Word: fitzgibbons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...players at the top are probably just a bit too good for Benjamin and Kileff. Princeton lost number-one man Herb Fitzgibbon, but Keith Jennings, now number one for the Tigers, has won two of two matches against Benjamin...
There was only about 6 feet, 3 inches and 175 pounds of difference between the teams, and its name was Herb Fitzgibbon. The Tigers' top player was the only man on either team to win in both singles and doubles and he, almost singlehandedly, took care of the decisive point...
...Fitzgibbon and his erratic partner, Speed Howell, to preserve the lead and Princeton's unbeaten season against Chum Steele and Dean Peckham. Steele had beaten Howell in singles, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, rallying from a 5-1 deficit in the first set and upsetting Howell with needle-sharp passing shots...
Peckham's quick win gave Harvard a 1-0 lead. Princeton tied it when Fitzgibbon finally shook off Frank Ripley and won, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0. It was the first time Fitzgibbon has lost a set this year...
Every Harvard player won either in singles or doubles. "I was really proud of the way they played, especially in the doubles," said coach Jack Barnaby. "We could have had them, but that Fitzgibbon...