Crimson Golfers Split Dual Match

Harvard's golf team defeated Columbia yesterday, 5-2, but failed to win two overtime matches against Penn and lost, 5-2. It was the first loss of the season for the Crimson.

At the number two position. Jack Purdy, Penn's Gary Yohe, and Columbia's Bill Fenton went into sudden-death play-offs after being tied at the end of 18 holes. Purdy downed Fenton at the 19th with a birdie but fell to Yohe three holes later by bogeying.

Harvard's Cooch Owen and Penn's Tim Megear kept close to each other through-out their match at number four and were tied after 18 holes. It only took Megear one hole of sudden-death to beat Owen, with a bogey. Owen had disposed of his Columbia opponent on the 16th hole, 4 and 2.

How Can You Laugh?

"We are really down after the match," Captain Yank Heisler said last night, "but it could be a hopeful sign. Two years ago, the Penn match was our first loss and it was by the same score. We went on to win the Easterns, and we are hoping that we can follow in the same footsteps this year."

Heisler, one of the two Crimson golfers who won both his matches, did it by the narrowest of margins. Columbia's Dan Basarich gave him the biggest scare, taking the match all the way to the 18th before losing one-up. Quaker Lee Burke wasn't much easier, falling on the 17th, 2 and 1.

Driving Straight

At number seven Fred Sherman continued to keep his drives straight down the fairway and picked up two more victories, stretching his winning streak to seven. The only undefeated golfer on the team, Sherman has played excellent golf since the Navy match. He posted a 5 and 4 victory over his Penn opponent yesterday, and a 6 and 5 win over Columbia's Richard Gross.

Tim Schaaf, previously undefeated, had his streak rudely broken by both of his opponents. He lost to Penn's Ned Lord, 6 and 4, and to Lion John Dawson, 3 and 2. -M. R. G.