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...rest of the Crimson racquetmen garnered routine triumphs, with the exception of captain Clark Bain in the fifth spot. Bain, a senior who went undefeated during last season's march to the crown fell in five tough games to West Point captain Lou Yeungart, 15-9, 11-15, 17-16, 9-15, 15-11. The match seesawed back and forth until, in the decisive fifth game the Black Knight reeled off straight points to rebound from a 6-2 deficit and skate away with Army's only...
...Crimson could manage no better than a fourth place finish, behind perennial power Western Ontario, and Ivy rivals Penn and Princeton. The Crimson racquetmen won the nine-man national title and the Ivy crown earlier this season...
...season ends for the Crimson racquetmen--sort of. They still await a celebration dinner downtown. "There's only one match left--a dinner at Locke-Ober's. You can bet we'll win that one," Tony Downer, two-year team manager, said yesterday...
Aside from a loss in the third position, where senior John Stubbs was edged, 3-1, the racquetmen bore down and came up winners...
...sight of three Penn racquetmen sitting in Hemenway's deserted, cavernous gallery after the match, silent, heads buried in towels, remains a poignant image. A national championship for the Crimson now seems probable...