◀ 1939-1940 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1941-1942 ▶
1940-1941 Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute Techmen
  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★  
Head Coach: Edward Pike
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Honest Wrestling? Here It Is, Discovered as Mechanics Institute Grapplers Practice
Top, left, Ben Saggese snares Bill Hobson in ropes, mimicing pro 'baddies;' center, Coach Ed Pike instructs MI squad; right, Fran Pratt strengthens back with this difficult exercise. Bottom, left, Charles Costello, strong man of squad, flexes big muscles, while, right, Bill Torplee demonstrates amateur hold on Harry Lugert. SOURCE: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Sunday, January 19, 1941. Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission. Click for larger image.