Word: salaun
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Hecksher is back again this year, but the pre-tourney favorite has to be Henri Salaun, the four-time champ who has whipped every top amateur in the country this year...
...Salaun is the only amateur to beat Vic Niederhoffer at any time this season. Neiderhoffer spilled Hecksher in a Massachusetts "A" League match; he has beaten former amateur champ Harry Conion, the tournament's fourth seed, twice. But he lost to Salaun in the Middlesex Bowl Tournament over Christmas vacation, and again in the Cowles Invitational in New York just after exams...
...both Niederhoffer and Salaun win their first three matches they'll meet in the semifinals. But the road to the semis is not free of obstacles for either man. The Crimson captain meets former Amherst star Bill Smith in the first round, then probably faces Bill Tully, a highly regarded New Yorker, in the second...
Niederhoffer has never beaten Salaun in tournament play, and the veteran has been the only amateur to beat Niederhoffer this year. Salaun also topped Vic in the Middlesex Bowl Squash Tournament during Christmas vacation...
...Harvard captain had hoped that the 1964 squash ball, lighter than the one which has been in use previously, would give him an edge against Salaun, who wasn't supposed to have the necessary strength to keep the light ball deep in the court. It didn't work out that...