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...Tigers had seen their 2-4 lead in singles matches trimmed by a 6-3, 6-1 win by Harvard's Dave Benjamin and Clive Kileff over Ham Magill and Hugh Lynch at third doubles. Meanwhile Bob Inman and Frank Ripley were ahead in the second match, on the way to a 6-3, 8-10, 6-3 victory over Keith Jennings and Lee Rawls...
Peckham's quick win gave Harvard a 1-0 lead. Princeton tied it when Fitzgibbon finally shook off Frank Ripley and won, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0. It was the first time Fitzgibbon has lost a set this year...
Herb Fitzgibbon, Princeton's top player, is one of the top 20 players in the country, and last fall he blew Harvard's Frank Ripley off the court, 6-0, 6-1. He and Speed Howell form an experienced, powerful first doubles team...
Five and six are the key matches for Harvard. When Hugh Lynch played at number three for Princeton last year, Ripley powered him off the courts, 7-5, 6-2. Now Lynch is playing two spots olwer and Bob Inman's game will have to be razor-sharp to beat him tomorrow...
...teams come out of the singles tied 3-3, the Crimson has a shot at winning the match, Ripley and Inman are as good a number two team as anyone's, and Kileff and Benjamin should be able to take Magill and-Lemons at number three. Steele and Peckham lack the experience of Fitzgibbon and Howell, but they can stand up to all the power the Tiger aces will turn...