Underdog Crimson Squash Team To Oppose Powerful Yale Squad

With a slight chance for the Eastern Intercollegiate championship still open and with the Ivy League title at stake, the varsity squash team opposes a powerful Yale squad this afternoon at 2 p.m. in Hemenway Gymnasium.

Should Navy lose to Army this afternoon at Annapolis, the Eastern crown would go to the winner of the H-Y match, although such an occurrence can be deemed unlikely at best.

The Elis must occupy the favored position today on the strength of their victory in the National Team Championships last weekend in Boston. In taking the championship--the first time any college team other than the Crimson has done so--Yale defeated a strong Canadian aggregation which had put out the varsity in the first round.

The Crimson goes into today's match with only a single loss to Navy marring an otherwise perfect season, and the same holds true for Yale. Both teams fell easy prey to the unorthodox playing conditions which prevail on the Navy courts, and actually the winner of today's match will be regarded unofficially as the best team in the country by most squash observers.

Coach Jack Barnaby definitely feels that his team can win, and coach John Skillman of Yale undoubtedly agrees with him. This year's squad is one of the deepest in Crimson history, and the number nine man can give the number three man a very rough match. This may be the deciding factor today.

Mait Jones, John Oettinger, Dan Morgan and Ash Eldredge, nucleus of last year's Eli squad, are now playing at the third through sixth positions respectively, while last year's one-two pairing of Sam Howe and Charlie Kinsley remains unchanged.

Playing in the top six positions for the varsity will be Gerry Emmet, captain Charlie Hamm, Tim Gallwey, Fred Vinton, Pete Lund, and John Davis, and clearly the burden of the Crimson attack will fall to them. If the Crimson splits these six matches--and this will not be an easy task--the varsity should win the match.