Linksters Defeat Amherst and Fall to Jumbos On Stowe's Bare Greens and Windy Fairways

The Crimson linksters fell victim to high winds and perfidious greens yesterday at Stowe, Mass., finishing second to Tufts by one stroke in a three-way match. Amherst College wound up third.

Low man for Harvard over the relatively short Stowe Acres layout was Carroll Lowenstein, who carded an 80. His teammates trailed closely as Glenn Alexander and George Arnold required 81 blows and John Thompson came in with an 82.

Arnold attributed the absence of a sub-80 round by the Crimson to the winter conditions on the course as most of the linksters fell victim to three putt greens on five or six occasions. "The greens were unbelievable," he said last night. "It was like putting on a linoleum floor in your kitchen and trying to aim for your dish-washer."

Winter conditions had also dictated moving up the tee markers to shorten the course. ("You could have thrown it around," Arnold remarked.) But the layout is also wide open, which allowed the wind to wreak havoc on the dimpled spheroid.

Considering these conditions, Arnold found hope in the linksters' performance. "We would have been fine if we could have made some putts, but with those greens, it was impossible."