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15th Annual NCAA Wrestling Championships

Wrestling Tournament
@ Jenison Field House, Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan)
Friday-Saturday, March 27-28, 1942

Ceremony Tops National Meet Here

Saturday night when the last half-nelson hold had been broken and the final bout of the 15th annual N.C.A.A. wrestling tournament ended, a colorful presentation was staged. SOURCE: Lansing State Journal, March 30, 1942.

Album: General

Album: Alfred

Greene, LeBlanc Hit Road For National Meet

Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)

Participating Teams

Alfred University [NY], Cornell College [IA], Illinois State University [IL], Iowa State University [IA], Kansas State University [KS], Kent State University [OH], Michigan State University [MI], Ohio University [OH], Oklahoma State University [OK], Pennsylvania State University [PA], Princeton University [NJ], Purdue University [IN], Rutgers University [NJ], San José State University [CA], U.S. Naval Academy [MD], University of Denver [CO], University of Illinois, Champaign [IL], University of Iowa [IA], University of Michigan [MI], University of Nebraska [NB], University of Northern Iowa [IA], University of Pennsylvania [PA], University of Wyoming [WY], Wesleyan University [CT]

Team Final

1.	Oklahoma State University [OK] 31 points
2.	Michigan State University [MI] 26
	University of Michigan [MI] 26
4.	Pennsylvania State University [PA] 10
5.	Kent State University [OH] 7
	Purdue University [IN] 7
	U.S. Naval Academy [MD] 7
8.	University of Illinois, Champaign [IL] 6
	University of Pennsylvania [PA] 6
10.	Iowa State University [IA] 5
	University of Northern Iowa [IA] 5
12.	Cornell College [IA] 4
13.	Kansas State University [KS] 2
	University of Nebraska [NB] 2
15.	Princeton University [NJ] 1
16.	Alfred University [NY] 0
	Illinois State University [IL] 0
	Ohio University [OH] 0
	Rutgers University [NJ] 0
	San José State University [CA] 0
	University of Denver [CO] 0
	University of Iowa [IA] 0
	University of Wyoming [WY] 0
	Wesleyan University [CT] 0

Award Winners

Outstanding Wrestler Award: David Arndt (Oklahoma State University [OK], 145 lbs)

Championship Final (1st)

121 lbs:	Merle Jennings (Michigan State University [MI]) > Malcolm MacDonald (Purdue University [IN]), DEC 3-2
128 lbs:	Burl Jennings (Michigan State University [MI]) > Sidney Marks (Oklahoma State University [OK]), DEC 5-3
136 lbs:	Bill Maxwell (Michigan State University [MI]) > Fred Bishop (Cornell College [IA]), FALL 5:16
145 lbs:	David Arndt (Oklahoma State University [OK]) > Manly Johnson (University of Michigan [MI]), DEC 18-5
155 lbs:	Vernon Logan (Oklahoma State University [OK]) > Ted Seabrooke (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]), DEC 9-3
165 lbs:	Virgil Smith (Oklahoma State University [OK]) > Bill Carmichael (U.S. Naval Academy [MD]), DEC 2-1
175 lbs:	Dick DiBatista (University of Pennsylvania [PA]) > Leon Martin (University of Northern Iowa [IA]), JD 5-5
HWT:	Loyd Arms (Oklahoma State University [OK]) > Walt Porowski (Kent State University [OH]), DEC 7-5

Consolation Final (3rd)

121 lbs:	Charley Ridenour (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Richard Kopel (University of Michigan [MI]), FALL 5:42
128 lbs:	Sam Harry (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Mark Matovina (Purdue University [IN]), DEC 6-5
136 lbs:	Dillard Talbutt (Oklahoma State University [OK]) > Warren Taylor (Princeton University [NJ]), OTD 12-7 (1OT)
145 lbs:	Glenn Alexander (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Newton Copple (University of Nebraska [NB]), DEC 6-4
155 lbs:	Leland Merrill (Michigan State University [MI]) > Milton Bennett (U.S. Naval Academy [MD]), DEC 5-4
165 lbs:	Bill Courtright (University of Michigan [MI]) > Robert Bader (Kent State University [OH]), DEC 5-1
175 lbs:	Paul Chronister (Kansas State University [KS]) > Ken Berry (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]), DEC 13-9
HWT:	Frank Ruggieri (Purdue University [IN]) > Shuford Swift (U.S. Naval Academy [MD]), DEC 11-4