Word: farrington
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Coach Bob Pickett's reshuffled starting lineup went through six consecutive matches and piled up a 28 to 0 load, before Terrier Captain Jim Kacavas pinned 177-pound Dick Farrington late in the third round on a body press...
Crimson victory was assured when Myles Cunningham, wrestling out of his weight class at 157, decisioned his opponent, 9 to 4, giving the wrestlers a 23 to 0 advantage. Capable Chick Chandler rubbed salt into Terrier wounds with a first-round pin, and after Farrington's defeat, heavyweight George Bates ended the slaughter on a pin at 8:47 with a body press...
Actually, seven of the eight men who defeated the Engineers, 20 to 14, will return to the lineup. Dick Farrington, decisioned in his 177-pound match on Saturday, is the only man who has been displaced, making way for Dewar. Eddie Burak at 123, Bud Adams at 130, and George Bates at heavyweight will all return to their former positions...
Chick Chandler at 157 was the only Crimson wrestler to win a match after that, using a father arm and body press to pin his man in the second period. Myles Cunningham, at 147, lost a hardfought decision to Engineer captain Sy Buckstaff; Dick Farrington dropped his 177-pound match on a decision; heavyweight George Bates was pinned on a body press with seconds remaining in the last round; and Joe Hubbard lost a tight 3 to 2 decision to Engineer Bob Ebeling, in the 167-pound class...
Perhaps the best wrestlers on the team, Bud Adams and Icko Ibon, are at the 130 and 137-pound posts. Adams lost only one match in 1950-51, while Iben has dropped from 147 pounds to his present weight. Joe Hubbard, 167, and Dick Farrington, 177, will round out tomorrow's first squad...