Jack Barnaby's varsity squash team gained its ninth straight win of the season yesterday by downing a tenacious Williams squad, 8 to 1, at Williamstown.

Despite the apparent one-sidedness of the final score, the unbeaten varsity ran into unexpectedly rugged going against lightly regarded Williams. Every Crimson winner found himself forced to play at least four games; Captain Mike Ward, suffering the only Crimson defeat, dropped all three games to his Purple opponent.

Number one man Larry Brownell topped namesake John Brownell in a five-game match, 15-5, 4-15, 15-8, 14-18, 15-8. Haddon Tomes, off to a slow start against Paul Quinn, rallied to win 6-15, 18-15, 15-12, 15-11. John Rauh, in the number three position, won over George Keasel, 12-15, 14-15, 15-8, 18-15, 17-15.

Other Crimson winners included Bill Wister over Mark Cluett, 15-12, 11-15, 18-16, 17-15; Ed Rose over Ned Heppen-stall, 14-17, 15-11, 15-7, 15-7; and Paul Carrigue over Scott Wood, 16-13, 15-11, 11-15, 15-5. Only loser was Mike Ward, playing fifth, to Allen Fulkerson.

In the second match of the afternoon the Crimson J.V. romped to an 8 to 1 win over Williams.

After thriving on relatively weak intercollegiate opposition for the past two weeks, the varsity faces a more formidable test Saturday afternoon, when it will meet a strong Princeton squad, in Cambridge. The Tigers, who banded Yale a 5 to 4 defeat last Saturday, still retain an outside chance for at least a tie for national honors and can present a strong challenge to Crimson championship hopes.