Word: adamses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Kourides won the final match, but the day's hero was Crimson captain Dinny Adams. With Harvard trailing 4-3, Adams defeated Burt Gay, the nation's top-rated college player, 13-15, 15-11, 12-15, 15-12, 15-7.
Down 2-1 in games and aware that Princeton needed only one more match for the victory, Adams pulled out a tense fourth game in which neither player could maintain a lead of more than two points. At 13-12 for Adams, they cautiously exchanged deep strokes for a couple...
Captain Burt Gay, winner of the New York Invitation Tournament over Christmas vacation and top-rated collegian in the country, will probably play number one for the Tigers. He'll be pitted against Harvard captain Dinny Adams in a match which looks like a tossup.
Maynard did not spend much time at Adams House last term but hopes "to spend a lot more there this spring." He plans to travel abroad over the summer and return to the Gazette before fall.
Captain Dinny Adams (number one) drubbed Carter Hall, 15-10, 15-7, 16-15; sophomore Jose Gonzalez (two) routed Gary Jefferson, 15-6, 15-2, 15-7; undefeated sophomore Rick Sterne humbled Peter Rosden, 15-8, 15-8, 15-5.