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...second and third singles fairly well sum up the whole afternoon. Harvard could never quite adjust to the Quakers' pure power tactics. Penn Captain John Reese, who just about smacks the fuzz off the ball, took a fast set from Dave Benjamin and then hung on to take the second set, 7-5, just as Benjamin was beginning to gain momentum. The Quaker third man, Clay Hamlin, blasted serves and volleys past baseliner Clive Kileff...
Dean Peckham, one of two Crimson players who count heavily on big serves, cleaned up on the hard courts. He pounded Quaker number four man Rich Kolker, 6-1, 6-3, to complete an undefeated individual season. Harvard's other hitter, sixth man Brian Davis, nudged out Fred George 6-2 in the third set to put the Crimson back in the ball game...
Benjamin and Kileff won the number three doubles over Art Bellas and Howard Coonley in three sets to even the doubles ETAOINETAOIN ETAO IN I N score at 4-4. In the number two doubles, Crimson sophomores Davis and Dick Appleby made a grand effort taking the Unfortunately, the Quaker pair grabbed first set, 6-2, against George and Brown, the second set 6-2, but it looked like Harvard might prevail when Appleby and Davis broke Brown's service at the start of the third set. Penn, however, broke back twice, and won the deciding...
...Harvard can just split the singles 3-3, then Coach Jack Barnaby will be all smiles. Doubles, the Crimson strong point and the Quaker weak spot, would give Harvard the needed 5-4 margin...
Anderson should have less trouble in the triple jump. Yale's Wright and Princeton's Mel Branch are almost a foot short of the Quaker star's 47-ft. efforts...