Men's Wrestling Team (c. 1914-1915)

Item Information

Title:
Men's Wrestling Team (c. 1914-1915)
Description:
This is a black-and-white photograph of Springfield College’s very first men’s wrestling team. The members are, left to right, [standing] Howell S. Bounds, Glenn A. Dowling, Fowler, [seated] Cooper, J. Paul Heinel (manager), Alvin C. Banks (captain), and Daniel E. Mason. They had no official coach, although Louis C. Schroeder, a faculty member, acted unofficially in that capacity. The yearbook describes the 1914-1915 team as follows: “Our first home meet came on March 6th with the strong M.I.T. team. For several years they have held the New England championship, defeating last year Cornell, the intercollegiate champions, and coming to Springfield with a record of twenty-one consecutive victories. Before a very enthusiastic audience of students and devotees of the game the champions went down to defeat. [. . .] The final score was Springfield 17, Technology 8. This, the first home meet, proved a very fitting introduction of wrestling into the realm of our varsity sports and gave full assurance that enthusiastic support would not be lacking. Our only other meet this year was with the Tiger team at Princeton. This really was our first contest. Inexperience and the effects of the long ride aided in our undoing, although the Princeton team was not weak by any means, several of its members having made places in the intercollegiate championships the year before. Although they won 22-4, the meet was not so one-sided as the score would seem to indicate [. . .] Had our schedule been more extensive there is no doubt the team would have been able to develop more rapidly and to establish an even more enviable record. Early in the fall of 1914 a tentative schedule of nine meets had been arranged with the best college teams in the east, namely: Cornell, Penn. State, Princeton, Mass. Inst. of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, West Point, Yale, Tufts, and Lafayette. Through various unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances such as injuries, conflict of dates, and finances, our actual playing schedule was reduced to two meets.”
Creator:
Springfield College
Date:
[1914?–1915?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Springfield College Wrestling Team Papers
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Springfield College--Wrestling
International Young Men's Christian Association College
Banks, Alvin C.
Cooper, George A.
Dowling, Glenn A.
Heinel, J. Paul
Mason, Daniel E.
Wrestlers
Wrestling
Group portraits
Athletes
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/7975
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Notes:
They competed during the 1914-1915 academic year and had a season record of 1-1-0.
Identifier:
rg173-04-02-01-001
wrestling-1914-15-team-photo