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Captain Dave Burt, ex-Captain Langdon Gilkey, and Johnny Palfrey will form the backbone of this year's outfit, as they did a year ago. All three are really standout players. Dominating the first three positions on the combined Harvard-Yale team which defeated Oxford and Cambridge in England last summer, they also won several important tournaments abroad. Palfrey felt especially at home on the grass courts at Winchester, England; while Burt cleaned up at La Bole, France...
Together, Burt and Gilkey form one of the best doubles teams that Harvard has ever had. They may go through this season undefeated. But one of Coach Barnaby's greatest worries will be to develop two more strong doubles combinations --capable of saving the day should the singles matches turn out badly for Harvard...
When Miami comes to town this Friday the Harvard season will start with a bang. Despite the fact that Dave Burt defeated their star, Charley Matman, Miami beat the Crimson racquetmen last year 7-2. This spring they should be just as strong, but Jack Barnaby isn't conceding anything in advance. Then, on May Day comes the season's key match--with the Tiger down at Princeton. This should constitute Harvard's toughest fight against Ivy league opposition. After the Orange and Black are scheduled Cornell, M. I. T., Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth, and Yale in that order. Divinity Field...
...YORK CITY, April 19--The Harvard Varsity tennis team, headed by Captain Dave Burt and Langdon Gilkey, had too much all around strength down the line for the Columbia netmen and won. For the Crimson it was the first intercollegiate victory of the year...
...Besides Burt, Langdon Gilkey, last year's captain, Johnny Palfrey, Jack Stewart, Chet Legg, Corey Wynn, Ross Lyell, and Jack Westheimer will make the trip. All save Lyell and Westheimer are Seniors...