Word: jordans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ceiling of one of the back rooms in the Athletic Building is written in big black letters the terse warning: "If you can read this, you're loafing." This is where Butch Jordan conducts his daily classes in the very down-to-earth sport of wrestling and, from the looks of things, not many of his pupils are reading the sign. Jordan, a former Big Ten mat King and erstwhile captain of the Michigan wrestling team, opened official practice on the Monday after the Yale game, although several of his sweat-clothed charges were working out informally before then...
...Jordan headaches shouldn't start until the second term, for he has an experienced corps returning from last year's team, which lost only to Army, Princeton and Yale. Before Christmas vacation, the Crimson has only two meets--the opener with MIT a week from tomorrow and an engagement with Wesleyan. After the recess, the matmen meet Columbia. These three teams were Harvard's first three victims last winter...
...then Jordan may run into trouble with the schedule or his personnel, or both. Important tests with Army, Dartmouth, Brown, Princeton, and Yale come up and Jordan will be faced with the loss of Don Louria and Captain Dan Ray. This pair is expected to carry the middleweight load but they will be graduated in February. Ray, a Phi Beta Kappa, went undefeated until the Yale match last year, while ex-Captain Louria came through with a perfect record and tied for fourth place in the eastern championships at Lehigh...
Andre Sigourney will probably will one of these vacancies but Jordan isn't worrying about such matters at this point. He hasn't held final tryouts yet for next Saturday's match at Tech because his men are still not in top physical condition and he isn't sure at what weights some of his top athletes will wrestle...
...Butch Jordan shed his football shoes and assumed command of the wrestling room yesterday afternoon. The new coach was greeted by 40 grapplers, including five lettermen from last year's team...