Word: tomming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dolph Samborski, director of intramurals who conducted the tournament, dubbed freshmen 155-pounder Tom Johnson, 175-pounder Bill Leeds, and 191-pounder George Sommaripa "uncrowned champions," since no opposition could be located for them...
...Then Tom Masterson met Yale's Knobloch, and scored four fast touches to Knobloch's one. One more touch would have won the meet, but Knobloch pulled up to 4 to 4. Suddenly there was a loud clanging of swords, and the three judges got into a huddle to figure out what happened...
...Elis won the first event, the 200-yard medley relay, but were disqualified because freestyler Bill Farnsworth took off before breaststroker Tom Merritt touched the end of the pool. This gave Harvard at 5 to 0 lead, but it proved to be short-lived...
...hectic third period two minor fights broke out, Kittredge and Tom Moseley being the Crimson players involved, but no penalties were called. For the record no penalties being called seemed to be the order of the day in New Haven, as Yale players made copious use of the elbow as an offensive weapon and both sides engaged in aimless tripping and charging...
...remaining eight events after the medley relay, Yale won all eight and picked up a second in three of them. Two of the Crimson's four second places went to freestyler Joe Fox (in the 50 and the 100), while Tom Woods scored three points in the backstroke and Captain Jerry Gorman trailed Yale's Emile Estoclet...