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Harvard's freshmen overcame a poor start and yet another tough Princeton crew to eke out their victory, clobbering the hapless Elis in the process...
...except at number one where Ken Lindner dropped a tight, exciting match to Mike Powers, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4. In the match, which took about two hours, Powers managed to break Lindner's serve once in the second set and once again in the third, enough to eke by with the victory...
...first Ivy League match of the year, the Harvard fencing team took a 10-8 lead into the final round against Princeton only to see it crumble as an aggressive Tiger squad rallied to win five out of the last six bouts and eke...
...fact, until a tripping infraction with 2-46 remaining in regulation play gave Brown a rare second opportunity to the score at 2-2 it appeared that Harvard was going to eke out a 2-1 win. A perfectly-placed Papagianis chip shot with 4-23 gone in the second half had given the Crimson the lead...
...face of rowdy fans and the worst officiating this side of Olympic boxing, only a superlative performance by Army Specialist Fourth Class Stan Smith, 25-who won both his singles matches and teamed with Erik van Dillen, 21, to take the doubles-enabled the U.S. team to eke out a 3-2 victory. Said a disgusted Captain Ralston: "We've been under the most incredible circumstances ever. This is the toughest place to play I've seen anywhere...