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Harvard's varsity basketball team plays at Cornell tonight and will have to hustle to win, but after Thursday's narrow loss to powerhouse Columbia, the players must be forgiven if they are already looking forward to next Friday's rematch with the Lions...
Harvard's great strength lies in the long distance events and the weight classes. Roy Shaw--who sparkled in a come-from-behind mile win in last Saturday's G.B.C.T. meet--Tom Spengler, and Jon Ensco provide the team with its mile power, and Shaw and Ensco also combine to give the Crimson winning speed...
Harvard's only tense moments came in the fourth, fifth, and sixth matches. At number four, Michel Schienmann lost two of three games and was down, 10-1, in the fourth before staging a miracle rally to win, 17-15. Changing his strategy, Schienmann won the fifth and decisive game...
...Crimson is almost assured of victories in the top two positions. Captain Anil Nayar, whom Barnaby considers "one of the half dozen best collegiate players of all time," has only lost one career match for Harvard, and has lost only two games in the last two years. He should win at the number one position...
Harvard's number two man, Larry Terrell, is probably the second best collegian in the country behind Nayar and is a likely winner this weekend. Harvard is thus almost guaranteed the first two matches, and must win three of the seven other contests to earn victory...