1929 NCAA D1 National Championship

Info

Date: March 29-30
Location: Columbus, OH
Venue: Ohio Expo Center Coliseum
Host: Ohio State
Teams: 23
Wrestlers: 61

Milestones

First National Champ for Illinois
First National Champ/Finalist/AA for Cornell (NY)
First National Champ for Oklahoma
First Finalist/AA for Purdue
First Finalist AA for Wisconsin
First AA for West Virginia
Back-to-Back Team National Title for Oklahoma State

Participating Teams

Case-Western Reserve
Chicago (IL)
Cornell (IA)
Illinois
Indianapolis (IN)
Iowa
Iowa State
Kent State (OH)
Marshall (WV)
Michigan
Nebraska
Northwestern (IL)
Ohio
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Pennsylvania State
Purdue
Rochester Tech (NY)
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Wilmington (OH)
Wisconsin

Participating Wrestlers

115 (3)
– Marvin Leach – Oklahoma
– Joe Sapora – Illinois
– Dell Shockley – Oklahoma State

125 (14)
– George ‘Milton’ Andes Jr. – Virginia Tech
– Dick Cole – Iowa State
– Mathew Hesser – Oklahoma State
– Robert Hewitt – Michigan
– Charles Himan – Chicago (IL)
– David Holt – Wisconsin
– Hyman Josefson – Cornell (NY)
– Hyman ‘Henry’ Krakowsky – Case-Western Reserve (OH)
– Ralph Lupton – Northwestern (IL)
– Laurance Mantooth – Oklahoma
– Claude McMillion – Ohio
– William Stinson – Rochester Tech (NY)
– Sam Vercoe – Ohio State
– Ted Wilson – Pennsylvania State

135 (10)
– William Adler – Chicago (IL)
– Jimmie Cox – West Virginia
– Edwin Elliott – Michigan
– Fernado Forteza – Ohio State
– Cecil Glass – Ohio
– ? Massey – Marshall (WV)
– Leo Miller – Oklahoma
– George Minot – Illinois
– George Stetson – Wisconsin
– Walter Young – Oklahoma State

145 (9)
– George Bancroft – Oklahoma State
– Gordon Brill – West Virginia
– Herbert Burns – Wilmington (OH)
– William ‘Harry’ Dyer – Chicago (IL)
– James ‘Otto’ Kelly – Michigan
– Albert Montgomery – Iowa
– Fred Robinson Jr. – Purdue (IN)
– Guy Shinn – Cornell (IA)
– Gomer Stelljes – Rochester Tech (NY)

155 (6)
– Amel Bresson – Cornell (IA)
– Ferdinand Hammer – Wisconsin
– Ray Parker – Michigan
– Adolph Simic – Nebraska
– Jack VanBebber – Oklahoma State
– George Whitney – Rochester Tech (NY)

165 (9)
– Eugene Bales – Indianapolis (IN)
– Joe Begala – Ohio
– Charles Cala – Rochester Tech (NY)
– Conrad Caldwell – Oklahoma State
– Sherman Crow – Kent State (OH)
– Ben Hooker – Purdue (IN)
– Albert Tiffany – Wisconsin
– Joe Toman – Nebraska
– Robert Warren – Michigan

175 (4)
– Chester Dotter – Oklahoma State
– Carl Dougovito – Michigan
– Leland Heywood – Wisconsin
– Glenn Stafford – Cornell (NY)

UNL (6)
– Leo ‘Firpo’ Draveling – Michigan
– Russ Fairall – Ohio State
– John Heppl – Case-Western Reserve (OH)
– Earl McCready – Oklahoma State
– Max Sonderby – Chicago (IL)
– Selmer Swenson – Wisconsin

Match Results

Weight	Round	W First	W Last	W School	Result	L First	L Last	L School	W Score	L Score	Minutes	Seconds	OT	W Seed	L Seed	Result Notes	Notes
115	1st	Joe	Sapora	Illinois	DEC	Dell	Shockley	Oklahoma State						0	0	TA
115	2nd	Marvin	Leach	Oklahoma		Dell	Shockley	Oklahoma State						0	0
115	Champ 4	Joe	Sapora	Illinois	DEC	Marvin	Leach	Oklahoma						0	0	TA
125	1st	Laurance	Mantooth	Oklahoma	DEC	Mathew	Hesser	Oklahoma State			3	59		0	0	TA
125	2nd	Robert	Hewitt	Michigan		Mathew	Hesser	Oklahoma State						0	0
125	Champ 16	Dick	Cole	Iowa State	DEC	Ted	Wilson	Pennsylvania State			8	30		0	0	TA
125	Champ 16	Mathew	Hesser	Oklahoma State	DEC	Hyman ‘Henry’	Krakowsky	Case-Western Reserve (OH)			5	16		0	0	TA
125	Champ 16	Robert	Hewitt	Michigan	DEC	William	Stinson	Rochester Tech (NY)			7	38		0	0	TA
125	Champ 16	Hyman	Josefson	Cornell (NY)	DEC	Charles	Himan	Chicago (IL)			7	55		0	0	TA
125	Champ 16	Ralph	Lupton	Northwestern (IL)	DEC	George ‘Milton’	Andes Jr.	Virginia Tech			2	37		0	0	TA
125	Champ 16	Laurance	Mantooth	Oklahoma	DEC	David	Holt	Wisconsin			8	50		0	0	TA
125	Champ 4	Mathew	Hesser	Oklahoma State	DEC	Dick	Cole	Iowa State			1	45		0	0	TA
125	Champ 4	Laurance	Mantooth	Oklahoma	DEC	Robert	Hewitt	Michigan			2	31		0	0	TA
125	Champ 8	Dick	Cole	Iowa State	DEC	Ralph	Lupton	Northwestern (IL)			1	45		0	0	TA
125	Champ 8	Mathew	Hesser	Oklahoma State	FALL	Claude	McMillion	Ohio			5	39		0	0
125	Champ 8	Robert	Hewitt	Michigan	DFT	Sam	Vercoe	Ohio State						0	0
125	Champ 8	Laurance	Mantooth	Oklahoma	DEC	Hyman	Josefson	Cornell (NY)			2	4		0	0	TA
125	Consi 4 #1	Hyman	Josefson	Cornell (NY)		David	Holt	Wisconsin						0	0
125	Consi 4 #2	Robert	Hewitt	Michigan		Hyman	Josefson	Cornell (NY)						0	0
135	1st	George	Minot	Illinois	DEC	Jimmie	Cox	West Virginia			6	48		0	0	TA
135	2nd	Leo	Miller	Oklahoma		Jimmie	Cox	West Virginia						0	0
135	Champ 16	Jimmie	Cox	West Virginia	DEC	Walter	Young	Oklahoma State			3	40		0	0	TA
135	Champ 16	George	Minot	Illinois	DEC	Cecil	Glass	Ohio			7	4		0	0	TA
135	Champ 4	Jimmie	Cox	West Virginia	DEC	Edwin	Elliott	Michigan			0	32	Ref	0	0	TA
135	Champ 4	George	Minot	Illinois	FALL	Leo	Miller	Oklahoma			1	38		0	0
135	Champ 8	Jimmie	Cox	West Virginia	FALL	Fernado	Forteza	Ohio State			8	20		0	0
135	Champ 8	Edwin	Elliott	Michigan	DEC	George	Stetson	Wisconsin			1	22		0	0	TA
135	Champ 8	Leo	Miller	Oklahoma	FALL	William	Adler	Chicago (IL)			5	34		0	0
135	Champ 8	George	Minot	Illinois	DEC	?	Massey	Marshall (WV)			8	44		0	0	TA
135	Consi 4 #1	Cecil	Glass	Ohio		?	Massey	Marshall (WV)						0	0
135	Consi 4 #2	Leo	Miller	Oklahoma		Cecil	Glass	Ohio						0	0
145	1st	George	Bancroft	Oklahoma State	DEC	James ‘Otto’	Kelly	Michigan			5	11		0	0	TA
145	2nd	James ‘Otto’	Kelly	Michigan		Albert	Montgomery	Iowa						0	0
145	3rd	Albert	Montgomery	Iowa		Gomer	Stelljes	Rochester Tech (NY)						0	0
145	Champ 16	Albert	Montgomery	Iowa	DEC	Gordon	Brill	West Virginia			9	0		0	0	TA
145	Champ 4	George	Bancroft	Oklahoma State	DEC	Albert	Montgomery	Iowa			2	25		0	0	TA
145	Champ 4	James ‘Otto’	Kelly	Michigan	DEC	Gomer	Stelljes	Rochester Tech (NY)			3	3		0	0	TA
145	Champ 8	George	Bancroft	Oklahoma State	DEC	Fred	Robinson Jr.	Purdue (IN)						0	0	TA
145	Champ 8	James ‘Otto’	Kelly	Michigan	FALL	Herbert	Burns	Wilmington (OH)			1	41		0	0
145	Champ 8	Albert	Montgomery	Iowa	DEC	William ‘Harry’	Dyer	Chicago (IL)			8	7		0	0	TA
145	Champ 8	Gomer	Stelljes	Rochester Tech (NY)	DEC	Guy	Shinn	Cornell (IA)			0	47	Ref	0	0	TA
145	Consi 4 #2	Albert	Montgomery	Iowa		Fred	Robinson Jr.	Purdue (IN)						0	0
145	Consi 4 #2	Gomer	Stelljes	Rochester Tech (NY)		Herbert	Burns	Wilmington (OH)						0	0
155	1st	Jack	VanBebber	Oklahoma State	DEC	Ferdinand	Hammer	Wisconsin			4	32		0	0	TA
155	2nd	Ray	Parker	Michigan		Ferdinand	Hammer	Wisconsin						0	0
155	Champ 4	Ferdinand	Hammer	Wisconsin	FALL	George	Whitney	Rochester Tech (NY)			6	32		0	0
155	Champ 4	Jack	VanBebber	Oklahoma State	DEC	Ray	Parker	Michigan			4	2		0	0	TA
155	Champ 8	Ferdinand	Hammer	Wisconsin	FALL	Amel	Bresson	Cornell (IA)			4	31		0	0
155	Champ 8	Ray	Parker	Michigan	DFT	Adolph	Simic	Nebraska						0	0
165	1st	Conrad	Caldwell	Oklahoma State	DEC	Robert	Warren	Michigan			1	32		0	0	TA
165	2nd	Ben	Hooker	Purdue (IN)	DEC	Robert	Warren	Michigan			9	30		0	0	TA
165	Champ 16	Charles	Cala	Rochester Tech (NY)	FALL	Eugene	Bales	Indianapolis (IN)			2	31		0	0
165	Champ 4	Conrad	Caldwell	Oklahoma State	DEC	Albert	Tiffany	Wisconsin			2	45		0	0	TA
165	Champ 4	Robert	Warren	Michigan	DEC	Joe	Toman	Nebraska			4	0		0	0	TA
165	Champ 8	Conrad	Caldwell	Oklahoma State	DEC	Ben	Hooker	Purdue (IN)			4	30		0	0	TA
165	Champ 8	Albert	Tiffany	Wisconsin	DEC	Joe	Begala	Ohio			6	40		0	0	TA
165	Champ 8	Joe	Toman	Nebraska	FALL	Charles	Cala	Rochester Tech (NY)			7	40		0	0
165	Champ 8	Robert	Warren	Michigan	FALL	Sherman	Crow	Kent State (OH)			8	20		0	0
165	Consi 4 #2	Ben	Hooker	Purdue (IN)		Albert	Tiffany	Wisconsin						0	0
175	1st	Glenn	Stafford	Cornell (NY)	DEC	Carl	Dougovito	Michigan			4	8		0	0	TA
175	2nd	Carl	Dougovito	Michigan	DEC	Leland	Heywood	Wisconsin						0	0	Ref
175	3rd	Leland	Heywood	Wisconsin		Chester	Dotter	Oklahoma State						0	0
175	Champ 4	Carl	Dougovito	Michigan	DEC	Chester	Dotter	Oklahoma State			6	33		0	0	TA
175	Champ 4	Glenn	Stafford	Cornell (NY)	DEC	Leland	Heywood	Wisconsin			6	43		0	0	TA
450	1st	Earl	McCready	Oklahoma State	FALL	Russ	Fairall	Ohio State			1	25		0	0
450	2nd	Selmer	Swenson	Wisconsin		Russ	Fairall	Ohio State						0	0
450	Champ 4	Russ	Fairall	Ohio State	FALL	Leo ‘Firpo’	Draveling	Michigan			8	45		0	0
450	Champ 4	Earl	McCready	Oklahoma State	FALL	John	Heppl	Case-Western Reserve (OH)			2	6		0	0
450	Champ 8	Russ	Fairall	Ohio State	FALL	Max	Sonderby	Chicago (IL)			6	12		0	0
450	Champ 8	Earl	McCready	Oklahoma State	DEC	Selmer	Swenson	Wisconsin			7	17		0	0	TA
450	Consi 4 #2	Selmer	Swenson	Wisconsin		John	Heppl	Case-Western Reserve (OH)						0	0
Weight	Round	W First	W Last	W School	Result	L First	L Last	L School	W Score	L Score	Minutes	Seconds	OT	W Seed	L Seed	Result Notes	Notes

Final Individual Results

Weight	Place	First	Last	Team	Points	Seed	Wins	Losses	Grade
115	1	Joe	Sapora	Illinois	5.00		2	0	jr
115	2	Marvin	Leach	Oklahoma	3.00		1	1	JR
115	3	Dell	Shockley	Oklahoma State	1.00		0	2
125		Hyman	Josefson	Cornell (NY)	0.00		2	2
125		David	Holt	Wisconsin	0.00		0	1	sr
125		Hyman ‘Henry’	Krakowsky	Case-Western Reserve (OH)	0.00		0	1	uuuuso
125		Ted	Wilson	Pennsylvania State	0.00		0	1
125		Claude	McMillion	Ohio	0.00		0	1	jr
125		Ralph	Lupton	Northwestern (IL)	0.00		1	1
125		George ‘Milton’	Andes Jr.	Virginia Tech	0.00		0	1	usr
125		Charles	Himan	Chicago (IL)	0.00		0	1
125		William	Stinson	Rochester Tech (NY)	0.00		0	1	sr
125		Dick	Cole	Iowa State	0.00		2	1	so
125		Sam	Vercoe	Ohio State	0.00		0	1
125	1	Laurance	Mantooth	Oklahoma	5.00		4	0	jr
125	2	Robert	Hewitt	Michigan	4.00		4	1
125	3	Mathew	Hesser	Oklahoma State	2.00		3	2
135		William	Adler	Chicago (IL)	0.00		0	1
135		Fernado	Forteza	Ohio State	0.00		0	1
135		?	Massey	Marshall (WV)	0.00		0	2
135		George	Stetson	Wisconsin	0.00		0	1
135		Walter	Young	Oklahoma State	0.00		0	1
135		Edwin	Elliott	Michigan	0.00		1	1
135		Cecil	Glass	Ohio			1	2	sr
135	1	George	Minot	Illinois	6.00		4	0	sr
135	2	Leo	Miller	Oklahoma	4.00		3	1	ujr
135	3	Jimmie	Cox	West Virginia	2.00		3	2
145		William ‘Harry’	Dyer	Chicago (IL)	0.00		0	1	so
145		Herbert	Burns	Wilmington (OH)	0.00		0	2
145		Guy	Shinn	Cornell (IA)	0.00		0	1	so
145		Gordon	Brill	West Virginia	0.00		0	1
145		Gomer	Stelljes	Rochester Tech (NY)	0.00		2	2	so
145		Fred	Robinson Jr.	Purdue (IN)	0.00		0	2
145	1	George	Bancroft	Oklahoma State	5.00		3	0	jr
145	2	James ‘Otto’	Kelly	Michigan	4.00		3	1	jr
145	3	Albert	Montgomery	Iowa	1.00		4	2
155		Adolph	Simic	Nebraska	0.00		0	1
155		George	Whitney	Rochester Tech (NY)	0.00		0	1	jr
155		Amel	Bresson	Cornell (IA)	0.00		0	1
155	1	Jack	VanBebber	Oklahoma State	5.00		2	0	SO
155	2	Ray	Parker	Michigan	4.00		2	1
155	3	Ferdinand	Hammer	Wisconsin	3.00		2	2	so
165		Charles	Cala	Rochester Tech (NY)	1.00		1	1	jr
165		Joe	Toman	Nebraska	0.00		0	1
165		Eugene	Bales	Indianapolis (IN)	0.00		0	1	FR
165		Joe	Begala	Ohio	0.00		0	1
165		Sherman	Crow	Kent State (OH)	0.00		0	1	sr
165		Albert	Tiffany	Wisconsin	0.00		1	2
165	1	Conrad	Caldwell	Oklahoma State	5.00		3	0	uuso
165	2	Ben	Hooker	Purdue (IN)	3.00		2	1
165	3	Robert	Warren	Michigan	2.00		2	2
175		Chester	Dotter	Oklahoma State	0.00		0	2
175	1	Glenn	Stafford	Cornell (NY)	5.00		2	0	sr
175	2	Carl	Dougovito	Michigan	3.00		2	1	uso
175	3	Leland	Heywood	Wisconsin			1	2
450		Leo ‘Firpo’	Draveling	Michigan	0.00		0	1	SO
450		Max	Sonderby	Chicago (IL)	0.00		0	1
450		John	Heppl	Case-Western Reserve (OH)	0.00		0	2	so
450	1	Earl	McCready	Oklahoma State	7.00		3	0	jr
450	2	Selmer	Swenson	Wisconsin	3.00		2	1
450	3	Russ	Fairall	Ohio State	3.00		2	2
Weight	Place	First	Last	Team	Points	Seed	Wins	Losses	Grade

Final Team Scores

Place	Team	Points
1st	Oklahoma State	26
2nd	Michigan	18
3rd	Oklahoma	13
4th	Illinois	11
5th	Wisconsin	9
6th	Cornell (NY)	7
7th	Purdue (IN)	4
8th	Ohio State	3
9th	West Virginia	2
9th	Iowa	2

Team Table

	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Oklahoma State	4		2	6
Illinois	2			2
Oklahoma	1	2		3
Cornell (NY)	1			1
Michigan		4	1	5
Wisconsin		1	2	3
Purdue		1		1
Ohio State			1	1
West Virginia			1	1
Iowa			1	1

Stats/Leaderboard

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Awards

No awards given.

Rules

Weights: 8 (115, 125, 135, 145, 155, 165, 175, UNL)
Type: Single Elimination
Placers: 3
Seeds: Up to 2
Consi Qualifiers: Only those who lost to the champion may wrestle for a place
Runner-Up: True 2nd; The wrestler that loses the finals will have to beat the winner of the bouts between all other wresters losing to the champ.
3rd: If the wrestler who lost in the finals also loses the True 2nd match, then he will get 3rd. However, if he wins, then the wrestler he beat will have to wrestle the winner of the bouts between the losers to the 2nd place finisher.

Championship Bouts: 10 Minutes
OT: 2x 3 minute periods – Both start in referee’s position
Takedown: If a takedown occurs within the first 2 minutes then the bout will be a straight 10 minutes.
No Takedown: If no takedown or fall occurs in the first 2 minutes then the last 8 minutes will be split into 4 minutes periods with each wrestler starting in the top position at the beginning of each period.
Fall: In the first 4 minute period, if a fall occurs, then only that period is ended. The second 4 minute period will occur with the other wrestler having the chance to earn a faster fall.
Consolation Bouts: 6 minutes (3x 2 minute periods)
OT: If no winner can be declared by the ref then extra periods are wrestled.
Fall: 3 seconds
No Fall Winner: If there is no fall at the end of the bout then the ref will award the bout to the wrestler that shows the greater wrestling ability & aggressiveness when that wrestler has at least 1 minute of riding-time advantage.
OT/Consi Winner: The ref will still declare the winner, but 1 minute of riding-time is not required.

Team Scoring:
1st = 5 points
2nd = 3 points
3rd = 1 point
Default, Disqualification, Fall, Forfeit = 1 point