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...BOWEN...
HEAVY WEIGHT WRESTLING.For this there were three men entered, Guild, '86, Bowen, '87, and A. Keith, '85. Neither of the first two, wearied, with their long continued exertions in the middle-weight wrestling, was willing to face a fresh man of heavier weight, so both of them withdrew, and the cup was awarded to Keith...
TRIALS, MIDDLE-WEIGHT WRESTLING.W. J. Bowen, '87, 156 lbs., and J. M. T. Finney, M, S., were the first two contestants. Bowen had stronger arms and a better body. Finney was more solid in the legs and weighed about as much as Bowen. Bowen won the first fall in less than a minute, getting a neck hold and hip lock. This was done so quickly that Finney was taken by surprise, and was on his back almost before he knew it. The men faced each other again, and this time their work showed them to be very evenly matched. Bowen...
...second bout was between A. Z. Bowen, '85, 154 lbs., and C. Guild, '86, 155 1-4 lbs. They had not wrestled long before it was evident that Guild was both stronger and more scientific. He won the first fall by getting a hip lock at the end of 3 1-2 minutes. The second fall was taken by the same man at the end of 9 minutes. Both men were on the floor, with Guild on top. He turned his man over by a half Nelson hold. The final bout came later, but is given here...
...next came together in the final bout of the middle-weight wrestling. Both are about the same height and weight, and are among the strongest men in college. Guild obtained what looked like a fall, but it was not granted by the referee. The first fall was won by Bowen by a neck hold, in 7 minutes. On coming together for the second time, the men sprawled out of the ring continually, and could not throw squarely enough to get a fall. The referee gave them a hold finally and Guild won, because Bowen broke his hold again...