Varsity Record: 5 Wins, 5 Losses
Frosh Record: 1 Win, 7 Losses
Reserve Record: 3 Wins, 2 Losses

1933-34 RAMI Techmen Varsity Wrestling Team

FRONT ROW: Clark, Tolbert, Alexander, Schwader. MIDDLE ROW: Becker, Morgan, Moyer, Austin, Parmalee. BACK ROW: Zoiber, VanSteenburg, Torp, Everet, Heaton. (SOURCE: Ramikin, Vol. 23, Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, 1934. Reproduced with the permission of Rochester Institute of Technology Archive Dept.)

Dr. Mark Ellingson, Head Coach

The seventh season of wrestling at Mechanics Institute opened in October and forty men responded to the call for practice in the downstairs gymnasium. The first meetings were devoted primarily to gymnasium regulations and suggestions for training.

A freshman wrestling tournament was held for the first time with the Photographic Technology students forming the largest group. This tournament was somewhat of a disappointment as there were not enough men entered to provide adequate competition in all classes. However, it gave a number of men an opportunity to wrestle who otherwise might have been left out.

The Institute team made three trips two of which were of outstanding educational value to the men concerned. The first of these trips was to Providence and Cambridge and the second to Cleveland. The latter was undertaken at a time when all records for cold weather were being broken, but in spite of this handicap the trip was an enjoyable one.

The student body supported wrestling whole-heartedly and are entitled to commendation for their part in bringing the season to a successful close.

Three men, Charles Schwader, Fred Clark, and Kenneth Becker, represented the Institute at the Ohio Tournament as well as at the National Collegiate Tournament.

One of the outstanding problems confronting us for next year is to secure adequate representation in each weight class, as most of the men in the present group are being graduated. (Ramikin, 1934)