Navy Squash Team Tops Crimson For Major Upset, 8-1, at Annapolis

One of the biggest sports upsets in recent years caught up with a high-riding varsity squash team at Annapolis on Saturday. Navy completely dominated the heavily-favored Crimson, administering a resounding 8-1 shellacking, before a cheering, foot-stamping capacity crowd.

Generally considered to be the top college team in the country, the varsity was a solid pre-match favorite to bring its season's record to 5-0 and extend its undefeated string which had stretched over the past two years. But Navy never gave Harvard an inch, and only number one man Ben Heckscher was able to win his match.

Heckscher played his usual excellent brand of squash as he toppled Midshipman Ken Meneke, 15-9, 15-12, 5-15, 15-8, but his teammates were unable to duplicate his performance. The only really close match came at number nine singles where Hank Holmes lost a very tight match to Mike Mitchell, 15-7, 15-10, 16-17, 12-15, 18-15.

Cal Place, Charlie MacVeagh, Henry Cortesi, Pete Lund, and Larry Sears all dropped 3-1 decisions, while Ed Wads-worth and Charlie Hamm bowed in three straight games to complete the rout.

The varsity was visibly hampered by the exceptionally hot Navy courts which tend to make drop and corner shots more who have played most of their squash on the standard cold courts, like those in difficult to execute, especially for men Hemenway Gymnasium.

This loss, coupled with Yale's 5-4 win over Navy at Annapolis, makes the Elis definite favorites in the race for the Eastern Intercollegiate Championship. The Crimson will face Yale on March 2.

This afternoon the team will play Penn, in Philadelphia, and it should win this one, although after Saturday's debacle anything is possible. From Penn, the squad travels to Princeton tomorrow, and will return to face Dartmouth Friday.