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Number three man Clive Klleff dropped the first set to Sven Karlen before rallying 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Dartmouth's Larry Himes, a dog-fighter with a natural backhand that goes straight up in the air, whipped Richie Friedman 6-0 in the first set. Friedman, a bit of a scrapper himself, ran out the last two sets, 6-2, 8-6, for Harvard's fourth win. Brian Davis (6) edged Roger Gutner...
Sophomore Bernie Adelsberg, at number two for the Crimson, has been playing on and off all year. But he will have to be on to beat Ham Magill, a steady player who probably has the best ground strokers in the Ivy League. Magill, a skinny player with a devastating backhand, was playing number one for Princeton this Spring until last week...
Kileff and Friedman, a lefty with a two-handed backhand, are two of the steadier players on the team. Both rely on, consistent ground strokes from the backcourt and retrieving to beat more aggressive opponents...
Bobby Bauer pushed Harvard ahead on a backhand shot, after a pass from Chip Otness. Two minutes later, at 19:28, Johnson plopped a rebound past goalie Jim McCann, and it was 5-3 after two periods...
...bottom two matches. Harvard sophomore Gordon Black plays Jim Brown and Peter Brooks faces Yale's ambidextrous E.K. Carmody, the fellow who had rather hit with the left than hit with a backhand. Brooks, along with Captain Dinny Adams, will be completing his third year as a varsity letterman...