Wrestlers Maul Weak Eph Squad In 23-3 Rout Over Former Power

Winning every match except one, the Crimson wrestling squad trounced a surprisingly weak Williams team 23 to 3 Saturday in its first meet of the season. The Ephs, who placed second in the New England Wrestling Conference last year, have declined considerably and were no match for the Crimson.

Dick Steinzing opened the meet with an 11-7 win in the 123-pound division. George Doub, an outstanding member of last year's freshman squad, held his opponent scoreless in the 130-pound slot for a 5-0 victory. In the same class, Sophomore Bill Smith won 10-0. The Williams squad picked up its three points when Tom Owsley, a sophomore, lost 7-2 to a scrappy 147-pound Ephmen. This weight is usually wrestled by captain John Watkins, who is suffering from an ankle injury. Another Crimson sophomore, Lee Freeman, won a 9-3 decision in the 157-pound division.

The Harvard team made a clean sweep in the heavies, led by Pete Stanley, a junior who managed to wrestle only once last season. He crushed his opponent 8 to 0; and Dan Leary, a senior newcomer to Crimson competition, made the only pin of the meet in the second round. Leary's showing in the 177-pound class makes him a man to watch later in the season.

In the unlimited division, Ted Robbins, a 195-pound senior who was a Crimson standout last year, took an easy 6-0 decision.

Saturday's win was no test of Crimson prowess, however. With the exceptions of Stanley and Robbins, the meet only demonstrated that Harvard was better trained than the inexperienced Williams squad.