Word: crickets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cricket and Rugby. Europeans founded black African colleges on the premise that natives ought to be first Westernized, then educated. Despite the fact that political leaders fulminate against the West and neocolonialism, the universities' goal remains the same. In Uganda (pop. 6,845,000), where per capita income is $8 a year, students at Makerere University College attend Oxford-style "Old Boy" dances, eat in for mal dining halls, and join in such rousing un-African activities as squash, cricket and rugby. Nowhere on the campus is there evidence of Africa's rich musical, artistic and folk heritage...
...Henley has been in the back of our minds all year," said Sullivan. "It's quite something to see. As a social event it is comparable to Ascot or a cricket Test Match at Lord...
Nayar's interest in squash began when he and some friends got together to play afternoons after school. "The Cricket Club of India was just next door to our house in Bombay," he said, and he practiced on its squash courts for two years without instruction...
...second periods and came out looking like a different team. But Harvard scored once again at 5:07 on a freak play when George McManama dumped the puck into the Yale end from well behind the blue line. Holahan reached down for the skittering puck, which took a cricket-hop over his glove and into...
...green, yellow, blue and red shirts, some with socks to match. "Color is good and correct for tennis," insists Dixon. "In fact, today white looks washed out and bush league." Surprisingly, the argument is gaining support, even in traditional circles. Says Walter Elcock, president of Brookline's Longwood Cricket Club, where players have worn only whites since 1877: "So many changes are being made in tennis, I can't see that a few more will hurt the game. I might even try a colored outfit myself...