Heckscher Takes Invitation Squash Tournament Title

Sophomore Ben Heckscher carried on what is fast developing into a squash team tradition by winning the University Club of New York's Invitational Intercollegiate Tournament this Christmas. His win was the fourth Harvard victory in this event in the last five years.

Seeded second in a field that included many of the nation's top collegiate players, Heckscher went through the six rounds of the tournament losing only two games. He lost both of those to Fred Zimmerman of Yale in the third round, when he had to come back and win the last three games after being down 2 to 0.

Guy Paschal, ranked third at Harvard behind Heckscher and Captain Bill Wister, was beaten in the second round, while fourth ranked Bob Brown reached the third round only to lose 3 to 1 to Roger Campbell, the tournament's top seeded player. Junior Roger Cortesi and Senior Mike Levinson also gained the third round, while Cal Place, lost a close second round match, and Henry Cortesi lost in the first round.