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24th Annual Wilkes College Open
Wrestling Tournament
@ Wilkes College (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
Wednesday-Thursday, December 28-29, 1955

Individual Trophy Winners In 'Rose Bowl Of Wrestling'
Individual Trophy Winners In 'Rose Bowl Of Wrestling'
Here is the cream of eastern intercollegiate and amateur wrestlers who won championships in the 24th Open Wrestling Championships at Wilkes College which were conducted before a capacity crowd in the Wilkes gym. SOURCE: The Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, December 30, 1955.

Album: General

Individual Trophy Winners In 'Rose Bowl Of Wrestling' Pitt Wrestlers to Bid for Honors in Wilkes Tourney To Compete in Wilkes Tourney local Matmen Entered at Wilkes Over 200 Grapplers Will Participate in Tournament Wilkes Hosts Grapplers Colonel Grapplers In Wrestling Championships To Bring Many Visitors Wrestling Contests Matmen Start Registering Today for 2-day Meet Represent Wilkes In Tournament Conditioning Is Factor In Big Mat Tourney Grapplers Practice For Tourney Just To Prove The Complexity Of Wrestling Opening Matches of Wrestling Tournament Rose Bowl of Wrestling RIT Grapplers Lose Bouts at Wilkes-Barre 6th Wilkes Title Taken by Bettucci Bettucci Pins Ivy Leaguer High School Wrestlers, Coaches Clinic Penn State Star Rated Tops

Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Bloomsburg University [PA], Bowling Green State University [OH], Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute [NY], Brown University [RI], Central YMCA of Baltimore [MD], Central YMCA of Rochester [NY], City College of New York [NY], Colgate University [NY], Columbia University [NY], Cornell University [NY], East Stroudsburg University [PA], Girard [PA], Harrisburg YMCA [PA], Harvard University [MA], Hill [PA], Hofstra University [NY], Ithaca College [NY], Ithaca College (Club) [NY], Kent School [CT], Lehigh University [PA], Lock Haven University [PA], Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MA], Mercersburg Academy [PA], Millersville University [PA], Oklahoma State University (Unattached) [OK], Pennsylvania State University (Unattached) [PA], Princeton University [NJ], Providence College [RI], Rochester Institute of Technology [NY], Rutgers University [NJ], Springfield College [MA], SUNY Cortland [NY], SUNY Oswego [NY], Syracuse University [NY], U.S. Naval Academy [MD], Unattached [NJ], University at Albany [NY], University of Baltimore [MD], University of Maryland, College Park [MD], University of Michigan [MI], University of Pennsylvania [PA], University of Pittsburgh [PA], University of Tennessee at Chattanooga [TN], Waynesburg University [PA], West Chester University [PA], West Side YMCA [NY], West Virginia University [WV], Wheaton College [IL], Wilkes University [PA], Wilkes-Barre YMCA [PA], Wyoming Seminary [PA], Yale University [CT]
Team Final
1. University of Pittsburgh [PA]  69 points
2. University of Michigan [MI]  59
3. Syracuse University [NY]  45
4. Cornell University [NY]  29
5. Lock Haven University [PA]  22
6. Lehigh University [PA]  19
7. Hofstra University [NY]  14
8. University of Maryland, College Park [MD]  12
9. Springfield College [MA]  11
10. Hill [PA]  7
11. Mercersburg Academy [PA]  6
12. Central YMCA of Baltimore [MD]  4
Princeton University [NJ]  4
University of Pennsylvania [PA]  4
Wilkes University [PA]  4
16. Girard [PA]  3
Rutgers University [NJ]  3
SUNY Oswego [NY]  3
19. Bowling Green State University [OH]  2
East Stroudsburg University [PA]  2
Harvard University [MA]  2
Millersville University [PA]  2
Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]  2
SUNY Cortland [NY]  2
University at Albany [NY]  2
West Virginia University [WV]  2
Yale University [CT]  2
28. Harrisburg YMCA [PA]  1
University of Baltimore [MD]  1
West Chester University [PA]  1
Wyoming Seminary [PA]  1
32. Bloomsburg University [PA]  0
Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute [NY]  0
Brown University [RI]  0
Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]  0
City College of New York [NY]  0
Colgate University [NY]  0
Columbia University [NY]  0
Ithaca College [NY]  0
Ithaca College (Club) [NY]  0
Kent School [CT]  0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MA]  0
Oklahoma State University (Unattached) [OK]  0
Pennsylvania State University (Unattached) [PA]  0
Providence College [RI]  0
U.S. Naval Academy [MD]  0
Unattached [NJ]  0
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga [TN]  0
Waynesburg University [PA]  0
West Side YMCA [NY]  0
Wheaton College [IL]  0
Wilkes-Barre YMCA [PA]  0
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Larry Fornicola (Pennsylvania State University (Unattached) [PA], 137 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
115 lbs: Don Clark (Syracuse University [NY]) > Edward Amerantes (Springfield College [MA]), DEC 3-2
123 lbs: Sidney Nodland (Pennsylvania State University (Unattached) [PA]) > Bill Hulings (University of Pittsburgh [PA]), FALL 8:29
130 lbs: Leon Harbold (Lehigh University [PA]) > George Creason (Syracuse University [NY]), FALL 2:58
137 lbs: Larry Fornicola (Pennsylvania State University (Unattached) [PA]) > Frank Hirt (University of Michigan [MI]), FALL 3:47
147 lbs: Frank Bettucci (Ithaca College (Club) [NY]) > Bob Daugherty (U.S. Naval Academy [MD]), FALL 7:10
157 lbs: Mike Rodriguez (University of Michigan [MI]) > Dave Johnson (University of Pittsburgh [PA]), DEC 4-2
167 lbs: Ed DeWitt (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Pete Damone (Hofstra University [NY]), DEC 5-1
177 lbs: Joe Krufka (Pennsylvania State University (Unattached) [PA]) > Richard Dean (University of Maryland, College Park [MD]), DEC 8-2
191 lbs: Bill Oberly (Pennsylvania State University (Unattached) [PA]) > Tim Woodin (Oklahoma State University (Unattached) [OK]), DEC 12-3
HWT: W. Johnston Oberly (Unattached [NJ]) > William Murray (Cornell University [NY]), FALL 4:32
Consolation Final (3rd)
115 lbs: Philip Bock (Lock Haven University [PA]) > Joseph Cramp (Pennsylvania State University (Unattached) [PA]), DEC 4-2
123 lbs: Tom Deppe (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Michael Krishart (Lehigh University [PA]), DEC 7-2
130 lbs: Carmon Molino (Cornell University [NY]) > Jack Porter (University of Michigan [MI]), DEC 4-3
137 lbs: Vic DeFelice (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Billy Leman (Mercersburg Academy [PA]), DEC 6-1
147 lbs: Joseph Hammaker (Lock Haven University [PA]) > William Waples (Syracuse University [NY]), DEC 3-0
157 lbs: Larry Marr (Unattached) > Steve Friedman (Cornell University [NY]), DEC 5-0
167 lbs: John McMahon (University of Michigan [MI]) > Robert Smith (Syracuse University [NY]), DEC 4-1
177 lbs: Jack Manchelio (University of Michigan [MI]) > Clinton Blume (Colgate University [NY]), DEC 4-3
191 lbs: Ron Schirf (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Mike Pantely (Waynesburg University [PA]), DEC 6-0
HWT: Abe Cohen (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga [TN]) > Rupert O'Brien (University of Michigan [MI]), FALL 1:20

Attachments
Annual Wilkes Mat Tourney Opens With Record Entry List (Wilkes-Barre, Dec 28) (PDF)
Wrestling Tourney Starts Today At Wilkes (Wilkes-Barre, Dec 28) (PDF)
Pitt, Michigan And Lehigh Bunched In Local Mat Tourney (Wilkes-Barre, Dec 29) (PDF)
Pittsburgh Leading For Open Wrestling Championship Team Title (Wilkes-Barre, Dec 29) (PDF)
University of Pittsburgh Regains Wilkes Open Wrestling Title (Wilkes-Barre, Dec 30) (PDF)
Attendance Records Fall At Wilkes' 24th Open Mat Tourney (Wilkes, Dec 30) (PDF)
Wilkes College Open Tournament (NCAA Wrestling Guide, 1957) (PDF)



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