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...they suffered no longer after Saturday afternoon's crucial twinbill with Navy was over. "Pass the word, the 'Dogs' are back," they were saying, and why not? The Harvard baseball team had swept the doubleheader with the Midshipmen, 8-2 and 3-1, and did it with the true flair and ability of a defending league champion...
...afternoon, though, Bayliss's humility had proved unfounded. The Midshipmen kept their 1979 record perfect by stunning the Crimson, 5-4, on Navy's windswept outdoor courts. It was the biggest upset in Eastern League tennis since Harvard defeated Princeton...
Navy will also row in the San Diego race. The Midshipmen shocked the Crimson last year with a 6.3 second win in a 2.5 mile battle. Navy has six of its varsity eight returning, so the Middies stand to figure in this weekend's action...
...Midshipmen, by contrast, make the most of their modest natural ability; they're consistently one of the best-conditioned, best-coached and--above all--most sportsmanlike squads in East Coast tennis. And the addition of freshman Dave Andrews, the top-ranked junior player in Hawaii, could be the spark needed to hoist Navy up from a mediocre sixth place (3-6) finish in the Easterns last spring...
Harvard's racquetmen handled Navy easily, 6-3, at the Palmer Dixon courts last April, and indeed, no player on the Harvard varsity has ever lost to the Midshipmen. Saturday's match should not be a problem...