Word: forfeits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Phills was not the only Crimson wrestler to earn a celebration on this Saturday afternoon, only the last. After an Eli forfeit to Rick Beller, the Harvard 118 lb. wrestler, Harvard showed its power in the lower weight classes by winning the first three matches to build the 17-0 lead. Senior co-captain Rick Kief started with a 7-4 victory over a strong Yale 126 pounder, Eric Sorkin. With quick, aggressive takedowns, demonstrating the toughness and muscle that has earned him the nickname, "Beef," Kief set the stage for the successful...
...that point, Crimson coach Johnny Lee was faced with another problem. He could ask Rick Kief to continue to work out in a rubber suit to lose the remaining pound needed to meet his normal 126-lb. limit or he could forfeit 126 and hope that the talented Kief could pull out a victory...
...opponents by identical 10-2 scores at 150 and 167, and Sean Healey got the short end of a 7-5 decision at 158. Wes Carrion was dominated by the Princeton 177, pounder and lost a major decision, 12-3. And Mark Cooley's ailing knee caused Lee to forfeit the 190-lb. match...
Columbia, fresh from a 30-10 dumping of Yale on Friday night, took the advantage from the start and never relinquished it. In the opening bout, Beller got off to another promising start but suffered a sprained ankle midway through the second period that caused him to forfeit the match...
...students who now feel racial, sexual, and class humiliation here feel somewhat better. But you ignore another obvious problem. Evidently what makes students feel most deeply humiliated here is the way students who feel superior to them treat them. Your refusal to confront "normal" student prejudices is a cheap forfeit of a major struggle...