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WIGA 10th Annual Big Nine Conference Wrestling Championships

Wrestling Tournament
@ University of Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa)
Friday-Saturday, March 23-24, 1917


Illinois Squad Wins Mat Title
Illinois Squad Wins Mat Title
Illinois won the fourteenth annual intercollegiate wrestling tournament Saturday night with 17 points. Nebraska and Indiana tied for second with 14 points. SOURCE: The Champaign Daily Gazette, March 26, 1917.

Album: General

Illinois Squad Wins Mat Title

Album: The Des Moines Register

Big Nine Gymnasts To Compete Today Two Iowans Ready For Finals Today Illinois First In Wrestling And Fencing Meet

Album: The Daily Iowan

Eight Entries For Big Athletic Meet Have Been Received Gym Tournament Officials Names for March 23-24 Must Reorganize Iowa Mat Squad Wrestling Begins In Iowa First Conference Meet 2 Iowa Wrestlers Become Conference Wrestling Champs

Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Indiana University, Bloomington [IN], Iowa State University [IA], Purdue University [IN], University of Chicago [IL], University of Illinois, Champaign [IL], University of Iowa [IA], University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [MN], University of Nebraska [NB], University of Wisconsin-Madison [WI]
Team Final
1. University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]  21 points
2. Indiana University, Bloomington [IN]  14
University of Nebraska [NB]  14
4. University of Iowa [IA]  13
5. University of Chicago [IL]  7
6. Iowa State University [IA]  1
7. Purdue University [IN]  0
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [MN]  0
University of Wisconsin-Madison [WI]  0
Championship Final (1st)
125 lbs: Parrott (University of Iowa [IA]) > C. D. Barnes (University of Nebraska [NB]), FALL time?
135 lbs: R. H. Jeschke (University of Chicago [IL]) > Alfred Smart (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]), FALL time?
145 lbs: E. V. Kurtzrock (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]) > Wilbur J. Dalzell (Indiana University, Bloomington [IN]), DEC score?
158 lbs: Lorin V. Cope (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]) > P. Moore (Indiana University, Bloomington [IN]), DEC score?
175 lbs: Hugo M. Otoupalik (University of Nebraska [NB]) > H. Wiley (Indiana University, Bloomington [IN]), FALL time?
HWT: Harbison (University of Iowa [IA]) > H. A. Whitson (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]), DEC score?
Consolation Final (3rd)
125 lbs: Glenn Perry (Iowa State University [IA]), NA 
135 lbs: Tremot (Purdue University [IN]), NA 
145 lbs: A. C. Anderson (University of Nebraska [NB]), NA 
158 lbs: Rudolph Fuchs (University of Nebraska [NB]), NA 
175 lbs: Ward (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]), NA 
HWT: Chester E. Wiley (Indiana University, Bloomington [IN]), NA 



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