Eliot House Wins Straus Cup With Victory in Tennis

Eliot House clinched the Straus Trophy yesterday by defeating Kirkland in the playoff tennis match. The Elephants crushed the Deacons 6 to 1 and in so doing picked up the 15 points they needed to put them out of reach of Kirkland the only other contender.

The Deacons who were last in the House competition at the end of the fall season also won House crew this spring and placed second in House track. Before yesterday's playoff, Leverett, Kirkland and Eliot were tied for first in tennis, but the Deacons and Elephants were the only two in contention for the Straus Trophy.

Eliot plays Leverett today for the tennis championship but although the result of this match will change the total scores it will not alter the final standings.

John Carolia Dick Gotshalk Maurie Noble Hadden Tomes, George Baker, Louis Tiger, and Eliot Hawkins were members of the winning tennis team.

Complete and final standings in the Straus Trophy race will be published in next week's CRIMSONS.