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Yale and Princeton will be tough as usual, but Penn will be a welcome newcomer to the competition which the big three have reserved, in the past. Barnaby expects Penn to be strong "all the way through number seven," with special accent on Maurice Hecksher, brother of former Harvard great Ben Hecksher. Hecksher the younger has already beaten Niederhoffer in a New York match...
Harvard squash followers will no doubt remember a similar trip two years ago, when Jack Barnaby's squad, led by the brilliant Ben Hecksher, went on this exact same journey and met a totally unexpected disaster at Navy and Princeton. That year, however, the Crimson was heavily favored to take the Eastern title, and it is more than likely that overconfidence played an important part in the two upsets. Such is not the case this winter. The varsity has no illusions about being clearly superior to the rest of the league and is ready for a rough battle, especially from...
Both Larry Sears and Ben Hecksher, at third and fourth single, turned in impressive 6-0, 6-2 wins, but in the fifth spot, Cal Place dropped one set in downing Jack McDonough, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. At sixth singles, Phil Mills...
However, at number one singles, Ben Heckscher will have a very tough match against Tech's ace player, Juan Hermosilla. Hermosilla came within an inch of upsetting Hecksher last year in Hemenway Gymnasium when the Harvard player was down two games to one before stopping the speedy, touch artist in the fifth game...
...Hecksher's strongest competition will come from M.I.T.'s Juan Hermosilla and William's Frank Stafford. Hecksher beat Harmosilla earlier in the season in his closest match...