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Twenty years of Yale wrestling dominance over the Crimson may end by 4:30 p.m. this afternoon in New Haven. For on the basis of Lady Luck, the record book, and Coach Bob Pickett's manipulations the varsity will defeat the Elis for the first time since...
...Crimson win, should it come, will result from a combination of factors, not the least of which will be Pickett's lineup juggling in the usually weak middleweights. The crimson coach, who completes five years in the I.A.B. this afternoon, has dropped undefeated sophomore Bob Gilmore from the 167 to 157 pound class...
Since 1950-'51, when he entered the I.A.B. as Harvard's first full-time coach in a number of years, Pickett's teams have never turned in poorer than .500 records. With five wins, two ties, and a single defeat, that by two points, this years' team may be the best since the war. Still ahead are Springfield and Yale, both formidable obstacles, particularly the Bulldog. In 20 years of H-Y competition this tenacious club has never lost to the varsity...
...Pickett thinks of these matches to come and some of his stand-out of the past--Captains Johnny Lee, Chick Chandlar, and Ken Culbert--and repeats, "there's no glory to wrestling...
...support his point shout wrestling as a minor sport, Pickett gives Princeton and Pennsylvania as examples of colleges which have abolished the distinction between major and minor sports...