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Alfred Rehder, Curator of the Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum, has been awarded the Loder Rhododendron Cup for 1936 by the Royal Horticultural Society of London. This cup has been awarded annually since 1921, but only three times has it gone outside of England...
What the Curtis Cup is to women golfers, the Wolfe-Noel Cup is to women squash racqueters: a prize for a U. S. v. England team match, played alternately in England and the U. S. British squash racquets differ considerably from squash racquets in the U. S. The court is wider, the ball slower. Games are nine points instead of 15. Consequently the U. S. team which won the cup last year in Boston was at a considerable disadvantage defending it last week in London. However, not even onlookers who had seen members of the U. S. side being beaten...
When England won the Wolfe-Noel Cup it doubtless disappointed the young ladies whom they defeated. It could scarcely have discouraged the non-playing captain of the U. S. team, Eleonora ("Eleo") Sears of Boston. For a full generation she has been the spectacular epitome of an aristocratic U. S. sports woman. For Eleonora Sears, at 52, a trip to England as captain of a squash team, some of whose members were young enough to be her daughters, is no more than an incident in a sporting career which, since it became altogether legendary years ago, can only be viewed...
...final of an important tournament was alleviated by something else which happened last week. With the seven other U. S. women golfers who have performed most ably through the past year, she was named by the U. S. Golf Association to play in England next May in the Curtis Cup matches, major team event of women's golf. Critics hoped her opponent on England's team would be "Pam" Barton, who is one year older than Patty, more redheaded, almost as freckled...
...afternoon attention was focused on the slalom race held at Peckett's on Sugar Hill in Franconia. As the results of this are not yet compiled nothing definite is known of the Crimson's final standing in the competition for the Challenge Cup...