History lesson:
I try to deal in facts, not fiction or speculation (I have been sucked into speculation a couple of times). The best state finals match I can find is the 1958 120 lb. state finals match.
?A classic match-up at 120 lbs drew everyone?s attention. Two defending champions squared off, Bill Andrews of Indianapolis Manual, 1957 champ at 103 lbs., and Ron Hutcherson of Bloomington, 1957 champ at 112 lbs. Andrews claimed the victory and won his second individual title.?
Andrews won the match by an 8 to 4 score. This may sound like a low scoring, boring match, BUT at that time you were not allowed to release a wrestler once you had taken him down. It was an automatic 1-point stalling penalty if you released, plus the escape point. You were required to work for the pin. One point then was probably worth ten points by today?s standards.
Absolutely useless trivia: head gears were optional, nobody used a mouth pieced, you wrestled without tops, and most of the holds pictured in the rulebook as illegal were allowed.
And as Paul Harvey used to say ?Now you know the rest of the story?
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