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...possibly be that bad," exclaimed Columbia's new tennis coach, Butch Seewagen, after his squad was bombed, 8-1, by Princeton last week. "You ain't seen nothing yet," replied his captain Larry Parsont, who knows about the rigors of the Lions' EITA schedule...
That match with Princeton, which the Tigers have been gunning for ever since Harvard beat them, 5-4 last year, will decide the EITA title for the third consecutive year...
...Tigers are incredibly strong at the top of the singles ladder, boasting the two top players in the EITA in senior Bobby Goeltz and sophomore Bill Colson, and have quite impressive depth. Harvard's only chance of a victory, it appears, lies in its ability to sweep the matches low on the ladder, take the second doubles contest, and pray for either rain or darkness to move the matches inside, where the tricky, somewhat harder clay courts should work to the Crimson's advantage...
...victory, which required almost six hours to achieve. extended the Crimson's Northern winning streak to 15 over two years, virtually clinched Harvard second place in the EITA race. and suitably avenged last year's shocking 5-4 defeat at Philadelphia...
Harvard's victory, its third in the EITA this spring, assures the Crimson of at least a second place finish provided it does not lose to anyone weaker than the Quakers. Only two squads-an Ariny team stocked with veterans and rapidly-nlproving Columbia-have any sort of realistic chance of upsetting Harvard at this point. but Princeton, unbeaten and incredibly powerful at the top two p?? will be laugh to handle