Word: matches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With the departure of Ben Heckscher and Cal Place from the varsity ranks and three years of brilliant match play, the Crimson squash team doesn't seem quite the same...
...courts, where a fast bounce and a higher court temperature than is found at most colleges make adjustment very difficult. However, not a single Harvard winner was forced past four games, and Gerry Emmet, who lost at third singles, was not in top physical shape for the match...
...bottom five singles positions, with Pete Lund, Charlie Poletti, Ed Wads-worth, John Davis, and Fred Vinton all winning in three quick games. This show of depth provides encouragement for the coming season, since the Crimson may not be strong enough at the top to win every match at the first two singles positions as it has done for the past few years...
...sophomore members of the squad also proved themselves admirably in their first varsity matches. Former captain John Watkins gained the varsity's most lopsided decision of the afternoon, defeating Jim Sniderman, 9 to 2. Watkins pressed the attack for most of his match, and had little trouble downing his Indian opponent...
Junior Joe Noble overwhelmed John Chilson, 11 to 5 at 157 to give the varsity a temporary 19-0 margin, but Dartmouth's captain Fred Pitzner, saved his mates from total ignominity in the next match, as he decisioned the fifth starting sophomore, Steve Weddle, 8 to 1, at 167. Pitzner was the New England 177-pound champion last season, Dartmouth's first champion in organized wrestling...