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2nd Annual EIWA Championships
April 6, 1906 @ Columbia University (New York City, New York)
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Wrestling Gaining Favor Among College Athletes
 MAJORITY OF BIG EASTERN INSTITUTIONS WILL BE REPRESENTED BY TEAMS IN THE INTER-COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Wrestling among college athletes has come along with great strength within a year and now is a regular member of the family of minor sports at some of the more prominent of the Eastern Institutions. Cornell and West point are the latest converts and possibly West Point and Cornell will be represented at the next intercollegiate championships. SOURCE: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, January 21, 1906. Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission. Click for larger image.




Slideshow: Columbia Spectator



Varsity Men

Team Final

Yale University [CT] 7, Columbia University 5, University of Pennsylvania [PA] 5, Princeton University [NJ] 4

Championship Final (1st)

115  Charles Murphy (YU) > J.F. Cross (PU) fall 7:00
125  George Dole (YU) > W.W. Wise (CU) fall 5:40
135  Charles Brown (UP) > A.S. Shimmon (CU) time advantage decision
145  Joseph Howell (CU) > B.P. Joyce (UP) fall 5:20
158  Bill Bomar (YU) > E.P. Kilroe (CU)
175  Robert Folwell (UP) > John Dickson (PU) fall 5:00
HWT  Don Herring (PU) > H.S. Page (YU) fall 0:23

Championship Semifinals

115  Charles Murphy (YU) > I. Bloom (CU) time advantage decision 9:00
115  J.F. Cross (PU) > M.S. Pettit (UP) fall 1:05
125  George Dole (YU) > E.O. Howell (PU) time advantage decision 9:00
125  W.W. Wise (CU) > E.C. Marble (UP) time advantage decision 9:00
135  A.S. Shimmon (CU) > E. Latimer (PU) time advantage decision 12:00
135  Charles Brown (UP) > C.F. Sweeney (CU) time advantage decision 9:00
145  B.P. Joyce (UP) > A.H. Ormond (PU) fall
145  Joseph Howell (CU) > Louis Dole (YU) time advantage decision
158  Bill Bomar (YU) > Bill Tolliver (PU) time advantage decision
158  E.P. Kilroe (CU) > C.F. Lewis (UP) time advantage decision
175  Robert Folwell (UP) > H.B. Post (CU) fall 3:35
175  John Dickson (PU) > Don Somers (YU) time advantage decision 15:00
HWT  Don Herring (PU) > G. McCullough (UP) fall 1:35
HWT  H.S. Page (YU) > F.J. Echeverria (CU) time advantage decision 12:00


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