Crimson Squash Team Defeated 4-1 By Washington in National Tourney

NEW YORK Feb. 11--This just wasn't the week for Harvard's squash team. Trying to regain a little status after Wednesday's loss to Princeton, the Crimson bowed to a strong Washington, D.C. team today, 4-1; in the second round of the United States Squash Racquets Association team championships.

Harvard received a bye in the first round. The only winner for Harvard was sophomore Jose Gonzalez, who survived a late surge for Bill Wilson to win the number two match, 15-11, 16-15, 10-15, 16-13. Captain Dinny Adams, still weak from the flu and his rugged Princeton victory tired in his match against John Davis, succombing in five games, 15-12, 13-15, 15-13, 10-15, 15-12.

In other matches, Crimson sophomore Rick Sterne fell prey to hard-hitting Ted Rogers, 3-0; Harvey Slono downed Harvard's Todd Wilkinson, 3-1; and Cy Burbos defeated junior Craig Stapleton, 3-0, in the final match.

Harvard's varsity did not enter anybody in the individual tournament, but freshman Anil Nayar, playing as an independent lost to Canada's Don Leggat in the first round, 15-9, 15-9, 15-9. Leggat, considered the hardest hitting squash player in North America, never allowed Nayar to settle down to his own game.