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...second best performance by a Crimson singles player came from Ripley, who lost out in the third round to eventual finalist Keith Barker of New York City...
...Crimson's brightest hope in the championships is Frank Ripley, probably the top man on this spring's team. Ripley has been a finalist in the New England College championships two years...
Every other finalist at last week's championships used a "gun"-a long, heavy (up to 40 Ibs.) board designed for stability in big waves like Makaha's. Cabell preferred a shorter, lighter (25 Ibs.) foam-and-fiber-glass "natural," designed for easy maneuverability and ordinarily used in smaller waves. Each surfer got seven tries. Cabell rode four of his waves almost half a mile clear in to the beach, catching each looming 25-footer off Makaha's northwestern tip, standing up for 300 yds., dropping prone as it dissolved to foam crossing a reef, then rising...
Deborah Camp beat Virginia Pratt to become a finalist in the women's singles division. Miss Camp will play against Lin Morss, who defeated Penny Kennedy in the semi-finals...
...number one, Niederhoffer faced Ralph Howe, intercollegiate champion in 1962, and like him, a semi-finalist in the national singles competition. Niederhoffer took a quick 7-1 lead in the first game, mixing beautiful drop shots with long smashes, but Howe won the next six points to tie the game. Niederhoffer then pulled ahead, and although Howe tied it again at 10 all, took the game decisively...