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Slim sophomore right-hander Don Metz of Navy set down Harvard, 5 to 2, at Annapolis Saturday to spoil the 1951 Crimson opener. Metz scattered eight hits over nine innings to rack up his third win of the season...
Charley Walsh, who understudied Cliff Crosby a year ago, looks good both with a bat and behind the pads. Walsh catches batting practices for a while and then goes over to handle the slants of a gangling right-hander, Bob Ward, who may be McInnis' number one pitcher this season. "See the smooth flow from the wind-up to the follow-through," says the coach. "He's not stopping and pushing the ball like some of these boys...
...eight years, but the wise boys just asked, "Who'd he ever beat?" Matthews had fought most of his 87 fights on the West Coast (and won 55 by knockouts), had never in his life been matched into Madison Square Garden. Last week, against a slugging left-hander named Bob Murphy, distinctly no hambo, he made his Garden debut. Murphy and the skeptical East Coast found out about Harry Matthews...
This week the ranking committee of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association turned out its annual honor roll, and for the first time since 1930, when Johnny Doeg did it, a left-hander topped the list. He was taffy-haired Art Larsen, 25, ranked No. 6 a year ago but winner in 1950 of the national singles title...
...Neil is bigger (5 feet, 11 inches; 190 pounds) than Lowenstein, but he lacks Lowenstein's passing finesse. The sophomore left-hander is, however, a very potent blocker and a good ball handler. Jordan has managed to fit O'Neil into his plans by running him as single wing quarterback...