VARSITY, FRESHMEN SHOW STRENGTH IN WHIPPING TUFTS SQUADS BY WIDE MARGINS FOLLOWING WEIGHT SHAKE-UP

The pre-vacation wrestling season was brought to a thrilling conclusion Saturday, when both the Varsity and Freshman teams soundly trounced their Tufts rivals at Medford. The Varsity outfit piled up a total of 33 points against the Jumbo's 3, by defeating their opponents in every bout but one, while the Yardlings surprised everybody by crashing through with a 28 to 10 victory.

The shake-up last week greatly stepped up the strength of the Crimson squad. Ray Stone and Dick Thomas, who were shifted to lower weights, both pinned their opponents, and Dick Davidson, also shifted to a lower group won a decision. Davidson is a little ragged still, but he has plenty of power and is learning fast. He has won his first two bouts without much trouble, and he will become increasingly valuable as time goes on.

Sosman Wins

The other newcomer to college wrestling, Lee Sosman, provided the biggest surprise of the afternoon by pinning his man in less than two and a half minutes in the 175-pound class. Sosman's story is good enough for Ripley, as he came out for wrestling for the first time about a week ago. At present a Sophomore, his only previous wrestling experience has been a few weeks at prep school.

Other wins were chalked up by Ted Schoenberg, Jack Burnham, and Tom Rogsatd, all of whom pinned their opponents, Schoenberg turned in his usual polished performance and downed his man in a little over seven minutes with a near arm and a body press.

Burnham also finished his scrap off in about seven minutes. He has been doing a very good job substituting for Jim Redman in the 121 pound slot, garnering five points in both of the first two matches. Redman, however, will probably be able to return to his usual position after mid-years.

Rogstad made up for his loss to an Engineer last week by downing his Jumbo opposition once at the beginning of the second period, and again at the start of the third.

The closest match of the afternoon was between Leo Ackerman and Jim Shattuck of Tufts. Ackerman had the edge at first, but Shattuck picked up toward the end, and won by a referee's decision.