Word: palmers
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With Captain Qaelen Felt now in the Army, the Harvard lineup has been in a state of flux for the past week. Definitely in the nine that will go to make the team, however, are Tom Baker, George Clay, Wally McDonald, Decker Orr, Dudley Palmer, Cort Parker, Tom Sears, Dave Shepard, and John Zinsser. Little is now known about the Yale team, although Barnaby Indicated last night that they would be "very tough pickins...
...last week is that the Green had in its lineup four of the five men who started against Princeton in the 1942 playoff, whereas Captain Jack Munda of the Nassau quintet was the only Tiger hold-over from the team that faced the Indians on the Palestra floor. Bud Palmer, able pivot man for the home forces, was the player whom the visitors couldn't stop, but Sophomore Bill Van Breda Kolff was also valuable throughout the evening...
Playing number three will be Wally McDonald, followed by Tom Baker, Dudley Palmer, George Clay, John Zinsser, Freshman Dave Shepard, and Cort Parker. The tail-end spot is still very much up in the air, according to Barnaby, who said last night that he would not be surprised to see a second Freshman playing on the Varsity for the coming two matches...
With Williams coming to town this Saturday, Barnaby will have a strong team to send out. Tentatively a nine-man match, Orr, Felt, and Sears will occupy the first three spots, followed by Wally MacDonald, Tom Baker, Dudley Palmer, George Clay, and David Shepherd in that order, with the ninth place as yet in the air. Shepherd, playing number eight, is the first Freshman to crash the Varsity squash lineup...
...third position, Wally McDonald came through to outscore George Lundberg 15-8, 15-8, 15-10. Tom Baker took his match 15-6, 15-8, 15-10, while Dudley Palmer rang up the most decisive score, 15-7, 15-8, 15-8, over Nate Greenberg. George Clay, playing number six, won by a 15-7, 15-8, 15-11 count over Paul Wheeler...