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Pontecorvo assured the- Green and Gold of a marker by trimming his man handily, The fourth meet was with Army at West Point. The Cadets won by 6 to 2. Only Rodman Haynes and the consistent Pontecorvo won their bouts. The latter kayoed Sternberg in the second round, while Rodman pounded out a decision. Cadet Barksdale, 125 pounder, and Cadet York, 155 pounder, were the kayo artists of the evening, putting Skeen and Willoughby respectively away for the count of ten In the only home meet of the year the Terrors defeated Villanova by 5 to 3 at the Armory. Bennett won from Rodriguez on a technical knockout, and then Pantaleo, of the Wildcats, evened the count by stowing away Skeen for the count with a long right. Then Warman, Haynes, and Willoughby decisioned their men to run up the score, but the visitors came back when Jarosik stopped Walker, and Captain Sala defeated Ortenzi in a close, hard-fought bout. But the inexperienced Mulvill was no match for Pontecorvo. and the Pennsylvanian heavy- weight was halted midway in the second round. In the interim between the Villanova meet and the Intercollegiates. the Terror Freshman team, plus Crowe, Spiegel. and Musselman, upper classmen, Journeyed to Lockhaven and defeated the Teachers 5 to 4. Most of the new men showed up surprisingly well. Of the seven teams entered in the Intercollegiates at Penn State, Western Maryland finished sixth. The Terrors got three third places, one of the worst showings in several years. Penn State, defending champs, retained their title, while Syracuse was runnerup. Harvard was third, Villanova, fourth, Army, fifth, and the Terrors, sixth. M. I. T. scored only one point and was last. All the Green and Gold entrants suffered first round defeats save Ortenzi, who received a bye into the second round. Pontecorvo lost his only fight of the year when Richter of Penn State decisioned him, and then went on to win the title by beating "Tiny" Brown, Syracuse mammoth. There were only three entrants in the unlimited class. The other thirds were gotten by Haynes and Ortenzi. In spite of an "off year" the Terrors profited in the field of experience, and the team of 1937 will benefit by the errors and hard bumps suffered by the team of 1936 124