Word: racquetmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...NOTEBOOK: The four-hour bus ride to Williamstown may have accounted for the lethargy displayed by the racquetmen in the early going...Robie, a four-year senior, had never played number-one prior to yesterday's match...The Tigers will arrive in town tomorrow in early preparation for Saturday's big match...Boyum played impressively at the Cowles Championships, losing, 3-2, in the quarter-finals to Joe Swain, a former penn player. In the preceding match he defeated Frank Brosens, who played number-one for Princeton three years...
...first day of the competition, the Crimson stood in third place behind heavily favored Princeton and Yale, but only one Crimson competitor. "A" division player Mitch Reese, had been eliminated. All the remaining racquetmen advanced to the quarter-finals...
...racquetmen hit early and often. Mitch Reese, normally the Crimson's number two man, successfully defended the premier slot from the efforts of the Green's Bob Bewey...
Despite the implications of the lopsided score, Yale brought a team that was considered their finest in years. And though the Crimson expected a number of matches to turn out as "gimmes" for the Bulldogs, the scoreboard registered H's for each racquetmen win as rapidly as the NBC toteboard lit up with Reagan's state victories on election night...
...over the Quakers keeps alive Crimson hopes for a second place Ivy finish. To secure that position, the racquetmen must defeat Yale on Tuesday at Hemenway. This year's Eli team, the strongest in recent years, should make the match the most exciting home bout of the season...