Winthrop increased its lead in the race for the Straus Trophy by winning the House Wrestling Championships last night at the Blockhouse.

The Puritans rolled up 18 points to finish ahead of Adams which had 13 and Kirkland with 11. Lowell and Leverett tied for fourth place with eight points apiece. Dunster wound up with six to complete the standings.

Individual pointmakers for Winthrop were Mark Abramowicz, who pinned Ed Davidson, also of Winthrop, in the 147 class, Joe Goodman, who decisioned Bill Miller, Dunster's 167 entry, and Bill Gill in the Unlimited class, who pinned Dave Daniels of Kirkland.

Adams won second place on the victories of Dave Fricker over Dave McLean of Leverett in the 130 lb. class, and John Lane, who won the 157 title by edging John Havelock of Lowell, 4 to 3. The Goldcoasters also had a runner-up in the 123 class as Drew Pearson lost to Tom Myers of Kirkland.

Both Lowell and Leverett had one first place, Lowell's coming in the 177 lb. division, where Charley Harding pinned Ken Pruett of Dunster. The only winner for Leverett was Bob Holmes, who defeated Reynold Golden of Kirkland in a 4-2 decision.

In the Freshman Championships, Holworthy emerged as the victor, with 13 points, two more than runner-up Matthews South.