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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hanson Robbins skippered the A-division boat with a crew of John Stotler on Saturday and Xavier Roca yesterday. The B-division Tech dinghy was skippered by George Peter, with Peter van Teel and Edward Lund as crewmen on Saturday and Sunday respectively...
...behind to beat Cuban Davis Cupper Raul Karman, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Karman, whose beautiful crosscourt backhand returns gave Weld a lot of trouble in the opening games, let up just a bit after winning the first set, and that was all the Crimson captain needed. The Tech star was unable to regain his touch, while Weld, who had started slowly grew stronger and stronger. In the final set, he broke Karman's service at love in the sixth game to lead by 4-2, and when Karman pulled up to 5-4, Weld broke service again...
...second singles, Bob Bowditch outlasted M.I.T.'s Jack Klapper, 6-2, 7-5, in a battle of southpaw sophomores, while Tim Gallwey, at number three, beat Tech captain Jeff Winicour, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. The varsity swept the remaining singles in routine fashion, with Fred Vinton defeating Bob Kennefich, 6-3, 6-3, Jorge Lemann whipping Bob Hodges, 6-2, 6-4, and Bill Wood routing Ravi Sikri...
Bowditch, playing number two, faces another sophomore, Jack Klapper, who should give him a fair amount of trouble; and Tim Gallwey, at third singles, will meet Jeff Winicour, who was Tech's number one man the past two years. Below this point, however, the varsity has three men--Fred Vinton, Jorge Lemann and Bill Wood--of very high caliber, who (at least by their vacation performances) should have no difficulty with their respective opponents, Bob Kenfick, Bob Hodges, and Rabi Sikri...
Hanson Robbins sailed his 12-foot Tech Dingy to high scoring honors, while Bill Saltonstall skippered the other Crimson boat. Trailing B.U. (87 points) were Harvard (81), Brown (81), M.I.T. (78), Bowdoin (63), Yale (51), and Tufts...