United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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pfsyfc . m WRESTLING F. AND M 12 VALE 8 i TORONTO ' , V. M. 1 9 U. OF PENN 18 SPRINGFIELD ....12 PRINCETON Id COLUMBIA 9 ARMY. ..11 ARMY.. ..21 KMV.. . .21 ARMY. ..12 ARMY. ..13 RMY.. .. 9 ARMY.. ..12 RMY.. ..10 Yi IUNG, Capta FOLLOWING M r . Jenkins ' instructions, t h e wrestling squad stepped behind their op- ponents in one count , and came out on top with a successful sea- son. Five of the eight meets were won, giving the Army a balance of two on the credit side of the ledger. The idea that a team must win every game, or every meet, during the year in order to show it ' s face when out amongst strangers is en- tirely erroneous. All that we ask of the members of an Army team 1 Hi ' m JENKINS, Coach commendation, without losing a is that they let t h e visiting ag- gregation know that they have gone through a real fight. Of course, it is not intended to dis- count the value of a victory, for a hundred per cent season w o u 1 d be very fine. But. t li ■ score of tin- game is not all that counts, by a n y means. Just at this point it might be e x ]) c d ient to mention several pleasing features Jt L. t j 09 i, Ljf n kvfr f5ti ' •r ' . fcT I ' .l (WEN, Manager of the season. Yale, probably our greatest athletic arch-enemy, (next to Navy of course), was severely trounced 21 to 8. Co- lumbia, victor over us in both football and basketball, was van- quished 10 to 9. V. M. I., often quite a bug-bear to our wrestling team, was humbled 12 to 9. There were several individual incidents that are also worthy of Selby went through the season single match. ( It might be added that he has yet to lose a bout dur- ■■( ing the entire time in which he has been wrest- ling. We are very proud of the record which he has made). Bosco Schmidt, the new captain, lost o n 1 y o n e bout. This was to M e i s 1 a h n o f Princeton. In most all of his )ther encounters. ' Bosco ' ' threw his man without much trouble. On two or three occasions he was o u tweighed some fifty pounds Ml -.il Ml Tage two hundred fifty-twc

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of tin in were subs last year and lacked ring ex- perience at the beginning of this season. How- ever, it did not take very long to make their blows come harder, their feints more subtle, and their strength more lasting. The opening meet of the season was held on January 1(5 with N. Y. U., after only about two weeks of training. All of the bouts except the last one. (in which Elias was knocked out by Lassman, an extremely clever boxer), were very close, show- ing that the men were hardly in their trim so early in the season. We managed to win, 4 to 2. The next ring encounter, (not considering a miniature engagement or so by some of our love sick brethren), was with Toronto U., in which we were defeated t to :!. Watlington was matched against the Canadian ace, veteran of many battles, including some Olympic work. Wat cooly set out to win the bout by outpointing the Canadian without giving him a chance to use his much herald- ed knockout smashes. The result was that Wat ' was the decisive winner over the experienced vete- ran. V. M. I. was next met. The sting of defeat by the Toronto team was still felt, and all men were anxious to avenge it if possible. It was possible, V. M. I. coming out on the short end of a 5-2 score. Excepting the heavyweight and the 11 classes, the team at this stage of the season seemed to be past the experimental stage, being well able to more than cope evenly with any team on the schedule. The last three meets against Syracuse, Wash- ington and Lee, and Penn State were won decisive- ly. Against Syracuse the team did not lose a single bout, winning four out of the seven via the knock- out route. The most even bout of the Syracuse affair was the one between Bcattie and Cordasea. Their styles wen similiar. and both were aggres sivc. Beattie was in a little better condition, enabling him to outpoint his opponent in the second and third rounds. The features of the Washington and Lee meet were the decisive victories (both K.O. ' s) scored by Watlington and Fritzche. These same two boxers featured in tin- victory over Penn State, also. In addition. Ilornisher avenged his defeat at Prim State niits last year. The victory over Penn State ended the season. With the team intact for next year, it is expected that many completely successful m e e t s will be fought, under the direction of Mr. Cavanaugh and Lovell. the new Captain. Page two hundred fifty-i

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or so. but thought no more of throw- ing a two hundred and forty pounder than he would of p ii t t i 11 g W a I t Young ' s shoulders to the mat. The work of Hammack and Gartl ey was also very pleasing. While neither of them was in all of the limits, each put up splendid exhibi- tions while he was in. I n t he Yale match, Gartley threw his man in the uncommonly short time of two minutes and thirty seconds. Hammack ' s feature bouts were against Sesit, star wrestler of Columbia (no decision), and Wright of Toronto (a fall for Hammack in six minutes). The work of Captain Young was, as usual, very good indeed. Although he lost a bout or two, he never lost one by a fall, despite having met several opponents who outweighed him quite a bit. Walt was a hard working, energetic, capable leader. He was a great help to Mr. Jenkins and Lieutenant Schlenker in smoothing out the rough spots en- countered during the year. Much credit is due him for the part that he played, both as a leader and a participator, in what was probably the hardest wrestling schedule ever attempted by the Army. Franklin and Marshall were our first opponents of the year. Four new wrestlers were in the Army lineup, and their lack of experience caused us to fall for our opponent ' s tactics. 12 to 11. Ham- mack, in the 175-pound class, secured our only fall. The meet was won as a result of that last lout, Schermacker losing by a referee ' s decision at the end of the s e c o n d extra period. The next three units against Yale, Toronto, V. M. I. were all captured very handily by the Army wrestlers, the Yale meet. Hammack lost, after six minutes of beautiful wrestling, to Russell, Yale captain and inter- Jfiate champion the l 7 5-pound By way of getting little football reve Schmidt threw Al- len, Yale fullback, in about five min- utes. The Canadian meet was enjoyed very much, not onl won very handily, it also because it is always a pleas- are for any of our teams to meet the Canadians in any sport at all. They are always either good losers or in- offensive winners, never failing to make friends with their Army opponents after the battle has been waged. The V. M. I. bout was very fiercely, but evenly, fought. Neither side registered a fall, while three bouts went to extra periods. We finally managed to win 12 to 9. Penn and Springfield next forced us to bow before their superiority, on the I . ' Jth and 20th of February. Pennsylvania specialized on the double wristlock, and by an efficient use of this holt, gained a well earned victory. Army seemed un- able to cope at all with the wristlock. The Spring- field meet was extremely well fought, three bouts going to extra periods. No falls were made, Springfield winning the meet by a margin of one time-advantage bout. Army apparently hit her real stride in her last two meets with Princeton and Columbia. Each of these meets was extremely close. Army winning by 2 and 1 points respectively. Gartley ' s fast and furious bout with Good was the feature of the Princeton meet. Selby and Rose were responsible for the victory over Columbia. Each regis- tered falls against their opponents, while the best that the Morningside Heigh t s delegation could do was to draw twice and win three time-advan- tage engagements. This last meet closed the season. It is our ic that ' 27 proves to a repetition of this year ' s ietories. with a reversal of this year ' s defeats. hundred fifty-tbr