Word: players
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...turned in one of the contest's outstanding performances by playing and winning two singles and one doubles match in one day. In singles, he defeated Eli three-letter-man Gene Scott 6-4, 6-3. He then whipped Swing Meyer in the extra quarter-finals match. The only player to lose for Harvard was William Post, Jr., who after taking the first set, lost the last two to Meyer, 6-0, 6-1. The doubles pairs of Dwight Davis and Tuckerman, and Benkard and John Davis, won quickly, losing no more than two games...
...most striking verification of this fact came last weekend when John Davis, number six player on coach Jack Barnaby's varsity, won the consolation singles tournament at the National Intercollegiate Championships and in doing so defeated a good number of top men from other college squads. Another demonstration of balance was given during the Yale match when the Crimson managed to hold Yale's top five--which had won the National Team Title only one week before--to a 3-2 split while winning the bottom four singles to take the match...
This season, however, this trend was finally reversed, and it seems likely that it will remain at least partially reversed for the next few years, as Vehslage of Princeton will clearly dominate Intercollegiate squash during that time and may well become the best player in the world...
...sophomore Bob Bowditch's last-second jump shot give the varsity a 67-66 victory over Cornell will forget that occasion, the high spot of a fine season for him. Second only to McClellan in rebounds, Bowditch also was the only player besides Harrington to average in double figures with a 10.3 mark...
Usually assigned to cover a player taller than himself, Grayer stood out on defense, although he scored well in only two contests. His best shot, a line-drive jumper from around the key, was not overly effective, but should be better next year...