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16th Annual Interstate Intercollegiate Individual Invitational Wrestling Tournament
Wrestling Tournament
@ Case Institute of Technology (Cleveland, Ohio)
Friday-Saturday, March 13-14, 1953

Perlini Defeats Giant From Pitt for Buffalo's First 4-I Mat Title
Perlini Defeats Giant From Pitt for Buffalo's First 4-I Mat Title
For the first time in the 16-year history of the event, the University of Buffalo today has a 4-I Meet wrestling champion. SOURCE: Buffalo Evening News, March 16, 1953. Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission.

Album: General

Perlini Defeats Giant From Pitt for Buffalo's First 4-I Mat Title Pitt Matmen Score Sweep at Cleveland 7 RIT Grapplers to Compete in Cleveland Invitation Meet Kent State Finishes 3rd in 4-I Mat Meet McClemens Fourth in Case Invitation Mat Tournament Wins 4-I Title Tech Wrestlers in AAU Meet Matmen Vie in NCAA Meet After Taking Second in 4-I Pitt Grapplers Win Four I

Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Alfred University [NY], Case Institute of Technology [OH], Hofstra University [NY], Indiana University of Pennsylvania [PA], Ithaca College [NY], John Carroll University [OH], Kent State University [OH], Lock Haven University [PA], Millersville University [PA], Rochester Institute of Technology [NY], SUNY Cortland [NY], University at Buffalo [NY], University of Pittsburgh [PA], University of Toledo [OH], Waynesburg University [PA]
Team Final
1. University of Pittsburgh [PA]  38 points
2. University of Toledo [OH]  31
3. Kent State University [OH]  17
4. Lock Haven University [PA]  16
5. Case Institute of Technology [OH]  11
6. Ithaca College [NY]  8
University at Buffalo [NY]  8
8. Hofstra University [NY]  6
9. Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]  4
10. SUNY Cortland [NY]  3
11. Indiana University of Pennsylvania [PA]  2
Waynesburg University [PA]  2
13. Alfred University [NY]  0
John Carroll University [OH]  0
Millersville University [PA]  0
Championship Final (1st)
117 lbs: Hugh Peery (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Jerry Shervanick (Millersville University [PA]), DEC score?
123 lbs: Paul Boyko (University of Toledo [OH]) > Larry Worz (Kent State University [OH]), DEC 12-8
130 lbs: Jim Howard (Ithaca College [NY]) > Dick Leffler (University of Toledo [OH]), DEC 6-5
137 lbs: Leonard DeAugustino (Lock Haven University [PA]) > Bill Kozy (University of Pittsburgh [PA]), FALL 8:00
147 lbs: Ian MacEwan (Kent State University [OH]) > Al Peterson (Case Institute of Technology [OH]), FALL 8:15
157 lbs: Charles Uram (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Bud Whitehill (Lock Haven University [PA]), RD 
167 lbs: Joe Solomon (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Chuck Wem (University of Toledo [OH]), DEC score?
177 lbs: Ed Lanzi (University of Toledo [OH]) > Gil Dubray (Kent State University [OH]), DEC 8-2
191 lbs: Dick Torio (University of Toledo [OH]) > Harold Hunter (University of Pittsburgh [PA]), NA 
HWT: Julius Perlini (University at Buffalo [NY]) > Eldred Kraemer (University of Pittsburgh [PA]), DQ time?
Consolation Final (3rd)
137 lbs: Bill Miller (University of Toledo [OH]), NA 



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