Wrestlers Romp Over M.I.T., 34-0; Four Gain Pins

With four men scoring pins, three taking lopsided decisions and the other winning by a forfeit, the varsity wrestling team showed its power last night swamping M.I.T., 34 to 0, at Tech's Rockwell Cage.

So completely did the Crimson dominate competition that no M.I.T. wrestler was able even to score a takedown. The hapless Engineers picked up three points on escapes in the first two matches and were blanked for the rest of the evening.

Hal Pouser opened the rout, in the 123-lb. class, by pinning Tech's Stan Park at 5:39, after taking a 2-1 lead in the opening period. Two matches later, John Watkins, wrestling at 137, notched the varsity's second pin, beating M.I.T. sophomore Dave Lathan in 2:37. Nick Estabrook picked up another five points for the Crimson, the easy way, when an injury to Bob Forsten forced Tech to forfeit the 147-lb. division.

The other Harvard pins were registered by Pete Stanley and Ted Robbins. Stanley, a sophomore scoring his first varsity win, racked up five points in the first period against John Overdeck on a takedown and a near-fall, and went on to pin the Tech 167-pounder at 4:28. Robbins, beaten in his first two starts by highly-rated Cornell and Franklin and Marshall heavyweights, came up with an easy victory, pinning Jack Smith at 2:29.

Capt. Joe Noble, wrestling at 157, gained his third straight victory of the season, outclassing John Sullivan, 4-0. Noble, dominating the match throughout, picked up two points in the first period on a takedown and two more in the second frame on a reversal.

An even more convincing decision was scored by Bob Foster, the varsity's other unbeaten wrestler, over Tech 177-pounder Bob McCullough. Foster, swarming all over McCullough from the start, gained a quick takedown and earned another point for a predicament in the first period. In the second frame, Foster appeared to have pinned his man, but the referee had an obstructed view and was unable to call it. Three points for this near-fall and six more for a reversal, another near-fall and a one-minute time advantage made Foster's final margin 12-0.

Dave Skeels, at 130, rounded out the Crimson scoring. With three takedowns, two in the first and one in the secind period, he gained a 6-2 decision over Andy Bulfer in the closest match of the night.