Captain Chandler Leads Balanced Wrestling Lineup to Three Victories

Coach Bob Pickett's varsity wrestling team is better balanced than any he's produced in three years. With Captain Chick Chandler as his imaginary roving half-back, wrestling at either 157 or 167 pounds. Pickett can shift his lineup to meet the opposition.

He has kept undefeated Ed Keating at 123 pounds but the double-jointed sophomore can easily switch with 130 pound Dick Adams. Both are versatile and quick.

The bulk of Pickett's strategy lies in the middleweight classes. So far he's won three out of four meets with Chandler wrestling 157 in the last two toughest. Where Chandler wrestles during the next two weeks depends on the strength of Anay and Springfield.

Chandler is undefeated but a weak spot appears in the class he isn't in. Against Columbia it was the 167-pound class where Len Miller lost. Against Brown, senior Tony Caimi dropped a 9 to 0 decision.

Pickett's answer to the vacuum may be sophomore Bob Hook, last year's freshman captain who will probably wrestle after exams. Hook is agile but hasn't Caimi's strength. How well he shapes up may decide the team's success.

The varsity has won three out of four meets. Tufts and Williams went down like ten pins. Brown succumbed only after 177-pound Ken Culbert pinned his man in the third period.

Aggressive Columbia snapped a three meet streak by virtue of a last second takedown in the last period of Dick Adam's 130-pound match. Had the team beaten the Lions from Morningside Heights, Yale would loom less dangerous. As it is, Yale, which defeated Columbia, Army, Pennsylvania, springfield, and Princeton promises a rugged match.

Frank Baker and Phil Burnaman round out the middle weights. Except for Columbia losses, they have won every match. Burnaman, Chandler, and Culbert share pinning honors.