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Squash is known as a college man's game. The Crimson's Charlie Ufford is tops in intercollegiate squash, but at the national individual championships at Buffalo this weekend he will be a decided underdog, chiefly because of an air force cadet who never went to college...
...Harry Conlon, 20-year-old defending national champion. Ufford has never beaten him. Very few people have. Two weeks ago Conlon won an informal match with the Crimson number one man, 3 to 2, at Hemenway...
...Ufford, ranked sixth nationally, will be an underdog to several others at Buffalo, notably French-born Henry Salaun, former Wesleyan star and now first-ranked player in New England. Nevertheless, he is in the running and could return Monday as the new national champion...
...Crimson entry in the five-man team championships, however, has practically no chance. It will be the only college team competing. The others will be club teams from various cities. Ufford will not be on the team, since he is playing for the individual championship. Bill Wister, who would have played fourth, is sick and cannot make the trip...
With this last score he was within one point of leading Ufford in games 2 to 0, but he tightened up--as everyone does who gets a lead on Ufford--made a double fault, and lost the game 17-14. Ufford took the next two games 15-13, 15-11, to win the match...