Word: gordon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Crimson manager Jay Stack had harsh words for two entrants in the intercollegiates. Dave Fish and Dan Gordon. The Crimson's captain won his first two games easily, 15-9, 15-11, but he dropped the next two and trailed, 8-10, in the fifth game with Yale captain Charlie Berry...
...match, which gave Harvard sole possession of second place in the Ivies with a 3-1 record, had started auspiciously for the Crimson. The sabre squad, a dominant force throughout the contest, grabbed three quick wins to send Harvard into an early lead. Gordon Rutledge, coming from a 4-1 deficit. Ken Hetzler, and Terry Valenzuela, each disposed of their Quaker foes with striking alacrity...
Captain Dave Fish, number two, and junior Dan Gordon, number four, opened the rout on the main courts. Fish dropped his first game, 10-15, to freshman Joe Swain, but the Harvard senior showed no signs of a sore elbow as he roared back in three straight games...
...Gordon used his size advantage and harder shot to great advantage against Charlie Jacobs. After losing the first game. 15-11, the Penn senior started aiming for the top of the tin, and the odds ran against him. Gordon took two close victories. 16-14, 16-14, in the second and third games...
Once again, the sabre team led the victory parade. Gordon Rutledge and Terry Valenzuela swept three bouts each and Ken Hetzler took two, as the sabre squad took eight out of nine contests...