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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tiger tactical superiority proved the Crimson's downfall. Princeton wrestlers showed an aptitude for crawling off the mat much to the consternation of the partisan crowd, and to the frustration of their Crimson opponents...
Bill Macaleer, at 157 constantly thwarted the Crimson's King Holmes, a last-minute replacement for Jack Eastling, by refusing to wrestle near the center of the mat. This nullified Holmes's greater superiority on his feet, for several times his takedowns at the edge of the mat were disallowed...
Still smarting from its 17 to 11 setback at the hands of Springfield last Wednesday, the varsity wrestling team will attempt to vent its spleen on Princeton, the defending Ivy champion, this afternoon at 2 p.m. on the I. A. B. mat...
Captain Bob Gilmor then went out and took his man down picked him up and carted him back to the center of the mat so that he could not crawl off, and calmly proceeded to pin him in two minutes flat with a half-nelson and crotch. This set the stage for the heavyweight match...
...match, varsity captain Bob Gilmor controlled Bob LaRoche so completely that the large Penn wrestler could only crawl repeatedly to the edge of the mat, whence the referee returned the pair to the center of the mat. This pattern continued through the first and second and much of the third, with Gilmor frequently rolling LaRoche over, only to lose his advantage as the Pennsylvanian wriggled out of the ring...