Wrestlers End Twelfth in Eastern Tournament; Lee Wins Third Place

Captain Johnny Lee, defeated in the semi-finals, went on to win the consolation round of the 123-pound class, giving the Crimson its only three points in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championships held at Lehigh University this weekend.

The Crimson wrestlers finished 12th in a field of 16, with the three points contributed by Lee. Penn State's mat powerhouse rolled up 33 points to annex its second consecutive E.I.W.A. team title. The Nittany Lions advanced six men into the semi-finals, and four into the finals, with three of them gaining individual titles.

Three Crimson wrestlers survived the preliminaries (first of four rounds): Lee, 137-pound Icko Iben, and heavyweight George Bates. Lee trounced Lehigh's Howie Harman in the quarter-finals on a 7 to 1 decision. Bob Bury of Syracuse eliminated Iben, pinning him at 3:58 with a body press and bar arm hold, while Princeton's Brad Glass pinned Bates at 5:28 on a reverse chancery hold. Glass, an All-American tackle on the undefeated 1951 Tiger eleven, eventually took the individual heavyweight title.

In the semi-final round, Lee, the Crimson's only remaining entry, was decisioned by Penn State's Bob Homan, who later captured the individual 123-pound title. Lee defeated Bob Karns of Army on a 4 to 3 decision in the consolation round, giving him third place in his class.

Second-place Syracuse was far behind the Nittany Lions with 17 points, Rutgers third with 16, Lehigh fourth with 15, and Army and Columbia tied for fifth with 12 points each. Yale finished eighth with eight points, while Brown was tenth with six.

Yale wrestling Captain George Grave-son was defeated in the final round by Cadet Al Paulekas on an 8 to 2 decision.