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Brooks was the only other wrestler on the varsity to advance beyond the preliminaries. Wrestling at 177 lbs., he won a 10-8 decision over Wittenberg of Cornell, but then lost to Gill of Penn State, 6-2, in the quarter-finals...
Although the Crimson garnered five points in the tournament, the official final score was zero. A penalty assessed because one wrestler failed to make weight had earlier given Harvard a five-point deficit...
...advantage was hair, wondrous chestnut, something like an October leaf in the northern climate, yet when she faced you there was only a long face, oily, with eyes two small periwinkles, something like a parrot's beak for nose, and that huge ridiculous chin copied from a wrestler's photograph...
With the score 15-14 in Harvard's favor, heavyweight Bob Fastov fell behind Woody Hess as each wrestler was assessed penalty points for stalling. The match ended with Fastov trailing 4-3 on the scoreboard, but he gained two points for accumulated riding time and eked out the victory...
...muscle, Taiho has only one apparent weakness-a slight slowness to react to a slapping, windmill attack. But he is so strong that he can usually outmuscle ! his opponents. "If he stays in shape and 'doesn't let fame go to his head." says a rival wrestler, "Taiho can be the greatest sumo champion of all time...