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1st Annual EIWA Championships
April 7, 1905 @ Weightman Hall Gymnasium, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Intercolliates Friday Evening
For the first time in the intercollegiate world, wrestling matches will be held on Friday evening in the gymnasium to decide the championship. Four colleges will compete, Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Pennsylvania. SOURCE: The Pennsylvanian, Wednesday, April 5, 1905. Click for larger image.




Slideshow: The Pennsylvanian



Varsity

Team Final

Yale University [CT] 5, Columbia University 1.5, Princeton University [NJ] 0.5, University of Pennsylvania [PA] 0

Championship Final (1st)

115  George Dole (YU) > E.R. Alexander (CU) fall 2:00
125  Louis Dole (YU) > E. Ward (CU) time advantage decision 12:00
135  Al Gilbert (YU) > Scott (PU) time advantage decision 12:00
145  Joseph Howell (CU) > Harold Sooysmith (YU) time advantage decision 15:00
158  John Dickson (PU) > Henry Yale (YU) coin toss
175  Don Somers (YU) > G. Cunningham (PU) time advantage decision 15:00
HWT  Ward Tolbert (CU) > Roswell Tripp (YU) coin toss

Championship Semifinals

115  George Dole (YU) > L. Webb (PU) fall 1:11
115  E.R. Alexander (CU) > Cross (PU) fall 3:04
125  Louis Dole (YU) > H. Craver (UP) fall 8:14
125  E. Ward (CU) > Scott (PU) time advantage decision 12:00
135  Al Gilbert (YU) > Charles Brown (UP) time advantage decision 12:00
135  Scott (PU) > J.B. Tenney (CU) time advantage decision 12:00
145  Joe Howell (CU) > C. McCarey (UP) fall 4:52
145  Harold Sooysmith (YU) > J. Ormond (PU) time advantage decision 6:00
158  Henry Yale (YU) > S. Hawley (UP) fall 2:24
158  John Dickson (PU) > E.P. Kilroe (CU) time advantage decision 12:00
175  G. Cunningham (PU) > P. Dwyer (UP) fall 3:46
175  Don Somers (YU) > F.J. Echeverria (CU) time advantage decision 15:00
HWT  Ward Tolbert (CU) > J.F. McCabe (UP) fall 3:04
HWT  Roswell Tripp (YU) > Don Herring (PU) fall 3:00


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