Word: hemenway
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Princeton's record still stands. The Tigers have been national champs for three years in a row now, and that's an abnormally long drought for the Crimson. It wasn't so long ago that Hemenway was the Valhalla of squash, but it has recently become its Mudville. So why is it that for the third year in a row the Mighty Crimson has struck...
Desaulniers' succession to the Hemenway Gym throne merits a word or two on his predecessor, John Havens. The power-hitting, loose-playing Arnie Palmer of squash gave the Harvard team a character of its own and left his mark on the Ivy League. During his sometimes-brilliant, often-frustrating four-year Crimson career, Havens tasted both glory and defeat. After an outstanding freshman year on the '75-'76 national title team, Havens met with some bad luck when the high priests of collegiate racqueteering decided to change the composition of the official squash ball. The new softer spheroid left...
...stench of corruption and illegality no matter what the context. But, in its most benign form, all it really involves is telling the squash-playing applicant "We really want you to come here, because you'll fit right into the program..." That kind of prodding doesn't mean Hemenway will be populated by intellectual zombies majoring in animal husbandry, but only that the top high school players might decide to play for the Crimson rather than the Tigers. Hey, what more could you want...
...going to say it, any of it, because the racquetment weren't bad. In fact, they were good, really good, just not as good as the "traditional" Crimson national title teams that used to parade annually through Hemenway. Sure, they lost two matches. But they still finished third in the nation and, except for the Penn debacle, they easily surpassed last year's performance. "As a team, we were very strong, and individually, we all improved," John Meller, Crimson number six man, reflected recently, "and that is more important that dropping a notch in the standings...
After blanking Navy, the Crimson met Princeton for the national title and a chance to avenge last year's slaughter at Hemenway. Things went well at first, with number one man Mike Desaulniers and nine man John Heller notching early victories. The Tiger's depth proved too much in the end, however, as they roared back...