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...Howe, as Yale's captain, beat the Crimson ace in two important matches last year. Howe had also beaten Niederhoffer several times in spring tennis matches. But this time the Crimson ace turned the tables, breezing to a 15-3, 15-6, 12-15, 15-7 win. Howe's backhand broke down time and again under steady pressure from Niederhoffer's array of touch shots...
Billy Lamarche made it 5-0 for the Crimson on a backhand shot from the right side of the Bulldog nets. Johnston and Taylor picked up their second assists of the evening on the play. Ikauniks rounded out all scoring with a goal at 15:54 of the second period...
...captain Tim Taylor accounted for two more lightening-quick goals. Blakey pounced on a loose puck and drilled it past goalie Mike Hanson at 12:35, and at 12:54 Harry Howell scored on a long slap shot, with assists from Taylor and Ikauniks. Yale scored twice, on a backhand by Bill Hildebrand at 10:30 and a short drive by Frank Bishop...
...Backhand or Forehand. The matches squared matters nicely-and established Mexico as a stylish new power in what is now a generally lackluster sport. Mexico's No. 1, Rafael Osuna, 24, who perfected his tennis as a student at Southern Cal, had proved himself a one-man gang in earlier cup matches, trimming the U.S.'s Jon Douglas in a close match and beating both Sweden's Ulf Schmidt and Jan Erik Lundquist...
...rain-soaked hard courts against India's highly regarded ace, Ramanathan Krishnan, Osuna powdered the baseline with his drives, showed a baffling array of skittering slices; at times, he even employed some gamesmanship of his own, scooting catlike around a backhand to take it on his forehand. Krishnan carried the match to five sets, got a breather when the match was interrupted in the fourth set because of darkness. But that was it. Next day Osuna polished him off, then teamed with No. 2 Mexican Antonio Palafox to win the doubles to lead the jubilant squad...