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...remaining four singles and three doubles matches, the Crimson had no trouble rolling to straight-set wins. It was Harvard's seventh consecutive triumph since returning from the Southern trip...
Number five man Dean Peckham, bothered by a leg injury, dropped a 6-3, 6-4 decision to Kent Nelson for the Crimson's only other defeat. Clive Kileff at number three, Chum Steele, number four, and Bob Inman, number six, turned in quick straight-set victories. Inman, playing in his last match, turned in the day's quickest win, a 6-2, 6-1 mop-up job over Bob Dunlop...
Only number one player Corky Graham looked sharp for the Midshipmen; he tripped Frank Ripley, 6-4, 6-3, and then teamed with John Owens to beat Ripley and Bob Inman, 6-4, 6-2, at first doubles. But Dave Benjamin, Clive Kileff, Chum Steele, and Dean Peckham won straight-set singles matches, and the teams of Steele-Peckham and Benjamin-Kileff won the last two doubles to clinch the match...
Sophomore Dave Benjamin breezed to a 6-0, 6-2 win in the number three match over Bruin first-year man Bob Bruce. Clive Kileff, Bob Inman, and captain, Sandy Walker swept to straight-set wins in the last three singles matches...
After Australia's Davis Cup team swept through the opening singles without losing a set, one Aussie cynic was moved to remark: "Each set they win is worth an extra $10,000." As it turned out, the cynic was a cautious prophet. Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor finally dropped one set in the doubles match that clinched the cup for Australia, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. Then Sedgman whipped Tony Trabert in another straight-set victory, 7-5, 6-4, 10-8. Not until the match score stood at 4-0 could U.S. Player Captain...