Strong Williams Team Will Test Racquetmen

Loaded with talent at the top of the ladder, Williams' varsity squash team will probably be the first team this season to win a point against the Crimson. But Harvard's depth should provide a winning margin against the Ephmen at 2 p.m. Saturday on the Hemenway Courts.

In the University Club Tournament held in New York over the Christmas recess, Williams was the only team to place three individuals in the quarterfinal round.

Junior Ty Griffin defeated one of the top collegiate players in the country, Princeton's Sandy McAdoo, in three straight games. Senior co-captain Mike Taylor, who plays at number three on the Williams ladder, beat Harvard's number two, Dave Fish, to reach the quarterfinals.

As a team, however, Williams does not have an impressive record. The Ephmen have played only two matches, both on December 5. In the afternoon Williams beat Dartmouth, 6-3, but in the evening it fell to visiting Navy, 6-3. Harvard defeated Navy last Saturday, 9-0, on the Middies' courts.

Williams' academic schedule may hurt the Ephmen's performance Saturday. After the Navy match, the team disbanded for exams and is presently in the middle of an Intensive Studies Program. One member of the team, number seven John Serals, will not play because he is involved in an off-campus project.

Williams must at least win at four of the top five positions in order to upset the Crimson. Coach Sean Sloane sometimes drops Griffin to number two if he thinks the opposition's number one man is too good, but Saturday he will be counting on Griffin at one, co-captain Dave Johnson at two, and Taylor at three.

'Bluster'

Considering Harvard's depth, the key matches should be at four and five. At four Crimson captain Ed Atwood will meet junior Chris Werner, "a bluster" according to Sloane, and at five Alain Quasha will face the Ephmen's top sophomore, Bill Simon.