dec Louis Hamman, Yale John Craighead, Penn State Louis Hamman John Craighead John Craighead Dec John Craighead Dec Harold Zaret, Columbia defeated Franc Burnett, Lehigh - Dec John Craighead, Penn State defeated Harold Zaret, Columbia - Dec WRB Third Louis Hamman, Yale defeated Norman Bond, Pennsylvania - Dec Harold Zaret, Columbia defeated Louis Hamman, Yale - Dec
1939 EIWA Championship Page 3 of 8 136 Weight Class Bob Craig, Lehigh Bill McKee, Pennsylvania James Frost, Columbia Edward Gregg, Cornell Frank Gleason, Penn State Waldo Bird, Yale Tom Bowman, Harvard Bob Craig Bill McKee James Frost Frank Gleason Dec Waldo Bird Tom Bowman Bob Craig Dec Frank Gleason Fall 7:20 Waldo Bird Fall 2:52 Frank Gleason Dec Frank Gleason Dec OT J. O'Connell, Syracuse Dick Palmer, Princeton J. O'Connell Dick Palmer Dick Palmer Dec Waldo Bird Dec Bob Craig, Lehigh defeated James Frost, Columbia - DFT Bob Craig, Lehigh defeated Waldo Bird, Yale - Dec Waldo Bird, Yale automatic
1939 EIWA Championship Page 4 of 8 145 Weight Class Harold Masem, Lehigh Charles Holt, Columbia Ken Becker, Syracuse David Hight, Princeton Bill Richardson, Harvard David Gerber, Yale Dick Heilbron, Pennsylvania Harold Masem Charles Holt Ken Becker Bill Richardson Fall 5:50 David Gerber Dick Heilbron Harold Masem Fall 3:18 Ken Becker Fall 3:23 David Gerber Dec Harold Masem Dec Harold Masem Dec Charles Hunt, Cornell Joe Scalzo, Penn State Charles Hunt Joe Scalzo Joe Scalzo Dec Joe Scalzo Dec Charles Holt, Columbia defeated Ken Becker, Syracuse - DFT Joe Scalzo, Penn State defeated Charles Holt, Columbia - Dec WRB Third Charles Hunt, Cornell defeated David Gerber, Yale - Dec Charles Hunt, Cornell defeated Charles Holt, Columbia - Dec
1939 EIWA Championship Page 5 of 8 155 Weight Class Gus Hagerman, Lehigh Roy Gensler, Penn State James Trousdell, Cornell Gene Wilson, Syracuse Donald Eagan, Pennsylvania Joe Gifford, Princeton Weldon Booth, Columbia Gus Hagerman Roy Gensler James Trousdell Gene Wilson Fall 6:58 Joe Gifford Weldon Booth Gus Hagerman Dec James Trousdell Fall 4:19 Joe Gifford Fall 8:38 Gus Hagerman Dec Gus Hagerman Dec Paul Illman, Harvard Jim Bird, Yale Paul Illman Jim Bird Jim Bird Dec Jim Bird Dec Roy Gensler, Penn State defeated James Trousdell, Cornell - Dec Roy Gensler, Penn State defeated Jim Bird, Yale - Dec Jim Bird, Yale automatic
1939 EIWA Championship Page 6 of 8 165 Weight Class Tom King, Lehigh Phil Reynolds, Cornell Don Bachman, Penn State Don Patterson, Princeton Lowry Stephenson, Pennsylvania Robert Clarke, Yale Len Muldoon, Columbia Tom King Phil Reynolds Don Bachman Don Patterson Dec Robert Clarke Len Muldoon Tom King Fall 5:14 Don Bachman Dec Robert Clarke Fall 7:22 Tom King Dec Tom King Dec John Mathieson, Syracuse Bill Daughaday, Harvard John Mathieson Bill Daughaday Bill Daughaday Fall 7:20 Bill Daughaday Dec Don Bachman, Penn State defeated Phil Reynolds, Cornell - Dec Don Bachman, Penn State defeated Bill Daughaday, Harvard - DFT Bill Daughaday, Harvard automatic
1939 EIWA Championship Page 7 of 8 175 Weight Class Henry Matthes, Lehigh Bill Leavitt, Cornell John Harkless, Princeton Tony Durgan, Syracuse John Hauer, Yale Ernie Bortz, Penn State Duncan Longcope, Harvard Henry Matthes Bill Leavitt John Harkless John Hauer Fall 3:15 Ernie Bortz Duncan Longcope Henry Matthes Fall 6:32 John Hauer Dec Ernie Bortz Dec Henry Matthes Dec OT Henry Matthes Dec OT George Stickney, Pennsylvania Bob Taylor, Columbia George Stickney Bob Taylor Bob Taylor Dec Bob Taylor Dec OT John Hauer, Yale defeated Bill Leavitt, Cornell - Fall 5:25 Bob Taylor, Columbia defeated John Hauer, Yale - Dec WRB Third Ernie Bortz, Penn State defeated George Stickney, Pennsylvania - Dec Ernie Bortz, Penn State defeated John Hauer, Yale - Dec
1939 EIWA Championship Page 8 of 8 UNL Weight Class Clarence Boston, Harvard Bill Harrison, Cornell Robert Wolf, Pennsylvania Warren Elliott, Penn State John Siegal, Columbia George Hooper, Syracuse Dick Demaree, Princeton Clarence Boston Bill Harrison Robert Wolf Warren Elliott Fall 5:42 George Hooper Dick Demaree Clarence Boston Fall 5:48 Robert Wolf Fall 6:15 George Hooper Fall 4:17 Clarence Boston Dec Clarence Boston Dec Frank Rabold, Lehigh Larry Pickett, Yale Frank Rabold Larry Pickett Larry Pickett Dec George Hooper Dec Robert Wolf, Pennsylvania defeated Bill Harrison, Cornell - Dec George Hooper, Syracuse defeated Robert Wolf, Pennsylvania - Fall 4:59 WRB Third Larry Pickett, Yale defeated Dick Demaree, Princeton - DFT Larry Pickett, Yale defeated Robert Wolf, Pennsylvania - Fall 5:51