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Penn's big star is Maurice Heckscher, brother of Ben Heckscher '57, one of the best players in the U.S. Unfortunately for him, Heckscher plays number one, and will face Niederhoffer. The Harvard junior has beaten Heckscher the older twice in a row and should have no trouble defeating Heckscher the younger...
...Heckscher took a quick 2-0 lead in games. Niederhoffer, who had never lost the first two games in a competition before, was unsuccessively trading depth shots with Heckscher, when he decided to change his strategy. He hit more short shots, gambling that Hockscher would be sloppy at the front wall...
Niederhoffer won his gamble, as the over-confident Heckscher let up slightly. Down 5-1 at the time, Niederhoffer came up with his best comeback to take the third game. The Harvard junior won the next two games and the mach 15-10, 15-10; in the end, the Harvard alumnus bowed his head to him, indicting that the victory was no fluke...
...Heckscher, who played at his best, ranks as one of the two top U.S. contenders. The other is Henri Salaun, who lost in the semi-finals to Jim Zug (Princeton '62), who lost to Niederhoffer...
...victory proved above all that Niederhoffer's earlier win over Heckscher and his defeat of the U.S. and Canadian title holders at the Harry Cowles tournament are not to be taken lightly. Niederhoffer will enter the singles at the nationals; the next five men on the squash squad may well capture the team title for the first time in many years...