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1st Annual NCAA Wrestling Championships
March 30, 1928 - March 31, 1928 @ Iowa State College (Ames, Iowa)
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Finals of Ames Mat Tournament Scheduled Today
 MUCH ACTION IN PRELIMS AND SEMIFINALS OF NATIONAL COLLEGE CLASSIC. Seven champions of the collegiate ear-twisting fraternity will be crowned here tonight when the finals are reached in the first national intercollegiate individual wrestling championships, being staged at Iowa State college. SOURCE: Waterloo Courier, March 31, 1928. Click for larger image.




Slideshow: The Des Moines Register



Slideshow: Waterloo Courier




Varsity

Teams

Cornell College [IA], Fort Hays State University [KS], Indiana University, Bloomington [IN], Iowa State University [IA], Northwestern University [IL], Ohio State University [OH], Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma A&M) [OK], University of Chicago [IL], University of Denver [CO], University of Illinois, Champaign [IL], University of Iowa [IA], University of Kansas [KS], University of Michigan [MI], University of Northern Iowa [IA], University of Oklahoma [OK], University of Texas [TX]

Championship Final (1st)

115  Harold DeMarsh (OSU (Oklahoma A&M)) > Harold Higgins (ISU) time advantage decision 3:10
125  Ralph Lupton (NU) > Cecil Paxson (UK) OTA 2:52 (1OT)
135  Arthur Holding (ISU) > Brice Moore (OSU (Oklahoma A&M)) time advantage decision 1:36
145  Melvin Clodfelter (OSU (Oklahoma A&M)) > Charles Swain (IUB) OTA 2:15 (1OT)
158  Leslie Beers (UI) > James Blair (ISU) time advantage decision 2:08
175  George Rule (OSU (Oklahoma A&M)) > Ralph Hammonds (UT) time advantage decision 5:21
UNL  Earl McCready (OSU (Oklahoma A&M)) > Ralph Freese (UK) fall 0:19

Consolation Final (3rd)

145  Tom Cox (UK) > Albert Campbell (UIC) decision
175  Floyd Helgerson (OSU) > Leland Wilson (CC) forfeit

True Second (2nd)

115  Marvin Leach (UO) > Harold Higgins (ISU) forfeit
125  Robert Hewitt (UM) > Cecil Paxson (UK) time advantage decision 1:40
135  Brice Moore (OSU (Oklahoma A&M)) > Blair Thomas (UM) fall 8:15
158  Theron Donahoe (UM) > James Blair (ISU) forfeit
175  Ralph Hammonds (UT) > Floyd Helgerson (OSU) time advantage decision 5:59
UNL  Ralph Webster (UIC) > Ralph Freese (UK) fall 1:59


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