POOL LOSES NATIONAL RACQUETS TOURNAMENT

Beekman Pool '32 lost the final match of the National squash racquets championship at the Boston Athletic Association yesterday to Neil Sullivan of Philadelphia, 11-15, 11-15, 15-9, 18-16, 17-15. This marks the first time that a Harvard graduate has failed to win the championship since 1926. Pool and his brother, J. Lawrence Pool '28, have won the tournaments in the last four years.

Pool won the first two games easily, but Sullivan rallied to win the next three in succession and the match. The match was extremely fast and was by far the best match of the season in Boston.

In the first game Pool set a grueling pace to win 13-11; Sullivan rallied twice during the game by angled placements that dropped dead in the front of the court, but his efforts were useless. In the second game Sullivan started strong and gained a lead of 7-1. Pool rallied at this point, and made a group of lightning shots which dazzled his opponent. The game ended 15-11, making the score 2-0 for Pool. In the next three games, Sullivan fought a beautiful battle to finally down his opponent, 3-2. The last games were very closely fought, and Sullivan's victory was not assured until the last minutes of play.