Facing stronger opposition than at any time in recent years, the wrestling team of Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute chalked up a good record during the 1940-41 season by winning three meets, dropping three and tying one.

The wrestlers showed up well in all the meets, and in most cases losses in individual bouts were close ones. New on the schedule were Kent State University and St. Lawrence University. Both schools had been dropped previously because they were considered too strong for the R.A.M.I. men.

Coach Ed Pike is optimistic about prospects for the coming season. Although four men will be lost through graduation, the squad as a whole will be more experienced. The reserve men are shaping up well and should replace the seniors without any serious difficulty.

Men who wrestled for the Blue and Grey for the last time this year are Captain Harry Lugert, who was defeated only once during regular meets, George Field, 121-pounder, Ben Saggese, heavyweight, and Raymond Hobson, reserve.

The Institute matmen competed at the eighth annual Interstate Invitational Championships at Cleveland. Although the team failed to take a first place, Lugert took a second place in the 155-pound class, Saggese was third in the heavyweight class, and Bob Renner placed fourth in the 175-pound spot. (Ramiken, 1941)

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(SOURCE OF PHOTOS: Ramikin, Vol. 30, Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, 1941. Reproduced with the permission of Rochester Institute of Technology Archive Dept.)