TENNIS

Whenever Dartmouth's tennis team can come home from its southern trip with a win over Furman, Duke, or North Carolina State, John Kenfield is a happy man.

When his Indians can pack victories over all of them into the same suitcase, well, he's a very happy man.

That was the case in March as Dartmouth's netmen made the most of some Florida sunshine (and the generosity of Justin Stanley '33, father of the Indians' captain) to get in some outdoor practice before the competition began.

By the time the Indians had arrived at Navy at the end of the trip, the record stood at 4-1. In addition to the wins at Duke, Furman, and NC State, Loyola of Baltimore was defeated and the only blemish was a 6-3 loss at George Washington (where all the wins came in doubles play).

The Navy match was vital because it was the Eastern League opener. "I had limited hopes because Navy is good this year," said Kenfield. He was right.

Navy, beaten 5-4 by Dartmouth last year, won 7-2 this time. Three weeks later, when the northern season began with a league match against Columbia, the fact that the Eastern circuit is tough this spring became apparent.

The Lions won, 9-0, at Hanover and, as Kenfield noted, "We should be a pretty good team but there are probably five better teams in the league."

What makes Dartmouth good is a pair of juniors—Lloyd Ucko and Brian Williams. They've held the 1-2 spots in singles thus far and are picking up in doubles where they left off last fall (when they won the EC AC fall tournament doubles title).

This tandem built a 5-1 doubles mark on the southern trip. Ucko, from Packanack Lake, N. J., is probably one of Dartmouth's finest athletes. He could be a regular in the golf lineup if he had chosen that sport over tennis. Kenfield is glad he didn't.

Two seniors—George Jacoby and Captain Justin Stanley—and two sophomores—Bill Kellogg and Bob Vaneround out the singles ladder this spring.

In doubles, Stanley has been rematched with football player Barry Brink (who didn't play on the southern trip) in the second spot while Kellogg and sophomore Mark Harty are the third doubles pair.