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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seeded Ben Heckscher will meet third-ranked Jim Bacon in the finals of the University Squash Tournament today at 4 p.m. Heckscher, the defending champion, is favored to defeat Bacon, but squash coach Jack Barnaby, who had Bacon as captain of the 1952 squad, predicted he would make an excellent showing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heckscher Will Face Bacon in Squash Finals | 3/17/1956 | See Source »

...winner of the match today will be the undisputed ladies champion. Tenley took the Olympics Feb. 2, in Cortina, Italy, but Miss Heiss came back 16 days later to win the world championship in Garmisch, Germany...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tenley Takes Lead In Skating Tourney | 3/16/1956 | See Source »

...familiar form -severe cut shots, accurate backhand, unbeatable railroad and sidewall services -at Manhattan's Racquet and Tennis Club to overpower Robert Grant III and win the amateur court tennis championship of the U.S. for the eighth time. Only man to hold the title longer: Financier Jay Gould, champion from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Mar. 12, 1956 | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

...record $123 million). The elder Calder, 70, stays on as chairman of the board. After graduating from Dartmouth and Harvard Business School, young Calder started as a sales trainee in 1940, was made a director in 1948 and executive vice president in 1952. Like his father, he is a champion golfer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, Mar. 12, 1956 | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

Thomas entered the final pool with the other five top sabre fencers to compile a 1-4 record, beating Eliot Mills of C.C.N.Y. When he lost to the champion, Martin Wertlieb 5 to 4 he was the closest man to beating Wertleib in the final pool...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Team Wins Intercollegiates | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

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