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SKINNER
BRANNIGAN
Season of 1926
HE Cornhusker grapplers of 1926 regained some of the prestige that was theirs during the season of 1924, the year that they won the Valley championship. Nebraska, Iowa State, and Oklahoma A. & M. were the class of the Missouri Valley wrestling teams, with the Oklahoma Aggies having a slight edge over their rivals. Altogether the season was a pleasing chapter in Cornhusker wrestling annals.
While Nebraska was not able to threaten seriously the strength of Oklahoma A. & M., together with Iowa State they were the second best in the Valley. Going outside of Missouri Valley circles, Doctor R. G. Clapp's proteges administered a decisive defeat to the University of Minnesota, and lost a close meet to Iowa University, who later tied for first place in the Big Ten.
The presence of John Kellogg, wrestling captain of 1924, added greatly to the strength of the Huskers. Joseph Tuning, competing in the heavyweight class, contributed considerably to the success of the team. Captain Highley and Dale Skinner, last year's captain, were consistent scorers in their events.
Nebraska opened the season by taking an easy meet from the Kansas Aggies by a 27 to 3 count. Captain Highley, Tuning, and Kellogg each pinned his man to the mat. Jones, Weber, Skinner, and Brannigan had little trouble in gaining a decision over their opponents.
In the second match of the year, held at Lincoln, Iowa University took a narrow victory, scoring 12 points to the 8 of the Huskers. The closest match was in the 135-pound class, in which Kellogg had Michael tied after two extra periods. Skinner won a fall over Montgomery without being hard pressed at any time. The matches between Captain Highley and Voltmer, and Tuning and Yegge were each decided by a small time advantage.
The Cornhuskers disposed of Kansas University with little difficulty in the next meet, which was again held at Lincoln. The Nebraska bone-crushers piled up 21 points while Kansas was scoring 11. Captain Highley, Blore, and Skinner each won their match by a fall. The 108-pound class, between Jones and Stoklas, went to the Kansas grappler by a scant time advantage. Tuning, Husker heavyweight, had a hard time winning a time advantage over his opponent.
Nebraska took advantage of the poor condition of Missouri, and shut them out, 29 to 0, in the last home meet of the season. Missouri had met Kansas the preceding night and was forced to forfeit the matches in which Captain Highley, Skinner, and Blore were entered. Weber won the only fall of the evening when he pinned the shoulders of Sonnenschien to the mat. The closest match was between Tuning and Gibson, which Tuning took after two extra periods.
WEBER
BLORE
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