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Like a man playing a slot machine, Harvard wrestling coach Bob Pickett has juggled his lineup for every meet of the season so far. The jackpot, if Pickett can hit it, could very well be an Ivy League championship...
...buzzer sounded. As the crowd in the IAB stood up and roared, the referee awarded Brooks two points for the reversal and three for the near-fall, giving him a 13-11 victory. The two wrestlers sprawled on the mat, forgotten in the tumult, until Harvard Coach Bob Pickett rushed out and exuberantly raised Brooks' hand...
When asked how the loss affected Harvard's chances in the Ivy League, Pickett was succinct. "We can still win," he said. "Columbia can beat Cornell, and we can beat Columbia...
Before Christmas vacation, Harvard beat M.I.T., finished fifth in the Coast Guard Academy Tournament, and lost to Franklin and Marshall 15-14. During the F and M meet, Jeff Hall's opponent twice lifted him from the mat and slammed him down again. In Pickett's opinion, both slams should have cost the F and M wrestler penalty points, but only one of the violations was called. Had the referee awarded Hall both penalties, the match and the meet would have gone to Harvard...
...officiating was sluggish," Pickett said. "He wasn't quite on his toes, but the officiating is the same thing as breaks. It could have gone very strongly for us," he continued. "We should have all been down a weight. Later on in the season we would have had no trouble with...