Word: championships
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...state amateur tournament when his speed and constant playing to his opponent's backhand gained him a victory in three straight sets over M. P. Baker '25 of the B. A. A. holder of the national amateur crown for the year 1926-27. Pool was beaten in the National Championship Tournament in Philadelphia, February 12 by the present champion, H. N. Rawlins '27. The experience and coolness of Rawlins was put to test in five gruelling matches before he overcame the Harvard captain...
Showing the same coolness which has always characterized his game, H. N. Rawlins '27 of New York, gained the National Squash Racquets Singles Championship from M. P. Baker '25, of Boston, on the courts of the Pennsylvania Athletic Club, Philadelphia, yesterday afternoon, in three straight games, 15-12, 15-13, 16-15. Both finalists were captains of the University squash teams in their Senior years. As the score indicates, the match was close, but Rawlins always had the edge...
...York City won the national team championship from Boston, 4 to 2. This was the first time in the past few years that the University team has not captured this event...
...national title-holder, who also won the metropolitan squash racquets championship at the University Club, New York, during the week of January 16, was able to triumph over Baker because of his perfect footwork and his skillful anticipation of his opponent's shots. Rawlins had complete control over his racquet...
...closest matches which the National Squash Racquets Singles Championship tournament, now in progress at Philadelphia, has yet produced, J.F. Pool '28, captain of the University squash team, yesterday bowed to the greater experience and steadiness of H.N. Rawlins '27, leader of last year's championship aggregation. The score of the match, which went to five games before a decision was reached, is an indication of how closely each point was contested. It is as follows: 13-15, 18-15, 6-15, 16-14, 15-7. The triumph places Rawlins in the final round of the tournament. The victor...