Racketmen Take Decisive Doubles To Nip Williams

The tennis team squeaked past Williams, 5-4, Saturday, in what almost turned out to be a major upset. With the match tied at 4-4 it looked as though Crimson sophomores Bernie Adelsberg and Jose Gonzales might lose the second doubles match. They steadied, however, and pulled out the only three-set match of the afternoon 3-6, 4-6, 6-3.

Captain Dave Benjamin, in the number one position, won the easiest match of the day over Tom Thornhill, 6-2, 6-0. Moving up to number three to replace Clive Kileff, who has not recovered from the Boston Marathon yet, senior Richie Friedman beat Bill Ewen, 6-3, 6-2. Brian Davis (six) downed Bruce Simon, 6-2, 6-4, for Harvard's third singles win.

Adelsberg (two) was beaten by Peter Grossman, 6-3, 6-4. Adelsberg had been suffering from a heavy cold and seemed sluggish.

Another Crimson sophomore, Jose Gonzales, seemed unable to control his game. Despite efforts to play cautiously until his control returned, he lost to Peteer Allen, 6-1, 6-4.

Dave Nash stopped Dick Appleby, 6-3, 6-1, to even the singles matches at 3-3.

Appleby and Davis lost the first doubles matches to Allen and Ewen, 6-3, 6-4. Despite the Crimson duo's excellent net game, Allen and Ewen were able to win with their more consistent play.

Dinny Adams and Benjamin won easily in the third doubles, 6-3, 6-2. Adams, who was not slated to play, tried no spectacular shots but played steady tennis to give Harvard a key win.

In the day's last match, with 150 spectators clustered around the court, Adelsberg and Gonzales were locked at 3-3 in the third set. After a long, see-saw seventh game, Adelsberg finally won his service. The Crimson pair then quickly broke Thornhill's serve, and Gonzales held his serve to win the match.

"The match revealed some of the team's shortcomings and will help in preparing for Princeton this Saturday," Coach Jack Barnaby commented.