Word: junta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seem hard to believe, but the varsity tennis team had a better season this year than its 16-3 overall record would indicate; for each loss came partly as the result of an early season back injury to captain Dale Junta...
This is not to disparage North Carolina, Presbyterian, or Amherst, all of whom had strong squads and most successful seasons. But the fact remains that against Presbyterian, Junta lost both singles and doubles, and that neither Junta nor Allen Goldman was able to play against Amherst. Fatigue was probably the biggest factor in the team's loss to North Carolina, whom the varsity crushed here by an 8-1 margin...
...victory, however, that the Crimson showed its best side, especially in its amazing ablity to play as a team--a rare virtue in such a basically individualistic sport. The credit for this goes to coach Jack Barnaby, to Junta, and most deservedly to the members of the team themselves...
...Crimson tennis team finished a disappointing second to Yale in the New England Intercollegiate Championships this weekend, despite Dale Junta and Larry Sears' winning the doubles for the second straight year...
...singles, which Junta had won the last two years, only one varsity player, Fred Vinton, reached the semifinals. The unseeded sophomore, however, lost in that round to Yale's Tom Treiberg, who had earlier upset Junta...