TECH HIGH MATMEN CARRY OFF THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Two East High Grapplers Capture Titles in Scholastic Meet at Monroe High
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY
Thursday, March 24, 1927

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Tech High grapplers featured the final round of the city high school individual wrestling tournament yesterday afternoon at the Monroe High gymnasium, three wearers of the maroon and gray winning titles in their respective classes. Two wrestlers from East High also won championships, while one man each from Monroe, West, John Marshall and Charlotte were able to win gold medals.

The feature match of the day showed Williams, Monroe and Felli, West, in action after 15 minutes of the fiercest kind of giving. Williams had Felli in a bad way near the end of the match, but the West High entry managed to slip off the mat.

Feary, Tech 135-pounder, and Holloway, Charlotte staged a merry scrap in that event, with Holloway winning the decision after nine minutes. Feary won the championship of the class last season.

The only fall of the day cam in the 188-pound scrap when Pressburg, East, threw A. Bates, West, after 6 minutes, 48 seconds had elapsed. The bout was fairly even until the end came.

Aggresiveness enabled Charles DeCarlo, who wrestles in the 126-pound class for Tech, to get the judge's decision over Sam Rosenthal, Monroe after 9 minutes. Rosenthal was on the defensive all through the battle.

A good deal of humor was injected into the meet when "Packey" MacFarland, Monroe, and Matakie, East, met in the unlimited affair. Matakie, who was allowed to enter the meet at the last minute, won the decision after 9 minutes of flopping and floundering.

A crowd of about 200 witnessed the affair, which was held under the direction of Albert Makin. All the winners will receive gold medals, with the losers getting silver medals.