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...bench (he beat Clark Grew by one point in a test match) to defeat veteran Joe Holmes of Yale in a terrific comeback that gave Harvard the victory. Barnaby's deep coaching had paid off, as the Crimson swept four of the last five matches on the ladder...
...generally said that Yale would mop up the league for the next three years. Brought up in the Philadelphia Marion Cricket Club, these three were already the top ranking juniors. And reports were that Yale was just as tough all the way down the squash ladder...
...lower half of the ladder turned the tables on Yale. Jay Nelson, whom Barnaby described as "the most improved player with Niederhoffer," never gave his opponent a chance. He will graduate with a two-year undefeated record...
Consuelo, the elder daughter, is the only one of the four who attempts to rise on the social ladder. Like Manuel, she finished grade school, but she goes on for two years of commercial training. In all her jobs, however, her bosses try to seduce her; it is a coworker, Mario, to whom she gives herself, but she does not love him. Her efforts to raise herself to bourgeois respectability make her an outcast at home, while her attractiveness to hungry employers makes her feel unable to continue working...
...farther down on the ladder, Harvard is strong--probably stronger than Yale. In fact, coach Jack Barnaby expects the team to take four of the last five matches. Add to that a possible victory at number four, and the Crimson nips...