Harvard's tennis team grabbed a share of the Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis League Championship yesterday by massacring a respectable Dartmouth squad, 8-1.

The win propelled the Crimson netmen into a first place tie with Penn for the conference crown. Both teams have completed the league play with 8-1 records. Only Princeton, which closes out its season against Navy this Saturday still has a chance to tie the leaders.

In downing Dartmouth, Harvard lost only the number four singles match where senior Kent Parrot fell 9-7, 6-2.

John Levin, who recently captured the New England Singles Championship, breezed to an easy 6-3, 6-4 win in singles. He teamed with Rocky Jarvis to score a 12-9 triumph at number one doubles.

"The Rock" Strokes Again

Playing number two singles, Jarvis stroked to a 8-6, 6-3 victory. "The Rock" performed consistently all year, losing only two regular season singles matches.

Harvard captain Jose Gonzales closed out his brilliant collegiate career smashing his Dartmouth singles opponent 6-2, 6-1 and then returned with Parrot to capture the second doubles match, 6-2.

Both Gonzales and Parrot starred in two sports at Harvard. Gonzales has been one of the top three Crimson squash players for the past three seasons. Parrot finished his varsity hockey career this winter as the third highest scorer in Harvard history with 107 points.

In other action against Dartmouth, Terry Oxford rallied at number five singles to win 5-7, 6-0, 6-4.

Sophomore Larry Terrell hung on to edge Dartmouth's number six player 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. Terrell and Rick Sterne combined to win the third doubles match, 12-8.

Harvard's championship finish surprised a lot of people, including varsity coach Jack Barnaby. Before the season, Barnaby had rated his teams prospects as "unpredictable."