TENNIS PROSPECTS EXCELLENT

There is no reason why the University tennis team should not have an exceptionally successful season this spring. There is excellent material for a well-balanced team, and a schedule has been arranged which should bring out the best in the men. Of the six who played against Yale last year, J. J. Armstrong '14, E. H. Whitney '14 and E. H. Woods '14 have graduated, and. W. M. Washburn '15 will not play. This leaves Captain R. N. Williams, 2d, '16 and L. Curtis '16 who will be available for the 1915 team. Of the men who have left, Washburn's loss will be the most strongly felt. He was ranked at number 9 in the United States ranking list this fall, and was a most valuable player. Armstrong and Whitney will also be greatly missed.

Brilliant Players Eligible.

In Captain Williams, however, the University has by far the strongest player in the country. Williams is placed at number 2 in the United States ranking, and is the present national champion. G. C. Caner '17 will probably be second man on the team. Caner won the Harvard interscholastic tournament in 1913, and is a brilliant player. R. Harte '17, who, with Williams, won the intercollegiate doubles last summer, will not be able to play in the team matches, on account of his baseball playing. He will undoubtedly represent the University in the intercollegiates next summer, however. Other promising candidates are T. J. D. Fuller '15, J. S. Pfaffmann '16, J. Woodredge '16, J. S. Brown '17, and W. Rand '17. In further addition to these men, there is little doubt but what the unusual features of this year's season will act as an incentive in bringing forth more material, for the southern trip of the spring recess, already definitely announced, is sure to add attraction to the competition for the team.

Freshman Prospects an Enigma.

Very little is known as yet about the prospects for the 1918 team. The Freshmen have at least two good men in H. G. M. Kelleher and F. S. Marden, and more should be found when regular practice is started. Arrangements are being made for games with the Dartmouth and Yale freshmen, as well as Exeter, Andover, and St. Mark's. None of these contests are definitely arranged as yet. It has been proposed to follow the lead of various other sports and to hold a Freshman interdormitory series, but the proposition has not yet been passed upon.