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...neither Wood nor wooden floors could beat California's Jack Kramer. The champion hugged the baseline, matched Wood's finesse with power and control, won in three hard-fought sets, 6-3, 6-4. 6-4. In the finals, two days later, he faced Bobby Falkenburg (brother of Jinx), whose tremendous first serve and smashing net game had been too much for Davis Cupper Billy Talbert. Kramer's return of service made the big serve look less sizeable. As effortlessly as if he were playing table tennis, Kramer kept ramming Falkenburg's cannonball right back...
With no less than 20 penalties being meted out, Yale's Freshman hockey team defeated Harvard 5 to 2 in a hard-fought battle. The Cantab's Larry Ward knotted the count at two all on an unassisted dash at 0:48 of the third period before the winners suddenly caught fire...
...hundred and thirty-pound Hank O'Shaughnessy gave Peter Fuller, the Varsity heavyweight his initial defeat of the current campaign in a hard-fought 7 to 4 decision with Fuller pressing the action...
Army track and wrestling teams eked out wins over Crimson squads in hard-fought encounters (see stories on page three...
Just before the whistle sounded to end the hard-fought second frame two fast goals within 20 seconds of each other by center Dave Farrell pulled the Crimson to a 3 to 3 deadlock. A marker by B.U.'s Clopeck at 1:03 of the final period sent the Terriers into a short-lived lead, but at 4:11 Sears dented the nets for the Crimson on an assist from behind the goal by Sid Greeley to knot the score...