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Wrestling Rules Procedures Explained by Coach lathead Wrestlers BOWLING mil 20 in In high school wrestling the nnd rare a high I Bob Kaufman Dan Leiqhty Sam Leighfy Tom Dailey Bob successful a "I Surprises 4 4 Me With Thoughtful as Gifts Si in A Since I'm at Stretching Our URNITURE ACTS Income Graham's With 7 tmwiB Dial SK6 3666 il catarM Syi TO PLACE YOUR AD Mi T' flu timers nrn used One watch In kept running during any time one of the wrestlers has the po sition of advantage The oilier one enm wres wres neutral At the no fall points neutral only after the situation has ended If the fall is secured naturally no near fall points are scored Illegal Holds two points for the offended wrestler In amateur wrestling any hold that endangers life or limb is illegal No submission holds are permitted The use of illegal holds such as choke holds full nelson slams kicking elbow ing slugging etc can disquali fy a competitor If the illegal hold does not injured the man so that he cannot continue the offended wrestler is awarded points and the bout continues Any advantage gained by il legal holds must be forfeited If a wrestler is injured by an illegal hold so that he cannot continue he wins the bout and his team is given five points just as if he had scorerd a fall Three illegal holds in on bout disqualifies the offender 6 Riding time one point During each bout in addition to the main bout time is kept by the head timer Two other and Na mat for lii By NEIL HART Assistant Wrestling Coach lathead aunty High School This article will attempt to explain tiie way a high school wrestling match is conducted 221 Mil 10111 the wrestlers in position or the second St MEMBERS ol the 1960 lathead wrestling team are (fop row left to right) Doug Robinson Don McIntyre Bill Olson Terry Mero Jim Miller Chuck Manning Wayne Heggen Byron Cronk Bob Olson Stuart Rasmussen Steve Opheim Jerry Hanson and Vic tor Green In the second row are Larry loren Bob McQuirk 1014 31'3 15'4 pre planned exhibtion staged by two actois Amateur wres tling is a fast rough but clean 34 24'4 I Bat the mat If neither control as they left they are started on in a neutral position a x' NOTE This Is the third of a scries of arti cles on the sport of high school wrestling written by Noll Hart assistant wres King coach at lnt head Coun ty High School to hotter ac quaint I'Talhead fans with the background of (he high school sport position from position gives wrestler not he tho atnrtlng position In the second period At the end of the third period if no fall has occurred the referee awards the bout to the wrestler who has scored the greater number of points SCORING SYSTEM If the contestants go off the mat the referee stops Hie bout and brings them back to the center of man had the mat their feet just as the first period was be gun 6 THE INTER LAKE January 7 1960 ponent is in the position of ad vtanage At tho end of the bout if either wrestler has one min ute or more riding time than his opponent be is awarded one point rom the above discussion it should be obvious that there is no comparison between tour wrestling and Hu Skyline Clubs Have Good Little Players SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) A shorty in collegiate basket ball may he a vanishing spe cies but a glance al the rosters of this season's Skyline Confer ence teams proves otherwise While the Skyline abounds with good big men several players considered small by to day's standards arc stamping themselves as some of the most able performers in Hie league In fact all eight teams in the Skyline seem to have come up with that take charge guy in their hoop de fenses Two of Hie league's most ver satile and reliable players both returnees from last year arc Montana's Dan Balko of Great falls and Utah Max Perry Balko a United Press Inter national All last year has taken up where he left off last season and is Montana's top offensive player Hing Whereas amateur Hing is a legitimate sport the "He loo numerous Io list The next article will present a preview of wrestling al flat head County High School for 1959 110 The first matches of the season will be held toinor rom in the high school gym nasium against Hie defending state champion Great falls Bisons 112 120 127 5 177 Montana Colleges Start League Play By United Press (International League play starts this week end in the Montana Collegiate Conference with two for keeps games scheduled in the state's small college group Western Montana defending conference champion takes on the Montana Mines at Butte riday The big opener1 comps tonight in Billings when the intra city rivals Eastern Montana and Rocky Mountain lock hornS The game jU'adition 1 aJJy been a Donnybrook i The other teams in the league? Carroll 6T Helena and North ern of Havre wait another week before starting conference play Eastern entertains Northwest College of Powell Wyo riday night Rocky is at Rapid City for a game tonight with South Dakota Mines fad that there arc eight di visions from 145 pounds down KW "i 3 TTS4K 3 Wagon 'nrlv nnd Roe 3 Dalcv Ipxarn Insurance 1 Jet small boys in high school to cbmpcte on even terms In or der to wrestle in a given weight class a boy must weigh no more than that specified weight one hour before the meet A learn consists of 12 menne man in each of I he weight classes A boy competes as an individual but also as a mem ber ot a team Team spirit is usually an impoitant factor in team and individual success and team work possibly only in practice is of the utmost im portance The boys learn to help and coach each other Competition is held on a mat 24 by 24 feet covered with a plastic material to prevent mat burns and infections The ob ject of the sport is to hold the shoulders of your opponent on the mat for two full seconds This constitutes a pin or fall and terminates the bout TWO CONDITIONS EXIST If no fall occurs the winner is decided on a point system discussed later in this article In a dual meet between two schools a fall gives the winning team five points In case of a decision where no fall occurs the winning team scores three points regardless of how large the bout score may have been In case of a tie or draw bout each team scores two points In tournaments a more compli cated system of team scoring is used In a bout only two condi tions can exist either the men are in such a position that neither control of his op ponent or one hais control of the other In the latter situation the man having control of his op ponent is the position of ad If neither has the position of advantage are in a neutral position regardless of how entangled they may be come Control is the determining issue A referee determines when control is established and indicates the points as they are scored during the bout The referee starts and stops tbe ac tion with a whistle A running score is kept on each bout well as on team scoring SIX MINUTE BOUTS A bout is six minutes length unless a fall ends the bout before the six minutes have elapsed The bout is di vided into three two minute periods There is no rest pe riod allowed at any time dur ing the bout The first period is started with the wrestlers in a position on their feet end of two minutes if has occurred the timekeeper indicates the end of the period and the referee stops the bout and the wrestlers are brought to the center of the mat One wrestler is given his choice of the or position to start the' second period A flip of a coin by cap tains before the first bout de termines which wrestler is to have his choice in the second period of each of the 12 bouts The bottom man assumes a position on his hands and knees in the center of the mat The top man who will now start in the position of advantage kneels on either side of the bot tom man places one arm loose ly around his waist and the other just above his near el bow These two positions are called the position on the The referee starts action with his whistle when both boys are ready At the end of two more min utes action is again stopped and the wrestlers are again brought back to the center of the mat The third period is begun with the boys in the position on the mat But in the third period the man who had the top position or' position of advantage as the second period began starts in the bottom position The start ing nosition is reversed from Daily Inter Lake Classified Ads" It's always wife appreciation week when you join the smart women who sell articles their families aren't using Inter Lake Classified ads locate buyers at low cost for golf dubs cameras sewing machines lawn mowers bikes and things you no longer need Dial SK 6 3666 today for a helpful Ad Writer A 4 line ad is just 50c a day on the special 6 day plan Start yours now and you'll soon be counting the extra cash ure used 95 104 133 Kill 145 1 GRAHAM'S rceess Kalispell Montana independent league MnKlo Khiiiu Hetty Hrondrn null? MnrMn IJltlr J'f1' niciii liIlK belicl (113 high tcnin acrlcx GIiicIlt Wholoanli ra 2251 Results Ilcxidl Drug I White Slur Cure 3 Slwkinnn'g Bnr 4 Timber Hhltc Elctiln () Tnxnco 3 Eigli'K Auxiliary Keglttr's Club I Bar 3 (heat hIIh Srleel 2 Gia 2 Jack'H Sport Shop 3 Evergreen uel 1 Standing Great hIIu Select 41120 Timber State Elect ie Ke UL 1 1 i vtuu niiu niiian nar 27 White Slur (lute 10 27 Jink's Shop 3533 GL'ii'ier Wlmlennleni i'ukivh nuxumrv iu3ib Ti'Xnco 2(1 42 Evergreen HcXldl Di ug 24Mi 4'l' Dcl'j Lee( Ray Olson Dave Lang In fl ie bottom row ate Weldon Plympton Bob Hellman Dennis Halden John Lee Allen Johnson Ted Bergsiekcr Allen Pecnslra Owen Rumley and Jim Vidal IT'S AM ATI NG THE yes THEIR MON EV YOU CAN saveJT prices AREKIoorQovernqsALWAYS low aiiu 1 act nwe SO MANY 1 PATTERNS TO Select from they go off the mat action is resumed with the mat just as third periods turally Hie man having con trol as they leave the mat is given Hie top (advantage) posi tion Except for a few rather situations the wrestlers considered off the mat Vhen the supporting parts of either man are off the The scoring system bout is as follows: 1 Takedown two Gaining control from a position whether the wrestlers are standing or are wrestling down on the mat is called a takedown To score a take down the opponent must be taken to the mat and control established 2 Reversal two points A reversal is scored when the un derneath man gains the position of advantage (goes from dis advantage to advantage) in one continuous move 3 Escape one point Break ing to a neutral the underneath Hie point He need pictely free from his opponent to score an escape Here again control is the determining fac tor The referee decides wheth er or not control has been maintained 4 Near all three points If a wrestler places his oppon shoulders close to the mat but does not actually pin him he is awarded three points de ing upon bow close he actually came to ninninc him The offi cial indicates the number of His great variety of shots makes points scored by the near fal him one of the toughest play ers in me league 10 guard Balko is 5 10 Much of Utah State's early Sbason success can be attributed to fire ball Max Berry Perry a 5 10 senior from Columbus Ind is ranked by his coach as the best player for in the league Coach Cec Baker says greatest attribute is his determination Baker says Perry plays every game as if a championship contest EAGLES LEAGUE High single gjime Mik Toth high single series Mike Toth high leiiin glime Joes Bovs high lentil series Joes Boys 2IHI4 Ilesiills Joes Boys 4 Wnlhon Plumb ing 11 llulchnKon Clenncrs 4 Union I) Kolord Jewelry 4 Bnekv I nger (I Engles Club 3 Hnnler Heer I ive Aeos 2 BAB ooils 2 Sykes Mnrket 2 Monlnnn Evergreen 2 Standings lliiteheson Cleaners 43 25 Svkes Market 41 27 Jons Boys 211 Montana Evergreen 37 31 its Aims 311 32 Hnnler Boer 35 33 Engler Club 34 34 Kofnrrf Jewelry 33 35 Lucky Luger 32 3(1 Jystnd's Union 32 311 BB oods 25 43 Wallinn Plumb ing 21 47 MIXEp LEAGUE NO TWO High single giime ('Mill Clnrk 211: high single series Bud Gage 55H high team game Strangers (12 high team series Strangers nnd Gonf Balls 157(1 Bosnlts Gonf Balls 2V4 Strangers I1 Dudes 4 umblin' our 0 no listing (or the Nite Owls nnd Duds 10001085 Nite owls Strangers 34 14 Gnnf Balls Dudes tn Pn Duds 11'4 35'4 our 15'4 37'4 SERVICE LEAGUE single game Jackman 273 nglo series Mimdhenk 582 am game Jet oil 885 high (HI Evrrnrrrn url 1: Knights nf Columbus Whrrl I Vista Club 3 righ! 1: lav or 'lire Srrvicc 1 Bigfork in i 1 i Oil 4 Olvnmln Ro or 0 Standings rt 011 4 0 Bigfork Trx urn 3 1 Vista Club 3 1 Knights Columbus 3 1 Tavlor and Ror 3 Evornirrn url 3 1 3 Wagon Whrl 1 3 Dairy Tiro Service 1 3 Northwestern Life 1 3 orty and Eight b3 Olympia Beer 0 4 MONTANA STATE COLLEGE 1959 60 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE JANUARY ri A Washington State there laano mere rl 15 Gonzaga at Bozeman Sat 16 Air orce Academy Bozeman Thurs 21 Portland there Sat 23 Seattle there Thurs 2R MSU at Bozeman Sat 30' at Bozeman EBRUARY Mon 1 MSU there Wed 3 at Bozeman Sat 6 Idaho St at Rozrman Thurs 11 Gonzaga there Sat 13 Portland at Bozeman Sat 20 Idaho St there ri 26 Washington State at Boze man Sat 27 Seattle at Bozeman W'wi' Hvl tr 4 N'T1 IT i 11 1 fe i to Mi I Ay 'T IB' A MMMW.