Varsity, Freshman Tennis Teams Defeat Weak Amherst Squads, 7-2

The varsity and freshman tennis teams both swept past weak Amherst squads by identical 7-2 scores yesterday on sundrenched Soldiers Field courts.

Though Man Graven played below par in losing first singles to an improved Neil Hurlbut, Crimson captain Alex Haegler played one of his finest matches of the year to rout Mark Hauschka, 6-1, 6-1. In first doubles, Haegler continued his forceful play, teaming with Brooks Harris to outclass Jerry Cogan and Hurlbut, 6-0, 6-0.

At three, Conrad Fischer lost a close three-set match to Pierce Gardner, but Harris, at four, downed the Lord Jeffs' Bub Dillon, 6-3, 9-7. Maynard Canfield, hitting a twisting serve and volleying sharply, swept past Roger Williams at five, dropping only six games. In the final singles match, Dan Mayers easily best Cogan, 6-1, 6-3.

Ben Heckscher and Canfield defeated Jim Hicks and Willis in second doubles in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 9-7, while Steve Kay and Pete Banks, playing third doubles for the first time this year, showed good teamwork by downing Dillon and Gardner, 6-4, 6-1.

The Crimson's next match is against a powerful Yale team Saturday.