Poloists Surprise Field; Finish 2nd in Invitational

Last Saturday night the water polo team got drunk and swam up and down the Charles River. While the group played leap frog on the Wecks and Lars Anderson Bridges, somewhere its competition in the second Boston invitational championship was fast asleep.

However, it is, uncertain if these odd training procedures had any effect on the team's surprising performance in Sunday morning's finals. The Crimson reached the semifinals when Michigan State failed to show up for the tournament and the Northern Virginia Aquatic Club dropped an 18-6 decision to Harvard in the second round.

Three weeks earlier, in New York, Harvard beat the Aquatie Club by only three goals. When questioned about the amazing turnabout in the squad's play, sophomore captain Mike Graff explained, "We played a lot better and they were a little weaker."

Graff was asked to elaborate. "Well, the real reason concerns the improvement of goalie Peper Kertes," Graff said. "He was a real sieve in New York."

In the semifinals, the Crimson clipped the Lower Moreland Athletic Club of Philadelphia, 12-9. "That game Sunday morning was our best played game of the year," Graff said.

Sunday afternoon, the Crimson lost in the finals, 16-6. to the New York Athletic Club. The NYAC is without a doubt the premier team in the east. Featuring many members of various European national teams, the NYAC had beaten every squad in the tournament by at least 15 goals.

After falling behind, 10-2, in the first half, the Crimson played its opponents even for the rest of the game. "Even though we lost, all the guys from New York kept saying we were ten times better than three weeks ago." Graff said.