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Captain Glenn Whitman said last night that Harvard had difficulty getting up for the match, a perennial problem when the racquetmen meet the Elis. "The long bus ride and the Howard Johnson's food didn't help our playing either," he said...
Number seven man Jim McDonald also took five games to dispose of his opponent, although the outcome was rarely in doubt. McDonald won the fifth game, 15-5. "Whenever Jim decided to concentrate, he simply overpowered his opponent," Whitman said...
Captain Glenn Whitman was understandably ecstatic after the victory. "Nobody gave us a chance to win the title this year after we graduated four of our top players and Penn grabbed all the top juniors," he said. "This is like Harvard beating Ohio State in football. The whole team has worked together and come a long way this year...
...Whitman, playing number one, earned the top seed in this week's intercollegiate championships by whipping last year's number three collegiate player, Joe Swain, in three straight games...
...will be a pivotal duel in the Ivy League title race. The unbeaten Quaker raquetmen face a Harvard team that has won the Ivy title 14 times, including the last four years. Penn's last victory over the Crimson came in 1969, a 5-4 verdict. Harvard's Glenn Whitman, Arch Gwathmey, Fred Fisher and Steve Mead will place perfect records on the line today...