Word: benjamin
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...magnificent team effort, but if heroes must be singled out, Dave Benjamin and Captain Dean Peckham get top honors. They kept Harvard in the match by winning their singles, and then played even more inspired tennis in the doubles...
...Benjamin, who has had trouble squeaking past unknowns since he hurt his back a few weeks ago, found his range Saturday. Passing aggressive C.D. Smith right and left in the number two match, Benjamin came up with a brilliant 6-3, 6-2 victory...
...deciding match, Benjamin and Kileff split with Smith and Magill, 4-6 and 6-4. Then, after learning Peckham and Steele had pulled out a win, Benjamin and Kileff romped through the third...
...Dave Benjamin (number two) will have to play better than he has in recent matches in order to down Princeton's hard-hitting C. D. Smith. Recovering from a back ailment, Benjamin has been extended to long three-set matches by mediocre opponents in the last week. Yet Benjamin's tricky variety of shots is just the thing to throw off Smith's pace...
Peckham and Steele have the guns all over Jennings and Rawls, and should control the attack. In the number two doubles, Harvard sophomores Brian Davis and Dick Appleby, though very aggressive, will be under considerable pressure against oldtimers Daane and Lemons, winning third doubles last year against Benjamin and Kileff had little trouble Magill, but Smith, his new partner, will add some needed power to the combination...