Central YMCA of Buffalo

New York

1904-1905 Wrestling

Team History (27)

Otto F. Roehm

The Central Y.M.C.A. has brought forth another winner in Otto F. Roehm, who, in 1904, at the Saint Louis Exposition, took the world's 145-pound amateur championship at wrestling. SOURCE: The Illustrated Buffalo Express, July 30, 1965.

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Season Highlights


                
          
            
              Date(s)
               
              Event*
            
          
          
                        
              
                                    Apr 11
                                
              ✦
              
                5th Annual Buffalo Amateur Wrestling Championships
                —
                Buffalo, NY
              
            
                        
              
                                    Apr 27-
                  Apr 29
                                
              ✦
              
                AAU National Wrestling Championships
                —
                Brooklyn, NY
              
            
                      
        
         
        * Unofficial schedule (reported meets only)

Date(s)		Event*
Apr 11	✦	5th Annual Buffalo Amateur Wrestling Championships — Buffalo, NY
Apr 27- Apr 29	✦	AAU National Wrestling Championships — Brooklyn, NY

Wrestlers

Central YMCA of Buffalo's Most Dangerous


                
          
            
                Lbs
                 
                Wrestler
                Points*
            
          
          
                                    
              
                
                                      105
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                D. Strebel
                                                                                ➋
                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                3.50
              
            
                                                
              
                
                                      105
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                H. Wagner
                                                                ➊
                                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                9.00
              
            
                                                
              
                
                                      115
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                William H. Roehm
                                                                                ➋
                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                3.50
              
            
                                                
              
                
                                      115
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                William Smith
                                                                ➊
                                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                9.00
              
            
                                                
              
                
                                      125
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                Alex Kennedy
                                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                0.00
              
            
                                                
              
                
                                      125
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                C. H. Lewis
                                                                ➊
                                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                9.00
              
            
                                                
              
                
                                      125
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                George Purvis
                                                                                ➋
                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                3.50
              
            
                                                
              
                
                                      135
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                J. A. Alexander
                                                                ➊
                                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                9.00
              
            
                                                
              
                
                                      135
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                A. Morrison
                                                                                ➋
                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                3.50
              
            
                                                
              
                
                                      145
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                M. Goldberg
                                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                0.00
              
            
                                                
              
                
                                      145
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                J. P. Greenan
                                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                0.00
              
            
                                                
              
                
                                      145
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                Otto F. Roehm
                                                                ➊
                                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                7.00
              
            
                                                
              
                
                                      145
                                  
              
              ✦
              
                A. E. Small
                                                                                ➋
                                                                                                                                                                              
              
                3.50
              
            
                                  
        
         
        * Armdrag ranking points

Lbs		Wrestler	Points*
105	✦	D. Strebel ➋	3.50
105	✦	H. Wagner ➊	9.00
115	✦	William H. Roehm ➋	3.50
115	✦	William Smith ➊	9.00
125	✦	Alex Kennedy	0.00
125	✦	C. H. Lewis ➊	9.00
125	✦	George Purvis ➋	3.50
135	✦	J. A. Alexander ➊	9.00
135	✦	A. Morrison ➋	3.50
145	✦	M. Goldberg	0.00
145	✦	J. P. Greenan	0.00
145	✦	Otto F. Roehm ➊	7.00
145	✦	A. E. Small ➋	3.50