Word: badminton
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bird was bouncing swiftly from bat to bat in the Bucharest Badminton Club one day last week when sad news suddenly spread through the galleries: James Walker Brown had been ordered home. Former Queen Elisabeth of Greece and her friend the Princess of Hohenlohe heard it in the royal...
...cried her ex-Majesty, "he simply musn't go! We simply can't get along without our Badminton Club...
...benefit of those interested in, or ignorant of, the finer points of badminton, an exhibition match will be held in the Freshman Gymnasium this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The players are to be J. A. Dover and J. R. Keefe, two instructors from the Badminton Health Club of Boston, an organization which has materially furthered the progress of the game at Harvard, both by lending the University two complete badminton sets, and by actively cooperating with N. W. Fradd, physical director of the New Indoor Athletic Building, in his endeavors to introduce badminton to students...
...announced yesterday by N. W. Fradd, Instructor in Corrective Athletics, that two temporary Badminton courts had been laid out in the Freshman Athletic Building. These courts may be used by any member of the University, and rackets, birds, and nets may be had by applying to the janitor. Badminton, which is played by thousands of people in England and Canada, is an innovation at Harvard. It is hoped that experienced players will come out for the sport, and that any inexperienced men interested will learn the game. Ample instruction will be provided. If the experiment is successful and interest warrants...
...Badminton was first introduced in the United States in 1878. The game consists of driving a specially made shuttle over a light net five feet high with a finely made long-handled racket, and can be played by either two or four people. At present the Badminton Club and the University Club are the only two groups providing Badminton facilities in Boston...