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Howe won the fourth game, 16 to 14, despite a strong comeback by Emmet. After gaining the initiative during the best-of-five deuce, he capitalized on another Emmet letdown to gain a lopsided lead in the finale...
With the Poletti match completed, the afternoon's excitement appeared to be over, but it soon became apparent that the best match of the day was just starting. In the number one position, the Crimson's Gerry Emmet turned in the most courageous match in many years on the Hemenway courts. His opponent Sam Howe--second only to Princeton's Steve Vehslage in U.S. Intercollegiate ratings--entered the match heavily favored over Emmet, who has not played his best squash for most of the season...
Emmet then gained a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five deuce only to tin a routine drive. On the final point of the match, Howe dropped a perfect lob serve in Emmet's backhand court, which the Crimson player could not effectively return. Howe's follow-up drive down the wall extracted the final error and ended the match...
Should Navy lose to Army this afternoon at Annapolis, the Eastern crown would go to the winner of the H-Y match, although such an occurrence can be deemed unlikely at best...
...with only a single loss to Navy marring an otherwise perfect season, and the same holds true for Yale. Both teams fell easy prey to the unorthodox playing conditions which prevail on the Navy courts, and actually the winner of today's match will be regarded unofficially as the best team in the country by most squash observers...