Racquetmen Rout Army Team, 8-1

The Harvard squash team passed its first crucial test of the year as they crushed a highly-touted Army squad, 8-1, at Hemenway Gymnasium on Saturday.

Only two of the nine matches were closely contested as the Crimson over-whelmed the hard-hitting and well-conditioned Cadets.

Harvard number seven man, Steve Whitman, was the Crimson's weariest victor, as he outsteadied Ron Wilbur of Army in the fifth game, 15-12. Whitman dropped the first game, 18-17, but he came back to win the next two, 15-10 and 15-10.

He had a chance to end it all in the fourth game, but his Army opponent squeaked it out, 16-15.

At number three, Michel Schienmann was not as fortunate. Schienmann rallied back from a 2-1 disadvantage to take the fourth game, 15-12. However, in the fifth game he tried too many precision shots and seemed unwilling to play long points, waiting for an opening.

Extra Points

The game went into extra points, but Schienmann finally lost 18-16 to become the first Harvard man to lose an intercollegiate match this year.

Anil Nayar and Larry Terrell, at one and two respectively, swept past their opponents with ease. Nayar's three wall nicks baffled. Army's number one, George Alcorn, and the score was an embarrassing 15-5, 15-6, 15-9. Terrell's match lasted just 20 minutes as he won 15-4, 15-3, 15-5.

At number four John Ince was forced to play longer points, but he remained in command and went in to win 15-8, 15-10, 15-11. Fernando Gonzales had little trouble in the first two games but had to come from behind in the third game to win, 15-5, 15-7, 18-17.

Peter Abrams, at six, Ed Atwood at eight, and Bruce Wiegand at nine, all handled their Army opponents easily. Abrams dropped the first game but besides that none of the three Army opponents got more than 11 points in a game.

The Crimson's next match is against a weak M.I.T. squad on Tuesday. Army has already defeated the Engineers, 9-0, and, M.I.T. should be little trouble for Harvard.