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Coach Bob Pickett says he hopes his team can finish as high as fifth in the meet. Last year the Crimson came in seventh out of 12 teams...
...Pickett will be watching carefully to see how the Crimson's sophomores fare against the tough competition. Four of them won matches against M.I.T., and one tied. In the tournament junior Ben Brooks at 177 pounds will replace sophomore Lamar Fertig, who wrestled Tuesday. Pickett had thought Brooks was "not quite in shape," and kept him out of the season opener...
...Pickett will use sophomore Tack Chace in place of heavyweight John Hoffman, still suffering from a football injury...
That makes a total of five sophomores among the eight wrestlers who will face M.I.T. tonight, and though all fared well in freshman competition last year, Pickett will have to wait and see how they respond to the stiffer competition at the varsity level...
Undoubtedly the Crimson's strongest wrestler, however, is captain Fred Pereira, a 167-pounder who won seven of his nine matches last year. "He's in better shape than ever," Pickett says, "and we expect a lot from...