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Harvard junior Joe Cavanagh disposed of Rick Weir, 6-3, 6-1, at number four to put his squad ahead immediately, and while Nielsen battled to push Rich Howell into a third set, Dave Fish was pulling off the biggest upset in the League this spring-at least the biggest until the Bill Washauer-Bobby Goeltz match later that afternoon...
...Crimson's success began to end. After winning the first set, 6-2, and falling to Nielsen's superb rally, 9-7, in the second, Howell finally put the Crimson junior away, 7-5, on the sixth match point at number three. Brock, previously unbeaten at number five, lost his match, 10-8, 3-6, 5-7, to Shapiro, and now the match was tied going into the doubles...
...Crimson's top man, junior Bill Washauer, was dumped by Lion sophomore Dong Grunther, who lost in straight sets to Princeton's Bobby Goeltz last week. And at three, Chris Nielsen dropped his match to Columbia's Ace Baumgold, who also lost in straight sets at Princeton...
...number one, Washauer and Nielsen rebounded from their singles defeats with a straight set triumph over Grunther and Schiff, and Kawakami and sophomore Rick Devereux did the same to Baumgold and Tilney at number three...
...three, Nielsen will have to contend with Tiger senior Rich Howell, a gutsy, patient player who likes to stay in the backcourt and rally endlessly. Last year, Howell lost to Harvard's Rocky Jarvis at number two in a three-set match that went a long way towards earning the Crimson's 5-4 upset victory, but so far this year, he has been untouchable...