Word: matchings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Today's match, which is six singles and three doubles for EIL purposes and ten and five for the Big Three, could conceivably go 9-0 and 15-0 either way, but it is much more likely to be decided...
...best tennis teams in the East clash at Soldiers Field at 2:30 p.m. today, as an unbeaten Crimson varsity faces an also unbeaten Yale squad in a match that will decide both the Eastern Intercollegiate League and Big Three championships...
Both teams have swept through their seasons this spring without any serious challenge. The Elis' closest call was a 6-3 win over Penn in a match where Yale swept the six singles and then sent out its second line doubles teams. As for the varsity, only Columbia and Cornell have been able to come as close as 7-2. In short, these two teams are far and away the class of the East...
...first singles match is the only one to have a very clear favorite, but even here an upset is a definite possibility. Yale's Donald Dell is, by reputation, the best collegiate tennis player in the East, while Crimson captain Ned Weld has performed rather poorly in his last two outings. But Weld was magnificent a week ago in beating Dartmouth's Dick Hoehn, and if he is that sharp today, Dell may be in for lots of trouble...
...five men back from last year and with a slightly more impressive record this spring, should rate as a shaky favorite today. But Crimson coach Jack Barnaby says, "Everyone knows Yale is very good, but we're good too, and we will be ready and up for this match." Neither Barnaby nor Yale coach John Skillman was willing last night to predict the outcome. Skillman said, "It should be a very good, hard-fought match," and that is precisely what it is going...