Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-04
Crimson GrGppLerS
Lead in State Nat
A. 4. u. Tournament
Fast Bouts DiShed Up for
Wrestling Fans in Meet
at Bloomington.
BY HEZE CLARK.


BLOOMINGTON. Ind, Feb. Am the
trst round of the Indiana State a. A. L..
wrestling championships last night at
the Indiana University gymnasium some
fast mat bouts were enjoyed by the fol-
lowers of the amateur wrestling game.
-Four classes wrestled. These were
the featherweight, 126 pounds: light
weight, 135 pounds; welterweight, 147
pounds; middleweight. 100 pounds, and
light heavyweight, 175 pounds.
In the featherweight Cunningham de-
feated Shinn, winning a fall in min
utes and II seconds. Both of these wres-
tiers were from Indiana University. Blink
ley lost to Lynch. being pinned to IT, the
liams lost to Wise in minutes and g
seconds.
Cunningham and Shinn were evenly
matched and the boys both twisted out Of
some close places. Cunningham finally
pluned Shinn with a half nelson.
Wrestlers who were to compete today
and were not in last nights matches are /:
Bantamweight, 11S pounds, Borstts OF
Gary; Parr Of Indiana University Sandy
Of De Pauw University. FIyweight,. 112
pounds Brill, Mills and Sheets of Indiana
University. Heavyweight, Fisher and
MUMMY Of Indiana Mckinney and Secrlst
The result of the lightweight matches
Friday brought out two winners. OHair
defeated Aldred, winning fall in three
and Aldred are Indiana wrestlers; Man
Ian of Gary defeated Peck of Indiana
University. AIanlan won a decision.
The ManlaaPeck bout was one Of the
best of the wrestling carnival. Manlan
was on top of the Indiana athlete 4 min
utes and 50 seconds of the ten minutes
which the men wrestled but he could
not pin Peck's shoulders 10 the mat.
hnnt
class was the Robertson Campbell affair:
Both are Indian University athletes and
it was expected the bout would go the
full ten minutes, but Robertson pinned
Campbell in 2 minutes ard 80 seconds,
turning Campbell over with bar mel
son and holding him to the mat Other
welterweight matches brought out wrest-
lers who were expected to give Robertson
some rough going today. K. Held won
from Koontz, getting a decision. Both
are Indiana athletes. Kitchener or Indiana
was given a decision over HOllinshead OF
Manlan of Gary, who won his match in
the 135-pound class, competed in the vel
terweight division, meeting Martin Of In
diana. There was little to choose be-
tween the two wrestlerS in the first five
minutes, but Martin appeared to be the
aggresSor and Manlan backed off the mat
He repeated this number of times and
was warned twice by the referee to stay
on the mat and wrestle. Manlan had
Martin beat on points, having been on top
forty eight seconds longer than Martin
when nine minutes was called by the
timekeepers. The men mixed it in the
corner of the mat and both went to the
canvas and rolled over two or three times,
Martin finally getting on top. Manlan,
with his shoulders close to being pinned
to the canvas, wiggled off Of the mat and
the referee who had twice warned the
Gary athlete declared Martin the winner.
There We're two middleweight matches
Powell Of Hanover College lost a hard
fought match to Karacatsense Of Gary,
the latter getting the decision The match
was one of the feature bouts of the night.
Karacatsense had only the slight margin
of twenty seconds more time on top than
did the Hanover athlete.
Lucas beat Strond, winning a fall in
Z minutes and so seconds. These two
Indiana athletes.
OF the four wreStlers entered in the
light heavyweight class three were. In
diana University men. Mckinney Is
Gary mat men. Campbell defeated Nc
Kinney, winning a fall in five minutes
and forty seconds Groggle lost TO o.
Held, who won a fall in four minutes and
twenty-five seconds,