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Freshman grappler Sal D'Agostino, fighting off extensively bruised ribs, reversed what looked to be a certain UMass decision into a Crimson pin to give Harvard the necessary margin for its 22-16 wresting victory on Saturday...
After the first four bouts the Crimson was down, 6-10, with sophomore Milt Yasunaga at 126 supplying a pin to account for the Harvard tally...
...highlight of the meet was Kip Smith's pin at heavyweight. Mike Wallace, at heavy for Brown, beat his Yale opponent last week 10-7 and was undefeated this season in the league. He didn't keep his undefeated status long as sophomore Smith took him down early in the first period and pinned him soon after...
...undersized John Keough, wrestling at 190, played cat-and-mouse with his lion-sized opponent. Unable to pin him because of the weight disadvantage, the 174-1b. Keough had to settle for a 16-7 victory. "Keough looked very good on his feet and had a lot of take-downs," Coach John Lee said last night...
Weight watching is not the only extra pressure on the wrestlers. The sport puts the spotlight on just two men at a time, and how a man wins can be almost as important as whether he wins at all. If he pins an opponent, his team picks up six points; if he cannot pin his opponent but wins the match by outpointing him, his team will get only three or four points, depending on how much he dominated the contest. "A football player may go out and play a lousy game," says Chesbro, "but if the team wins...