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Penn was the easiest match of the young season for the Crimson as the better-conditioned Yardlings overcame their lack of experience in the lower weight classes. Pins by Pat Coleman at 167 pounds, John Imrie at 191, and Tom Tripp in the heavyweight division, the third in a row for each, ensured the victory...
...M.I.T. contest an improved freshman squad surprised the Crimson by capturing a 14-0 advantage, once more at the expense of the lower weight men. Coleman, Imrie, and Tripp came through with timely pins, however, to spark Harvard's successful comeback. Tony Rayner, who did not wrestle against UConn, contributed a pin over his 177 pound adversary...
...schemes seemed improbable at best. Some twenty seniors planned to start a truck farm in upstate New York in order to obtain an agricultural deferment until they were told by their draft lawyer that they would probably be classified delinquent for "evasion." Others were desperately trying to lose weight, practicing a grotesque pigeontoed gait (deferred on the grounds that anyone who walks with his toes pointing in would not be able to march long distances) or considering the relative merits of lopping off their trigger fingers. It was all pretty far-fetched, but to a significant number of students...
...powerful is the new engine and so light the Lotus chassis (total weight, with engine: 1,102 Ibs.) that A. J. Foyt, last year's Indy 500 winner (in a Ford-powered special), says: "I wouldn't be caught dead in it; and if I ever did get in it, I probably would be." Britain's Graham Hill, who drove another Lotus 49 to second place in the 204-mi. South African Grand Prix, says: "You have to keep tabs on the car. You can't let it get away from...
Jumping out to a 17-1 lead at the end of the first two events, the 28-pound weight throw and the 12-pound shot put, the Crimson went on to shut out the preppies in four of the remaining 10 contests. Nosal's 66-1 heave of the 28-pound weight is possibly the best in the history of freshman indoor track at Harvard. He also led a sweep of the shot put. Yardling football standout Richie Szaro contributed a third in that event...