Bruins Surprise Golf Team, 5-2; Crimson Newcomer Pulls Upset

Trouble found the golf team yesterday. In a wild match at Myopia Hunt Club, Brown clobbered the Crimson, 5-2, and Harvard is still trying to figure out how it all happened.

As if getting clobbered by the weakling Bruins was not bad enough, everything else that happened in the match happened backwards.

The Bruins' number six and seven men--the lowest ranked members of the team -- carded the best scores shot all year against Harvard.

Brown's number six golfer was two under par in bombing Jim Torhorst, 8 up with 7 holes to play. Torhorst, who had just rejoined the team after being bounced last week, had a rude re-entry.

Kidder Beaten at Seven

Their number seven man for Brown played even par for the twelve holes he needed to close out Bob Kidder, 6 and 5. Again, it was quite a shock for Kidder, who had just won two straight matches after dropping eight in a row. Kidder's opponent took only ten putts on the front nine.

Wayne Thornbrough, who played the first nine in commendable fashion, got ambushed on the back when his opponent burned out three birdies to win, 3 and 2.

But Harvard pulled a surprise of its own. Brian McGuinn, who usually plays number one, missed the match because of a back operation. To replace him. Coach Cooney Weiland offered Bill Coleman as a sacrificial lamb.

Coleman, a senior, just joined the team two weeks ago and had played in only one match before yesterday. He is seventh on the ladder.

Coleman Wins Easily

But Coleman pulled the Crimson shocker of the season by firing a 76 to smash his Brown opponent, 3 and 1.

Steve Bergman, playing fourth for the Crimson, won Harvard's only other point. Two holes up with two to play, he lost the 17th, and went to the last hole needing only a tie to win his match. With his opponent breathing down his neck. Bergman smacked a 7-iron four feet from the stick and snatched a two-up victory.

Mike Millis, Harvard's scrappy captain, came to the last hole in his contest all even. But he took three strokes to get down from the edge of the green, bogeyed the hole, and lost, 1 down.