Word: pounders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bierrie of Leverett waged the most spectacular battle of the afternoon when he pinned 155-pounder R. Harrington of Eliot in a cradle hold...
Sawyer, former star wrestler at And-over, has been undefeated in competition this year, grappling at 145 and 155 pounds for Coach John Chaffee's team. He got Harvard's only points in the Brown match with a pin of the Bruin 145-pounder and also pinned the Andover captain, although the Yardlings lost the match...
This year he is wrestling at 136, where he will oppose Dave Coombs, regular Crimson 121-pounder who is being forced to fill in for the injured Roger Wach. Except for one performance two years ago as a freshman 128-pounder, Coombs has never wrestled out of his class...
Roger Wach suffered a recurrence of his knee injury this week and Dave Coombs, regular 121-pounder, will have to take over at 136. Joe Kozol goes back to 121; Buddy King, former New England AAU champ, returns to 145; and Captain Bob Claffin and Howie Houston stay at the 175 and heavyweight posts...
Roger Wach's strained leg muscle is on the mend and he will probably be ready for Army. If not, Shapiro or Bob Abboud, who took Wach's place at Columbia, will handle the 136-pound duties. Bob Claffin is a reliable 175-pounder and heavyweight Howle Houston is picking up more and more wrestling know-how to go along with his tremendous strength and cat-like reflexes. He should be able to hold his own against the rest of the heavyweight opposition...