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Defending champion Dell of Yale failed to show up for his first singles match Friday. He wired that he had overslept and would be two hours late, but the tournament committee decided they could not delay the match that long, and Dell was declared in default...
Though not the most formidable defending champion the League has seen, the varsity is rated a slight favorite in tomorrow's game. Its batting strength has improved in recent weeks, with Chet Boulris developing into a powerful slugger and Al Martin again showing the hitting style he had demonstrated on the spring trip...
Headed by the unbeaten first doubles pair of Ned Weld and Bob Bowditch, a four-man contingent from the varsity tennis team has entered the New England Intercollegiate championship tournament at M.I.T. today, tomorrow and Sunday. The Crimson is considered the second-best team in the tournament, behind defending champion Yale...
Weld and Bowditch, seeded first in the doubles competition, are the only varsity players among the top eight singles seeds. Weld is fourth, behind Yale's defending champion Don Dell, Wesleyan's Alan Roberts, and Amherst's Tom Richardson. Bowditch is ranked seventh, and Fred Vinton is placed among the second eight. Bill Wood, the varsity's fourth entrant, is unseeded...
...Baker House cricket team at Tech, with little experience but sufficient spirit, noticed that no team has ever called itself the U.S. champion and is ready to take on all comers. Crimson captain John Frith was dubious yesterday about the whole business and was more concerned with the club's match today with Howard University, a team that also claims the national championship...