Golfers Crush Princeton, Close Year With 8-7 Mark

In a complete reversal of the Yale match last week, Harvard golfers won two matches on the 18th hole and one on the 19th to wallop powerful Princeton, 5-2, and finish up with a winning season at 8-7.

After three straight losses, the Crimson surprised everyone by clouting Dartmouth and Princeton in the last two matches of the year. In both the contents the fine back nine play of captain Mike Millis and number four man John Hawkins stood out.

Yesterday Millis was even with his Tiger opponent after 16 holes. But the sure putting Harvard senior won 17 and 18 to cop a 2 up victory and complete a clean sweep of his Yale, Dartmouth, and Princeton opponents.

John Hawkins, whose 72 turned the tide against Dartmouth Tuesday, pulled off another fabulous finish. Tied with his Princeton foe with one hole to play, Hawkins curled in a birdie putt at 18 to win, 1 up.

Princeton is no pushover. Going into yesterday's match the Tigers sported a 9-2 record with losses only to Penn and Yale. And Yale, undefeated this year, barely squeaked by them, 4-3.

Princeton also boasts Charlie McDowell, a former National Junior Amateur Champion. McDowell played even par on the front nine against Harvard's number one man Brian McGuinn, then coasted home to win, 4 and 3.

McGuinn has faced three of the top golfers in the East in his last three matches. And, although he has made good showings, the competition has been a little too much. But McGuinn still has, a year to go, and Coach Cooney Weiland is counting on him heavily in 1967.

Weiland will also be relying on another junior, Bob Sinclair, who moved up from the number nine spot in the beginning of the year to win a permanent berth on the team. Sinclair, a lanky, tousie-haired deadly putter, was the Crimson's only loser besides McGuinn yesterday. He fell to Princeton's sixth man, 3 and 2, but still finished the season with as even 5-5 record.

Coleman Surprises

Weiland's other pleasant surprise this season was Bill Coleman, a powerful senior who joined the team at mid-season. Coleman was only one over par yesterday in dispatching the Tigers' number two man on the 14th hole.

Steve Bergman nearly blew an easy victory. Two holes up with two to play, Bergman needed only to tie 17 to 18 to win his match But he lost both holes to send the contest into overtime. Bergman bore down on the 19th, and his par won the match.

Wayne Thornbrough, playing in seventh position, smashed his Tiger opponent to finish the season with the team's best record, 8-5.