Netmen Blank Penn to Take Fifth in a Row

The tennis team rolled over Penn, 9-0, for its fifth straight win in Eastern play yesterday at Soldiers Field. The Crimson lost only two sets all day.

In a tough first match captain Dave Benjamin beat Clay Hamlin, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. The Penn junior followed his service to the net to consistently score on the volley. Hamlin's net game remained strong throughout the match, but Benjamin was lobbing well and he got even better as the match progressed. Benjamin simply wore his opponent down with his combination of lobs, drop shots, and fantastic retrieving.

The Quakers won their other set in the third singles match, where the Crimson's Richie Friedman beat Fred Levin, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Both players remained in the backcourt and rallied going to net only occasionally. Some rallies lasted for two minutes, and the entire match took nearly three hours.

All the other matches were one-sided affairs with the Crimson winning easily. Sophomore Bernie Adelsberg dropped the first three games to Ed Serues but quickly recovered to win the second singles, 7-5, 6-1.

In the fourth slot, Jose Gonzalex walked over Maurice Heckscher 6-3, 6-2. Dick Appleby beat Fred George just as easily at fifth singles, 6-1, 6-2. Brian Davis completed the Crimson sweep with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Howard Coonley. The last three singles all took less than an hour to play.

Appleby and Davis beat Heckscher and Coonley in the first doubles, 6-2, 6-4. The Crimson pair dominated the match at the net, often returning slams on the volley, to overwhelm the Quaker duo. Todd Wilkinson and Jose Gonzalex beat George and Levin in the second doubles, 12-10. And Dinny Adams and Dan Kleinman stopped Serues and Elliot Abrams in the third match, 6-3, 6-0.