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20th Annual Big Ten Conference Wrestling Championships
March 15, 1929 - March 16, 1929 @ Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana)
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Entered in Western Conference Mat Carnival at Purdue
 More than fifty wrestlers, the cream of the talent in the Big Ten, will match holds here next Friday and Saturday in the annual Western Conference wrestling championships which promise to produce one exciting match after another until the champions i9n each of eight weight divisions are determined. SOURCE The Indianapolis Sunday Star, March 10, 1929. Click for larger image.


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Slideshow: Purdue Exponent



Slideshow: Daily Illini



Slideshow: NCAA



Varsity

Teams

Indiana University, Bloomington [IN], Northwestern University [IL], Ohio State University [OH], Purdue University [IN], University of Chicago [IL], University of Illinois [IL], University of Iowa [IA], University of Michigan [MI], University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [MN], University of Wisconsin-Madison [WI]

Championship Final (1st)

115  Joe Sapora (UI) > George LeFavour (NU) time advantage decision 4:54
125  Ralph Lupton (NU) > Joseph Conner (IUB) time advantage decision 4:21
135  George Minot (UI) > Jessup (IUB) time advantage decision 7:25
145  Albert Montgomery (UI) > Stacy Hall (OSU) time advantage decision 6:46
155  Ferdinand Hammer (UWM) > H. E. Walsmith (PU) time advantage decision 7:14
165  Ben Hooker (PU) > Auree Scott (IUB) fall 4:43
175  Carl Dougovito (UM) > Leland Heywood (UWM) time advantage decision 7:08
UNL  Ed George (UM) > Selmer Swenson (UWM) time advantage decision 6:07

Consolation Final (3rd)

115  Robert Cushman (OSU) > Walter Eakins (IUB)
125  Wallace Miller (UMTC) > Jacob Adler (UC)
135  William Dyer (UC) > George Waters (NU)
145  Ralph Weaver (IUB) > George Pederson (UMTC)
155  Loren Crump (NU) > Robert Warren (UM)
165  William McClure (UI) > Walter Mathias (UWM)
175  Jean Toncoff (UI) > K. Schroeder (IUB)
UNL  Russ Fairall (OSU) > Max Sonderby (UC)

True Second (2nd)

135  William Dyer (UC) > Jessup (IUB)
145  Ralph Weaver (IUB) > Stacy Hall (OSU)
165  William McClure (UI) > Auree Scott (IUB)
UNL  Russ Fairall (OSU) > Selmer Swenson (UWM)


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