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Never in the 15 years since Bob Pickett became wrestling coach at Harvard has a Crimson mat squad beaten Cornell. In fact, the Big Red has lost only two Ivy League dual meets since the League was founded, and none in the last four years...
This year things might be different. "We could win," Pickett says. "I admit we could get clobbered too, but we have a chance to beat them...
Coach Bob Pickett is counting on captain Fred Pereira at 167, Pereira same in second in the tournament, the highest finish by a Crimson wrestler. Almost as high were sophomore 137-pounder Howard Durfee, who took third place, and Peter Keeler (123) who finished fourth among the lightweights...
...Pereira agreed with coach Bob Pickett that he should continue; he went on to wrestle his way into the finals of the 167-pound class before losing to Navy's Eastern champion Peter Carey on a 4-1 decision. His second-place finish was the best achieved by a Crimson wrestler in the meet...
...other lineup changes, sophomore Mike King will wrestle at 130 in place of Brian Smith "because I'd like to give King the experience and because Smith asked to stay home and do some work," according to Pickett...