Wrestlers Decimate M.I.T., 22-13, As Lightweights Build Big Lead

Harvard's lightweight wrestlers -- led by Howie Henjyoji -- did the job last night, as they built an untoppable lead over M.I.T. The Crimson nailed a 22-13 victory despite losses in the final two matches.

Henjyoji (123) quickly and efficiently tore apart Bill Harris, pinning him in a cradle at 21 seconds in the second period.

Harris never had a chance. The aggressive Henjyoji took him down from the neutral position and nearly pinned him during the first period, and in the second escaped from the bottom and took down Harris again for the pin.

Andy Kopecki (115) and sophomore Danny Naylor (130) surrounded the pin with easy decisions, 5-0 and 9-3, and sophomore Carl Baum (137) hung on for a 1-1 tie.

Baum was practically screwed into the mat as Jack Maxham tried to get Baum to break his grasp on Maxham's leg. It was all that kept Maxham from absolute control and 2 points to break a 1-1 tie.

Baum's grip was tenuous at best; occasionally his hand fluttered off Maxham's leg as Maxham kept driving him around and around. But the hand never really lost it and earned a 1-1 tie that had the crowd in M.I.T.'s duPont gym on its feet.

Out of Reach

It was a valuable save; it meant that when M.I.T.'s Keith Davies (177) suddenly pinned Paul Padlak at 7:27 of their match, the score was 22-10 and too far out of reach for M.I.T.'s star heavy-weight, Dave Schramm to do anything about it.

Schramm defeated sophomore Bob Panoff, 5-0, in desultory fashion, but the M.I.T. moose has been known to go get a pin if his team really needs one.

Systematic Vivesection

Although Coach Bob Pickett must have enjoyed watching his lightweights systematically vivisect their men, the 50 or 60 fans gathered for the occasion liked the 160 and 167-pound matches best.

Sophomore Dick Low (160) beat Hank De Jong, 9-3, in a match far closer than the final score. That made it 5-3, and he and De Jong entered a tangle on the mat that nobody could make heads or tails of Suddenly, the ref gave Low 2 points for a take-down, even though Low was underneath De Jong's mid-section, grabbed an arm, and suddenly had control.

Chris Wickens (161) won a wild one, 10-6. He took down Julian Schroeder in the first period, used a fireman's carry for a reversal in the second.

In the other matches, sophomore Bill Zinn (141) lost to Jack Wu, 7-0, and captain Ed Franquemont (152) returned the favor, defeating John Fishback, 6-0.