THE OFFICIAL - National Wrestling Hall of Fame

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THE OFFICIAL
National Collegiate Athletic Association
WRESTLING GUIDE
The Oficial Rules Book
AND RECORD BOOK
of College Wrestling
B. R. Patterson, Editor
ON THE COVER: Hugh Peery, Pittsburgh's
115-pound National Collegiate champion for
three years, has followed remarkably well in
his father's footsteps. Pittsburgh's Coach
Rex Peery is himself a former three-time national collegiate titlist. Hugh, a member
of the 1952 Olympic squad and the winner of
48 straight coll2ge bouts, is a student in the
University of Pittsburgh's Dental College.
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Contents
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1954 OFFICERSOF THE NCAA ........................................ 6
NATIONALCOLLEGIATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS......... :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
by Ha~oldKeif h
COLLEGIATE
REVIEWS:
EASTERNINTERCOLLEGIATE
TOURNAMENT
.............................. 15
NEW ENGLAND
INTERCOLLEGIATE
TOURNAMENT
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
U 7 1 L ~ COLLEGE
~s
OPEN TOURNAMENT
................................ 16
SOUTHEASTERN
TOURNAMENT
........................................ 19
SOUTHERN
CONFERENCE
TOURNAMENT
................................ 19 ,
MASON-DIXON
CONFERENCE
TOURNAMENT
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
BIG TEN CONFERENCE
TOURNAMENT
.................................. 23
INTERSTATE
INTERCOLLEGIATE
TOURNAMENT
.......................... 24
MID-AMERICAN
CONFERENCE
TOURNAMENT
: ........................... 25
................................................ 25
IIAC TOURNAMENT
BIG SEVEN'CONFERENCE
TOURNAMENT
................................ 27
ROCKYMOUNTAINCONFERENCE
TOURNAMENT
........................ 29
SKYLINECONFERENCE
TOURNAMENT
.................................. 29
PACIFICCOASTINTERCOLLEGIATE
TOURNAMENT
........................ 30
CANADIAN
INTERCOLLEGIATE
WRESTLINGTOURNAMENT
.................. 31
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CIAA TOURNAMENT
31
1954 Dukt MEET RECORDS............................................ 32
SCHOLASTIC
REVIEWS:
CALIFORNIA....................................................... 33
COLORADO
......................................................... 33
GEORGIA.......................................................... 34
ILLINOIS .......................................................... 34
INDIANA.......................................................... 35
IOWA
............................................................. 36
KANSAS........................................................... 36
LONGISLAND...................................................... 37
MICHIGAN ........................................................ 38
MID-SOUTHWRESTLINGTOURNAMENT
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
MISSOURI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
NEW ENGLAND.................................................... 39
NEW JERSEY ...................................................... 40
NEW YORK........................................................ 40
01-110 ............................................................. 41
OKLAHOMA
........................................................ 41
OREGON ..........................................................42
PENNSYLVANIA
....,.................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
RHODEISLAND............................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
VIRGINIA ......................................................... 43
WASHINGTON,
D.C. ....................................,,. . . . . . . . . . . . 44
WASHINGTON..................................................... 45
WISCONSIN ....................................................... 45
WYOMING......................................................... 45
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ACADEMYSCHOOLTOURNAMENT
RULESSECTION
:
ELIGIBILITYRULESFOR NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIPS.................... 48
OFFICIALNCAA WRESTLINGRULES 1955 ............................ 49
PENALTYCHART ............................................... 4 . . 70
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NCAA WRESTLINGRULES COMMITTEE.............................. 79
WRESTLINGOFFICIALS' SIGNALS .................................... 80
HIGH SCHOOLWRESTLINGRULES .................................... 85 .
INDEX
TO RULES .................................................. 86
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1954 Officers of the NCAA
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PRESIDEKT
A. B. Moore, University of Alabama
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Earl S. Fullbrook, University of Nebraska
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
Walter Byers, Fairfax Building, Kansas City, Mo.
THE COUNCIL
President and Secretary
Vice-presidents :
1st District-Paul F. Mackesey, Brown University
2nd District-T. J. Hamilton, University of Pittsburgh
3rd District-D. S. McAlister, The Citadel
4th District-Ralph W. Aigler, University of Michigan
5th District-Frank N. Gardner, Drake University
6th District-E. D. Mouzon, Jr., Southern Methodist Universit v
7th District-King Hendricks, Utah State College
8th District-H. P. Everest, University of Washington
At-Large-J. Shober Barr, Franklin and Marshall College
Members-at-Large:
Rev. W. H. Crowley, University of Santa Clara
H. J. Dorricott, Western State College of Colorado
Henry B. Hardt, Texas Christian University
Clarence P. Houston, Tufts College
Fred J. Lewis, Vanderbilt University
J. H. Nichols, Oberlin College
George D. Small, Universify of Tulsa
Presidevzt, Secretary and Vice-President-at-Large
Ralph Furey, Columbia University
Howard Grubbs, Southwest Conference
T. J. Hamilton, University of Pittsburgh
Wilbur C. Johns. University of California at Los Angeles
Berpie Moore, Southeastern Conference
George D. Small, University of Tulsa
K. L,. Wilson, Intercollegiate (Big Ten) Conference
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National Collegiate Championships
By HAROLD KEITH
Sports Publicisf, University of Oklahoma
Cinching the team championship before the finals started, Oklahoma A&M
rolled to 11s 17th National Collegiate wrestling title in 24 years. Four thousand
fans in the University of Oklahoma Fieldhouse saw the Aggies return to the
throne room after a ?me-year absence.
Coach Art Grii%thJs orange-garbed torso-twisters from Stillwater, Okla.,
placed five men in the finals. Even if all five had been defeated in the last
round, the Aggies would still have won declsively. But all of them weren't defeated.
'I'hree of the five Aggie finalists won championships. Myron Roderick, rugged sophomore, decisively conquered the field a t 137 pounds; Ned Blass rer t e d his-last year's triumph a t 177, although he had a close 5-4 brush with
oyal S m ~ t hot Colorado in the finals and Gene (Ninety Seconds) Nlcks,
mighty 23bpound senior heavyweight, pinned one opponent and blanked two
others to widely dominate the heavyweight division.
The total entry of 177 wrestlers was believed the largest ever to compete in
a National Collegiate tournament. There were 50 schools in the competition,
two less than t h e 1953 meet drew a t Penn State.
Tommy Evans, Oklahoma's bashful 147-pound senior coached by Port Robertson, was voted by coaches the outstanding wrestler in the meet. Evans won the
same distinction as a junior in 1952 but didn't compete last season owing to a
knee operation. So complete and devastating was the offensive repertoire of this
stout little welterweight that he scored 16 points in each of two different bouts
of the tourney. No other wrestler scored more than 13.
Edwin Rooney, Syracuse 157-pound ace, won the fastest fall in the history
of the big meet when he horizontaled John McMahon of Michigan in 31
seconds of a preliminary. bout,. breaking the former collegiate record of 38
seconds made by Alan Rice, M~nnesota 128-pounder, over George Kelly, Wyoming, in the 1949 tournament a t Fort Collins, Colo.
Hugh Peery, tiny Pittsburgh senior, won his third consecutive 115-pound
title and his 48th collegiate bout in a row by decisioning Charles Ofsthtan of
Minnesota, 9-2, in the finals. The speedy little Panther ace got terrific competition in the semi-finals from Terrance McCann, tigerish Iowa wrestler. This
was the meet's fastest bout. McCann's eternal aggressiveness earned him a 5-5
draw on the scoreboard but Peery's superiority in riding time gave him a 6-5
victory in this thrilling duel of fast-moving gnatweights. Peery's coach is his
father, Rex Peery, who back in 1933-35 won three National Collegiate 118pound titles wrestling for Oklahqma A&M.
Norvard (Snip) Nalan, Mich~gan's clever defending National Collegiate
champ at 130, whose tumbling warmup didos in his corner prior to all his
bouts rivals the pre-game antics of the Harlem Globe-Trotters in crowd pleasing quality, pinned three foes and gave only two points while decisioning two
others as he defeated Ithaca's Jim Howard, 6 1 , in the finals. Nalan has now
won 35 bouts in a row.
Bob Hoke, an Oklahoma boy wrestling at Michigan State, upset Rooney,
11-6, in the 157'-pound final, snapping a string of 20 consecutive victories by
Rooney this year.
Joe Solomon of Pittsburgh gave Coach Rex Peery's Panthers a second individual title when he defeated hard-battling Ernie Fischer of Maryland, 6-2,
in a hard-fought 167-pound bout.
Pete Blair of Navy decisioned Joe Comly of Lehigh, 10-5, to win the 191pound title and finish the season with a 16-0 record that included 12 falls.
Nicks finished the year with an 11-0 record, nine of them falls.
The rules committee will recommend to the executive committee that the
1955 tournament be held at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
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THE O F F I C I A L NCAA W R E S T L I N G G U I D E 1955
130-lb.
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147-lb.
157-lb.
167-lb.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS AND PLACE WINNERS
Fourth
Third
Secolzd
McCann
Love
Ofsthun
(Kent State)
(Iowa)
(Minnesota)
Anderson
Vega
Lobaugh
(Minnesota)
(Oklahoma A
(Iowa)
) (Purdue)
Sinadinos
Kozy
Howard
. . . . . iqalan
(Pittsburgh)
(Mich. State)
(Ithaca)
Kaul
~ ~ h e l u e r g e r Maurey
(Michigan)
(Lehigh)
(Pen? State)
(Okla. A&M)
Lronstein
r nompson
Corunn
. . . . . . . Lvans
(Colo. State)
(Okla. A&M)
(Cornell Col.)
(Oltlahoma
Eagleton
TenPas
Rooney
. . . . . . .Hoke
(Oklahoma)
(Illinois)
(Syracuse)
(Mich. State)
Davis
Fischer
C-attuso
. . . . . . .Solomon
(Okla.
A&M)
(Navy)
p=&yland)
Weaver
Kru-ka
(Kansas
State)
(Penn
State)
(Colorado)
Shining
O Oerly
Comly
( P e n n State)
(Iowa)
(Lehigh)
Kitzelman
Ellis
Konovsky
(Kansas State)
(Nebraska)
(Wisconsin)
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TEAM SCORING
Oklahoma A&M 32 Pittsburgh 17 Penn State 13 Navy 12 Iowa 12 Michigan
i s MinState 11, Oklahoma 16, Michigan 10, fLehigh 9 . ~ y r a & s e 6, ~ u r d u e5, ~ l l i ~ o 5,
nesoty5, Ithaca 4, Maryland 4, Nkbraska 4, VIflsconsm 4, Colorado 4, Kansas State 3,
Kent State 2, Cornell Col. 2, Colorado State 1, Springfield 1, Toledo 1, Brigham Young
1, Texas A&M 1.
National Championship Tournament Results
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1 15-Pound Class
F I R S T ROUND-Peery
(Pittsburgh) pinned Joe Landholm (Kansas State) in 3 : 5 5 ;
Bowlin (Okla. A&M) d. Pihakis (Indiana) 4-2; Corr (Oklahoma) d. Whelan (So.
Illinois) 9-6.
QUARTER-FINAL ROUND-Peery
pinned David (Auburn) in 4:00- McCann
(Iowa). d Bowlin 13-4; Torgerson (Colorado) d. Corr, 11-6; Ofsthun (Midnesota) d.
Love ( ~ e state!
k
7-5.
SEMI-FINAL ROUND-Peery
d. McCann 6 - 5 - Ofsthun d. Torgerson 7-1.
F I N A L ROUND-Perry
d. Ofsthun, 9-2. donsoiation-Mc~ann pinned'love in 1:3S.
123-Pound Class
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
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137-Pound Class
F I R S T ROUND-Turner
(Illinois) pinned Cappel ( T e x a s A & M ) i n 4 :15 ; Eichelberger (Lehigh) pinned k ung (Oklahoma) i n 4 - 4 2 . De renger (Cornell Col ) d
Loucks (California) 6-0 ; ode rick (Okla A & M ) pi&hd ~ o f i i n s( B Y U ) i n 4.1 1- ' ~ a i :
thews (Pittsburgh) L D wney ( ~ u b u r n ' )9-0- Casalicchio ( M i c h State) d. hatteri
(Colo. A & M ) 8-i. Biaurey ( P e n n State) pinhed Chatfield ( ~ a n i a sState) i n 1:35;
Ruzic (Iowa ~la,;'l d. Hakston (Lincoln, Pa.) 7 - 0 . y
S E C O N D ROUNU-Kaul
(Michigan) d. Turner 7-1.
Q U A R T E R - F l N A L ROUND-Elchelberger
d. Deprenger, 9-5; Kaul d. Matthews,
6-3 Roderick d. Casalicchio 11-4; Maurey d. Ruzic, 6-2.
S E M I - F I N A L ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i c hd. eKaul,
l b 8-2.
e ~ Roderick
g e r
d. Maurey, 5-2.
F I N A L ROUND--Roder~ck d. E~chelberger, 8-4. C o n s o l a t i o n - ~ a u r e ~ d. Kaul, 8-2.
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147-Pound Class
F I R S T ROUND-Frey
( P e n n State) d. Keith (Oregon State) 5-4; Spicher (Kansas
State) d. McGee ( N o . Carolma) 8-0;. Bronstelr (Colo. State) d. Carothers (Lincoln,
Pa ) 7-0 Evans COklahoma) d W h l t m a n ( W e s t Chester) 16-8. Bock (Springfield)
pin'ned M f c ~ w a n( K e n t State) i n ' s :ll ; Lockwood (Colo. A & M ) d . kambo (Mich. State)
6-0; Ellingson (low8 State) d. U r a m (Pittsburgh) r.d; Thompson (Okla. A & M ) d.
Corwm (Cornell Col.) r.d.
S E C O N D ROUND-Frey
pinned Henson ( T e x a s A & M ) i n 1 :36.
Q U A R T E R - F I N A L ROUND-Evans d. Frey, 8-3 ; Bronstein d. Spicher, 4-2 ; LockW O G ~d. Elllngson, 4-2; Thompson d. Bock, 8-2.
S E M I - F I N A L ROUND-Evans
pinned Bronstein i n 7:34; Thompson d . Lockwood, 3-1
PTN " TJ ROUND-Evans
pinned Thompson i n 4:15. Consolation-Corwin
d. Bronstein, 5-1.
N A T I O N A L C H A M P S A N D P L A C E W I N N E R S , 1 9 5 4 : L e f t to right; first rowPeery (Pittsburgh) Govig ( I o w a ) Nalan (Michigan) Roderzck (Oklahoma A & M )
E o a ~ s( ~ k l a h o m a,') Hoke ( ~ i c h i ~ a ; )Solomon
,
( ~ i t t s b & ~ h )Blass
,
( 0 klahoma A&M) '
- Blarr ( N a v ) Nicias (Oklahoma). second row-Ofsthun (Minnesota) Lobaugh ( 0 k l a ;
i homo
,' Howard (Ithaca), hicheiberger (Lehigh), Thompson (bkiohoma A & M )
Rooney i s y r a c u s e ) , Fischer (Maryland) , Smzth (Colorado), Comly (Lehzgh), ~ o n o v s k i
Wisconsirt); third row-McCann
(Iozi~a)
, Sinadinos (Michigan S t a t e ) , Maurey P ee nn nn
tate) Corwin (Cornell College) TenPas (Illinois) Gattuso ( N a v y ) K r u f k a (( P
$ . , ~ t a t e ) ' Oberly ( P e m State) ~ i i z e l m a n(Nebraska).'- fozarth row-lo;e
( K e n t State
$:l dnd&on (Minnesota), Kosy i ~ i t t s b u r g h,)Kaui ( ~ i r k ~ a nBronstien
),
(Colorado State{:
gL Davzs (Oklahoma A & M ) , Weaver (Kansas S t a t e ) , Shinzng ( I o w a ) , Ellis (Kansas State).
,
~&d)
&4
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T H E O F F I C I A L NCAA W R E S T L I N G G U I D E 1955
T H E T O U R N A M E N T ' S BEST--Champiow Tommy Evans (right) 147-pound star from
the Uwiversity of Oklahoma, receives the national collegiate outstLnding wrestler award
from Michigan's Coach Clifford Keen, who was elected president of the American
Wrestling Coaches awd Oficials Assoczatiow.
t
157-Pound Class
Y
F I R S T ROUND-Hoke
(Mich. State) pinned Bauer (BYU) in 5:55: Bormuth
( W oming) d Cobbins (Lincoln P a ) 4-1- R o o n e (Syracuse) pinned Utter (Springfie16 in 8:33'; Tenfps ( 1 l l i n d ) pihned ~ r a d s h a w (No. Carolina) in 1:38; Brandt
(Wartburg). d. Downey (Auburn) 3-0; Eagleton (Oklahoma) d. Jenkinson (Iowa) 12-2;
DeWitt (Pittsburgh) d. Larsen (lowa State) 7-4.
SECOND ROUND--Rooney pinned McMahon (Michigan) in 31 seconds; Zimmerman (West Chester) d Bormuth 5-2. Hoke d Beattie (Okla. A&M) 6-3. .
QUARTER-FINAL 'ROUNDLT~AP~S
d.. 'Brandt, 9-2; Hoke d. Zimmerman, 7-1;
Rooney d. Greenhalge, 7-0; Eagleton d. DeWitt, 12-3.
SEMI-FINAL ROUND-Hoke
d. TenPas 6-2. Rooney d. Eagleton 7-6.
F I N A L ROUND-Hoke
d. Rooney, 11-6. ' c o n s h a t i o n - ~ e n ~ a s d. ~ i g l e t o n ,2-1.
167-Pound Class
F I R S T ROUND-Gattuso
(Navy) pinned Rial (Texas A&M) in 1:48. Davis (Okla.
A&M) d. Cedarberg (Kansas State) 6-2; Fischer (Maryland) d. Wem'(To1edo). 4-2.
Broughton (Colo. A&M) d. Hanklns (Purdue) 4-1. Solomon (P~ttsburgh) inned
Gregory (No. Carolina) in 3:59. Hockley ( ~ y o m i n g j d. Miller (Cornell ~o1.Y 6-1.
McGhee (Wash. State) d. ~ o s e i m a ~ e(Colorado)
r
10-8; Cunningham (Oklahoma) d:
Winder (Iowa) 9-6.
SECOND ROUND-Davis
d. May (Iowa State) 4-2; Gattuso d. Perrone (Mich.
State) 10-5.
QUARTER-FINAL ROUND-Fischer
d. Broughton, 3-1; Davis d. Hockley, 8-6;
Gattuso d McGhee r.d. Solomon d Cunningham 13-8.
SEMI-FIN-AL R ~ U N D - ~ i s c h e r ' d . Davis 4-3: Solomon d. Gattuso 5-2.
F I N A L ROUND-Solomon
d. Fischer, 6-i. cokolation-~attuso d.'Davis, 3-1.
177-Pound Class
F I R S T ROUND-Blass
(Okla. ASrM d Bonacci (Toledo) 11-2. White (Oklahoma)
( ~ t a hState)
inned Segura (Cornell ~ 0 1 . 1in 1:24. k r i n t a (Perm State) d.
$4; Anthony (Indiana) d. Soscia (w& Chester) 3-0; Senol. (Psrdue) oinned Marshall
(Colo. A&M) in 3:49; Smlth (Colorado) d. Gallaher (Lehigh) 6-0; Weaver (Kansas
=;sayer
NATJONAL COLLEGIATE C H A M P I O N S H I P S
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State) pinned Mpravec (So. Dak. St.) in 8 5 0 ; Beresford (Pittsburgh) pinned Nickens
(Middle Tenn..) In 1:28.
SECOND ROUND-Blass
inned Gerdes (Iowa State) in 5:lO.
QUARTER-FINAL ROUN~--Krufka won by default from White; ~ l a d.
k ~nthon~,
5-1 Smith d Beres rd 3-1' Weaver d Sen01 4-2
SEMI-FINXLRO%Nb-&ass d. ~ r i f k a8-2. smith d Weaver 3-2.
pinnid Weaver in 5:40.
F I N A L ROUND--Blass d. Smith, 5-4. ~&ol&ion-Krifka
a
191-Pound Class
F I R S T ROUND-Blair
(Navy) pinned 'Robinson (BYU) in 1 . 4 9 . Oberly (Penn
State) pinned Hearon (Oklahoma) in 7:35. Evans (So. Dak. St.) d. Milis (Okla A&M)
5-2- Shining (Iowa) d. Reid (Colo. A&M\ 4-2; Krick (Indiana) d. Hitchccck '(wash.
st&e) 10-4.
QUARTER-FINAL ROUND-Gatto
(Iowa Teachers) d. Evans, r.d; Blair pinned
Oberly in 3:39. Comly (Lehigh) d. Shining, 4-1; Sotir (Springfield) d. Krick, 5-4.
SEMI-FINALROUND-Blair d. Gatto, 9-1; C o ~ l yd. Sotir, 2-0.
d. Shining, 6-1.
F I N A L ROUND-Blalr
d. Comly, 10-5. Consolation-Oberly
Heavyweight Class
F I R S T ROUND-Fowler
(Mich State) d Holland [Colo. A&M) r.d
QUARTER-FINAL ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ i t z' ( ~
e elb rma sak an) pinned ~ u h '(Piftsburgh)
e ~
In
5 :07. Nicks (Okla A&M) pinned Fowler in 7.00. Konovsky (Wlsconsm) d. Hix
(Middle Tenn ) 6-0'. Ellis (Kansas State) d ~ l l e i a~ U C L A ) 5-4
SEMI-FINAL ~ b ~ N D - - ~ i cdk s~ i t z e l A a n 6-0- Konovsky d 'Ellis 3-0
FTNAL ROUND-Nicks
d. ~ o n h v s k y , 7-0. '~oniolation-~itzklman 'pinn'ed Ellis in
3 :30.
TEAM CHAMPIONS-OKLAHOMA
A&M: Left to right, front row-Bowlin,
Rode~ick, Grifitlz (cqach), Blass, .Loba.ugh, Rogers (trainer) ; back row-Thompson,
Nicks, Simmons, Davzs, Beattie, M d s .
NO. 1 I N T H E E A S T - P I T T S B U R G H :
L e f t to right front row-Hugh Peery Bill
Kozy, George Mattkews, Charles U r a m - back r o w - ~ a r i l d Hunter, George ~ e r r e i f u r d ,
Joe Solomon, Ed DeWitt, R e x Peery (Eoach).
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NDIVIDUAL EASTERN
Lemyre (Penn State)
C R O W N W I N N E R S : L e f t to right-Peery
(Pittsbwgh)
130 Maurey (Penn State) 137 Uram (Pittsburgh) 147
~ o d n e y(Syracuse) 157, Gattuso '(iVavy) 167, Berresfurd ( ~ i t i s b - u r g h177,
)
Blair ( N a v y j
heavyweight.
Eastern Intercollegiate Tournament
B y GEORGE L. SHIEBLER, Eastern College Athletic Conference
The University of Pittsburgh varsity wrestlers, making their bid in the
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Assoc~ations hiteenth annual championships
a t Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., ran off with three individual titles and
tallied a total of 37 points to annex the point trophy. Penn State University,
the defending champion, was second with 25 points.
Penn State's Richard Lemyre and Gerald Maurey were the only successful
defending champions. Lemyre triumphed in the 13U-pound division with wins
over Frank Yatsu, Brown, pin; Deane Oliver, Rutgers and James Mahoney,
Lehigh. Maurey, a t 137 pounds, pinned John Ray, Harvard, and decisioned ,
George Matthews, Pittsburgh, and Ken Faust, Lehigh, overtime.
The Pitt titleholders included Hugh Peery at 123 pounds, Charles Urarn at
147 and George Beresford, the 177-pound representative. Peery took decisions
over Gerald Yoder, Franklin & Marshall; defending champion Alex McCord,
Lehigh, and Robert McCreary, Temple. In the 147-pound class Uram won .from
Syracuse's Garland Harrls; from Harry Scott, Columbia, and Ed Erchelberger, Lehlgh. Beresford pinned Roger Hinkson, Yale; pinned Ken Culbert,
Harvard, and defeated Carlton MacDonald of Princeton.
Edwin Rooney, the Syracuse Univers~ty157-pounder, won from Ed DeWitt
of Pitt. Rooney was the recipient of the outstanding wrestler award voted by
the E.I.W.A. coaches.
Midshipmen Joseph Gattuso, 167 pounds, and Peter Blair, heavyweight, were
the other champions.
The 1955 E.I.W.A. title event is slated for Pennsylvania %ate University at
State College, Pa.
Class
123-lb.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS AND PLACE
Secorcd
Third
Cham#ion
.. .....Peery
(Pittsburgh)
130-lb. . . .....Lemyre
(Penn State)
137-lb. .... ...Maurey
(Penn State)
147-lb. . ......Uram
(Pittsburgh)
157-lb. . . . . ...Rooney
(Syracuse)
167-lb. . . . . . ..Gattuso
(Navy)
177-lb. . . . .. ..Beresford
(Piftsburgh)
Hvywt. . . . . ..Blair
(Navy)
McCreary
(Temple)
Mahoney
(Lehigh)
Faust
(Lehigh)
Eichelberger
(Lehi-gh)
DeWxtt
(Pittsburgh)
Solomon
(Pittsburgh)
MacDonald
(Princeton)
See1
(Lehigh)
WINNERS
D 'Allessandre
(Rutgers)
Kozy
(Pittsburgh)
Matthews
(Pittsburgh)
Frey
(Penn State)
Ward
. (Army)
Kousi
(Yale)
Krafka
(Penn State)
Oberly
(Penn State)
Fourfh
McCord
(Lehigh)
Ollver
(Ru tgdrs)
Smmons
(Temple)
Scott
(Columbia)
Rumsf eld
(Princeton)
Tebben
(Army)
Culbert
(Harvard)
Lodge
(Army)
TEAM SCORING
Pittsburgh 37, Penn State 25, Lehigh 23, Navy 18, Syracuse 10, Army 8, Princeton
6, Yale 4, Cornell 3, Harvard 3, Rutgers 3, Columbla 2, Franklin & Marshall 2,
Brown 0, Pennsylvania 0, Temple -3.
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RESTLING GUIDE 1955
ollegiate Tournament
(Springfield)
(Amherst)
(Coast Guard)
(Tufts)
VARSITY TEAM SCORING
3pringfield 48, Williams 19, Amherst 17, Wesleyan 13, Coast Guard 11, M.I.T. 7,
Tufts 7, Boston U. 3.
FRESHMAN CHAMPIONS AND
Ckampiolz
Seco~zd
. . . . . . .Amerantes
Sowersby
(Springfield)
(Amherst)
Simmonds
130-Ib. . . . . . . .Bltzer
(Williams)
(M.I.T.)
137-lb. . . . . . . Fam
McKee
(Boston U.)
(Wllllams)
Howard
147-lb. . . . . . G. Davies
(Wesleyan)
(Williams)
157-lb. . . . . . K. Dawes
LaLonde
(Wesleyan)
(Coast Guar.d)
167-lb. ... . . ..Miller
HIE3
(Amherst)
(Tufts)
Olson
177-lb. . . . . . . Felton
( Wesleyan)
(Amherst)
Hvywt. . . . . . .Borodunovich
Kean
(Springfield)
(Tufts)
Class
123-lb.
.
..
. .
.
PLACE WINNERS
Third
Winslow
(Wesleyan)
Pelke
(Springfield)
Plourde
(Springfield)
McDaniels
(Coast Guard)
Brenner
(M.I.T.)
DuGuay
(Spripgfield)
Oliveira
(Tufts)
Vertin
(M.I.T.)
Fourth
Carmint
(Tufts)
Twombly
(Amherst)
Gobeille
(Wesleyan)
Wells
(Amherst)
Rooks
(Williams)
Raff ensperger
(Coast Guard)
Paganetti
(Coast Guard)
Orfant
(Coast Guard)
FRESHMAN TEAM SCORING
Wesleyan 27, Amherst 21, Springfield 21, Williams 18, Tufts 14, Coast Guard 13,
M.I.T. 12, Boston U. 7.
Wilkes College Open Tournament
By GEORGE F. RALSTON, Director of Athletics, Wilke+s College
The 23rd Annual Wilkes College Open Tournament was held in the spacious
Wilkes Gymnasium. The tournament was unusually successful. The entry list
was so heavy that four mats were used simultaneously to accommodate more
than 170 entries representing 31 colleges, universities and other organizations.
DIVISION A C E S I N WILKES OPEN: Left to right front row-Wilson
(matt.)
115, ,Peery (Pittsburgh) 123, Howard (Ithaca) 130, A m o n s ( T ~ w p l e )137, Faust
(Lehgh) 1 4 7 back row-Krufka (Penn State) 177 Deafz ( U S S Brzstol) 191, Kerslake
(Case Tech) heavyweight, Rooney (Syrac~se) 167, ~ e t t u c c i(Fort Lee) 157.
The Pittsburgh Panthers won the team championship and Lehigh won the
runner-up trophy. Pittsburgh achieved one first place, six seconds, one third
and one fourth. place.
The outstandmg wrestler award went to Ed Rooney of Syracuse.
This tournament has grown steadily throughout the years and now. is one
of the largest in the country. Many coaches praise the 'Yeet for its geographical
location and its timeliness. The classic serves as a tune-up" for the intercollegiate season.
\
Third
FWYE?Z
Second
Class
Chamgion
Monahan
Lutz
Huling
115-lb. .
Wilson
(Cherry Pt.)
(Cherry Pt.)
(Pittsburgh)
('IJnatt.)
D ~ P P ~
McCreary
Boda
.Peery
123-lb. .
(Temple)
(Lehigh)
( Cornell)
(Pittsbi
Johnson
McCord
130-lb. . ..Howard
Kurtz
(Pittsburgh)
(Ithaca)
(F&M)
(Lehia;h)
Bates
Kozy
Mead
137-lb. . . . .Simmons
(Pittsburgh)
(+high)
(Yale)
(Temple)
Sunmons
Cook
Matthews
147-lb.
. .Faust
(Temple)
(Pittsburgh)
(Pittsburgh)
(Lrhigl?)
Friedberg
Manfrm
Uram
157-lb. . . . .Bettucci
(N.Y. AC)
(Pittsburgh)
(Fort Lee)
DeWitt
Chandler
Solomon
167-lb. . .
.Rooney
(Pittsburgh)
(Harvard)
(Pittsburgh)
(Syracuse)
Gallagher
Harvey
Woodin
Krufka
177-lb. .
(Lehigh)
(Cornell)
(Cqrnell)
(Penn State)
Dinklemeyer
Bruce
Steinberg
.Dean
191-lb.
( Syracuse)
(Unqtt.)
(W. Chester)
( U S S Uristol)
Littlefield
Cousrneau
Kerslake
Hvywt.
Comly
(Columbia)
(Cherry Pt.)
(Case Tech)
(Lehigh)
. .. ...
. . .. .
. . ..
. ..
. .. ..
.. .
. .. .
. . ....
......
..... .
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;<,',
--
T O P S O U T H E A S T E R N T E A M - A U B U R N : L e f t t o right front row-Leberte
Cotton,
Ziglar David R . Downey, Buckles, D. Downey, E. ~ r o d n .second row-~hhrfie B .
M&,
James, Saunders, Vaughn Kincaid, BenLett . back row- chair
(manager), Ledbetter, McCartney, Embry, smith, Bloxham, ~ o s k n b e r ~Bragoin
,
(asst.
coach), Lhbach (coach).
row;
S O U T H E R N CONFERENCE. LEADERS-WEST
V I R G I N I A : L e f t to right fronf
Guidi Kramer, .Pritchard; back row-Harrick
(coach), Kamwski, ' ~ r a z ~
row-Perry
Lowers a d ~ r a v i i .
COLLEGIATE R E V I E W S
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Southeastern Tournament
By JOE BLACK HAYES, Coach, Middle ,Tennessee State College
For the second successive year Auburn, Middle Tennessee State and Chattanooga finished in that order in the Southeastern Intercollegiate Wrestling
Tournament held at Middle Tennessee State College, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Auburn, under coach A. W. (Swede) Umbach, gained its third successive
S I W T crown. The Tigers tallied 44 points and produced four individual
champions.
Middle Tennessee State and Chattanooga each had two champions, but the
former nudged the Moccasins for second place, scorlng 29 points to 28.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP
Class
115-lb.
123-lb.
130-lb.
137-lb.
147-Ib.
157-lb.
167-lb.
177-lb.
191-lb.
Hvywt.
Champion
... . Cotton ( A u b u r n )
.. . . David ( A u b u r n )
.Miller (Maryville)
.. . . ..R. Downey ( A u b u r n )
. . . . . .. Goetz (Chattanooga)
.. . .
.D. Dowcey ( A u b u r n )
. . . . . .. Bugenhagen (Maryville)
. ..
..Nickens (Middle T e n n . )
. . . ... . Cohen (Chattanooga)
. .. .. . H i x (Middle Tenn.)
..... .... ...
.. .. ........... .
. ....
... . . . .....
...
Runner-up
W h i t e (Middle Tenn.)
Scruggs (Chattanooga)
Ackerman ( E m o r y )
Fulcher ( E m o r y )
Buckles ( A u b u r n )
Shaw (Chattanooga)
Meyers ( A u b u r n )
Fitzgerald (Chattanooga)
James ( A u b u r n )
Lea (Vanderbilt)
TEAM SCORING
Auburn 44, Middle Tennessee State 29, Chattanooga 28, Maryville 18, Emory 17,
Vanderbilt 10.
Southern Conference Tournament
By OSCAR W. GUPTON, Virginia Military Institute
The 17th annual Southern Conference Wrestling Tournament was held in
the Virginia Military Institute Fieldhouse at Lexington, Va.
West Virginia finished first in team honors and placed four individual champions. V.M.I. was runner-up with three individual winners and Washington &
Lee was third with one champion.
D E E P S O U T H F I N A L I S T S : L e f t to right front row-Cotton
( A u b u r n ) 115 David
( A u b w n ) 123, Miller (Maryville) 130, R. ~ b z w n e y ( A u b u r n ) 137, Goetz (~hatt'anooga)
147 D. Downey ( A u b u r n ) 157 Bugenhagen (Maryvzlle) 167 Nzckens (Mzddle Tennessee; 177 Coherc (Chattanooga)' 191 Hix (Middle ~ e n n e s s e e j heavyweight. back rowWhite ( ~ i d d k eTamessee) 115, .S:ruggs (Chattanooga) 123, Ackerman ( ~ m o r ~130,
)
Fulcher ( E m o r y ) 137 Buckles ( A u b u r n ) 147 Shaw (Chattanooga) 157 Myers ( A u b u r n )
167, Fitxgerald (~hat'tanooga)177, James ( A u b u r n ) 191, Lea ( ~ a n d e j b i l t )heavyweight.
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T H E OFFICIAL NCAA WRESTLING GUIDE 1955
F I R S T T I T L E S F O R CADET TRIO-These
three V . M . I . wrestlers entered the
Southern Comference chanzpionsh$ ranks for the first time. Left to right: J e f f Robertson
( 14 7 ) , Myles Nowitzky ( 17 7 ) and Nick Servidio (heavyweight).
Interest was unusually high in that the power was more evenly distributed
among the teams entered than in the past few years. The wrestling was the
best and the competition the keenest the conference has seen in a number
of years.
Officials of the meet were Howie Davis of Washington & Lee and Sam
Barnes of North Carolina.
The 1955 tournament will again be held at V.M.I.
Class
123-lb.
130-lb.
137-lb.
147-lb.
157-lb.
167-lb.
177-lb.
Hvywt.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPlONS AND PLACE WINNERS
Champiors
Secomd
Third
Fourth
......Perry
(West Va.)
......Guidi
(West Va.)
......Pritchard
(West Va.)
. .... .Robertson
VMI)
amer
......L(West
Va.)
......McSpadden
(Wash. & Lee)
......Nowitzky
(VMI!
.. ....Servldlo
(VMII
King
(VPI)
Murray
(Davidson)
Reid
(Davidson)
Buxton
(Davidson)
Northrup
(Wash. & Lee)
Berry
(VMI)
Childers ,
(VPI)
Rauh
(Wash. & Lee)
Bender
(Wash. & Lee)
Ellis
(Wash. & Lee)
Jones
(VMJ)
Travis
(West Va.)
Jantzen
(Citadel)
Lowers
(West Va.)
Craze
(West Va.)
Kaminski
(West Va.)
Bryan
( y q )
Williams
(VPI)
Newmap
(VPI)
Sites
(Wash. & Lee)
Smith
(VPI)
,
Coe
(Davidson)
Johnson
(Wash. & Lee)
Burns
(Davidson)
TEAM SCORING
West Virginia 36, VMI 28, Washington & Lee 24, Davidson 15, V P I 8, Citadel 2.
Mason-Dixon Conference Tournament
The I954 Mason-Dixon Conference championship 'wrestling tournament was
held at Towson Teachers College with seven member colleges competing.
Johns Hopkins and Gallaudet, the latter dual-meet champion of 1954, tied
for the title. Each wound up with 26 points as defending champion Baltimore
finished third with Cafholic U., 20 points apiece. Loyola was next with 17
followed by Towson with 14 and Western Maryland with 9.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Class
123-lb.
130-lb.
137-lb.
147-lb.
Champion
Armstrong ( J . Hop.)
.......... Ruland ( J . H o p k i n s )
.Kelly ( L oyola)
Doory (Baltimore)
..........
.........
..........
Class
157-lb.
167-lb.
177-lb.
Hvywt.
Clzampim
......... .Manderfield (Cath.)
......... . W r i g h t (Gallaudet)
......... .Gordon ( B a l t i m o r e )
........ Callahan ( L o y o l a )
the
son
ted
the
her
Prn
3.
M A S O N - D I X O N CO-WINNERS-JOHNS
H O P K I N S : L e f t t o right,> front rowBachur, Armstrong, Logan Rutland R. Connor, O'Connor, Benson (trainer) ; back row
-Cochrane
(coach),
J. ~ o n d o r ,L e v y , Warnick (manager).
c rook:
T I E D F O R T O P HONORS-GALLAUDET:
Scribner, Jacobs, W r i g h t , Flaharty, Carlson.%
L e f t to right-James,
,
Magness, Obray,
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R U L E R S OF B I G T E N - P U R U U E : L e f t . t o right, front row-Gifford
Algarilz Vega,
Hankins, Adams, W h z t n e y . second row-Bryant,
Albertsolz, Senol, D A M ~ C O , 'weick;
back row-Reech (coach), beck (manager), ~ o o (manager),
f
Romalzowskz (asst. coach).
F I N A L I S T S I N FOUR-I MEET-Left
t o right front row--Modrak (Rochester Tech)
137 Bonacci (Toledo) 167 Love ( K e n t State) 317 Cwmmings (Cortland State) 123
bach row-MacEwan
( ~ e n State)
i
147 Dotzler ( ~ i c h e s t e rTech) 157 L a w i ( ~ o l e d o j
191, Sheer ( K e n t State) heavyweight, kqward ( I t k c a ) 130, ~ h o m a n i(Ithaca) 177.
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COLLEGIATE REVIEWS
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Big Ten Conference Tournament
23
, .
Pre-tournament predictions featured Michigan, the defending champions
purdue and Michigan State with Iowa tabbed as the dark horse. In dual meet<
purdue beat lllicnigan, LUIchigan beat Michigan State and Michigan State
beat Purdue.
Purdue won the tournament with 26 points when three of their four finalists
came through with titles. Michigan's two champions placed the Wolverines in
second place with 22 points. Michigan State and Iowa were third and fourth
with 20 and 17 points, respectively, each having one champion.
The conference competition was as tough as ever. Twelke men from the Big
Ten went on to place in the National Collegiate Championships. They gained
three firsts, two seconds, four thirds and three fourth place spots.
Richard Govig of Iowa, who failed to place in the conference 130-pound
division, won the 123-pound title i n the nationals.
130-lb.
137-lb.
147-lb.
157-15.
167-lb.
177-lb.
Hvywt.
-r
.I
By FENDLEY COLLINS, Coach, Michigan Sfate College
Class
123-lb.
I " /
lNDlVlDUAL CHAMPIONS AND PLACE WINNERS
Second
Third
Fourth
Charrtpio~t
McCann
Hirt
Hunt
. . . .Vega
(hhnesota)
(Purdue)
(Iowa)
(Michigan)
. . . . .Nalan
S nadinos
McCray
Matsumoto
(Mich. .State)
(Michigan)
(Northwestern) (Illinois)
Vyskocll
Casalicchio
Turner
. . .. . .Kaul
(Michigan)
(Northwestern)
(Mich. State)
(Illinois)
Haney
. . . . . .Weick
Seeber
Tambo
(Michigan)
(Purdue)
(Wisconsin)
(Mich. State)
S'enPas
Jenkinson
McMahon
. . . . . .Roke
(Illinois)
(Mich. State)
(Ior, a)
(Mjchigan)
H ;rr kins
Perrore
. . . . .Winder
Reif
(Purdue)
(Mich. State)
(Wisconsin)
(Iowa)
Anthony
Leuer
Van Schaack
. .. . . S ~ n o l
(Iowa)
(Illinois)
(Purdue)
(Indiana)
Fowler
HurIey
Konovsky
Shining
(Iowa)
(Wisconsin)
(Mich. State)
(Michigan)
..
.
.
.
.... .
TEAM SCORING
Purdue 26, Michigan 22, Michigan State 20, Iowa 17, Wisconsin 10, Illinois 9,
Northwestern 6, Minnesota 5, Indiana 4, Ohlo State 0.
U P F R O N T IN ,MID-AMERICAN-TOLEDO : Left to right front row-Schlievert,
Lami, Boyko, Kzene Miller; back .row--Shire, Lefler, ~accav!ia, 30s Scalzo (coach),
Silverberg (manager): W e m , Bolzaccz, Meyws.
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INTERSTATE SUPREMACY-ILLINOIS
N O R M A L : L e f t t o right front rowSolomon, Bruno, Boklander, Braden, Reik, Sandrock, Huffman; back r o w L ~ i l 1(coach),
Homeier, Hoflman, Swalec, Stock, Christian, Evans (manager).
Interstate Intercollegiate Tourn-ament
By R. A. PETERS, Athletic Publicity Director, Case Tech
The 17th annual 4-1 (Interstate-Intercollegiate-Individual-Invitational)
Wrestling Tournament was held at Case Tech. There were 72 entrants from
19 Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois and Ontario, Canada, colleges and
universities.
Trophies were awarded to champions of the ten weight divisions. Runner-ups
received belt buckles and third and fourth place winners, medals. Colleges
representing individual winners received duplicates of trophies awarded division winners. No team trophies were given.
Four 1953 champions were entered. Ed Laniz of Toledo, defending 177pound champion, moved up one weight class to win the 191-pound crown; Jim
Howard of Ithaca recaptured the 130-pound laurels for the second year in a
r o w ; and the third returning champion to repeat was Ian MacEwan of Kent
State, in the 147-pound division. MacEwan scored the fast fall of the tourney
i n 1:24.
Class
317-lb.
123-lb.
130-lb.
137-lb.
147-lb.
157-lb.
167-lb.
177-lb.
1bl-lb.
Hvywt.
Champim
Second
Third
Fourth
. . . ...Love
(Kent State)
. . . ...Cummings
(Cortland)
. . . . ..Howard
(Ithaca)
. . . ...Modrak
(Roch. Tech)
. ... ..MacEwan
(Kent State)
.. . . ..Dotzler
(Roch. .Tech)
......Bonacci
(Toledo)
. ... ..Thomann
(Ithaca)
.... ..Lanzi
(Toledo)
. . ...Sheer
(Kent State)
Jones
(Case Tech)
Mandel
(Lock Haven)
Boyko
(Toledo)
Cramer
(I,ndiana, Pa.)
0 Neil
(Wheaton)
Damone
(Hofstra)
Lentvorsky
(Lpck Haven)
Wllliams
(Wayyesburg)
Putorel
(Waynesburg)
Barrish
(Waynesbura)
.
Cilimburg
(B-Wallace)
Croft
(Indiana, Pa.)
Bruno
(Ill. Normal)
McIntyre
(Lock Haven)
Ferris
(Kings Pt.)
Chadwick
(B-Wallace)
Lee
(Cortland)
Gibbs 4
+ (&fre8&?
Hoffman
Ill. N o r a )
Douglas
(Lock Haven)
McCann
(Ontario)
Radocha
(Roch. Tech)
Turner
(Lock Haven)
Pennington
(Wheaton)
Dennis
(Alfred)
Schiller
(qase Tech)
Mihaly
(Case Tech)
Barclay
(Roch. Tech)
Policano
(Alfred)
Stiles
(Hobart)
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Mid-American Conference Tournament
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By BOB HOWARD, Sports Publicity, Miami University
Winning five of eight classes, the University of Toledo matmen copped their
third straight Mid-American Conference wrestling championship in the leaguetg
third annual tournament at Miami University.
Ian McEwan of Kent State, Paul Boyko and Don Wem of Toledo became
three-time conference winners. Over a three-year period, Wem has won titles in
three different weight divisions-157,
167 and 177.
Class
123-lb.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS AND1 PLACE WlNNE S
Champio~
Secolzd
Third
Fourth
Love
Weins
Hoskins
Dally
(Kent State)
(Ohio U . )
(Bowl. Green)
(Miami)
.
137-lb.
.Leffler
(Toledo)
.Boyko
147-lb.
.Rudo
157-lb.
.McEwan
(Kent State)
.Bonaccl
(Toledo)
.Wem
(Toledo)
.Lanzl
130-lb.
167-lb.
177-lb.
Hvywt.
(Toledo)
,
(Ohio U.)
(Toledo)
Twark
(Kent State)
Hoehn
(Ohio U.)
Mlller
(Toledo)
Frate
(Miami)
Knight.
(Miarnl)
Busick
(Kent State)
Brunemann
(Miami)
Williams
(Miami)
Tolas
(BOWLdreen)
Rychlik
(Miami)
Ehlert
(Ohio U.)
Vellch
(Bowl. Green)
Ladd
(Bowl. Green)
Weaver
(Ohio U.)
Donat
(Ohio U.)
Palmer,
(Miami)
Conner
(Kent State)
Zaccarla
(Toledo)
Minerva
(Ohio U.)
Shardelow
(Miaml)
Scheerer
(Kent State)
TEAM SCORING
Toledo 41, Kent State 26, Miami 21, Ohio U. 20, Bowling Green 9, Western Reserve 0.
llAC Tournament
By JAMES J. WILKINSON, Coach, Southern Illinois U.
Illinois Normal University nosed out Northern Illinois State College for the
team championship by one point for the second straight year. The outcome
of the tournament was determined in the 1'7'7-pound final match when Ed
Stock of Illiqois Normal defeated Bob Schulte. Each had defeated the other
once during the season.
Class
123-lb.
130-lb.
137-lb.
147-lb.
157-lb.
167-lb.
177-lb.
Hvywt.
Champion
Secolzd
Third
Fourth
"
.. . ..Whalen
(Southern Ill.)
. . . . .Bruno
(Ill. Normal)
. . . . .Meredith
(Northern 111.)
. .. ..Hopkins
(Northern Ill.)
. . . . .Grady
(Northern Ill.)
. . . . .Coulter
(Western Ill.)
. . . . .Stock
(Ill. Normal)
. .. . .Fisher
(Eastern Ill.)
Illino Normal 33, Norther
Eastern Xinois 8.
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Blake
(Western Ill.)
Reimer
(Northern 111,)
Sandrock
(Ill. Normal)
Miller
(Western 111.)
Zdenek
(Southern Ill.)
Swalec
(Ill. Normal)
Scfiulze
(Northern Ill.)
Hoffman
(Ilf. Normal)
Huffman
(111. Normal)
DeJohn
(Western Ill.)
Calhoun
(Southern Ill.)
Mayr
(Southern Ill.)
Wheeler
(Western Ill.)
Slnkewlcz
(Southern Ill.)
Steingruby
(Southern Ill.)
Werner
(Southern 111.)
Varvil
(Northern Ill.)
Cookson
(Southern Ill.)
Maxon
(Eas6ern Ill.)
Braden
(Ill. Normal)
Bohlander
(Ill. Normal)
Morowski
(Nofthern Ill.)
Robinson
(Eastern Ill.)
Krupke
(Northern Ill.)
TEAM SCORING
Illinois 32, Southern, Illinois .24; Western Illinois, 20,
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COLLEGIATE REVIEWS
L
\;y
.&:
F I N A L I S T S I N B I G S E V E N TO U R N A M E N T - L e f t t o right front row-(champions) L i n n (Iowa S t a t e ) 123, Hart (Oklahoma)
130 Ruzic (Iozqa S t a t e ) 137 E v a m (Oklahoma) 147, Eaglctdn (Oklahoma) 157 Larson ( I o w a S t a t e ) 167 W e a v e r (Kansas
place) ~ A q e r s o n (Colorado) 123 ~ o k g(Colorado) 130
~ t a i e ) 177 Kitzelman ( ~ c b j a s k a ) heavyweight. second row-(second
Yowng ( ~ k ~ a l z o m a137,
) Ellingsop ( I o w a Sta!e) 147, Gerdes ( I o w a S t a t e ) 157, s m i t h (Colorado) 167, w h i t ; (Oklahoma) 177, ~ l 1 i . i
(Kansas S t a t e ) heavywetght; thzrd rozel--(thzvd place) C o w (Oklahoma) 123, Ma~zcuso (Kansas State) 130, D u n n (Nebraska) 137,
Sfiicher ( K a n s a s S t a t e ) 147, Y o u n g ( K a n s a s - S t a t e ) 157, Bryaat (Nebraska) 167, Rosenmayev (Colorado) 177, Hearoa (Oklahoma)
heavyweiglzt; fourth row-(fourth
plate) Deznes (Nebraska) 123, Graham (Nebraska) 130, Bruce (Colorado) 137, Cz~trell (Colorado) 147, Mortov~ (Arebrasku) 157, Cunwinghana (Oklahoma) 167, M a y ( I o w a S t a t e ) 177, Salerno (Colorado) heavyweight.
COLLEGIATE REVIEWS
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INDlVlDUAL CHAMPIONS AND PLACE WINNERS
Fourth
F W E STRAIGHT FOR OKLAHOMA: Left to right, front row-Evans,
Corr, Young, J . Corr, Edgleton; back row-Skalenda,
Bross, Zink (mgr.).
.
Hart, E.
Hearon, Whzte, Cunningham,
C O L O R A D O S T A T E , R O C K Y M O U N T A I N S P E R E N N I A L S - L e f t to right,
row-Brown
Bronstein Castaneda, Martzn; back row-Greefihalge,
Raper, H a
(coach), ~ r l k e s ,~ e n t s c h .
N E W S K Y L I N E T I T L I S T S - C O L O R A D O A & M : L e f t to right, front row-khader,
Day, Datteri, Lockwood, S n i f f , Broughton; back rozv-M.u~lzso~~(asst. coach), Reid,
Holla~zd,Marshall, Wagner (couch).
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THE OFFICIAL NCAA WRESTLING GUIDE 1955
30
Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Tournament
By BILL TOMARAS, Couch, Washingfon State College
Washington State again won the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate wrestling to
nament, this time in a 32-30 photo finish with Portland State College. T
Cougars have won or shared the Pacific Coast title for the past four year
The calibre of competition continues to improve each year and interest
the Pacific Coast continues to grow. Portland State and Oregon were ad
as new members this year, bringing total membership to 14 institutions.
Eight defending champions were on hand, but only Del McGhee of Washi
ton State and Jack Ellena of UCLA were able to retain their crowns.
Art Keith of Oregon State was selected the outstanding wrestler of the m
Class
115-lb.
130-lb.
137-'lb.
147-lb.
157-lb.
167-lb.
177-lb.
191-lb.
Hvywt.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPlONS AND PLACE WINNERS
Champiolz
Second
Third
Fourth
Schlesser
Gerrard
Mc Clain
Toyota
(Portland St.)
(San Diego)
(Oregon State)
(San Jose)
.Allen
Gibson
Gei er
Williams
(Portland St.)
(Wash. State)
( ~ a fPoly)
(YCLA)
Lao
Anderson
Elias
. .. Kikuchi
(California)
(San Jose)
(UCLA)
(Cal. Poly)
Loucks
Meyers
Russell
Farnham
(California)
(San Diego)
(Portland St.)
(Cal. Poly)
Gightto
Hall
Fernandez
. . .Keith
(Oregon State)
(San Diego)
(Cal, Poly)
(UCLA)
Wheatley
Needham
Castiglione
Tubbs
(Portland St.)
(Wash. State)
(San Diego)
(Oregon State)
Polos
McElroy
Eitner
. . McGhee
(Wash. State)
(San Diego)
(Portland St.)
(Santa Clara)
Francis
. . Straiger
H eston
Nutt
(Sari. Jqse)
(Oregon State)
(Portland St.)
(UCLA)
.Hitchcock
McGinnis
Williams
John
(UCLA)
(Oregon State)
(Wash. State)
(San Diego)
. Ellena
Plxley
Enger
Tomasello
(UCLA)
(Wash. State)
(Oregon State)
(San Fran. St.)
......
.. .
......
...
..... .
. . ..
. ...
.....
....
TEAM SCORING
Washington State 32, Portland State 30, UCLA 23, San Diego State 21, 0
State 20, California 15, San Jose State 12, California Poly 8, Santa Clara 3, San
cisco State 2 , Stanford 0.
W A S H I N G T O N STATE'S PCI VICTORS-Left to right, front row-Gilson, Peppel
Dzbble, Nelson, Needham (ca@t.); back row-Toma~as (coach), McGhee, Crabb, Pixley
Hitchcock, Hoyt.
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COLLEGIATE R E V I E W S
31
F A R W E S T I N D I V I D U A L WINNERS-Left
to right, front row-Schlesser
(Portland
State) 115, Allen (Portland State) 123, Kikuchi (Califorpzia) 130, Lowcks (California)
137, Keith (Oregon State) 147; bark row--Wheatley (Portland State) 157, McGhee
( Washington State) 167,. Straiger ( UCLA) 177, H%tchcock ( Washwgton State) 191,
Ellena (UCLA)heavywezght.
Canadian Intercollegiate Wrestling Tournament
The Annual Intermediate Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships were held
in the gymnasium of the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario.
The University of Western Ontario took top honors by scoring 47 points
with four wins and three runners-up. Ontario Agricultural College was second
with 41 points and Toronto third.
The score was tied at the end of the seventh match, with Western Ontario
and Ontario Agricultural College each having 38 points. Western took the last
two matches, one by a pin and the other by a decision.
ClAA Tournament
For the fourth successive year Lincoln University (Pa.) won team championship honors at the annual Central Collegiate Athletic Association Wrestling
Tournament.
Class
115-lb.
123-lb.
130-lb.
137-lb.
147-lb.
157-lb.
167-lb.
177-lb.
191-lb.
Hvywt.
Third
Fourth
Champion
Secolzd
. .... .Archer
(Lincoln)
. . . ...Cross
(Morgan)
. . . . . .Rutledge
(Hampton)
Hairston
(Lincoln)
. . Carothers
( Lincolh)
.. Cobbins
(Lincoln)
. . Cooper
(Lincoln)
. . . . .Hernmings
.
* .LMorgan)
. . . mith
(Va. State)
. . . . .Anderson
(Va. State)
....
. ...
. . ..
.
Lincoln 47, Morgan State
Thurman
(Howard)
Kirkland '
(Howard)
Graham
(Lincoln)
K. Brown
(Hampton)
Raymond
(Morgan)
D. Brown
(Hampton)
McClendon
(Morgan)
Holcomb
(Va. State)
Slaughter
(Lincoln)
Scott
(Howard)
Keenan
(Ham~ton)
Bronnkr '
(Lincoln)
Brickhouse
(Va. State)
Hawklns
(Morgan)
Sparks
(Howard)
Thomas
(Howard)
Hodge
(Hampton)
Lewis
(Hampton)
Williams
(Morgan)
Carrey
(Morgan)
Brown
(Va. State)
barrar
(Va. State)
Wilson
(Morgan)
Mason
(Lincoln)
Megginson
(Hampton)
Durham
(Lincoln)
,
TEAM SCORING
Hampton Institute 25, Virginia State 21, Howard U. 18.
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California
By FRANK M. CROSBY, Coach, Sun Diego High School
Redondo Union High School played host to the 29th Southern California
Jnterscholastic Federation Wrestling Championship.
The rugged standard of competition in the final tournament is indicated by
the close distribution of points between the competing teams. San Diego High
School won its fifth consecutive team title.
Bernie Hernandez of Whittier, Jim Bodenhamer of Kearney and Nelson
Cadava of San Diego were repeat champions.
TEAM SCORING. San Diego 29, Redondo 25 Kearney ( S D ) 22 Whittier 22 Morningside 21, ~ e d l a n d s17, Inglewood 13, Mira Costa 13, elk '6, ~ ' e u z i n ~ e5,r dhino 5,
Vocational (S.D.) 4, Beverly 4, Army & Navy 4, Hawthorne 3, Escondido 1.
Champion
Second
Thivd
Fourth
Flores (L)
Kirchbaum (RS) Blake (SD)
. .Said (MC)
Foster (HA)
.. .Corcoran (W) Webber (MC) Brown (SD)
Braunht (HE)
Luxa (E)
. . . .Hernandez (W) Veach (M)
Barb; (RS) .
Buffalin? ( I )
. Bodenhamer' (K) Moreno (W)
Anderson (V)
NcKenzie (L)
. . .Gardiner (RO) Simonek (I)
Neese (RO)
Buchanan (W)
Kellenberger (M) Riggs (K)
Branam (RO)
Dufresne ( K )
. . .Johnson (SD) Stark (C)
Keelor (RO)
. . . .Minafee (SD) Billington (I) Ambrose (K)
Dubis ( H E )
Beall (RO)
Edelson (B)
. .Musick (K)
185-lb. .... . .Felix (ROl
Henderson (AN) Meelker (RS)
Bass (M)
Daily '(K-)
Thomason (M) ' Orchard ( W )
'
133-lb. . . .~ a d a v a(SD)
Patten (SD)
Wells (K)
Parks (RS)
Hvywt. .
. . Sweeney (I)
Class
95-lb.
103-lb.
112-lb.
120-lb.
127-lb.
138-lb.
145-lb.
154-lb.
165-lb.
.......
. .........
. . .......
. .. .. .
. . ....
'
'
Colorado
TEAM SCORING. Montrose 16 Arvada 15 Pueblo Centennial 14 Colorado Springs
14 Englewood 12 kort Collins li Boulder 9 ' L a ~ u n t a9 Greeley 8 'south (Denver) 8
~ k s t m i n s t e r8 ~ k l i s a d e7 West i ~ e n v e r )7' North ( ~ & v e r ) 6 docly Ford 6 ~ h e a i
Ridge 6 ~ r a n hJunction '5 Sterling 5 w r k y 5 Fort MorganY4 Holly 4 ~ k m a r4
~ r i ~ h t o3,d Hayden 3, ~ u e d l oCentral i, Del ~ o ; t e 2, East (~env)er)2, ~ o t d e n2, ~ a i
Animas 2, Center 1, Durango 1, Fruita 1, Lakewood 1, Mongmont 1, Sargent 1,
Monte Wista 1.
Class
.
Champion
Second
Third
Fourth
Garcia (WD)
Cardova (PC)
95-lb.
.Rogers (FC)
Archuleta (GO)
103-lb.
Serratore ( W E Gallegos ( E )
Hayden
(GR)
112-lb.
.. .Williams (M)
Jones (LJ)
Willlams (HA)
Barber (HO )
120-lb. .. . .Hughes (CS)
Davis (ND)
Wilkins '(CS)
127-Ib.
. .Burke (BO)
Pivorka (ST)
(PC)
133-lb.
.. .Godfrey (SD) Moore
Manweller (FC)
Hopper (FM)
Yeo ( E )
138-lb.
Caine (SD)
Goodwin (WD
145-lb. . . . .Brownlee (L)
Rule
(LAM)
Schreiber
(GR]
154-lb, .
Ericson (WR)
Harver (PC)
Hulse (LA)
165-lb. .. ....Miskol (A)
Coulson (GJ)
175-lb. . . . . . .N+son (A)
Call (RFS
Welch (ED)
Hvywt. .
..Wilson ( P )
...........
.. .
.... .....
......
.. .....
...
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Georgia
Georgia Military Academy easily won the Georgia Junior A.A.U. Wrestling 1
championships, a t which it was host, by scoring 71 points. A total of 42 3
wrestlers representing five teams were entered.
Second place honors went to Emory freshmen with 30 points. Druid Hills
High School and Atlanta YMCA tied for third with 29 points each and Calhoun
High School scored 4.
The finals resulted in victories for all teams except Calhoun High School: I
The GMA team won five individual chanlpionships and had six wrestlers in the
runner-up positions. Emory Freshmen won three titles, and the YMCA and
Druid Hills High School teams gained two each.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS AND RUNNER-UPS
Rzcmer-up
Class
Champion
100-lb.
Grisham (GMA)
108-lb. ..........Hogg (GMA)
115-lb. ......... .Henry (Emory Fr.)
123-lb. ..........Sweeney (GMA)
130-lb. ......... .Ackerman (Emory Fr.)
.Taylqr (GMA)
137-lb.
.Fleming (Druid Hills)
147-lb.
157-lb.
Protsrnan (YMCA)
.Knight (Emory Fr.)
167-lb.
177-lb. ..........Goeke (YMCA)
191-lb.
.Economy (GMA)
Hvywt. ........ .Hunter (Druid Hills)
..........
.........
.........
..........
.........
.........
...................Brown
Stewart (Unattached)
....................
(Emory Fr.)
..............
.Dement (GMA)
.................
.Stone (Druid Hills)
............Simmons
.Ingels (GMA)
...................
(YMCA)
.............
Makinson (GMA)
................
McCollum (GMA)
...............Moon (GMA)
...................
Gillies (Druid Hills)
.,................
Drawart (Druid Hills)
..............Fitchett
(GMA)
Illinois
By TED CZECH
After placing second in the 1953 State Tournament with only three point
winners, Thornton Township of Harvey entered four men to win the 1954 title.
Thornton won three titles and a second place. Six points were added to make
a total of 28. Rock Island High School scored 24.
The match between Thornton's Don Morns against Rock Island's Gerald
Wheeler decided the championship. Morris pinned Wheeler in 1:25 to settle
the issue.
Two returning champions successfully defended their titles while one, Rex
Whitlatch, .lost in the finals to Rpck Island's Robley Barnes. Bill Muther repeated a t 138 pounds for New Tner, whde j u n ~ o rBenny Crisler moved up to
145 pounds to prove that he was still the most spectacular wrestler in the state.
Sixty-six schools competed in Sectional tourneys and 50 were represented
with one or more boys in the state meet.
TEAM SCORING: Thornton Township 28 Rock Island 24 Tilden 21 Waukegan 18,
Sterling 17 New Trier 15 Moline 14 ~ r b i n a6 Oak ~ a w ; 6 ~ c ~ e n 5i yMorton 5
Proviso 5 ' Thornton ~ r a i t i o n a l 5 Arlington t eights 4 ~ i l s c h4 ~ivekide-t rook:
field 4,
3 Champaign.2, henbrqok 2, LaGrange b, Oswego 2, Schurz 2, Elgin
I, Granite City 1, joliet 1, Pekin 1, Peoria (Woodruff) 1, Quincy 1, Wheaton 1.
t an st on
Class
95-lb.
103-lb.
112-lb.
120-lb.
127-lb.
133-lb.
138-lb.
145-lb.
154-lb.
165-lb.
175-lb.
Hrn.
Second
Third
Fourth
.Roma'no (T
.Barnes ( R I j
.Jurewicz (OL)
.Lundy (R1
.Dettman (S!T)
Hoffman (MOL)
.Muther (NT)
Crisler (TT)
.Anderson (WA)
.Mesec (WA)
Marchello CTT)
Morkis (TT)
.
.
..
Pineda ST)
~ h i t 1 a t c 6(u)
Robles (T)
Hughes (MC)
Meilahn (PR)
Steele (RI)
Kilberg (ST)
Mahieu (MOL)
Pitzner (NT)
Bankhead (TT)
Salata
Wheeler (Rl)
Nono (R)
Towers fH1
Carlino (AH)
Betzwiser ( 0 )
Morrison (NT)
Trautman (H)
Holzer (SC)
Borre ( G ) .
Pressler ( H )
Sanchez (WH)
Pierre (C)
Hendy (MOR
Taylor (PEKj
Stetson (NT)
.+
;
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SCHOLASTIC REVIEWS
35
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THORNTON, SCHOOLBOY K I N G S OF ILLINOIS: L e f t to right frolzt row-Ross,
M Fernaadez Medrano P. Ferlzalzdez Ayres Stuart Peter Mulr&ey ( m g r . ) ; back
yo&-~zech (c'oach), M&S, ~ a r c k e l l o , ' ~ a n k h ~ a~ dr ,i A e r ~
, o b i n s o n(asst. coach).
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Indiana
By R. A. HINSHAW
Southport captured the State High School Wrestling meet this year with a
total of 35 points and four individual titles. Technical of Indianapolis placed
second with 29 points and Jefferson of Lafayette third with 21.
The interscholastic wrestling program in Indiana high schools continues to
expand each year, both in interest and number of schools competing. I n the past
five-year period, the number of competing schools has nearly tripled. Thirtyfive schools entered the four sectional meets.
TEAM SCORING. Southport 35 Technical (Indianapolis) 29 Jefferson (Lafayette)
21, Central (~unc'i-e) 14, ~ e c a t & Central 13, . ~ r a w f o r d s v i l l e10,
~ Shortridge (Indlanapolis) 10, Bloomington 9, Mater Dei (Evansville) 8, Howe 6, Roosevelt (East Chicago) 5, Broad Ripple 4, Kokomo 4, Central (Evansville) 4, Central (South Bend) 2,
Richmond 2.
1
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I'
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4,
k
Class
95-lb.
103-lb.
112-lb.
120-lb.
127-lb.
133-lb.
138-lb.
145-lb.
154-lb.
165-lb.
175-lb.
Hvywt.
Champion
.Hinds (S)
Shropshire (TI)
.Myers (B)
Rasdall (S)
.Marker (DC)
.Beck (S)
.Bayless (C)
.Watson (TI)
Praed (SI)
.Edwards (S
Klepfer ( C d )
Rohr (JL)
.....
......
.....
......
.....
.....
.....
.....
......
.....
......
.....
Second
Third
Krecek (JL
Hill (TI)
Eawkins (K)
Johnson (B{
VanDeman (S) Hill (SI)
Baker ( T I )
Marker (DC)
Fenter (TI)
Chambers (C
Richardson (fL) Stafford ( T I )
Butler (REC
Tanner ( T I )
Holmes (CM!
Allender (DC)
Scheller MDE)
Hahan (AM)
Swick (JL)
Trainer (MDE) Corrado (H)
Fourth
Marsh (H
Black (BR)
McKinzie (CM)
Ieraci (CSB
wi!ki?s (JL]
Cirincione (RE
Clemons ( S I
Schrader (J2)
Birge (R)
Owens (SI)
Taylor (BR)
Nailon (CSB)
3
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Iowa .
By FINN 0. ERIKSEN
The 1954 season was climaxed a t t h e State High School Wrestling Tournament a t the Iowa State Teachers College gymnasium. Davenport High School
won the team title, ending a three year domination by t h e Waterloo schools.
There were five defending individual titleholders in the state tournament,
but only two retained championships. Earle Edwards, undefeated Teachers High
wrestler of Cedar Falls, won t h e 120-pound crown a f t e r winning in the 112pound elass last year. Gary Kurdelmeier of Cresco repeated a s the heavyweight
champion.
TEAM SCORING. Davenport 23 West Waterloo 20 Britt 16 Clarion 16 Eagle
Grove 14 Cresco l j Audubon 9 A~gona7 Cedar Fall: TC High96 East waterloo 6
Oelwein 16 C ~ a ~ : d s~ r a n k l i n '6 Iowa balls 6 C. Rapids ~ooskvelt 4 East ~ e i
Moines 4, ' ~ e kHampton 4, N o r t h ' ~ e sMoines 3, 'council Bluffs Lincoln 3,' Newton 2,
Cedar Falls 2, C. Rapids Wilson 1, Hampton 1, Mason City 1, Des Moines Lincoln I,
Charles City 1.
Class
95-lb.
103-lb.
112-lb.
120-lb.
127-lb.
133-Ib.
138-lb.
145-lb.
154-lb.
165-1b.
Hvywt.
Champion '
Second
Third
Fowrth
Turk (CL
Otteson (0)
.Garcia (D)
Webster (CR)
Barnhill (EG)
slocum ( A m )
.Anderson (CL)
Koehn (WW)
Hansen ( B )
.Bernard (EG)
Hollinaer (CBL)
Moser (WW)
Metz (N)
'
Edwards (TCH) Green (B)
Jorgenjen '(EG)'
Mark (IF)
Klemesrud ( 0 ) Lau (0)
Lampright (AL)
.Roberts (D)
Grey (EG)
Huff .(
'wW)
Cranston (CF)
Hennings (D)
.Moser (WW)
Heaton (EW)
Bjustrom (AL)
Rosberg (WW) Meffert (CRF) Jordon (NDM) Hodge (CBL)
.Meleney (B)
Harms (IF)
IhlefeId (D)
Hyke (CR)
.Nelson (AU)
Newsome (EDM) Drewelow (NH Landau (WW)
.Kurd'meier (CR) Funk (AL)
Helrnstra (CL)
Behrens (OE)
..
.
Kansas
By W. L. DOYLE
St. Francis led t h e field in t h e S t a t e High School Wrestling Tournament at
Norton to win its third consecutive title. T h e victors staged a strong finish
after trailing Wichita North into t h e final round.
St. Francis won a title, two seconds a n d f o u r third places i n scoring 30
points. Wichita North was runner-up with 22.
Salina won the eastern regional meet a t Douglass a n d St. Francis won t h e
western meet a t Atwood.
TEAM SCORING: St. Francis 30, Wichita North 22, Salina 20, Goodland 20, El
Dorado 17, Colby 13, Wichlta East 13, Atwood 10, Oakley 9, Douglass 8, Topeka 8,
Oberlin 4, Hoxie 2, Winfield 2 and Norton 1.
9ass
Champion
Second
Third
Foaerth
.Lara (ED
Sites (C)
Arnold (S)
.Gawith
Jackson (ED)
Lynch (WE)
Votopka (OB)
Rummel (A)
.Usrey (ED)
Ellegood (OA)
Pemberton (A)
Roedel (OB)
Iserhagen (SF) Bowman WE)
Freytag (G
Versch (A)
.Skelton (GI
Nichols
Warner T)
.Neville (SF)
Hoover (S)
.Bass (WN)
Indorf
Lemon (N)
.Gilbert (C)
Schneider (S)
King (W)
Hodges ( G )
Currier (H)
..Doyle (D)
Hotchkiss (WE)
Walters (SF)
Sewell (H)
Roylston (SF)
Knight (T)
Temaat (OA)
..
.
.....
.
..
....
(4
(h?)
(k)
SCHOLASTIC R E V I E W S
37
Long Island
By DICK MANN, Newsday Sportswriter
Frank (Sprig) Gardner's Mepham High School wrestlers from North Bellmore extended their amazing win streak to 1 2 3 and won their 17th consecutive
championship last season. The Buccaneers now have an all-time dual meet
and tournament record of 223 wins and one defeat.
Oddly enough Mepham had only one favorite in the Long Island tourney,
while Amityville, the Suffolk County champ, had five. However, Mephan had
five individual winners and Amityville one.
Buc winners were Bill Waples (130), Ken Fisher (136), Bill White (157),
Dick Dose (168) and Bill Sandie (heavy).
TEAM SCORING: Mepham 55 Amityville 34 Bay Shore 28 Baldwin 23 Linden7 Long each 5
hurst 13 Huntington 8 ~ i v e r h e i d8 Valley ~ & e a k8
oceanside 4, Lynbrook k , Malveme i, South ~ u n t i n g t d n1, South side' 1, Levittown 1:
Garden City 1, Freeport 1.
armi in id ale
Class
106-lb.
115-lb.
123-lb.
130-lb.
136-lb.
141-lb.
748-lb.
Chamfiion
Second
Third
Fozcrth
O'Keefe (B)
Hannon (A)
LaMagna (LB) Moley (BS)
.Donohoe (A)
Muse (ME)
Leggio (BS)
Rooney (VS)
. , . Guccione (BS) Bertmo ( L I )
LoTruglio (B)
DeTore (LE)
. ...Wades (ME) Austin (A)
Quigley (LI)
VanOlinda (B)
Fridman' (0)
Bell (
.Fisher (ME)'
Miller (A)
......C o l l i n s i B j '
ContiCbS')
T r a m (ME) .
Henn' (FA)
......Grenier .(H\
Lavanhar ME)
.. .. .. .....
. ..
.. . ....
MASTERS O F LONG ISLAND-Left
to right, front row-Collins
(Bald&%) 141
Grenier (Hzclztington) 1 4 8 White (Mepkam) 157, Dose (Mepham) 1 6 8 ~ a n d i i
(Mepham) heavywei&t; back row-O'Keefe
(Baldwzn) 106, Donohoe ( ~ m z t ~ v h l e115,
)
Gucciolze (Bay Shore) 123, Waples (Mepham) 130, Fisher (Mepham) 136.
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Michigan
By CLIFF KEEN
T h e Seventh A n n u a l Interscholastic Wrestling T o u r n a m e n t a t t h e University
of Michigan attracted 180 contestants f r o m 19 schools. I t w a s t h e largest high
school tournament ever staged i n t h e state.
Lansing E a s t e r n H i g h School won t h e team championship. L a r r y Bates
of Lansing E a s t e r n a n d D o n S t r o u d a n d F r e d Schworer of Lansing Sexton
repeated as champions.
TEAM SCORING: Lansing Eastern 60, Lansing Sexton 44, Ypsilanti 34, Ann Arbor
23 Hazel Park 14 Battle Creek 13 Adrian 10 Berkley 10 Lanslng Everett 9
~ i v i s o n8 Sturgis '8 Jackson 7 ~ i l d s6 East dansing 3 ~ i h o o lfor the Blind 3:
~alamazoof2, 0woss0'2, Flint c e k r a l 0 akd Port Huron 0.'
Class
95-lb.
103-lb.
112-lb.
120-lb.
127-lh.
133-lb.
138-lb.
145-lb.
154-lb.
165-lb.
175-lb.
Hvywt.
Champion
Second
Third
Foztrth
Wilbanks (Y)
Hatt (LE)
Collins (BC)
.Williams (LS)
Clark (A)
Hoyles ( H P )
.Bates (LE)
Harless (J)
Odegard (Y)
.Swix (LS)
Salazar (LE)
Wilde (AA)
Swifq (BC)
Bauer (Y).
.Stroud' (L'S)
Bvce (D)
Barrv (B)
Ciement '( T)
.Bogle (LE).
Dietrick (EL)
Holden (KS)
Sherman (AA) ~ a t d s k e'(LE)
Ell1ott (Y)
Leonard (LE)
Taylor (AA)
Wohlfert (LE)
Schworer (LS) Thornberry (Y) Wise ( H P )
Noble (LEV)
Bliesener (LEI
.Henson (B)
.Thompson (LE) Steadman (LS)
Craprford (AA) Knoll (BC)
Ihrig (LS)
.Fladseth f LE) Broune (S)
Cleaver ( H P )
Dawson (Y)
Yore (BC)
Smith (LE)
..
.
;gYJ&E)
Mid-South Wrestling Tournament
Baylor School swept t o t h e finish of t h e Mid-South Wrestling Tournament in
a blaze of championship performances t h a t w o n t h e last five events a n d brought
victory o v e r McCallie. T h e runner-up team h a d won five of t h e first seven
matches. Between them, t h e two schools won all individual titles a n d had t h r e e
men each i n second places.
TEAM SCORING: Baylor 67 McCallie 47 Columbia Military Academy 24 Castle
Heights Military Academy 18, '~ewanee ~ i l i l a Academy
r~
15, Georgia ~ i l i t a r ; Academy 8, St. Andrews 4.
Class
100-Ib.
108-lb.
115-lb.
123-lb.
130-lb.
137-lb.
147-lb.
157-lb.
167-lb.
177-lb.
191-lb.
Hvywt.
Champion
Second
Third
Fourth
.. . ...Hadden (M)
Krauth (B)
Harmon (CMA) Parker (SMA)
.Tyrone (B)
Dyer (M)
Bowles (SMA) Anglin (CHMA)
Sherrill (M)
Stone (SMA)
Schaefer (CMA) Oliver (CHMA)
.
Clements (M)
Lilly (B)
Holmes (SMA) Raiford (CMA)
.Goodloe (B)
Warlick (M)
Dunn (CMA)
Moore (CHMA)
Shepard (M)
Roddy (B)
Young (SA)
,Tayl?r (GMA)
Barnwell (M)
M.'C'l'gh CMA) Wann (B)
Makinson GMA)
.Atkinson (B)
Dickson (&MA) B'khart (CHMA) Gallaher (&MA)
Mott (B)
Morgan (CMA) Jackson (CHMA) Moo? (GMA)
Armstrong (B) W'wick (CHMA) Pointer (CMA) Norrtd GMA)
Buchanan (CMA) McLaugklin (M)
.Denning (B)
Folk (CHMA)
.Healey (B)
Tyler (M)
Fitchett (GMA) Russell (SA)
.... .......
........ ...... ..
...... .... .
.. ....
.............. .
Missouri
By MORRIS BLITZ, Coach, Normandy High School, St. Louis
F o r t h e seventh s t r a i g h t year Ritenour H i g h School won t h e S t a t e title, a n d
N o r m a n d y H i g h School w a s runner-up f o r t h e fifth time i n t h e s i x years.
F i f t e e n schools participated i n t h e tournament.
Ritenour also captured t h e Suburban title, although i t suffered two dual meet
losses to Normandy.
SCHOLASTIC REVIEWS
39
F I N A L I S T S I N C E N T R A L N E W YORK-Le t to right, froat row-Mowe~ Hatter,
Hughes Bar Seymowr W d s o n . second row-Button
R . D%Veronica P. ~ I L e r o n w a ,
~ e n n e r h e c h i ,Brady; i!hird yo&-~illiamson,
Ford, keeber, Beikert, ~ c ~ l l i s t eJoknr,
son, Westola; back row-Maier, Carrzey, Ackerman, Mead, Bruce.
Ferguson High School, coached by George Chapman, came up with the most
improved team and finished in a third place tie with Webster Groves. The meet
opened with a victory by Ferguson's Burke in the 95-pound division.
TEAM SCORING. Ritenour 63 Normandy 42- Webster Groves 34 Ferguson 34
Maplewood 26, ~iGkwood 13, ~ i n t w o r t h~ i l i t a &Academy 12, ~ n i v : City 7, clay:
ton 4, Hadley Tech 2, Ladue 1.
Class
95-lb.
103-lb.
1124b.
120-lb.
127-lb.
133-lb.
138-lb.
145-lb.
154-lb.
165-lb.
175-lb.
Hvywt.
Third
Fowrth
Chamfiion
Second
.Burke (F)
.Bergmeier (N)
. . ..Frechrnan (R)
Bergfeld (R)
.. . . . .Grubbs (R)
.Weeke (R)
.Frank'b'rger (N)
... .. ..DeLong
Minardi (R)
(W)
. . . .J. Orlando (R)
. .Parker (M)
. . . .Benoist (N)
.. .... ....
........
.. ........
... ....
. .. . .
Neunrei'tG (7
Wallis (K)
ackson (W)
oegele (W)
Bohara (F)
Hunt i R )
Akin (Kf
Hodges (N)
Miller (WMA)
h
Williams (UC)
Gatlin (F)
Heady (N)
Godi (K)
$;is
(#I
Welles (WMA)
Pritchard (MM)
ackson (C
&ndorf &)
Klrk (K)
Hord (R)
New England
By ALBERT W. KELSEY, Tournament Chairman, Roxbury Latin School
The seventh annual New England Interscholastic Wrestling Association
Tournament was held a t Brown and Nichols School, Cambridge, Mass. Twentyfour schools from all the New England States except Maine entered 124 boys
in nine weight classes.
Competition for- team honors was keener than ever before with Phillips
Exeter Academy of Exeter, N. H., edging Loomis School of Windsar, Conn.,
22-21.
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40
The Cy Carlson Trophy, awarded to the outstanding wrestler, went to Peter
Howard, 167-pound winner from Loomis School, who completed his second
undefeated season of competition.
TEAM SCORING. Phillips Exeter 22 Loomis School 21 S t George's School 14,
Phillips Andover 1j Tabor Academy 10' Needham 10 ~ i l t d n
9 Cranston 9
Wooster Academy 8' Rosbury Latin ~ c h i o l7 East ~rbvidence6 Noble & reen enough 6:
Wellesley 5, ~overAor Dummer Academy 4: Brown and ~ i c h b l s1, Providence Central 1, St. Mark's 1, Darrow School 1.
cade ern^
Class
115-lb.
123-lb.
130-lb.
137-lb.
147-lb.
157-lb.
167-lb.
177-lb.
Hvywt.
Champion
Second
Third
Fourth
.Burns (LS)
Varrica (C)
Larsen (GD)
Hein (PA)
Kullman
(
P
E
)
.Lynn (WA)
Seaver (N)
Winthrop (SM)
Lueth (N)
.Smith (SG)
Noble (MA)
Badger (NG)
Reese (NG)
..Moog (RL)
Stella (PA)
Palumbo (C)
Clark ( P E )
. Stainton (LS)
Stout (PA)
Williams (MA)
Sawyer (MA)
.Lisle (PE:
Kohr (PA)
Cotter (TA)
.Howard (LS) Reagan (TA) Baker ( P E )
Graves (BN)
. .Newbold (SG) Eaton ( P E )
Anzivino (N)
Gallerani (W)
. .McDaniel (EP) Eastman (TA) Borque (W)
Blanke (PA)
..
.
..
.
New Jersey
By T. RALPH WILLIAMS, Roselle Park High School
The New Jersey championship finals were held at the Elizabeth Armory and
won by a strong Union High School team. Union's Mike Vieira was the meet's
outstanding wrestler.
There was a three-way tie for second place between Paulsboro, Washington
and Newton.
The tournament was dedicated to Wilfred E. Cann, former Rutgers University and Olympic squad coach.
Runner-wp
Class
Champion
!06-lb.
Giovanitti (Paulsboro)
.Decker (Fairlawn)
115-lb.
Roane (Paulsboro)
Burt (Roselle Park)
123-lb.
Scalzo (Newton)
Frisby (Paulsboro)
Altmann (Union)
130-lb. ......... .Kennedy (Washington)
136-lb.
Scharre (Washington)
Savacool (Newton)
141-lb.
Biondi (Union)
Schwartz (Washington)
148-lb.
Amato (Bound Brook)
Poole (Union)
157-lb.
.Crosby (Somerville)
.Decker (Newton)
Thorsland (Teaneck)
168-lb. .......... Vieira (Union)
Hvywt.
Rutsch (Teaneck) ................. Ruegner (Union)
..........
..........
..........
..........
..........
..........
.........
.........
.............
.................
..................
.............
..............
...................
.............
..............
....................
New York
By ROBERT WOODRUFF, Wrestling Chairman
The annual State Wrestling Tournament was held a t Rome, with Watertown
taking team honors by scoring 69 polnts. Norwlch was runner-up with 29.
The tournament attracted 166 entrles from 21 competing schools.
TEAM SCORING: Watertown 69 Norwich 29, Rome 27, Canastota 22, Richfield
Springs 20 Chittenango 16 ~ u b u r h13 Lowville 11, Oneida 9, Van Hornesville 8
Sauquoit 8' Ilion 7 dams) 6 ~ r o w n v d l e5 Wh~tesboro 4 Oneonta 4, Holland pat:
ent 5, ~ ~ h 4,H Adams
~ k cent& 3, Verona, $ernon, ~ h e r r i l f1.
Class
95-lb.
103-lb.
112-lb.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS ' AND RUNNER-UPS
Champion
R~nner-we
:Whee!er
(Rome)
DeJohn (Ilion)
Camamne (Watertown)
.Boston Canastota)
DiVeronica (Canastota)
Skully (Lorwich)
.........
..........
..........
..................
...........
.............
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SCHOLASTIC REVIEWS
20-lb.
27-lb.
33-lb.
38-lb.
45-lb.
54-lb.
65-lb.
75-lb.
Ivywt.
..........
Manley (Norwich) .................Carr (Watertown)
..........Seymour
(Rome) .................. Jessman (Watertown)
..........Kirby (Watertown) ................Barr (Rome)
.........
.Nicholson (Watertown) ........... .Mower (Richfield)
..........Daldo (Watertown) ............... .Button (Chittenango)
..........
Hutchings (Auburn) ...............Roux (Watertown)
..........Gonino (Watertown) ...............Gridley (Norwich)
.......... Wood (Watertown) ................Hughes
........ .Wilson (Richfield) ................. Vellake
(Rome)
(Norwich)
Ohio
By ALFRED D. CARROLL
The State Invitational Wrestling Tournament, held a t John Hay High School,
featured 22 schools represented by 166 contestants.
There were 207 matches, of which 54 were decided by pins, 137 by decisions,
11 by referee's decisions and five by forfeits.
The tournament was won by the powerful Shaker Heights Red Raiders,
who went through the regular season undefeated, for a first in the school's
history.
Shaker Heights had only one individual champion but took three seconds
and one third. Chief reason for Shaker's triumph was the team's ability to pin.
Runner-up Bedford had only four pins to Shaker's ten.
TEAM SCORING. Shaker Heights 30 Bedford 24 West Tech 22 Euclid 22 John
Marshall 18 John kdams 14 East ~ i v e t l ~ o o10l ~ a r d e l dHeights 10 h a p l e ~ e i g h s10
Mantua 10,' Lakewood 4, ~ a r b e r t o n 4, ~ k r o n )East 3, l en edict ink 2, Collinwood 2:
Bridgeport 2, Huron 1, Brush 1.
Class
104-lb.
113-lb.
121-lb.
128-lb.
134f b.
139-lb.
146-lb.
155-lb.
166-lb.
186-lb.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS AND PLACE WINNERIS
Third
Fourth
Second
Charnpi0.n
. ~ e r l i n(BE)
.Brown (E)
.Hoppel (EL)
Mendicino (WT)I
.Harbuck (WT)
.Brown ( S H )
.Kucera (BE)
.Warholic E)
. n o r e (GH'j
.Dregalla (JM)
.
Eisenberg ( S H
Yurovich (WT]
Codner (BE)
Danaceau (SH)
Smith (M)
Oros (M)
Legg (MH)
Moore (BE
N. Leone (AH)
Nader (JA)
Sinito. (JA)
McNair (AE)
Jorenko ( E )
Bednar (JM)
Galipo (MH)
Sforzo (WT)
Floyd (BR)
Barafta (JA)
Morrlll (JM)
P. Leone ( S H )
Hartnett (JM)
HaverIock (GH)
Piazza (BEN)
Rostiano ( E )
Reminick (JA)
Pehrman (L)
Placko (L)
Reider (JM)
Adams ( E )
Diddle (EL) -
Oklahoma
By JOHN DEVINE
Preliminary tournaments at Perry and Stillwater qualified four contestants
in each weight for the championships at Tulsa's Daniel Webster High School.
Stillwater won the team championship with 31 points. Ponca City, 1953 defending champions, placed second with 30. Central (Tulsa) was third with 18
and Perry fourth with 15. Phil Kmyon, Stillwater's 165-pound champion, was
selected by coaches as the outstanding wrestler of the tournament.
Class
1.03-lb.
112-lb.
120-lb.
127-lb.
133-lb.
138-lb.
145-lb.
154-lb.
165-lb.
Hvywt.
Chambiola
Gilliham (TC)
ga&t;(&y)
.
.Waybourn (TC)
.Powers ( S )
.
Seaborn (PC)
.Taylor (TC)
.Kinyon (S)
.Keynon (S)
.Morgan (PC)
Second
Karcher (P)
Herald (TR)
McClung (PC)
Oden ( P I
Quance (P)
Elkins (G)
CaIvert (PC)
Geer (BL)
Mullin (PC)
Shelling (S)
Third
McGaugh (B)
'Wilson (PC)
Thurman (B)
Walters (TR)
Walcott (TR)
Campbell (S)
Terry (E)
Sullivan (TR)
Cooper (BL)
Roesler ( P )
Fourth
Avery (TR)
Boyd (El
Able (PUT)
Hutchinson (C)
Calvert (PC)
Griffin (TR)
Conley (C)
Barnes (P)
Beckett (PUT)
Lane (B)
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42
THE OFFICIAL NCAA WRESTLING GUIDE' 1955
Oregon
By JOHN H. EGGERS, Athletic ~ e w Director,
s
Oregon State College
The Pelicans of Klamath Falls, perennial powers in Oregon mat circles,
swept the 1954 State High School Wrestling Championship. The Pels rolled
up 46 points and won four individual firsts. Canby scored 29 points and Newberg, the defending champion 23.
Other point totals were: ~ o l a l l a20, Lebanon 18, Roseburg 1'7, Albany 11,
McMinnville and Park Rose 8 each, Tigard 6, Corvallis and Hillsboro 3 each;
Beaverton, Bend, Dayton, Prineville and Salem 2 each, and Dallas, North Bend,
Oregon City, Sandy, Springfield and Vale 1 each.
Outstanding performer of the tournament was Ray Green, Newberg's 123pound champion, who not only retained his title in this classification, but
pinned all four opponents.
The state meet, held annually on the Oregon State college campus, was one
of the most successful yet staged. A total of 192 wrestlers competed in the twoday show.
Class
93-lb.
106-lb.
115-lb.
123-lb.
130-lb.
136-lb.
141-Ib.
148-lb.
157-lb.
168-lb.
178-lb.
Hvywt.
Champion
Runner- U p
.........
Schrock Newberg
......... ~ewschkander Canby
.........
Conner Klarnith Falls
........ .Green, yewberg
.........L Dearing Klamath Falls
danby
.........J.cbnnelly
.........
Dearikg, Klamath Falls
.........
Biehn Klamath Falls
.........
Roseburg
~ru~iicka,
:~olalla
.........~ark&rst
.........
Dustln Tlgard
........~imrnhwright,Klamath Falls
.
Williams, Albany
Winningham, Lebanon
Rohrs Molalla
wood: Roseburg
Owings, Canby
Worrell, McMinnville
Evans, Lebanon
Atterbury Roseburg
Harris, danby
PLACE W I N N E R S OF S O U T H E R N CALIFORNIA: L e f t to right
front row
(champions)-Sweeney, Felix, Musick,. Minafee, Johnson Cadava, ~ e e i e ,Gardiner,
Boedenhamer, Hernandez Corcoran Sazd. second row (seiond place)-Parks
Henderson, Edetson, Ambrose, ~ i a r k~elleiber.qe<
,
Tbomaso.~1,Simonek, Morem, ~ e a c dWebber,
Kirchbaum; third row (third place)-Patten,
Meelker, Dubis, Branan, ~ i ~ ~ s , ' O r c h a r d ,
Barbo, Braught Brown, Blake; back row (fpztrth place)-Wells, Bass, Beall, Keeler,
Dufresne, ~ u c h h a n Daily,
,
McKenme, Bu#alzno, Luxa, Foster.
SCHOLASTIC REVIEWS
43
Pennsylvania
-:
High school wrestling continues to grow in Pennsylvania. During the 1954
124 member P.I.A.A. schools participated in the interscholastic program. At the conclusion of the regular season ten of twelve districts held
meets a t which selections were made for the four reglonal tournaments. .One
, boy from each regional participated in the State Championship Meet,
The Seventeenth Annual P.I.A.A. State Championships, m which 29 schools
were entered, were held at Pennsylvania State University. Over 4,000 spectators
attended the finals,
Chanzjion
Runner- Up
(Wash. Trinity)
...................Shook
..Bane
Adams (Chartiers Twp.)
(Wash. Trinity)
.. ............Wilson
(Nazareth)
DeFelice (Canonsburg)
.... .. .. ......Petronka
O'Gurkis (Kingston)
(Washington)
.......Rudeen (Philipsburg)
(Lock Haven)
.. .. .. .. .....Johnson
.Einsel (Shamokin)
.......Smittle (Canonsburg)
Pistore (Upper Darby)
Bock (Philipsburg)
Charles (Lancaster)
Orr (Haverford)
Micio (Northampton)
Moore (Phil1 sburg)
Bubb (Lock. haven)
Gallo (Trinrty)
Verano (Shamokin)
Wozunk State College)
Walters tHershey)
Rhode Island
By RALPH G. ANDERTON, Coach, Brown University
Central High School won the !954 Rhode Island Interscholastic Championship with 30 points and four individual champlons, breaking a three-year winning streak set up by East Providence High School.
Eighty wrestlers competed in the tournament t h ~ syear. At least two more
teams are expected to enter teams in the next tournament.
TEAM SCORING: Central 33, East Providence 30, Cranston 17, Providence Country
Day 16, Mount Pleasant 13, Moses Brown 5, Hope 3.
Chamfiiolz
Rmner- U p
112-lb.
120-lb.
127-lb.
133-lb.
138-lb.
145-lb.
155-lb.
165-lb.
175-lb.
Hvywt.
..................Moulton
Ramos (East Providence)
(Country
.... ...... .. .. .. .Bliss.
. Souza East Providence)
(bentral)
..................Caprio
(Central)
Fallon (Mt. Pleasant)
Day)
.........Guy (Central)
..... . . ..Kachougian (Mt. Pleasant)
. ... .. . . .Avedisian Central)
. .. . . . . .McDaniel [East Providence)
Mirman (Hope
Varrica (Cranston)
Zeytoundjian (Central)
Gorriaran (Country pay)
Palumbo (Cranston)
Swajian (Cranston)
Bradley (Country Day)
Driscoll (East Providence)
Meschino (Cranston)
Gill (Moses Brown)
Virginia
''
By WILLIAM
P. MARTIN,
Granby High School, Norfolk, V a .
Ninety-eight wrestlers competed for State High and Prep School Championships a t the University of Virginia. Granby High of Norfolk - won the team
trophy for the sixth straight year.
George Washington ( D a n d l e ) , Hermitage (Richmond) and Virginia Beach
had teams for the first time, and six more schools are expected to compete
TEAM, SCORING: Granby (Norfolk) 71 South Norfolk 35 Jefferson (Roanoke) 25
Maury (Norfolk) 23 Warwick 22 ~ i l l i a &Fleming ( ~ o a n o k g )22, Virginia School fo;
Deaf and Blind 5, h o d b e r r y ~orfest4, Augusta Military 1.
44
T H E O F F I C I A L N C A A W R E S T L I N G G U I D E 1955
CREAM OF V I R G I N I A SCHOOLBOY WRESTLERS-Left
to right front row
(chaw@ions)-Bateman ( 5 . N o r f o l k ) , Wall: ( S . N o r f o l k ) , Piercy ( ~ r a k b ~ Carson
),
(Granby) Weatherly ( S Norfolk) Montgrazn (Granby) Vandevender (Granby) Moore
ranby by)' Sanders MU&^) ~ a r l f e s s(Granby) Wiley i ~ e f l e r s o n ) second row '(second
place)-dra~zdstaf ( ~ r a P z b ~ Keen
)'
( J e f e r s o n ) 'Jackson ( S . ~ o r f o f k )Dobsoa
,
( S . NorCrews ( W a r n i c k ) , bVYsocki (Granb $, Carjer (Jefferson) Cooke ( M a w )
g:%ag
(Jeferson) Roberson (William d e m i n g ) Boyd ( ~ i l l i d mFleming)
(Granby) third ro& (third place)--Geiser (William Fleming) Charles ( ~ a i w i ~ k )
Taylor ( h'illiam Fleming), Deming (Mawry), Brannon ( J e f e r s o d ) , Crawford (Willzad
Fleming) MowchegiaPz ( M a w y ) Trozcsdell ( W a r w i c k ) , Allgood ( W a r w i c k ) , Vincent
( S . ~ o rblk)
f , Vaught ( W a r n i c k , Campbell ( W d l i a m Fleming).
-
20;
-
Class
Chambion
.Bateman ( S N )
95-lb.
103-lb. ......W alls ( S N )
Piercy ( G )
112-lb.
.Carson ( G )
120-lb.
Second
Granstaff ( G )
Keen ( J )
Jackson ( S N )
Dobson ( S N )
.....
127-lb.
133-lb.
138-lb.
145-Ib.
154-lb.
165-lb.
175-Ib.
Hvywt.
......
.....
......Heller
(G)
Crews ( W )
......
Weatherly ( S N ) Wysocki ( G )
......
Montgrain ( G )
Car er ( J )
.....
( G ) Coo& ( M )
.......Vandevender
Moore ( G )
Bowling ( J )
Roberson ( W F )
.....
.Sanders ( M )
Boyd ( W F )
......
Harless ( G )
.....W i l e y ( J )
Cox ( G )
Washington,
Third
Geiser ( W F )
Charles ( W )
Taylo? ( W F )
Dennis ( M )
Fowrth
Pultz ( W )
Breen ( V S D B )
Smith ( M )
Vandevender
. (VSDB)
Brennon(J1
Reveal(VSDB)
Crawford ( W F ) Hailey ( W F )
Mouchegian ( M ) Hall ( V S D B )
Tronsdell ( W ) Thornwell ( W F )
Alligood ( W )
Hoke ( A M )
Vincent ( S N )
Vaught ( W )
%~e!y&tYF)
Campbell ( W F ) Moats ( W )
D. C.
By ALVIN S. WAGNER, St. Albans School for Boys
Wrestling as a secondary sport is growing rapidly in Washington. The Washington Mktropolitan Interscholastic Tournament, now in its second year, has
been a powerful factor in the development of enthusiasm.
St. Albans School, in a field of six, won the championship for the second
year. Alexander Lagoudakis, 175-pound champion from St. Albans, was judged
by the coaches to be the outstanding wrestler.
T E A M SCORI-NG. S t Albans 65 Northwestern 59, Bladensberg 33, Woodrow W i l s o n
18, Southern o f ~ ~ k a p h 6,
i s cha;lotte Hall 2.
Class
103-Ib.
112-lb.
120-lb.
127-Ib.
133-lb.
138-lb.
145-lb.
154-lb.
165-lb.
175-lb.
Hvywt.
Chambion
.......,...
.White ( S A )
............R.
Davis ( N )
............Jones
Lundregan ( N )
............
............Pierson( N( )S A )
...........
.B. Davis ( N )
...........
.Cokinas ( W W )
...........
.McGehee ( S A )
:............
..........Fillius
FA)
.Lagouda I S S A )
...........Bernard
(Sk)
Second
Hardison ( N )
Parke ( B )
Rushe ( B )
Hardy ( S A )
Crandell ( B )
Schoenfeld ( S A )
Oberholtzer '(B)'
Lauterbach ( N )
Curtis ( N )
Sutphln ( N )
Bowler ( N )
Tlzird
Snook ( B )
Smethurst ( S A )
Rizik ( S A )
House W W )
Trumbuie ( N )
Bogelman ( B )
Slover ( S A )
Blynt ( W W )
M$er ( B )
Wilton ( W W )
Miller ( B )
SCHOLASTlC R E V I E W S
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Washington
By BILL TOMARAS, Coach, Washington State College
The second annual State High School Wrestling tournament was held a t
Washi-ngton State College, with Lincoln High School of Tacoma winning first
place honors.
Eighty-four contestants from 13 schools participated in the tournament.
The caliber of high school wrestling in Washington continues to improve and
the number of schools sponsoring the sport is steadily increasing.
TEAM SCORING: Lincoln (Tacoma) 40 Sedro-Woolley 31 Fife 17 Mt Vernon 10,
Longview 9, Stadium (Tacoma) 8, ~ a k i m a 6) , Moses Lake 2 , ' ~ u l l m a n ' l , ~ a l a m a1.
Class
103-lb.
112-lb.
120-lb.
127-lb.
133-lb.
138-lb.
145-lb.
154-lb.
165-lb.
175-lb.
Hvywt.
Champiofi
Runner- C'p
.Stimka (Mt. Vernon)
Parker (S-W)
Garney (S-W)
Gines (Stadium)
Espheter (Lincoln)
Shelton (S-W)
Handy (Longview)
Gangidino (Lincoln)
Dorfner
Weaver (Fife)
TenPas (Yaki.ma)
Meamber (S-W)
Finlayson (Fife)
Shanks (Lincoln)
Keiser (Stadiuni)
Barrett (Longview)
........ .Plumb (Fjfe)
Brenner (S-W)
......... Smlth (Llnco!n)
Eckenberg (S-W)
Crothomel (Lincoln)
Crawford (S-W)
........
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
........
Wisconsin
By GEORGE MARTIN
Twenty-eight high. schools entered boys either in dual meet schedules or
in the sectional tournaments, an increase of ten teams. Four sectional meets
were held and 19 schools qualified one or more wrestlers for the state tournament.
South Division High of Milwaukee captured its fifth straight team title
with 37 points.
TEAM
Pulaski
Park 8,
Stevens
Class
103-lb.
112-lb.
120-lb.
128-lb.
136-lb.
145-lb.
155-lb.
165-lb.
180-lb.
Hvywt.
SCORING: South Division (Milwaukee) 37 Washington (Milwaukee) 20
(Milwaukee 14) East (Madison) 13 ~anesvillk 10 Racine Horlick 8 ~ a c i n i
6 , ~ u x e h e 4,
r ~
West (Milwaukee) 8, Wisconsin ~ i g 67, ~ e v a s t o ~ e l ' 6Valders
,
Point 3, Beloit 1.
Third
Champion
Seco~d
Fourth
.Zynski (SD)
Haen (S)
~ a n d a(RH)
Brunmeier (V)
Hamel (WH)
Lowe ( R H )
% X k m1
Oswald (EM)
Vandevelde (L)
Metz ( R H )
.Esqueda (SD) Brand1 (V)
Jaklich S D )
Thorsen (J)
.Wahl ( W M )
Engen. (!EM)
Buntrock (WM) Mathis (PM)
Angevlne ( W H )
Van de Plasch
.Olsen (RP)
(WM)
Mrochinski (SD) Van Engel (WM:)Curtis (J)
T ~ P P(SP)
Husby (S)
.Jusczak ( P M ) Steck. (SD)
Zutz (V)
.Bensene (WM) Schnelger (SD) Upthagrove ( S P ) Davis (EM)
:
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Wyoming
By EVERETT D. LANTZ, Coach, University of Wyoming
Rock Spring's matmen scored 34 points to become the new state wrestling
champions. Defending title-holder Cheyenne edged Powell for runner-up honors
in the three-day tourney at the State University.
The trophy for the outstanding senior wrestler in the tournament went to
Dean Pond, 157-pound titlist from Cody. The high point trophy was won by
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George Fuson, 168-pound champion from Cheyenne. Jim Toler of Worland
was awarded the trophy for the fastest fall in the meet.
TEAM SCORING: Rock Springs 34 Cheyenne 32 Poyell 30 Cody 25, Casper 20,
Laramie 17, Worland 1.5, Newcastle 14: Saratoga 6, dove11 4, ~ d e a t l a n d2.
Academy School Tournament
By FREDERICK R. KUHN, Coach, Mercersburg Academy
,
Twelve schools participated in the 19th Annual Academy School Tournament
a t Lehigh University.
The Hill School of Pottstown, Pa., coached by Frank Bissell, won its fifth
straight title, by edging Stevens Trade School, winner of four first places.
Nolan Perry, 115-pound champion in 1953, won the tournament's outstanding
wrestler award. The Milton Hershey School grappler won the 123-pound tible
this year.
TEAM SCORING: Hill School 34 Stevens Trade 31 Milton Hershey 26 Mercersburg
21, Wyoming Seminary 20, Stony rook 10, Poly ~ r k p6, St. Paul's 6 , h . ~ Military
.
4, Kiski 1.
Class
167-Ib.
177-lb.
Hvywt.
Ghambion
Second
Third
k
-Fnwrf"."
.~ a r b d d(HS) Angrist SP)
~ i t a v e c(MH)
Zirkle (M)
. . .Perry (MH)
Fztch ( 4 s )
Younes (NYMA Evans (M)
. . .Moyer (ST)
Norrie (MH)
En& (M)
Thompson (K)
Dake (WS)
. .MilIer ( H S )
Creghan (MH) Mendelson ( M)
. . ..Evans (WS)
Winner (M)
Seneca (MH)
D jerf (PP)
Bender (MH)
Tucker ( H S )
. . . .Hetrick (ST)
/nn\
Schoenemann
..... .. .
.........
V " " ,
. .
.... .......Nelson
.Whitehill (ST)
(ST)
. . . . . Stremic
(WS)
Strong (SB)
Lennox (ST)
Stevenson (SB)
Stoever (HS)
Felnsteln ( P P )
Ceccoli (M)
L
tb;:
(WS)
Patton (MH)
Cron (SP)
STRONG IN M A S S A C H U S E T T S - M O U N T HERMON: L e f t to ~ i g k tfrofib rozscMaddern, Paylze . second row-Fricker
Owem, Howard, Price, Rogers ~ t o & m s ,Howard
Eng, Harris; third rozw-Chatmaw, Ldich, McDade, Gilchrest ~ i n d f r i sSkokan
,
~ishei
back ro-Kzm,
~ o r t e r :Gomez, Jenson, ' ~ e r c e ;
Fearon, Reeve, Campbell (coach
Thrlin, Fenger, Ford, Mannixg, k t n a m .
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Eligibility Rules for National Championships
(The following eligibility rules are taken from Article IV of the NCAA ByLaws, as amended by the 48th annual Convention, January 6-8, 1954. Check
your athletic director for possible changes in these rules made at the 49th
annual Convention, January 5-7, 1955, a t New York City.)
Sectwrc 1 . Any participant in an athletic contest under the auspices of the
Association must meet all of the following requirements for eligibility :
(a) He must be eligible under the rules of the intercollegiate athletic conference of which his institution is a member, or, if his institution is not a member of any conference, then he must be eligible under rules of his institution.
(b) He must be a matriculated student a t the certifying institution. That is,
he must have been admitted under the published admission rules of that institution as a regular student in a curriculum leading to a degree or comparable
objective.
(c) He must, a t the time of competition, be registered for a t least a minimum
full-time program of studies as defined by his institution, or if the competition
takes place between terms, he must have been so registered in the term immediately preceding the date of competition.
(d) He must have completed a full freshman year of two full semesters o r
three full quarters and one calendar year must have elapsed from his first registration a t the member institution or a junior college, or he must have completed one full year of two full semesters or three full quarters and one calendar
year must have elapsed from his first registration a t the certifying institution
after transfer from an institution offering more than two years of college work.
(e) H e must not previously have engaged in three seasons of varsity competition in the sport involved, provided that participation by a freshman on a
varsity team of an institution with an undergraduate male enrollment of 750 or
less shall not be counted as a season of varsity competition for purposes of
this rule.
(Competition by a freshman on a varsity team must be charged as a season
of varsity competition and must be counted as one of the three seasons of
varsity competition referred to in paragraph (e), unless enjoyed a t an institution
with an undergraduate male enrollment of '750 or less.)
(f) He must not have received or satisfied the requirements for a baccalaureate or equivalent degree, except that a student who is eligible during the
term in which he completes the work for the degree remains eligible until the
opening of the next regular academic semester or quarter.
(g) He must be an amateur as defined in Article 111, Section 1 of the Constitution of the Association. (A student who signs a contract to play in professional athletics, whether for a money consideration or not, is not an amateur.)
(h) He must, if competing in the Boxing Tournament, comply with all of the
requirements of the special boxing rules set forth in the Boxing Guide of the
Association as the Official Boxing Rules, and as the same may %e, from time to
time, established by the Boxing Rules Committee.
Section 2 . There shall be no wajver by the Association of any of the provisions
of Section 1 in the case of any individual student or students, except that in
times of national emergency the Council may waive any of said provisions.
Section 3. The Eligibility Committee shall not, prior to the conclusion of any
tournament or meet under the auspices of this Association, rule on any protest
received during the progress of such tournament or meet or within a period of
twenty-four hours immediately preceding the same if the student protested has
been duly certified by his institution as eligible for competitjon in the event.
Official NCAA Wrestling Rules 1955
RULE E L I G I B l L I T Y
SECTION1. Each contestant must be an Amateur as defined in the rules of
the National Collegiate Athletic Association and be eligible according* to
the rules and regulations of the college or university which he represents.
Participants in the National Collegiate Wrestling Championships must represent institutions which are active members of the NCAA in good standing
and must conform to the rules of eligibility adopted by the NCAA (see page
48), to apply to all annual championship meets conducted by this Association.
Note-See
Rule 5, Section 4.
SECTION2. All colleges, universities and institutions of learning in the
United States with acceptable scholastic and athletic standards may be
elected to membership in the NCAA. T o comply with "acceptable scholastic
standards" the institution must be on the approved list of the accepted accrediting agency of the district in which the institution is located.
SECTION3. An institution is considered as having "satisfactory athletic
standards" on approval of its standards by a two-thirds majority of the active members of the NCAA in the Association District in which the institution is located. Further information regarding application for membership
may be obtained from the Executive Director of the NCAA, Walter Byers,
209 Fairfax Building, Kansas City 5, Mo. A t least thirty (30) days should
be allowed for the above procedure.
RULE 11-REPRESENTATION
SECTION1. An institution shall be represented by only one contestant in
each weight class.
SECTION2. NO contestant shall be allowed to represent his institution in
more than one class in each meet.
SECTJON3. A representative may not accept a forfeit in one weight class
and compete in another class.
SECTION4. A contestant who weighs-in for one weight class may be shifted
to a higher weight class.
SECTLON
5. All entries to the National Collegiate
Wrestling Championships which are received after the
deadline date shall he charged a double entry fee. The
deadline shall be nine days in advance of the first tournament session.
National
Collegiate
Championships
RULE Ill-MATS,
C O S T U M E S AND E Q U I P M E N T
SECTION1. The wrestling area of the mat shall not be
less than 24 feet by 24 feet. There shall be a mat area a t least 5 feet in
width which extends entirely around the wrestling area. The entire mat area
shall he the same thickness which shall be not more than 4 inches nor less
than 2 inches.
Mats
-
-
SUPPLEMENTAW MATS
MAT PROPER
I
SAFETY AREA
All Iilzes are 2" wide.
RECOMMENDED MAT SIZE
I t is recommended that a moleskin, canton flannel, rubber, or plastic mat
cover be provided sufficiently large to cover the mat proper and all supplementary mats. This cover should be stretched tightly and be held in place by
ropes, or tape fastening the mat cover to the under side of the supplementary
mats, or by lacing the cover underneath the mats. The wrestling area should
be marked on the mat cover by painted lines two inches in width. At the
center of the mat proper there shall be similarly painted a circle ten feet in
diameter. Whenever the match is started or resumed, the contestants shall
be within this circle and throughout the match contestants are expected to
wrestle within this circle so far as possible. There shall be placed at the
center of the cover a design, at least twelve inches long, placed perpendicdar
to and pointing away from the timer's table. This design designates the
place where matches are to start and the direction wrestlers are to face
when starting the wrestling from the referee's position on the mat.
SECTION2. The costume shall consist of:
a. Full length tights and close fitting outside short trunks.
b. Light heelless gymnasium shoes reaching above the ankle and laced by
means of eyelets.
c. Shirts, if required liy the home management. The shirt shall be sleeveless without fasteners at the shoulder and fastened down at the crotch.
They shall not be cut away in excess of the shirt illustrated in Figures 1 and
2 (picture of legal shirt, back and front view). The visiting team must be
notified in sufficient time to be able to comply with the home team's request.
Cosfume
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51
This shows the front and rear view of the oficial shirt.
d. I t happens occasionally that two contestants look so much alike and are
dressed so similarly that it is very difficult for the Referee and spectators
to distinguish them. In all dual meets or tournaments, the home management
shall have immediately available some provisions for clearly identifying the
contestants. Such provisions may be by means of colored anklets, numbers or
any other plan which will accomplish the purpose.
Headgears
SECTION
3. The Wrestling Rules Committee strongly
recommends that protective headgear be used in all practice and competition.
SECTION
4. Any mechanical device which does not allow
normal movement of the joints and prevents one's opponent from applying normal holds shall be barred. Any legal device which is
hard and abrasive must be covered and padded.
Special
Equipment
6
SECTION5. The legality of all equipment (mats, costumes, helmets, devices, etc.) shall rest with the official of the meet.
Enforcement
RULE IV-WEIGHT
CLASSIFICATIONS
SECTION1. Competition shall be divided into eight weight classes as
follows :
123 lbs.
130 lbs.
137 lbs.
147 lbs.
The 115-lb. and/or 191-lb. classes may be
157 Ibs.
167 lbs.
177 lbs.
Unlimited
($ficially included in the weight
.
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classification provided either or both are adopted by individual conferences.
Interconference meets shall be contested in the original (8) weights.
For the National Collegiate Wrestling Championships the 115 and 191-lb.
classes will be included. These weights will count in the scoring of the team
,championship.
RULE V-WEIGHING-IN
AND DESIGNATION OF CONTESTANTS
SECTION1. a. Tournaments. Each day of the tournament contestants will weigh-in a maximum of five hours and a minimum of
four hours before the meet is scheduled to begin.
b. The contestant who is to represent his institution must be named before
the drawings are made.
c. Dual Meets. Contestants may weigh-in a maximum of five hours and a
minimum of one-half hour before the meet is scheduled to begin. The exact
maximum time shall be decided by mutual agreement of the competing teams.
The home team's representative shall be sent onto the mat first, and he cannot be withdrawn or replaced.
d. Supe~vz'sion.The Referee or other authorized person shall supervise the
weighing-in of contestants.
Time
NO. 3-LEGAL
"REFEREE'S POSITION ON MAT"
This position i s show?z as required i n Rule 8, Section 1, a and b. Note particularly that
offemive wrestler's leg i s outside of defensive wrestler's leg.
e. Teams may weigh-in on home scales by mutual agreement of coaches
and shall furnish the weight list with actual weights listed.
SECTION2. a. Dual itd'eets. I n all dual meets, net
weights shall be required. No overweight is permitted nor
should it be requested.
b. Tournaments. I n tournaments one pound allowance shall be allowed
after the first day.
Weight
Allowance
OFFICIAL N.CAA WRESTLING RULES 1955
2s.
tb.
wn
iS
aof
)re
1 a
2ct
IS.
.nhe
Failure to
Make Weight
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SECTION3. Any contestant failing to make weight at
the minimum time shall be rejected.
SECTIOX4. A t the time of the weighing-in on the opening day of the annual National Collegiate Championships,
a physician or physicians shall be present to examine all contestants for communlcable diseases and shall disqualify any contestant who, in their judgment, will endanger other participants. In other meets it is recommended
that a medical examination of all contestants be made at the time of the
weighing-in, and the presence of a communicable disease or any other condition, which in the opinion of the examining physician makes the participation
of that individual inadvisable, should be considered full and'sufficient reason
for disqualification.
Medical
Examinations
SECTION5. NO substitution is allowed in dual meets or tournaments for
injured contestants.
SECTION6. Defeat due to injury in a tournament does not eliminate a man
for third place competition.
RULE VI-CONDUCT
OF TOURNAMENTS
SECTION1. I n all tournaments four places shall be
awarded as follows : The loser in the final first place match shall automatically take second place; the winner of the final consolation match shall be
awarded third place and the loser fourth place.
Places Scored
Drawings
SECTION2. Immediately after the expiration of the
minimum weighing-in time, drawings shall be made. Drawings shall be made
in accordance with the graphic illustrations as provided in Sections 5, 6 and
7 of this rule.
zt
es
SECTION3. Whenever there are two outstanding conSeeding
testants in any class, the name of one of these contestants shall be placed in
the upper half of the drawing bracket and the name of the other in the lower
half. In case several seeded men are of equal ability, their seeded positions
shall be determined by drawing.
If there is one outstanding wrestler in any class and also two others who
are distinctly superior to the remainder in that class, those wrestlers should
he seeded in different quarter brackets of the opposite half bracket from the
outstanding wrestler. A seeded contestant shall have the same opportunity to
draw for the bye as other contestants in his brackets.
In the annual National Collegiate Championships, whenever possible, contestants from the same geographical location or conference who have previously met during the season shall be drawn so as to prevent them from
meeting in the first round.
I
SECTION4. When the number of competitors is not a
power of two (that is, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64). there shall be "byes" in the first
round. The number of paws whlch meet in the first round shall be equal to
the difference between the number of competitors and the next lower power
of two. There will be no byes after the first round and no further drawing
is necessary for the first place or consolation rounds. The byes, if even
in number, shall be equally divided between top and bottom. If the number
Byes
et
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54
of byes be uneven, there shall be one more bye at the bottom than at the top,
as shown in Section 5 of this rule.
Any conference or other tournament may be conducted under any bracket-'
ing that is agreed upon by the participating schools.
SECTION 5. Graphic Illustration of Drawings and Seeding.
Preliminaries
First
Second
Third Final
Round
Round
Round Round
When using a 16-man
bracket if byes are
drawn, ' they will take
their places a s shown
in alphabetical order.
1 s t Quarter
Bracket
2nd Quarter
Bracket
9
CHAMPION
3rd Quarter
Bracket
-B
14
4th Quarter
Bracket
17
Place
Number
Bracket.
Number
Bracket.
Number
Bracket.
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
1 seeded m a n draws for possible positiom 5, 6, 7,
8,
9, i n 2ad Quarter
2 seeded m a n draws for possible positions 10, 11, 12, 13, i n 3rd Quarter
3 seeded m a n draws f o r possible positions 14, 15, 16, 17, i n 4 t h Quarter
4 seeded m a n draws for possible positions 1 2 3
5 seeded maw draws for position in opposiie half
6 seeded m a n draws for position i n opposite half
7 seeded m a n draws for position i a opposite half
8 seeded m a n draws f o r position h oppos%e half
4 in 1st Quarter Bracket.
o> Quarter Bracket # I .
o f Quarter Bracket #4.
o f uarter Bracket #3.
o f 8uart.r Bracket #2.
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NO. 4-ILLEGAL
"REFEREE'S POSITION ON MAT"
This position, i s illegal because offensive wrestler's right knee i s isside o f defessive
wrestler's left leg.
SECTION
6. a. Immediately after completion of the first
semi-final match in each weight the third place consolation rounds shall start between all contestants defeated
by the winner of this semi-final match. (See b following.)
After completion of the second semi-final match in this same weight the
same plan shall be followed as indicated in the preceding paragraph. The
winners of the third place consolation rounds in each of the two half-brackets
in each weight class, meet in the final consolation match to determine the
third and fourth place winner.
b. When only two contestants have been defeated by the winner of any
semi-final matih the two defeated contestants shall compete and the winner
of the match shall meet the corresponding winner from the other halfbracket to decide the third and fourth place awards. When more than two
Contestants EligM e for Third
Place Matches
'
ated by the finalist 17 and therefore, only two matches are necessary. We
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56
,
NO. 5-ILLEGAL
U S E O F HANDS I N BODYLOCK
Ofensive wrestler i s not allowed to lock hands, wrists or arms aroz4nd body while
defensive wrestler i s sapported by parts other than his feet.
NO. 6-LEGAL USE O F THE HANDS I N WAISTLOCK
This shows the legal use of )he hands of the top man. Thk defensive contestant's weight
i s clearly on his feet, and hzs hands are og the mat.
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will assume 16 defeats 15 and later defeats 13. H e meets 6 in the final
consolation match in this weight. The winner 16 is awarded third place and
the loser 6 fourth place. All third place matches shall be run off prior to the
first place finals matches.
SECTION8. The Wrestling Rules Committee recommends that medals and
team trophies be formally presented in a 'ceremony made as impressive as
possible.
RULE VII-CONDUCT
OF MATCHES
SECTION1. All regular matches shall consist of three three-minute periods.
The first period will start with both contestants standing opposite each
other a t the edge of the circle. The wrestlers will come forward, shake hands
with the right hand, pass each other, turn, to the left a t the edge of the
circle and, when the Referee blows his whistle, begin wrestling. A fall during this o r either subsequent period terminates the' match. If neither
contestant secures a 'fall in this first period, the Referee shall recess the
match arid place the wrestlers in the Referee's position (Rule 8, Section 1)
with the appropriate contestant in the position of advantage (Rule 7, Section 4). The second three-minute period shall be started immediately by the
Referee's whistle. If no fall occurs during this second period, upon its
expiration the Referee shall again recess the match, place the contestant who
started the second period in the position of advantage underneath and start
the third period as before. If no fall occurs during this final period, upon
termination of the match the Referee shall award the contest as provided
(Rule 9, Section 1).
SECTION2. Each recess between the periods of any.
match shall be only such time as is required by the Referee to bring the
prpper
position for the next period. No rest shall be
contestants into the
permitted except for mjury. (See Rule 12, Section 1.)
Intermission
SECTION3. Consolation matches shall consist of three
two-minute periods conducted in the same manner a s
regular matches in tournaments.
Consolation
Matches
SECTION4. a. Dual Meets. Immediately before the contest starts the Referee shall call the c a ~ t a i n sto the center
of the mat and decide by the toss of a coin which team h a s the choice of position a t the start of the, ~econdperiod in each weight class. The winner of a
toss may choose the odd or even weight class. A choice of odd or even
, matches in dual meets is not altered in case of a fall, default or forfeit.
b. Townament. Immediately following the end of the first period the
Referee shall determine which wrestler has the choice of position at the
start of the second period, by the toss of a coin.
Choice of
Position
G
SECTION1. a. Defensive Wrestler. A position in which
the defensive wrestler is on his knees facing in the direction indicated by the arrow or design in the center of
ihe mat. H e must keep both knees on the mat and they shall not be spread
I
I
I
1
1
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NO. 7-ILLEGAL
USE OF THE HANDS I N LEGLOCK ON MAT
T h e position i s illegal because o f R u l e 10 Sectioqf 4 which forbids iwterlbcking of
filzgers, hands or a r m s around body or legs & M e contesiants are om mat.
NO. 8-LEGAL USE OF HANDS IN
BODYLOCK
T h i s complete bodylock i s legal because
defensive wrestler i s i n a standing position. T h i s hold would be illegal if d e f e w
sive wrestler had both kwees o n mat. ( S e e
Rule 10, Section 1A.)
NO. 9-ILLEGAL USE OF THE
WAISTLOCK
(MAN IS NOT CLEARLY UPON HIS
FEET)
T h i s i s illegal i f the m a n i s coming zt+
from the mat. T h i s m a y be permitted
momentarily w h e n going f r o m a standing
p o s i t i o ~ to the mat. Referees are to allow
veactiorz time only.
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more than the width of the shoulders. The legs must be parallel, with the toes
neither turned out or under in an exaggerated position. The heels of both
hands must be on the mat not less than 12 inches in front of the knees.
b, Ofensive Wrestler. The offensive wrestler shall be on his knees at
the s ~ d eof his opponent with his head along the mid line of his opponent's
back. The palm of his right (or left) hand shall be placed loosely against
the defensive man's navel at the waist line and his left (or right) hand shall
be placed loosely on opponent's left (or right) elbow. Both of his knees
shall be on the mat outside of defensive wrestler's near leg. His knee shall
not touch the near leg of his opponent and shall be even with or ahead of
the defensive man's foot.
SECTION2. The offensive wrestler who has control in
an advantage position over his opponent is gaining timeadvantage. Each wrestler has a Timekeeper assigned to record his accumulated time-advantage throughout the match. At the end of the match the
Referee subtracts the lesser time advantage from the greater. If the contestant with the greater time-advantage has less than one minute of net
time-advantage, no point is awarded. If he has one full minute or more of
net time-advantage, he is awarded one point by the Referee. No contestant
can be awarded more than one point for time-advantage in any one match.
The contestant with the lesser time-advantage receives no points even though
he accumulates several minutes of time in the advantage position.
Time
Advantage
SECTION3. A position in which a contestant is in control of his opponent. Control is the determining factor.
The failure of the offensive wrestler to get his head out from the defensive
wrestler's arm does not necessarily prevent the offensive wrestler from
having control. The offensive wrestler is entitled to this advantage until
such time as his opponent gains a neutral position or a reversal within the
wrestling area. (See Rule 8, Sections 8, 9 and 10.)
Position of
Advantqge
SECTION
4. Whenever a contestant brings his opponent
to the mat and gains control while the supporting points
of either wrestler are within the wrestling area he has gained a take-down.
Take
Down
Note-The
su porting points of either wrestler are the parts of the body touching the
mat that bear t i e weight of the wrestler's body other than the parts with which he is
holding his opponent. When down on the mat the usual points of support are the knees,
the side of the thigh and the buttocks. I n a standing position the feet are the main
points of support.
SECTION
5. Contestants are "out-of-bounds" when any
supporting part of either wrestler touches or goes beyond the boundary line
with the following exceptions :
a. When a take-down is being attempted, wrestling shall continue as long
-' as the supporting points of either wrestler remain within the boundary lines
of the wrestling area.
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b. When a fall is imminent, wrestling shall continue as long as the head
- and both shoulders of the defensive wrestler are on the mat proper within
the boundary lines.
c. When one wrestler has the advantage position and a hand or foot is
touched out-of-bounds by either wrestler these shall be interpreted as not
Out-of-Bounds
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being main supporting parts and the match shall continue as long as the
main1 supportmg parts of both wrestlers remain within the wrestling area.
If, however, the Referee anticipates a difficult situation at the edge of the
mat he may in accordance with Rule 13, Section 10, stop the match and resume the wrestling in the center of the mat.
SECTION6. The position to be assumed by the contestants at the resumption o i a match shall be neutral or the
Referee's position on the mat as determined by the position held upon going out-of-bounds, except when a penalty involves a change
of position. If neither wrestler has control the match shall be resumed with
both wrestlers standing facing each other within the circle. If one wrestler
has the advantage position he will take the offensive position on top of his
opponent in the Referee's position in the center of the mat.
~ e s u m ~ t i oof
n
Wrestling After
Out-of-Bounds
SECTION7. When the contestants are interlocked in a
situation other than a pinning combination in which neither wrestler can
improve his position, the Referee shall stop the match and wrestling shall
be resumed as for out-of-bounds.
Neutral Position
SECTION8. A position in which neither wrestler has
control.
Stalemate
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SECTION9. An escape occurs when the defensive
wrestler gains a neutral position on the mat or standing within the wrestlmg
area.
Reversal
SECTION10. A reversal occurs when the defensive contestant comes from underneath and gains control of his opponent either
- on
the mat or in a rear standing position within the wrestling area.
Escape
SECTION
11. Any part of both shoulders or area of both
scapula held in contact with the mat for two seconds constitutes a fall. The
two-second count (one-thousand-and-one, one-thousand-and-two) shall be a
silent count by the Referee and shall start only after the Referee is in such
position that he knows positively that a fall is evident, after which the
shoulders or scapula area must be held in continuous contact with the mat
for two seconds before a fall shall be awarded.
a. A fall shall not be awarded when one or both shoulders or head of the
defensive contestant are out-of-bounds. (See Rule 8, Section 5b.)
b. If the defensive wrestler is handicapped by having any portion of his
body off the wrestling area, no fall shall be awarded and out-of-bounds shall
be declared.
c. When the match is stopped for out-of-bounds in a fall situation, the
match shall be resumed in the Referee's position on the mat. (See Rule 8,
Sections 1 and 6.)
Near-Fall
SECTION12. A near-fall is a situation in which the
offensive wrestler has control of his opponent in a pinning combination with
both shoulders or the scapula area held continuously within two inches
(three finger widths) of the mat for two full seconds. When these provisions
are complied with two points shall be awarded for a near-fall. I n situations
where the above provisions are complied with, and both shoulders or the
scapula area are held in continuous contact with the mat for one full second,
three points shall be awarded for the near-fall.
Fall
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SECTION13. A predicament is a situation in which the
offensive wrestler has control of his oppolzenf i n a pinning combination and
a fall or near-fall is imminent.
a. When both shoulders of the defensive wrestler are held in contact with
the mat for too short a time to award a near-fall, a predicament shall be
scored.
b. When h t h shoulders of the defensive wrestler are held continuously
within approximately four inches off the mat, or less, but not sufficiently
close to award a near-fall, for two full seconds or more, a predicament shall
be scored.
c. When one shoulder of the defensive wrestler is touching the mat, and
the other shoulder is held within an angle of 45 degrees or less with the mat,
but not sufficiently close to award a near-fall, for two seconds or more, a
predicament shall be scored.
Predicament
Note 1-A near-fall or predicament is ended when the defensive wrestler gets out of
the pinning position and into a position in whlch a fall is no longer imminent.
Note 2-Regardless
of the length of time a defensive wrestler may be held in a
pinning combination no predicament or near-fall may be awarded except as provided
in Rule 8, Sections'l2 and 13 above.
Note 3-Only a wrestler with the advantage who has his opponent in a pinning hold
may score a near-fall or predicament. Bridgebacks in body scissors or bridgeovers with
a wristlock are not considered near-fall or predicament situations although a fall may
be scored.
Note $-When
the defensive wrestler places himself in a precarious situation during
an attempted escape or reversal, a near-fall or predicament shall not be scored unless
the offensive wrestler *has a pinning hold.
SECTION14. If no fall has resulted after expiration of
the three regular periods of any match as provided in Rule 7, Section 1,
the Referee shall award the match to the contestant who has scored the
greater number of points as provided by the point system in Rule 9, Section 2. If there is a tie in the number of points scored, the Referee shall
declare the match a draw in dual meets. In tournament competition when
there is a tie in points the Referee shall award the match to the contestant
who has shown superior wrestling ability.
Decisions
Note-It
should be emphasized that in case of a tie in tournaments the Referee shall
decide the winner on the basis of superior wrestling ability as shown throughout the
entire match 'py the attempts to secure falls take-downs reversals and escapes Time
advantage is not considered unless it is the'result of sdperior wre)stling (trying for a
fall) rather than merely riding to maintain advantage.
SECTION15. A forfeit is received by a wrestler when
his opponent for any reason fails to appear for the match.
SECTION16. A default is awarded in a match when one
Default
of the wrestlers is unable to continue wrestling due to an injury, a disqualification or for some other cause.
Forfeit
RULE IX-SCORING
SECTION
1. a. Dual Meet.
(1) Fall. Five points shall be scored toward the team total for each contestant who wins -by a fall, default or forfeit.
(2) Decision. The decision shall count three points on the team score.
(3) Draw. In case of a tie two points shall be scored for each team.
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b. Towaments. In tournaments, first place in each weight class shall
count 7 points, second 5 points, third place 3 points and fourth place 1 point.
One additional point will be scored for each match won by a fall, default or
forfeit throughout the meet. In addition, 1 point shall be scored for each
match won beyond an initial round which contains one or more byes. One
point shall also be awarded for each bout won in the consolation third place
eliminations and finals regardless of byes.
Note-In
case of a forfeit the advancement point shall not be scored and only the
one point for the forfeit is awarded.
SECTION
2. In all matches the contestants are awarded
points by the Referee in accordance with the following
system :
Take-Down (Rule 8, Sec. 4) ....................... 2 points
Escape (Rule 8, Sec. 9) ............................ 1 point
Reversal (Rule 8, Sec. 10) ......................... 2 points
Near-Fall (Rule 8,>sec. 12) ...................... 2 or 3 points
Predicament (Rule 8, Sec. 13) ....................... 1 point
Time Advantage (Rule 8, Sec. 2) .................... 1 point for one full
minute or more of net accumulated time in the advantage position. One
point is the maximum to be awarded for the match.
Penalties (Rule 11, Penalty Chart)
Match Point
Score System
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*The Referee must not signal for score for a near-fall
situation is ended. (See Rule 8, Sec. 13 Note 1.) Only one
&all be scored in each pinning situatign regardless of the
sive wrestler places the defensive wrestler in a near-fall or
the situation.
or a predicament until the
near-fall or one predicament
number of times the offenpredicament position during
SUMMARY OF SCORING
Individual Match
Poznts
Take-Down . 2 pts.
Escape ..... 1 pt.
Reversal ... 2 pts.
Near-Fall .. 2 or 3 pts.
Predicament I pt.
Time Advantage 1 Pt.
(maximum for one
or more minutes)
* See Rule
Dual Meet Points
Fall ........... 5 pts.
Forfeit ........ 5 pts.
Default ........ 5 pts.
Decision ....... 3 pts.
Draw .......... 2 pts.
Tournament Points
1st Place ....... 7' pts.
2nd Place ...... 5 pts.
3rd Place ...... 3 pts.
4th Place ...... 1 pt.
Fall ........... 1 pt.
Default ........ 1 pt.
Forfeit ........ 1 pt.
*Advancement . 1 pt.
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RULE X-INFRACTIONS
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SECTION1. Any hold shall be allowed except the hammer lock above the right angle; the twisting hammer lock; front headlock;
the straight head scissors (even though the arm is included) ; over-scissors;
flying mare with the palm up ; full (double) nelson ; strangle holds ; all body
slams; toe holds; twisting knee lock; the bending, twisting or forcing of
any limb beyond its normal limits of movement; or any hold used for punishment alone.
Wegal Holds
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Note 1-Contestants
may grasp all four fingers in an effort to break a hold, but
pulling back the thumb, or one, two or three fingers is illegal.
Note 2-All slams are illegal. The term "slam'' is interpreted as lifting and brifiging
a n opponent to the mat with zcnnecassary roughness. This infraction may be committed
by a contestant in either the to or bottom position on the mat as well as on a takedown. A contestant who lifts {is opponent clear of the mat is responsible for the
safe return of that opponent to the mat. A forceful trip is not interpreted as an illegal
slam providing the defensive wrestler i s not lifted compl'etely off the mat.
Note 3-A leg hooked over the top toe of an opponent's straight body scissors is interpreted as an over-scissor and therefore illegal.
Note 4-A wrestler applying a legal hold should not be penalized when his opponent
turns the legal hold into an illegal hold. The Referee shall cause the hold to be released if there is danger of injury. However, the match need not be stopped unless the
Referee finds it necessary to do so in order to correct the situation.
SECTION
2. Intentional striking, gouging, kicking, hair
pulling, butting, elbowing or any intentional act that
endangers life or limb shall be grounds for disqualification. (See Penalty
Chart on Page 70.)
Unnecessary
Roughness
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3. ~The use of oil or greasy substances which
cannot be completely removed shall be grounds for disqualification at the discretion of the Referee.
Foreign Substance
on Skin
NO. 10-LEGAL
BLOCKING ON
FACE (ON CHIN)
Blocking on chin or forehead i s legal but
IS not legal over face proper; that as, over
ttaolcth, nose or eyes.
NO. 11-ILLEGAL
BLOCKING ON
FACE (ON FACE PROPER)
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This form of blocking i s illegal because k
is over mouth, nose and eyes, in contra*
to position in No. 10.
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No. 12-ILLEGAL
FACE HOLD
Shows ' a hold commonly used but which &$ contrary to both the letter and spirit of
amateur wrestling rules. It i s frequently used momentarily i n order to prevent defensive
w r e ~ t l e rfrom cowin out from ~ . n d e ~ n e a or
t h to brzng defensive wrestler back into position fay 4 fall. ~ e k r e eshould see that offensive wrestler does not secure unfair odvantage by weans of this illegal action.
NO. 13--ILLEGAL HEAD-SCISSORS
This hold is illegal. All straight scissors on the b a d are illegal.
OFFICIAL NCAA WRESTLING RULES 1 9 5 5 ,
Objectional Pads
and Braces
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SECTION4. (See Rule 3, Section 4 and the Penalty
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Chart.)
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SECTION5. Conduct of coach, contestant, or spectator
that becomes abusive or interferes with the orderly progress of a match 'shall be grounds for removal from the premises. The home
management shall be responsible for the removal of the violators at the
,
request of the Referee.
Abusive
Conduct
SECTIGN6. The double wristlock, chicken wing, key
lock, overhead double bar lock and other holds may
cause injury when used legally, and are potentially dangerous holds. Contestants should know the dangers of these holds and the blocks for them.
The Referee should anticipate danger of injury from these holds and be in
position to block them before they reach the danger point. Furthermore, all
Referees, coaches and contestants should understand that any and all holds
used in such a way as to endanger life or limb are illegal and all Referees
should verbally caution co~ltestantsagainst forcing a potentially dangerous
hold into an illegal position. The double wristlock and chicken wing become
illegal when forced into a twisting hammer lock ~ositionas in the case of
applying the force parallel instead of perpendicular to the long axis of
the body,
I t should be understood that no contestant should ever be put in a position
where he must forfeit a neutral position, a position of advantage or a fall
because of an injury or danger to life or limb, and the Referee should
promptly stop any and all holds which in his opinion may so result. If. a
legitimate hold is forced to such an extent as to endanger a contestant o r if
it becomes a punishing hold, the Referee shall stop the match and require
the hold to be broken. The match shall be resumed in the neutral or Referee's position as determined by the position held at the time the match was
stopped unless a penalty involves a change of position.
a. Any holds over the mouth, nose, eye or front of throat shall not be permitted. Pressure from the side of the hand, forearm or wrist is considered a
hold and therefore barred when used on the mouth, nose, eyes or front a f t
throat. Forcing such a hold shall be considered unnecessary toughness or
illegal action, depending on the intent of the act as determined by the Referee..
Potentially
Dangerous Holds
SECTION7. a. Interlockzng Hands. Interlocking of
fingers, hands or arms around the body or legs by the
offensive contestant while on the mat is a technical violation. This has
reference only to the wrestler in the position of advantage on the mat and
does not apply when the defensive man has gained his feet or when the lock
is used as a pin hold. Interlocking of fingers, hand or arms is permitted when
the defensive man is standing. The mere touching of the defensve man's
hands to the mat is not considered a change in this position unless the hands,
are used as -supporting parts, in which case, the offensive contestant is allowed reaction time to release the lock. I t is unsportsmanlike for the defensive contestant to touch his hands to the mat-in order to release the offensive
wrestler's lock and the Referee shall not call a violation if the lock is held in
such cases.
Technical
Violations
Note-The
Referee shall not call this violation when the defensive man is in the
process of a reversal. The defensive man is allowed to complete the reversal provided
he does so in one continuous maneuver. I f the defensive man fails to complete the
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No. -14-LEGAL HEAD-SCISSORS (FIGURE 4 HEAD-SCISSOR)
T h e straiaht head-scissor i s illeaal. T h e tiawe 4 Head-Scissor i s cornsidered leaal when
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T h e detmsive wrestler i s allowed t o grasp instep heel or ankle t o break such holds as
body-sczssors leg-ride etc provided the foot i s n i t drawn wfi to the poiat where, i n the
opinion of the ~ e f e r i e it'
, endangers knee or hip-joiat.
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reversal after a n opportunity to do so then the Referee will stop the match and award
the penalty. (See Penalty Chart.)
b. Holding Legs. I t is a technical violation for the wrestler in the advantage position on the mat to grasp the defensive wrestler's leg or legs with
both hands or arms unless such action is designed to break his adversary
down and go directly into a pinning combination, o r to prevent an escape or
reversal. Grasping and holding the leg or legs with both hands or arms
merely to break the defensive wrestler down or to keep him under control
is a violation under this Rule. This does not apply when the defensive
wrestler has gained his feet or when the offensive wrestler is applying a
pinning hold.
c. Leaving Mat Without Permission. I t is a technical violation to leave
the mat without first receiving permission to do so from the Referee.
d. Delaying Match. Delaying the match such as straggling back from outof-bounds and unnecessary changing and adjusting equipment is a technical
violation.
e. Intentional Forcing Opponent 08 Mat. Intentional forcing opponent off
the mat to prevent a take-down, reversal or an escape is a technical violation. If the contestant pushes his opponent off the mat to keep him from
getting clear or from going behind, the Referee shall bring both men to
their feet at the center of the mat if he believes this action has simply prevented the defensive wrestler from gaining a neutral position, but if he
believes the defensive wrestler would have gone behind his opponent had
the violation not occurred, he shall give the defensive wrestler the offensive
position in the Referee's position on the mat. Points are awarded according
to the position given.
f. Intentional Going 08 Mat. Intentionally going off the mat to prevent
a take-down, reversal or escape is a technical violation. If in the opinion of
the Referee, a contestant intentionally runs, slides, crawls or rolls off the
mat to prevent his opponent from going behind him, the Referee shall immediately give his opponent the advantage in the referee's position on the
mat. If the violation prevented an escape or reversal, the Referee shall
immediately give his opponent the escape or reversal and award points according to the change of position.
g. Defensive W w s t l e r Intentionally Going O f Mat. I t is a technical violation if the defensive wrestler intentionally walks, crawls, rolls or bridges off
the mat. No penalty is provided if a near-fall or predicament is awarded
during this violation.
Note-It
is considered a violation if the contestant in a figure-four body scissors intentionally goes off the mat to get the hold released.
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h. Stalling. I t is'the responsibility of both contestants to maintain action
throughout the match by making an honest attempt to stay in the circle and
wrestle aggressively whether in the top, bottom or neutral positions. Keeoing
at a distance t o stave off an attack or using any tactic to delay o r impede
action is to be interpreted as stalling and will be penalized as a technical
violation.
(1) Neutral Po*sition. Each wrestler must make an honest attemot t o stay
in thk circle and secure a take-down regardless of the time or score of thk
match. A contestant who continually avoids contact with his opponent by
moving out of the circle is stalling. A"contestant may leave the circle to
maneuver for position provided he continues his attempt to gain a? ad-
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NO. 16-ILLEGAL
TOEHOLD (ALSO TWISTING KNEELOCK WHICH IS
MORE DANGEROUS THAN TOEHOLDS)
All toeholds, regardless of the degree to. which the leg i s twisted are illegal upder these
Yules. Any pressure against the knee 302nt as shown by the above zllustratzon constitutes an illegal hold.
The over-scissor
and i s of no v a
a pztnishing hold
to force thq hold,
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NO. 18-FULL N E L S O N
This hold needs no explanation. Most of the dzficulty has arisen when the three-quarter
zs confused wzth the full nelsofz. In the f d l nelson the aggressor places both arms under
his.opponent's arms and clasps his hands or wrists on the back of his opponent's h a d .
Thzs zs dangerous and is barred.
vantage and makes an effort to work back into the circle. Taking a position
near the edge of the mat for the purpose of going off the mat, or allowing
his opponent to push him off when the opponent makes an effort to go behind, is stalling.
(2) Advantage Position. The contestant in the advantage position on the
mat shall make an honest attempt to secure a fall. I t shall be construed as
stalling for a wrestler in an advantage position to merely maintain the
advantage when he is not in a position to gain a fall and is making no
effort to secure one. Repeatedly turning one's opponent loose even for the
purpose of taking him down shall also be interpreted as stalling. A penalty
point shall )be awarded in addition to the escape point for the second and
succeeding penalties for repeatedl-y turning one's opponent loose.
Note 1-A period of thirty seconds should be sufficient time for the
cide whether or not a contestant retaining a stalling hold has made
improve his position toward securing a fall.
Note 2-Any
legal hold is not to be construed as a stalling hold if in
the Referee the offensive wrestler has a fair chance to pin his opponent
a real effort to do so.
Referee to dean attempt to
the opinion of
and is making
(3) DefenZve Position. The contestant in the defensive position on the
mat must make an honest attempt to escape or reverse his opponent. Lying
on the stomach and refusing to wrestle is stalling in the defensive position
and shall be penalized as a technical violatidn. Intentionally going off the
mat is also a violation of the rules.
Penalty Chart
INFRACTIONS
P O S I T I O N OF
OFFENDER
PENALTY
FIRST
I L L ~ G A L HOLD AND/OR UNNECES- Neutral
SARY ROUGHNESS ( 3 PENALTIES
Advantage
DISQUALIFY (See RULE 11, Sec. 3A)
2 pts. N.C.
Defensive
2 pts. N.C.
ABUSIVE CONDUCT
GRASPING CLOTHING, M A T OR MAT
COVER
GREASY SUBSTANCE ON S K I N AND/
O R OBJECTIONABLE PADS AND BRACES
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Intentional running: craw1in.g or sliding off
the mat; or pushlng, pulling or carrying
a n opponent off mat to prevent a change
in position
Intentional going off mat (not given if
near-fall or predicament points are
awarded)
Disqualify
Disqualify
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Disqualify
ANY ADVANTAGE SHALL
BE NULLIFIED
1 pt. N.
1 pt. N.
1 pt. N.
Warning
1 pt. N.C.
2 pts. T.D.
2 pts. T.D.
I pt. N.C.
Neutral
Advantage
2pts.T.D.
2 pts. R.
or 1 pt. N.
escape pt.
2pts.T.D.
2 pts. R. or
1 pt. N.
1 pt. N.
Disqualify
1 pt., plus
escape pt.
2pts.T.D.
2 pts. R. or
I pt. N.
Defensive
1 pt. N.C.
1 pt. N.C.
1 pt. N.C.
Warning
Key. TD-takedown R-reverse N-neutral NC-no change
I t id suggested that this char; be incordorated in your hual meet program.
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DISQUALIFY I F I T CANNOT
B E REMOVED
1 pt. N.C.
1 pt., plus
RULE 10
SE CTJONS
PENALTY
THIRD
REMOVAL FROM
PREMISES BY
HOME MANAGEMENT
WARNING
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TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS :
Interlocking of hands around body holding Advantage
leg or legs with two hands or arms
Leaving mat without permission or delaying match
Stalling (only one warning regardless of Neutral
position. See RULE 11, Sec. 3B)
Advantage
Defensive
Turning opponent loose
Advantage
2 pts. T.D.
Final Warning
2 pts. R.
Final Warning
2 pts.
2 pts. N.C.
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PENALTY
SECOND
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7b
7d
7c
7h
7h
7h
7h
7e
7f
7g
(1)
(2)
(3)
(2)
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grasping of clothing, mat or mat cover by
a contestant is permitted, and any advantage gained thereby shall be nullified
by the Referee.
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RULE XIPENALTIES
SECTION1. The infractions of the rules are penalized in accordance with
the penalties as 1isted:on the Penalty Chart. (Page 70.)
SECTION2. In calling each penalty the Referee shall stop the match, give
the hand signal for the points or warning (page SO) and announce the
penalty so that the contestants, scorers, coaches and spectators are aware
of it.
SECTION3. a. Illegal H o l d s or Unnecessary Rozqlzness.
Sequence of
' Each
contestant has only one First Penalty, Second PenPenalties
alty and Third Penalty for illegal action regardless of whether he is in the
neutral, aavantage or defensive position. H e does not get two penalties from
each position before disqualification. The penalties are cumulative regard1 s
of position and the offender shall be disqualified on the third penalty wk.1
he has a series of three illegal infractions.
NO. 19-ILLEGAL
HAMMERLOCK (ABOVE RIGHT ANGLE)
T h e hammerlock i s a legal hold, provided the a r m i s not bent above the right awgle
(z e., firovided that the a r m zs not carrzed above the small o f the. b a c k ) ; and provicfed,
twisting humf&ther, that the hand i s not forced out .away f r o m the body, makzng i t
merlock. I n t h i s illustration the a r m zs carrzed dzstznctly above the raght angle and
i s dangerous.
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No. 20-LEGAL DOUBLE WRISTLOCK ON THE MAT
t
The double wvistlock on the 'mat i s legal i f the direction of the force is #erpendicular t o
the lolzg axis of the body.
b. Penalty for Stalling. Each contestant has only one First Penalty warning for stalling regardless of whether he is in the neutral, advantage or
defensive position. H e does not get a warning in each position. The stalling
penalties are cumulative throughout the match regardless of the position in
which they occur and the second and third infractions shall be penalized a s
indicated-on the Penalty Chart.
c. Third a.nd S.ubseqwrtt Penalties. Third 'and subsequent penalties for
technical violations other than defensive stalling are the same as the second
penalty in each case.
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RULE XII-INJURIES
=
AND DEFAULTS
SECTION
1. If
a contestant is injured, the Referee shall allow a maximum
time out of three minute?. There shall be no limit to the number of time-out
periods which may be taken in any ?latch, but the total time-out shall not
exc$ed2&ree ninptes. If, at the expiration of the time-out, he is able to
contih& wrestling;'the match shall be resumed as if the contestants had gone
out-of-bounds. (See Rule 8, Section 9.)
If a contestant is rendered unc~nscioushe shall not,,be, permitted to continue the *matchwithout the approval'of a physicia'n. 'If the injured contestant
is unable to continue wrestling the match shall be awarded in accordance
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-SECTION
2. If a contestant is accidentally injured and
dccideni,kal . ' ,
is unable to continue the match, his opponent shall be
Iniury
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awarded the match by fall. (See Rule 10, Section 2 and the Penalty Chart
for "Unnecessary F~ghness.")
SECTION3. If a contestant is so injured by an illegal
hold that he is unable to continue, the match shall be
forfeited'to the injured contestant and shall be scored as a fall. I n case of an
. intehtional attempt to injure an opponent, the offender shall be disqualified.
'See Rule 10, Section 2 and Penalty Chart for "Unnecessary Roughness.")
If a contestant fails to compete in a round he shall be disqualified for the
remainder of the tournament.
I n other cases of disqualification, 'the loser may continue in the consolation rounds if eligible.
lniury from
illegal HOW''
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Attendants During
Time-out
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SECTION4. No more than two attendants and a physician shall be permitted on the mat with a wrestler during time-out.
RULE Xill-OFFICIALS
SECTION
1. The fkeferee shall have full control of the
Referee's
Duties
meet and his decisions shall be final an9 without appeal
on matters of judgment. On matters of a technical nature, the current NCAA
Rules shall be the final authority.
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NO. 21-ILLEGAL DOUBLE WRISTLOCK ON THE MAT
This cut shows double wristlock turned into a ty$ical tw*sting hammerlock that w'll
ivzjwe opponent's shodder if the arms are forced upward, zcdess opponetzt ttwns with
the #ressure,.~whick.oftea he i s unable to do pronzptly enough to preslw h j u r y to the.
shoulder.
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This cut shows how the front head lock is used to counter a leg pickup. This h ~ l dis
dangerous and is illegal. Leverage as appked on the neck is illegal.
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SECTION
2. Before the contestants come to the mat the ,Referee shall :
a. Inspect contestants for presence of oils or greasy substances, rosin, objectionable pads, improper clothing, finger rings, long finger nails, etc,
b. Clarify the rules with coaches and contestants.
c. .Adyise contestants to report to edge of the circle at the center of the
mat opposite each other ready to wrestle.
d. The Referee is responsible for the proper seating of timekeepers and
scorers at the officials table as follows:
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Home Teain Visiting Team
Head
Assistant
~ssistait
Timekeeper
'.' Timekeeper
Timekeeper
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Visiting Team Home Team
Scorer
Scorer
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SECTION
3. Instruct the, head timekeeper that he is :
a. In charge of assistant timekeepers, and scorers, and should be constantly checking their activities at all times.
b. Responsible for keeping the over-all time of the match.
c. Responsible for recording accumulated time-outs for injury.
d. Responsible for recording which contestant has the position of advantage at the start of the second period.
e. Responsible for informing the Referee, only after an imminent situation
has passed, whenever there is disagreement by the official scorers and/or
timekeepers.
f. Responsible for assisting the Referee in determining whether a situation
occurred before or after the termination of a period.
g. Responsible for calling the minutes to the Referee, contestants, and
spectators in each match. The last minute shall be reported at fifteen second
intervals.
Note-The
Home Institution shall provide each timekeeper with a n accumulative time
clock for recording the time during the match. The head timekeeper shall. be provlded
with two extra accumulat~vet ~ m eclocks for recordlng t ~ m eout in case of injury to the
contestants. The head timekeeper shall also be provided w ~ t ha gong, horn, or bell.
NO. 23-A LEGAL CROSS FACE
I t i s an efective a d legal block for the double leg pickup by the opbonent of No. 6 .
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NO: 24-LEGAL
DOUBLE WRISTLOCK F ~ O MTHE STANDING POSITION
T h i s s h w s the start o f a legal dozjble wristlock f r q m the standing position. Notice t h e
positioa o f the hands of the contestant that zs standzng.
SECTION
4. Instruct the assistant timekeepers that they are responsible for :
a. Recording the accumulative time advantage of the contestants, to whom
they have been assigned when indicated by the Referee.
b. Constantly checking each other's time advantage recording.,
c . Constantly, checking the head timekeeper's time recording.!
: d. Showing the Referee the stop clock recording of the time adva~tage
each contestant has accumulated at the end of the match.
SECTION5. Instruct the scorers that they are responsible for:
a. Recording .ppints scored by both contestants when signaled by the
referee.
- b. Constantly checking each other's score reading.
c. Immediately advising the head timekeeper when they are in disagreement regarding €he score.
d. Keeping the score board operator continualljr advised of the official
,&re during each match.
e. Showing the Referee the scorecard at the end of each match.
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SECTION6. Before ,the dual meet starts call the team captain to the center'
of the mat for the toss of the coin to determine the choice of position at the
sgart of the second period. (Rule 7, Section 4.)
SECTION7. The Referee will use the Wrestling Officials Signals.
SECTION8. The Referee shall notify the timekeepers as follows :
a. VC7hen the match starts.
b. When the match is stopped for any reason.
c. When the match is resumed.
d. When time advantage begins for a contestant.
e. When time advantage stops for a contestant.
f. Whenever time is involved in any situation occurring in the match.
SECTION9. The Referee shall notify the scorer, when points are to be
awarded to either contestant.
SECTION10. The Referee' should anticipate difficult positions on the edge of
the mat and prevent them by stopping the match, and resume wrestltng at
the center of the mat, as in the case of an off-mat decision.
SECTION11. The Referee shall be firm in enforcing the letter and the
spirit of the rules and penalize consistently any repeated infractions. He
must enforce vigorously and promptly the penalties for stalling, etc., as provided in Rule 11. On each penalty the Referee shall stop the match and
award the penalty in the prescribed manner. (See Signals for Referees.)
Notice position of each contestant's feet and hands.
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NO. 26-DOUBLE
WRISTLOCK S E R l E S FROM STANDING
F!nirtish of a legal double wristlock from standing on the mat.
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SECTION12. The Referee shall caution the user of a potentially dangerous
or illegal hold in order to prevent possible injury. Such holds should be
stopped by the Referee, if possible, before the hold reaches the dangerous
stage.
SECTION13. The Referee is instructed not to put his hand "under the
shoulders" of a contestant unless absolutely necessary to determine a fall.
SECTION14. The Referee should meet promptly, in a spirt of good sportsmanship, any situation developing unexpectedly.
SECTION15. If the conduct of a coach, contestant, or a spectator interferes
with the+orderly progress of the match, the home management shall be responsible, at the request of the Referee, for the removal of the ofiender irom
the premises.
SECTION16. At the end of each match the Referee shall order the contestants to shake hands and return to their respective corners on the mat.
H e shall then check the timekeeper and scorers records to decide the winner.
H e shall call the two contestants together, have them shake hands and raise
the right hand of the winner. If the match is a draw the Referee will raise
the right hand of both contestants.
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f in the opinion of the Referee there is a n error in the recordings of the
and/or scorers, the Referee shall correct the error and render his decision
:
Note 2-In
championship matches two of the Referees shall act as judges and their
vote<together with the vote of the Referee shall determine the winner when the point
scores are even.
- Note 3-In
tournaments when two officials are taking turns working on the same
mat, one may act as a consultant in case of a tie match.
O F F I C I A L NCAA WRESTLING
RULE XIV-NOTIFICATION
RULES 1955
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AND AGREEMENT OF MEETS
SECTION1. $11 modifications of rules of competition,
Visiti4ng Teams
'(ground rules, etc., proposed by the home manager,
must be submitted to the manager of the visiting team, or teams, a sufficient
length of time before date of meet for agreement to be reached on same, and
no such action is binding unless approved by the visiting team or teams.
Equal Rights for
SECTION2. In dual meets the selection of a Referee and the maximum
weighing-in time shall be mutually agreed upon at least ten days prior to
date of meet.
Note-In
case the Coaches concerned are unable to agree on a shorter maximum
weighing-in time than the five hours specified as the maximum in these rules, it is understood that the maximum amount of time as specified in the rules shall hold.
SECTION3. The home management shall notify visiting teams at least ten
days prior to date of meet the exact time and place of match.
NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee
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HENRYA. STONE,Chairmaut .................... University of California
FENDLEY
A. COLLINS............................ Michigan State College
............................ University of Oklahoma
PORTG. ROBERTSON
RAYMOND
E. SPARKS................................ Springfield College
EVERETT
D. LANTZ.............................. University of Wyoming
PAULK. SCOTT,Secretary ............................ Davidson College
CARLOSHENBIQUEZ.............................. New York University
HALD. KESTER,NFSHSAA ............ West High School. Cleveland. 0.
Wrestling Officials' Signals
RULE 1 5
T H E USE OF THE WHISTLE.
The majority of the officials wind the string attached to the whistle around their hand
and hold the whistle with the thumb avtd index finger. Others loop the string arozlnd the
neck and carry the whistle in their nzouth at all times.
I TIMER'S TABLE 1
Referee
Fig. 1. STARTING OR RESUMING A MATCH STANDING.
A match shut! be started by the Referee's whistle. Whenever the match is started or
resumed with contestants in neutral position on their feet the contestants shall be
wighin the edge of the ten-foot circle. The Referee shall face'the timer's fable and blow
the whistle.
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WRESTLING OFFICIALS' SIGNALS
1 TIMER'S TABLE 1
"Whistle"
Referee
Fig. 2. STOPPING AND RESTARTING T H E MATCH.
When contestants are "of the mat" the Referee shall stop the match by sozkwding the
whistle, bring the cowtestants to the center af the mat and restart the match.
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Referee
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Fig. 3. BEGIN WRESTLING ON MAT,
The Referee show? he eight to ten.fpet in frofit of wwestZers, facing timertS table. When
the wrestlers are in the prober Posataon the Referee blows the whistle.
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Forearms vertical
Upper arms horizontal
Referee
Fig. 4. NEUTRAL POSITION
(STANDING).
U$$er a?Wm frofit. brizmtai; both forearms vertical, halrds extended.
Referee
Fig. 5. NEUTRAL POSITION
(NO ADVANTAGE).
On mat-Both
arms extended r&[email protected]
slightly below the Itori~ontal, palms down.
move hands back and forth altd at t h i
same z y a n t verbally announce "No Advantage.
WRESTLING OFFICIALS' SIGNALS
Whistle"
Time out
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Fig. .6. "TIME OUT."
Blow whistle to stop wrestlers, then announce "Time Out." Next explain to timers the reason for taking time out.
Fig. 7. FALL CALLED.
Quickl~lstrike mat with palm of one hand
and at the {:me instance verbally announce. "Fall. Do not slap wrestler on
back. The Referee i s not to put his hand
zlnder shoulders of a contestant unless
absolutely necessary to determine a fall.
Signal near fall
Referee
(Near fall position)
"Situation" is finished and
signal is made.
Fig. 8. DECLARING NEAR FALLS AND PREDICAMENTS.
A f t e r the "situation" i s finished extend one arm vertically indicating with fingers the
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mmnber of poirtts awarded.
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THE OFFICIAL NCXA WRESTLING GUIDE 1955
High School Wrestling Rules
The NCAA Rules shall apply with the following exceptions:
1. Eligibility. contestants shall be eligible under the rules of the High
School Athletic Association of the State in which their school is located.
2. Weight Classification. Competition shall be divided into weight classes
as follows :
103 lbs.
138 lbs.
112 1b.
145 lbs.
120 Ibs.
154 lbs.
165 lb?
127 lbs.
133 Ibs.
Unlimited.
Beginning January 1st and continuing until February lst, two additional
pounds will be allowed in each weight class. Beginning February 1st and
continuing for the remainder of the season, one additional pound shall be
allowed in each weight class. This will make a net increase of three pounds
beginning the 1st of February.
Additnonal weight classes may be officially included in the weight classification provided they are adopted by the individual state athletic associations.
Interstate dual meets shall be contested in the original 10 weights.
3. Weighing I n of Contestants.
A. DUALMEETS.Contestants may weigh in a maximum of one hour and a
minimum of one half-hour before time the meet is scheduled to begin. (By
mutual consent of the competing schools the college regulations may be followed.)
B. TOURNAMENTS.
Each day of the tournament, contestants may weigh in
a maximum of five hours and a minimum of one hour before the meet is to
begin, with one pound allowance to be given each day over the weight limit
of the previous day as in college rules.
Note. Changes in weighing in time may be made by the individual state associations.
4. Length of Matches.
A. DUALMEETS.These matches shall be six minutes in length divided into
three periods of two minutes. No rest is allowed. These matches shall be
conducted in the same manner as dual meets and first-place matches in tournaments under college rules. If a match results in a tie, it &all be decided
in accordance with the last sentence of College Rule 9, Section 6A.
£3. TOURNAMENT.
These matches shall consist of three periods of two
minutes each, conducted in the same manner as third-place matches under
college rules. If a match results in a tie, it shall alsc be decided in accordance with the last sentence of College Rule 9, Section 6B.
C. No contestant shall be required to wrestle two matches in any tournament with less than a one (1) hour rest between such matches.
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5. Illegal Holds. Illegal holds shall be the same as the holds barred in
College Rule 10.
Penalties. See Penalty Chart.
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Byes ...................
Compete in One Class Only
Costumes
Decisions
Matches
Defaults
Distinguishing Emblems . .
Drawings and Elimination
For Third Place .......
Graphic Illustration of .
Seeding
Eligibility
Fall
ith P a r t of Body Off
'Mat
Holds-Illegal
Bending of Fingers ....
Body Slams ...........
Double Wristlock
Full Double Nelson ....
Hammerlock Above Right
Angle
Holds Over Mouth. Nose.
Eves . or Throat
~ o l d i n g.Legs
Interlockmg of Arms . .
Interlocking of Fingers .
Interlocking of Hands . .
Over-Scissors
Strangle Holds
Twisting of Flngers ...
Toe Holds
Injuries
Accidental
From I!legal Hold
Intermiss~ons
Matches-Length
of
For First Place
For Third Place in Tournaments
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Index to Rules
Rule Sec . Page
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2
3
8
Rule Sec . Page
Intermission between
Periods ............ 7
Mats ................... 3
Near Falls .............. 8
Notification and Agreements ................ 14
Officials ................ 13 .
Referee .............. 13
Timekeepers .......... 13
Penalties ............... 11
Off Mat to Prevent Fall 10
Off Mat Intentionally . . 10
Forcing Opponent Off
Mat ............... 10
Stalling .............. 10
Point System ........... 9
Position of Advantage
8
Referee's Position on Mat 8
Representation .......... 2
~oighness-unnecessary . 10
2
2
Butting .............. 10
Elbowing ............. 10
2
Gouging .............. 10
2
Hair Pulling .......... 10
2
Kicking .... ........ 10
2
10
2
S t r a n g h g .I..........
2
Striking .............. 10
3
Seeding ................ 6
Scoring ................ 9
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Tournaments ......... 9
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Dual Meets ........... 9
2
Point System ......... 9
15
Spectators' Behavior ..... 13
Stalling ................ 10
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5
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Weighing-In
1
Weight Classification .... 4
Weight Allowance
5
2
3
Failure to Make ....... 5
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