Tennis Team Eyes Title After Topping Yale

Harvard's netmen dumped Yale 6-3, yesterday, virtually clinching a share of the Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Association Championship.

The Crimson players need one last victory against Dartmouth to move into a first-place tie with Penn. Penn has already finished the season with an 8-1 mark. If Princeton conquers its final two opponents, it will also grab a share of the championship.

Coach Jack Barnaby confidently predicted that his team will top Dartmouth. "The boys are hungry for that title; we won't boot it now," Barnaby said after the win over Yale.

Junior John Levin, regaining his championship form after six consecutive singles defeats, grabbed two impressive wins to spark the Crimson triumph. After crushing Yale captain Bob McCallum 6-2, 6-3 in singles, Levin joined Rocky Jarvis to stifle the Bulldogs' top doubles combination 7-5, 6-3.

Levin and Jarvis trailed 5-4 in the opening set and needed two consecutive service breaks to pull it out of the fire. They captured the second set in routine fashion.

John Anderson, a fired-up Eli sophomore, handed Jarvis his second singles defeat of the year, 6-4, 7-5. "The Rock" never really found his game and committed several critical fluffs to seal his own doom.

Yale also grabbed the number three singles as Bob Haar outlasted Jose Gonzales 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Gonzales started strong but tired noticeably in the later stages of the match.

Blaze of Glory

Kent Parrot played the best tennis of his career as he stopped previously undefeated Peter Heydemenn 6-4, 6-4. Parrot left the court in a blaze of glory matching that of his renowned hockey heroics.

Gonzales and Parrot teamed up to score a quick 6-3, 6-4 victory at number two doubles.

Terry Oxford climaxed his undefeated season with an exhausting 8-6, 2-6, 6-2 win over Yale's Bill Keeton at the number five spot. It was typical Oxford triumph, as the Harvard junior wore his opponent down and then smashed him in the third set.

'Wicked Wick'

Sophomore Larry Terrell played brilliantly to overcome "Wicked Wick" Chambers 9-7, 7-5 at number six. Terrell and Rick Sterne then lost the third doubles match 7-5, 6-3.

In action further down the ladder, Bo Jones and Clark Kawakami stroked past their Yale opponents in singles. Ted Wheeler and Steve Whitman triumphed in a doubles contest.