Tennis Squad Favored Over Big Red

The Harvard racquetmen carry their perfect Ivy League record to Cornell today against a good squad that has nothing to lose and everything to gain by an upset victory.

Though the Big Red only squeaked by Yale, 5-4, while the Crimson beat the Elis 7-2, coach Jack Barnaby eyes with respect what he called yesterday a spirited Cornell team.

"Cornell may not be one of the top teams, but they're real fighters," he said. "We'll have to play hard if we're going to beat them today."

John Ingard, who plays third singles, said yesterday that though the team is confident, it takes Cornell seriously. "They have a couple of good players, and on a good day they could be real tough."

Ellsworth Vines, Eric Shieding and Bill Johnson of the Big Red are all able players and will have the advantage of playing on their own clay courts, Ingard said.

Gary Reiner, Harvard's number one singles players, said yesterday that the long trip to Cornell may adversely affect the Crimson's play.

The Crimson's line-up will be unchanged for the Cornell contest. Gary Reiner, Ken Lindner, John Ingard, Tom Loring, Randy Barnett and Chip Baird will play singles, and Barnett and Loring, Lindner and Gary Rowbotham, and Ingard and Reiner will make up the doubles teams.

The Cornell match will be the last step in the Crimson's march on Columbia, the team to beat in Ivy competition.

Preparation

Ingard said that one of the reasons that the team is so serious about Cornell is because "it will be good preparation for the upcoming match against the Lions."

"The pressure to beat Columbia is already great, and if we lose to Cornell, it would get even worse," Ingard said. "But if we stay cool and win, we'll be in top shape for Columbia."