Word: picketts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Coach Bob Pickett felt that the weekend had been more valuable in terms of experience than in statistical results. "We feel we did pretty well," said Pickett, "but the opportunity to wrestle the schools in the tournament is of more significant value...
...Crimson will face Franklin and Marshall this Wednesday. Pickett stated that it was difficult to determine the relative strengths of the teams in a tournament. But the Diplomats finished two places ahead of the Crimson Saturday, and even then were not at full strength...
...Robert Pickett said, "We're way out of our league in this one." other Ivy colleges entering are Columbia. Among the seven competing are Army, high, Minnesota, and the Coast all known for their wrestling...
Samuel Abbott, the director, has had the sense to realize what Mr. Pickett has done to poor old Shakespeare, and he has ordered the rest of the cast to speak as quietly and as naturally as possible. This mutes their bombast well enough--and one can't in all conscience complain about that: there's entirely too much noise in almost every Shakespeare production--but it seems to be of little avail. With the exception of a few actors, like Mr. Abbott himself (who is the languid and ailing King Edward), or Andreas Teuber (a vital Buckingham, and a perfect...
...occurs to me, finally, that I perhaps haven't made it sufficiently clear that, in spite of the fidgets and the runs of the mill, Mr. Pickett is very much worth the seeing. If he is in any way too good for Shakespeare, he is certainly not too good for Harvard audiences. Indeed, his acting is a rare pleasure, and one to be treasured. We are lucky to have him around...