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CRIMSON TENNIS TEAM NOSES OUT COLUMBIA

Defeats New Yorkers 5 to 4 on Divinity Courts-Whitbeck and Bowden Stage Spectacular Match

Defeating the strong Columbia outfit by a 5 to 4 score, the University tennis team triumphed over its second New York opponent of the week Saturday on the Divinity Courts. Here as in the N. Y. U. match, the greater than average strength of the players in the last three positions of the line-up was the decisive feature of the contest Saturday when Harvard won all the singles matches except the first alid the third and lost the first two of the doubles.

The most spectacular match of the day was the contest between B. B. Whitbeck '29 and Bowden of Columbia. The visitor triumphed in two hard fought sets by the score of 10-8, 9-7. Captain Whitbeck was the steadier player and had the edge on Bowden in vollying and coming to the net.

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