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Actually, seven of the eight men who defeated the Engineers, 20 to 14, will return to the lineup. Dick Farrington, decisioned in his 177-pound match on Saturday, is the only man who has been displaced, making way for Dewar. Eddie Burak at 123, Bud Adams at 130, and George Bates at heavyweight will all return to their former positions...
Frank Dewar will take Icko Iben's 137-pound position for tonight's meet, while Iben, who pinned his man last Saturday, has been moved up to the 147-pound class. Myles Cunningham has advanced a notch to 157, Chick Chandler has been moved up to 167, and Joe Hubbard has advanced a weight class...
...remainder of the field event picture was bleak. New England Champion Sal Mazzacco and Bob Seller won the broad jump and weight throw respectively for the Huskies. Only Dwight Black, who placed second, looked good for the Crimson in the 35 pound weight throw, indicating that the Crimson may be weak in this event for the first time in several years. In the pole vault, Mello was the only Harvard vaulter clearing 10 feet, 6 inches and, at present, there appears little chance of getting additional depth. Even in the high jump, supposedly one of the Crimson's strongest events...
Chick Chandler at 157 was the only Crimson wrestler to win a match after that, using a father arm and body press to pin his man in the second period. Myles Cunningham, at 147, lost a hardfought decision to Engineer captain Sy Buckstaff; Dick Farrington dropped his 177-pound match on a decision; heavyweight George Bates was pinned on a body press with seconds remaining in the last round; and Joe Hubbard lost a tight 3 to 2 decision to Engineer Bob Ebeling, in the 167-pound class...
Perhaps the best wrestlers on the team, Bud Adams and Icko Ibon, are at the 130 and 137-pound posts. Adams lost only one match in 1950-51, while Iben has dropped from 147 pounds to his present weight. Joe Hubbard, 167, and Dick Farrington, 177, will round out tomorrow's first squad...