H-Y Racquetmen Win Prentice Cup

A combined Harvard-Yale tennis team successfully defended its Prentice Cup title last weekend by defeating challengers from Oxford and Cambridge universities, 7 matches to 5, at the Sea Bright, N.J., Tennis Club.

Lead by the brilliant play of ex-Harvard captain Brooks Harris who won two singles and two doubles matches, the Americans took a 3-1 lead the opening day and were never headed. Harris downed Graham Daniels of Oxford, 6-3, 7-5, and Dale Junta of Harvard swept past Tony Clayton of Cambridge, 6-2, 6-1.

Sam Schoonmaker of Yale finished the American's scoring for the first day by topping Cambridge's Jeff Robinson, 6-4, 6-0. Ed Meyer of Yale was the only loser for the defenders. He bowed to Jeff Owen of Oxford, 6-4, 6-0.

After the first day's play, officials discovered that the Prentice Cup, which the American's had captured at Wimbleton in 1954, was missing. At first the cup's absence was called a mere misplacement, but as the series progressed alarm increased. At the end of the final day, the cup was still on the missing list, although tournament officials were confident of its return in the very near future.

The absence of this international piece of silverware did not seem to lesson the Americans' force as they held their two match margin over the remaining two days. Harris beat Robinson, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3, and in doubles Harris teamed with Junta to take the fifth American victory of the competition.

Meyer, however, dropped his singles match with Clayton, 6-3, 6-2, and he and Schoonmaker bowed in doubles to leave the score at 5-3. Yale team.

As of today, however, the Americans had no concrete proof of their accomplishment, as the cup persisted in remaining among the missing.