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Right from the start, the Ell netmen showed that they were not going to just roll over and play dead before the undefeated Crimson powerhouse. Yale's number one man, sophomore Jack Waltz, began things by upsetting Chum Steele, 6-1, 0-6, 6-4, Waltz countered Steele's power play with his own aggressive attack and pulled through in a top-notch tennis exhibition...
...second match, Ell Mike Brooks put the pressure on Dave Benjamin, but finally bowed to Benjamin's accurate placements, 8-6, 7-5. Crimson junior Clive Kileff (three) came through with an impressive throttle job on net-rushing Jay Westcott...
Yale, with a 2-7 record for the year, has defeated only Princeton and Brown, teams that Harvard handled easily. The Ell's best wrestler is sophomore Ken Haltenhoff at 167 pounds. "Haltenhoff is really a fine wrestler, but he has two had knees, so he's a doubtful starter," said Harvard Couch Bob Pickett...
...third quarter, with the Yardlings holding a thin 6-3 lead after a 25-yard field goal by Yale's Jeremy Kinney, Kram took Kinney's kickoff and dashed to the Ell 49. Two plays later. Sadoski found no room over right tackle, sprinted around the left end instead, and completed a 45-touchdown...
...swimmers also were supposed to put up a strong fight against a favored Yale squad. Instead, in the first event, the 400-yard medley relay, the Ell anchor man turned in his best time of the year to lead the team home 0.8 seconds ahead of the Crimson. The upset victory set the day's tone as the Yalies captured seven of 11 firsts...