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5th Annual Rochester Amateur Wrestling Championships

Wrestling Tournament
@ Central YMCA of Rochester (Rochester, New York)
Saturday, April 11, 1931

Tech High and YMCA Wrestlers Share Glory in City Mat Event

SPLIT TITLE LAURELS IN SIX CLASSES. Y Grapplers Capture Team Honors with 21 Points; Shop Matmen Second. SOURCE: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, April 12, 1931. Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission,

Album: General

Amateur Mat Titles at Stake in Annual Tourney on Saturday

Record Number of Wrestlers Will Compete Tonight for City Crowns

Open (Level: Club/Other, Style: Folkstyle)

Participating Teams

Central YMCA of Rochester [NY], Charlotte (Rochester) [NY], Edison Tech (Rochester) [NY], Franklin (Rochester) [NY], Monroe (Rochester) [NY], Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute [NY], Rochester Turn Verein [NY], West High (Rochester) [NY]

Team Final

1.	Central YMCA of Rochester [NY] 21 points
2.	Charlotte (Rochester) [NY] 0
	Edison Tech (Rochester) [NY] 0
	Franklin (Rochester) [NY] 0
	Monroe (Rochester) [NY] 0
	Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute [NY] 0
	Rochester Turn Verein [NY] 0
	West High (Rochester) [NY] 0

Championship Final (1st)

118 lbs:	Sam Polis (Edison Tech (Rochester) [NY]) > Robbin Adair (Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute [NY]), TD 3:55
126 lbs:	Sam Russo (Franklin (Rochester) [NY]) > John Defrancisco (Monroe (Rochester) [NY]), TD 0:43
135 lbs:	Thomas Polis (Edison Tech (Rochester) [NY]) > Jack Reid (Charlotte (Rochester) [NY]), TD 0:53
147 lbs:	Howard Reynolds (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]) > Edward Cholockian (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]), TD 7:21
160 lbs:	Charles Carpenter (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]) > Fennchia (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]), TD 8:25
175 lbs:	Jerry DePrez (Edison Tech (Rochester) [NY]) > Kay Tomasino (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]), FALL 6:03
HWT:	Gomer Stelljes (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]) > Edward Pike (Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute [NY]), TD 1:09

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