Evening star., 1932-04-10
AMATEUR MATMEN
STRUT THEIR STUFF
A. A. U. Titles at Stake in
Tourney at Boys Club
Beginning Tomorrow.

A MATEUR wrestling, the path
~ once trod by many present.
Il day professional star, will make
its big splurge of the year, and
possibly the biggest in the history of
the sport here, tomorrow night at 7:3O
O'Clock at the Boys Club, where the an
nual District A. A. U. championships
will be held.
Although six of the eight 1881 cham
pions are slated to defend their titles.
this has been far from discouraging, for
the entry list shows an increase OF al
most twice as many contenders as last
year.
Tomorrow's schedule will call for the
elimination of all except two fnaLstS IN
each class. Tuesday just eight title
bouts will be on the program.
THE increase in entries came as 10
i great surprise to those in charge
of the annual tourney, for interest
in professional graphing has been at a
high pitch this year, though there Is
no more resemblance between the simon
tween day and night.
Amateur wrestling, unlike protes-
slonal, bars the leg scissors, head scls-
SorS, bending of bones against the
joints, full nelson's, twisting toe-holdS,
rocking splits and elbow jolts, among
other things.
It sounds tame. But not even the
finest conditioned wrestler cares to go
for more than 10 minutes under ANA
teur rules.
Unlike professional wrestling, bouts
~ of which frequently last an hour
and even two or more, there IS
no let-up in A. A. U. competition. A
wrestler must be struggling constantly
for each of the two contestants is timed,
by stopwatch, the number of minutes
and seconds he is on top of the other.
After 10 minutes, If neither obtains
a fall, decision is awarded after con-
sultation among the timers as to how
long the respective participants were
on top. In case of a tie, two extra
periods of three minutes each are
allowed, each grappler starting an extra
period with his opponent on top.
VYIALTER JACOBSON, 1876 pounds,
w of the College Park A. c., and
Walter Walacavage, heavyweight,
of Georgetown University, are not ex-
pected to defend their titles.
In the ll5-pound class, Dell Shockley,
formerly of Oklahoma A. and M. and
now representing the Y. M. c. A., is a
favorite TO retain his crown. Shockley,
a former teammate of Earl McCready,
now rated one of Jim Londos' standout
challengers, placed second In the 1929
Intercollegiate
Jack Kosowsky, formerly of Nebraska
and now of the Jewish Community
Center will be the favorite to success
fully defend his l25-pound champion
ship, while McGrath of the Y. M. C. A.
has been installed as choice for the
135-pound title vacated by Jacobson.
As usual, most of the entries are in
the 145-pound class John Broaddus,
star fancy diver of the Ambassador
Swimming Club, is an outstanding en-
try and is expected to push the cham
pion. S. NJ. Wisooker, closely for the
title.
Harry Goldman, J. c. c.. and Dick
WhitWorth, Y. M c. A, will defend
their 155 and les pound champion
ships, respectively. Eddie Paul, Boston
Tech grappler, and one of the fastest
on the Y M. c. A team. and Al Cohen
IC L1LC lCdulIlS SOilICL4OCIS 4OI lIlG ! To-
pound crown.
Not much is known of the relative
merits of the heavyweights, but Sid
Kolker and J. w. Brookhart are con-
eeded the best chances to upset John
Ballard. No. 2 heavyweight last year
and a former Illinois University mat
man.
THE Y. M. C. A. team, coached by
J. Harry Kirchman. Olympic light
weight champion in 1920, is a
heavy favorite to win the tournament,
with the Jewish Community Center
tesm picked for second place.
The Boys Club and Gallaudet. ac-
cording to Tom Clayton, instructor of
wrestling at the Racquet Club, have
good prospects who lack only in expert
ence, which, next to proper condition,
is the most important factor in wres-
ting.
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