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...first time in two years, however, newly re-elected captain Charlie Ufford will not play number one against a major opponent. Except for last year's Yale match, which he missed when he caught the measles, Ufford has played test singles in every important contest during his College freshman and varsity career. But last Thursday, the day he was re-elected captain, the lanky junior lost an intra-squad test match to number two man John Rauh, and switch of his almost traditional first singles position with the rising sophomore...
...today's match Ufford will play second, with Art French and Gene Mann at third and fourth as usual. The regular path man, Dave Watts, may not go on the trip so the rest of the team will move up a number. Don Bossart, Gerry Murphy, Bill Goodman. Steve Sonnabend, Terry king, and possibly Herb Stoue form the rest of the 10-singles in the lineup. Triple better winners Goodman and Murphy will both be playing their last matches for the Crimson...
...besides these rookies, who will be with the team for two more years, Barnaby also had a fine group of yearlings who will form the nucleus of next year's squad. Ufford, who has played numer one for the past two years, and Art French and Dave Watts will all return in 1953. French played three this year, while Watts alternated at four and five...
...sophomores especially came along faster than Barnaby expected. Johnny Rauh, who almost beat Captain Ufford in a test match earlier this spring, played second singles and third doubles most of the time, and lost only three matches in both positions. His doubles partner, Don Bossart, did even better playing sixth singles; Bossart lost only one doubles and one singles match all year, both to tennis-loaded Princeton. Barnaby now knows how swimming coach Hal Ulen feels about always being bridesmaid to the best team in the East...
Seniors Gerry Murphy and Bill Goodman, both three-time letter winners after this season, also helped the squad. Goodman for the second straight year teamed with a team captain at first doubles, this time helping to steady Ufford...