Squash Team Will Play Cornell; Sullivan Moves to Top of Ladder

With Paul Sullivan playing number one, the squash team will take on a mediocre Cornell varsity at 3 p.m. this afternoon in the Hemenway courts. Sullivan defeated now second-ranked Vic Niederhoffer in four games yesterday, to move into the top position for the first time this season.

The outcome of the match is not really in doubt. Last year the score was 8 to 1; the year before that, 9 to 0. Gornell hasn't unearthed the kind of material likely to change this pattern. Their captain, Hank Steinglass, will meet Sullivan at number one, and of all the matches this should be the best.

Sullivan relied on alley shots and cross courts yesterday in the 3-1 victory over Niederhoffer. By keeping the ball out of the middle, he was able to prevent Niederhoffer from using his specialties--corner and drop shots.

Other changes in the Crimson ladder have moved Hampy Howell up to three, put Roger Weigand at four, John Vinton at five, Doug Walter at six, Lou Williams at seven, Jay Nelson at eight, and Clark Grew--the only senior on the team and the only player to go through last year undefeated in intercollegiate competition--at number nine.

In Cornell's last match before vacation, the Big Red lost 9 to 0 before an extremely strong Yale team whose top three players did not bother to make the trip to Ithaca. Losing to Yale is no disgrace, but a team that can't win a single match will have to work to do much better against Harvard.