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AAU Niagara District Wrestling Championships and Pre-Olympic Qualifier
Wrestling Tournament
@ Buffalo Athletic Club (Buffalo, New York)
Saturday, March 29, 1924

Bissell in Only Bison Win on Mat
Bissell in Only Bison Win on Mat
Cornell wrestlers score in the Niagara A.A.U. Olympic trials at Buffalo A.C. SOURCE: Buffalo Morning Express, March 30, 1924.

Album: General

Bissell in Only Bison Win on Mat Preliminary Bouts of Mat Tournament at B.A.C. Today; Finals This Evening Buffalo Wins But One Class In Wrestling Amateur Mat Title Bouts On At B.A.C. Sports of the Week in Review Sports of the Week in Review Entry of 29 Wrestlers in District Championship Matches Olympic Wrestling Trials Saturday at Buffalo A.C. Wrestling Prelims in B.A.C. Tourney Take Place Saturday Afternoon Grapplers in Olympic Tryouts Here Today Wrestlers In Olympic Trials On March 29th Buffalo Athletic Club Sports Activities Stars Wrestle on B.A.C. Mat, Olympic Trials Large Entry of Wrestlers Rochester Man Cops 135-pound District Crown Wrestlers Win Olympic Trials Paterson Seeks Place On Team To Go To Olympics 4 Varsity Wrestlers Place in Olympic Tryouts in Buffalo B. A. C. Will Be Scene Of Amateur Mat Titles

Open - Top place winners advance to U.S. Olympic Team Trials (Level: Club/Other, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Central YMCA of Buffalo [NY], Central YMCA of Rochester [NY], Cornell University [NY], Genesee YMCA (Buffalo) [NY], Rochester Athletic Club [NY], Syracuse University [NY]
Team Final
1. Cornell University [NY]  23 points
2. Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]  16
3. Central YMCA of Buffalo [NY]  13
4. Syracuse University [NY]  5
5. Genesee YMCA (Buffalo) [NY]  3
Rochester Athletic Club [NY]  3
Championship Final (1st)
123 lbs: Charles Milton MacWilliam (Cornell University [NY]) > Walter Switzer (Central YMCA of Buffalo [NY]), NA 
134 lbs: Morris Boslov (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]) > A. Chakin (Cornell University [NY]), TD 9:00
145 lbs: Raphael Ayau (Cornell University [NY]) > J.S. Vanderploeg (Central YMCA of Buffalo [NY]), TD 9:00
158 lbs: Charles Robert Burr (Cornell University [NY]) > Nick DiAddario (Central YMCA of Buffalo [NY]), FALL 2:55
174 lbs: Walter David Wright (Cornell University [NY]) > S. Pressmark (Genesee YMCA (Buffalo) [NY]), FALL 3:42
191 lbs: T.A. Bissell (Central YMCA of Buffalo [NY]) > William Gresens (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]), NA 
HWT: Jacob Patterson (Syracuse University [NY]) > William Gresens (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]), NA 
Consolation Final (3rd)
123 lbs: Walter Gamerod (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]), NA 
134 lbs: Kelly Phillips (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]), NA 
145 lbs: W. Charlotte (Rochester Athletic Club [NY]), NA 
158 lbs: Frank Sherlock (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]), NA 
174 lbs: T.A. Bissell (Central YMCA of Buffalo [NY]), NA 
191 lbs: Carl Mead (Rochester Athletic Club [NY]), NA 
HWT: Carl Mead (Rochester Athletic Club [NY]), NA 



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