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Rosslyn A. "Sonny" Lyell '41 of Severna Park, Md. and Leverett House, was elected captain of the Varsity tennis team for next year at a meeting yesterday afternoon. He succeeds David S. Burt '40 of Old Lime, Conn. and Eliot House...
...Barnabymen forced five out of the six singles bonts into extra sets but were unable to win any of them. Langdon Gilkey fell before Mac Stephens 6-1, 2-6, 6-4; Dave Burt bowed to Sewall Cutler, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; Johnny Palfrey lost to Bill Thorn, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Harris Westhelmer was outlasted by Bob Freedman, 10-8, 5-7, 6-1; Chet Legg was disposed of by Steckler of Yale, 6-2, 6-4; and Jack Stewart lost to Wheeler...
...Burt and Gilkey were defeated by Stephens and Rutledge in the first doubles engagement, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; and Homer Peabody and Sonny Lyell lost to the Eli combine of Thorn and Kelly, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. Corey Wynn and Orme Wilson gave Harvard its only point in the number three doubles match by beating Ehrman and Blair...
Captain Dave Burt, Langdon Gilkey, Johnny Palfrey, Chet Legg, and Jack Stewart, all of whom will be playing their last match, will undoubtly bear most of the singles burden for the Crimson...
...Crimson courtmen suffered three setbacks in the doubles matches. The Palfrey-Stewart duo went down to defeat in three hard fought sets 7-5, 8-6, 6-4. Homer Peabody and Johnny Lyell were beaten 7-5, 6-2, while Dave Burt and Orme Wilson also lasted three sets only to lose...