Crimson Golf Team Will Face Brown; Linkmen Seeking Sixth Win in a Row

The Crimson golf team, basking in the accolades that come with five consecutive victories, a Greater Boston tournament win, and a very successful season, has the chance to take its sixth in a row today in a match with Brown at the Country Club of Rhode Island.

Harvard beat the Bruins easily last month in a match played in Florida without the services of Crimson number two man Quinn Smith, and if the Crimson plays as well as it has shown it can, the match today should be no problem.

"They've got one good man," Crimson number-five man Tom Yellin said, "and there are a couple other pretty good ones. They aren't as tough as last year." The Bruins took second place in the Ivies last year.

"This match is important to us," Yellin said, "because of a kind of personal rivalry. We know their players well and they know us, and since we've done so well, they're out to beat us."

Coach Bob Harrison said that today's match with Brown and tomorrow's with Holy Cross are warm-ups for this weekend's Eastern Intercollegiate Golf Association championship. "We did real well last Fall in the fall EIGAs, placing second, and we have a good chance at it this weekend," he said. The winner of the tournament medal race is named an All-American, and the top two teams are sent to the NCAA national tournament.

Top Spots

Holding down the current top six spots for Harvard are Steve McConnel at number one, Smith at two and Art Burke at three. Captain Ed Burke is now at the four spot and Yellin is at five.

"Everyone is shooting after us now in the league," Yellin said. "We are the team to beat, but no one is going to do it."