THE OFFICIAL National Collegiate Athletic Association WRESTLING GUIDE The Oficial Rules Book AND RECORD BOOK of College Wrestling B. R. Patterson, Editor ON THE COVER: Hugh Peery, Pittsburgh's 115-pound National Collegiate champion for three years, has followed remarkably well in his father's footsteps. Pittsburgh's Coach Rex Peery is himself a former three-time na- tional collegiate titlist. Hugh, a member of the 1952 Olympic squad and the winner of 48 straight coll2ge bouts, is a student in the University of Pittsburgh's Dental College. PUBLISHED BY: The National Collegiate Athletic Association, under the supervision of its Publications Committee : James V. Gilloon, Jr., New York U., Chairman James W. Liekrtz, U. S. Merchant Marine Academy Asa S. Bushnell, Eastern College Athletic Conference PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY: The official service organization of the NCAA, the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau: Homer F. 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NATIONALCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ......... :...................... 9 by Ha~oldKeif h COLLEGIATEREVIEWS : EASTERNINTERCOLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT .............................. 15 NEW ENGLANDINTERCOLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT ........................ 16 U71L~~sCOLLEGE OPEN TOURNAMENT................................ 16 SOUTHEASTERNTOURNAMENT ........................................ 19 SOUTHERNCONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ................................ 19 , MASON-DIXONCONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ............................ 21 BIG TEN CONFERENCETOURNAMENT .................................. 23 INTERSTATEINTERCOLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT .......................... 24 MID-AMERICANCONFERENCE TOURNAMENT : ........................... 25 IIAC TOURNAMENT................................................ 25 BIG SEVEN'CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ................................ 27 ROCKYMOUNTAIN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ........................ 29 SKYLINECONFERENCE TOURNAMENT .................................. 29 PACIFICCOAST INTERCOLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT ........................ 30 CANADIANINTERCOLLEGIATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT .................. 31 CIAA TOURNAMENT................................................ 31 1954 Dukt MEET RECORDS............................................ 32 SCHOLASTICREVIEWS : CALIFORNIA....................................................... 33 COLORADO......................................................... 33 GEORGIA .......................................................... 34 ILLINOIS .......................................................... 34 INDIANA.......................................................... 35 IOWA............................................................. 36 KANSAS........................................................... 36 LONGISLAND ...................................................... 37 MICHIGAN ........................................................ 38 MID-SOUTHWRESTLING TOURNAMENT ................................ 38 MISSOURI .........................................................38 NEW ENGLAND.................................................... 39 NEW JERSEY ...................................................... 40 NEW YORK........................................................ 40 01-110 ............................................................. 41 OKLAHOMA........................................................ 41 OREGON. ..........................................................42 PENNSYLVANIA....,.................................. ............. 43 RHODEISLAND ............................. ....................... 43 VIRGINIA ......................................................... 43 WASHINGTON,D.C. ....................................,,. ........... 44 WASHINGTON..................................................... 45 WISCONSIN ....................................................... 45 WYOMING......................................................... 45 ACADEMYSCHOOL TOURNAMENT .................................... 46 RULESSECTION : ELIGIBILITYRULES FOR NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIPS .................... 48 OFFICIALNCAA WRESTLINGRULES 1955 ............................ 49 PENALTYCHART ............................................... 4 .. 70 NCAA WRESTLINGRULES COMMITTEE.............................. 79 . WRESTLINGOFFICIALS' SIGNALS .................................... 80 HIGH SCHOOLWRESTLING RULES .................................... 85 .. INDEXTO RULES .................................................. 86 . 5 . .: 8 1954 Officers of the NCAA I PRESIDEKT A. B. Moore, University of Alabama SECRETARY-TREASURER Earl S. Fullbrook, University of Nebraska EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR Walter Byers, Fairfax Building, Kansas City, Mo. THE COUNCIL President and Secretary Vice-presidents : 1st District-Paul F. Mackesey, Brown University 2nd District-T. J. Hamilton, University of Pittsburgh 3rd District-D. S. McAlister, The Citadel 4th District-Ralph W. Aigler, University of Michigan 5th District-Frank N. Gardner, Drake University 6th District-E. D. Mouzon, Jr., Southern Methodist Universit v 7th District-King Hendricks, Utah State College 8th District-H. P. Everest, University of Washington At-Large-J. Shober Barr, Franklin and Marshall College Members-at-Large: Rev. W. H. Crowley, University of Santa Clara H. J. Dorricott, Western State College of Colorado Henry B. Hardt, Texas Christian University Clarence P. Houston, Tufts College Fred J. Lewis, Vanderbilt University J. H. Nichols, Oberlin College George D. Small, Universify of Tulsa Presidevzt, Secretary and Vice-President-at-Large Ralph Furey, Columbia University Howard Grubbs, Southwest Conference T. J. Hamilton, University of Pittsburgh Wilbur C. Johns. University of California at Los Angeles Berpie Moore, Southeastern Conference George D. Small, University of Tulsa K. L,. Wilson, Intercollegiate (Big Ten) Conference 6 National Collegiate Championships By HAROLD KEITH Sports Publicisf, University of Oklahoma Cinching the team championship before the finals started, Oklahoma A&M rolled to 11s 17th National Collegiate wrestling title in 24 years. Four thousand fans in the University of Oklahoma Fieldhouse saw the Aggies return to the throne room after a ?me-year absence. Coach Art Grii%thJs orange-garbed torso-twisters from Stillwater, Okla., placed five men in the finals. Even if all five had been defeated in the last round, the Aggies would still have won declsively. But all of them weren't de- feated. 'I'hree of the five Aggie finalists won championships. Myron Roderick, rug- ged sophomore, decisively conquered the field at 137 pounds; Ned Blass re- rted his-last year's triumph at 177, although he had a close 5-4 brush with oyal Sm~thot Colorado in the finals and Gene (Ninety Seconds) Nlcks, mighty 23bpound senior heavyweight, pinned one opponent and blanked two others to widely dominate the heavyweight division. The total entry of 177 wrestlers was believed the largest ever to compete in a National Collegiate tournament. There were 50 schools in the competition, two less than the 1953 meet drew at Penn State. Tommy Evans, Oklahoma's bashful 147-pound senior coached by Port Robert- I son, was voted by coaches the outstanding wrestler in the