Word: clay
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They desperately need someone to take care of these courts," a diehard racqueteer lamented during her wait yesterday. "The clay courts are all dug up and the asphalt needs complete resurfacing...
With the advent of warm weather and the ensuing move to the outdoor courts, the situation does not improve. Nearly a third of the courts--the more closely cared-for clay courts--are usually held in reserve for the Harvard-Radcliffe teams...
...Ocean Boulevard. Seconds ahead of a pack that includes the cars of Mario Andretti and Austria's Niki Lauda, the Ferrari roars down the main thoroughfare past three porno theaters, two derelict hotels and assorted pawnshops. It will be a long afternoon for 36-year-old Swiss Racer Clay Regazzoni. Another hairpin right will bring him back to the sea, and the hulking stern of the Queen Mary and a dozen festively camouflaged oil derricks...
Dave Fish, assistant tennis coach, said that Columbia had a definite home court advantage. "We usually play on hard-court," Fish said, "and the Columbia team was accustomed to the clay surface...
Junior Dan Waldman said that not only did Columbia's clay courts work to Harvard's disadvantage, but the entire tennis complex, called the Bubble, was "very slippery, made weird noises, and the players didn't have much room...