Netmen Face Dartmouth Today In Key Eastern League Match

The men's tennis team will seek its seventh straight victory, and its fourth straight in Eastern League play, when the Crimson hosts a highly respected Dartmouth squad at 2 p.m. today.

Harvard would rate as a slight favorite in the contest, but for one thing--captain and number one singles player Todd Lundy will sit out today and perhaps until the May 3 Yale match, with a mysterious muscle injury along his ribcage. The whole Crimson lineup will shift, with Don Pompan playing one and Bob Horne taking over at six.

Andy Chaikovsky defeated Scott Walker in a challenge match yesterday, so "Chaik" will wheel and deal at second singles while Walker plays at three.

All-Ivy sophomore John Steel leads Dartmouth, which has compiled a 6-1 record (2-1 league) so far this campaign. The Green netmen have duplicated Harvard's 6-3 wins over Navy, Williams and Penn. Dartmouth's lone loss came at the hands of Columbia, a team Harvard handled by--you guessed it--6-3.

If the Crimson emerges victorious from the toss-up match, the win will put Harvard into a tie with Princeton for first place in the Eastern League, at 4-0. Yale holds down third place in the standings with a 6-1 mark, followed by Dartmouth and Columbia (5-2).

The match will take place either outdoors or indoors on Palmer Dixon's slick courts, depending on the weather and Dartmouth coach John Kenfield's preference.