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3rd Annual NCAA Wrestling Championships
Wrestling Tournament
@ Pennsylvania State College (State College, Pennsylvania)
Friday-Saturday, March 28-29, 1930

Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
N.C.A.A. Champions, 1928 to 1930. SOURCE: 1931 NCAA Intercollegiate Wrestling Guide.

Album: NCAA Intercollegiate Wrestling Guide

Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College 1930 NCAA Wrestling Champions, 115-145 1930 NCAA Wrestling Champions, 155-HWT At the National Collegiate Championships At the National Collegiate Championships

Album: The Boston Globe

Harvard Wrestlers Seeking N.C.A.A. Titles Eastern Grapplers Never in the Hunt

Album: Rochester D&C

Mechanics Institute Wrestling Team to Enter Penn State Meet Legs Give Westerners Mat Titles

Album: The Des Moines Register

3 Iowa Matmen in Semifinals Linn Captures 135 Pound Title Strong Legs, Deeper Interest in Game Gives Western Grapplers Advantage Over East's Matmen

Album: Allentown Morning Call

Western 'Rasslers' Sweep Through Field Oklahoma Aggies Capture National Wrestling Title Third Straight Time Wrestling Champions Travel in Flivvers Eastern Collegiate Wrestlers Prove No Match for Grapplers from West

Album: New York Daily News

Oklahoma Colleges Clean Up in National Wrestling Oklahoma Legs Prove Superior to Eastern Eggs

Album: The Daily Oklahoman

Sooner's Mat Squad Enters National Tilt Five Reasons Why Oklahoma Owns National Wrestling Prestige

Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Brown University [RI], Case School of Applied Science [OH], Cornell College [IA], Harvard University [MA], Indiana University, Bloomington [IN], Iowa State University [IA], Kansas State University [KS], Kent State University [OH], Lafayette College [PA], Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MA], Michigan State University [MI], Northwestern University [IL], Ohio State University [OH], Oklahoma State University [OK], Pennsylvania State University [PA], Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute [NY], Syracuse University [NY], Tufts University [MA], University of Central Oklahoma [OK], University of Chicago [IL], University of Illinois, Champaign [IL], University of Kansas [KS], University of Michigan [MI], University of Missouri, Columbia [MO], University of Oklahoma [OK], Virginia Military Institute [VA], Virginia Tech [VA], Waynesburg University [PA], West Virginia University [WV]
Team Final
1. Oklahoma State University [OK]  27 points
2. University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]  14
3. University of Oklahoma [OK]  12
4. Iowa State University [IA]  7
5. University of Michigan [MI]  6
6. Kansas State University [KS]  5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MA]  5
8. Cornell College [IA]  4
Ohio State University [OH]  4
University of Central Oklahoma [OK]  4
University of Kansas [KS]  4
12. Harvard University [MA]  2
University of Chicago [IL]  2
14. Indiana University, Bloomington [IN]  1
Michigan State University [MI]  1
Northwestern University [IL]  1
Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute [NY]  1
University of Missouri, Columbia [MO]  1
Virginia Military Institute [VA]  1
20. Brown University [RI]  0
Case School of Applied Science [OH]  0
Kent State University [OH]  0
Lafayette College [PA]  0
Pennsylvania State University [PA]  0
Syracuse University [NY]  0
Tufts University [MA]  0
Virginia Tech [VA]  0
Waynesburg University [PA]  0
West Virginia University [WV]  0
Placewinners
115 lbs: 1. Joe Sapora (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL])
  2. Robert Axford (Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MA])
  3. Marvin Leach (University of Oklahoma [OK])
125 lbs: 1. Laurance Mantooth (University of Oklahoma [OK])
  2. Lyle Morford (Cornell College [IA])
  3. Howard Cline (Oklahoma State University [OK])
135 lbs: 1. Hugh Linn (Iowa State University [IA])
  2. Louis Bauerle (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL])
  3. Sherman Stephenson (Oklahoma State University [OK])
145 lbs: 1. Hardie Lewis (University of Oklahoma [OK])
  2. Arlie Tomlinson (Oklahoma State University [OK])
  3. Harry Dyer (University of Chicago [IL])
155 lbs: 1. Otto Kelly (University of Michigan [MI])
  2. Bryan Watkins (University of Central Oklahoma [OK])
  3. Phil Berry (University of Oklahoma [OK])
165 lbs: 1. Jack van Bebber (Oklahoma State University [OK])
  2. Sam Church (University of Kansas [KS])
  3. Joe Solano (Harvard University [MA])
175 lbs: 1. Conrad Caldwell (Oklahoma State University [OK])
  2. Floyd Helgerson (Ohio State University [OH])
  3. Von Robbins (University of Missouri, Columbia [MO])
HWT: 1. Earl McCready (Oklahoma State University [OK])
  2. Lloyd Burdick (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL])
  3. C. Hugh "Duke" Errington (Kansas State University [KS])

Attachments
Brackets (PDF)
Summary from 1931 NCAA Intercollegiate Wrestling Guide (PDF)
Three Harvard Matmen Seek Titles (Boston, Mar 27) (PDF)
Western Wrestlers Win From Eastern Entries (Boston, Mar 29) (PDF)
Eastern Grapplers Never In the Hunt (Boston, Mar 31) (PDF)
Westerners Advance In College Tourney (Philadelphia, Mar 29) (PDF)
Champion Oklahoma Matmen Capture Crown for Third Straight Year (Philadelphia, Mar 30) (PDF)



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