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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...
Sprig of a patrician Boston family whose wealth came from shipping and New England real estate, Eleonora Sears is a great-great-granddaughter of Thomas Jef ferson. Her mother's father was Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, onetime (1892-93) Minister to France. Her father graduated from Harvard in 1875, is currently celebrated in Boston for his habit of taking a long constitutional around Back Bay every day, rain or shine. Frederick Richard Sears's daughter was a late-flowering hyacinth. Her appearance on a polo pony in men's riding breeches caused Boston women's clubs...
After the War Eleonora Sears discovered the pleasures of walking. She hiked from Boston to Providence. R. I. five times. Her best time over this 47-mile route was 9 hr. 53 min. In June 1934 she did it in 10 hr. 25 min. When asked whether she had been trying for a record, she replied: "It would be ridiculous to try for a speed record at this time of year, when it is so warm and muggy. I was just walking for the exercise." From Newport to Boston (73 mi.) her best time was 17 hours...
Squash racquets attracted Eleonora Sears's attention in 1918. Some male player brashly asked if she had ever tried her hand at the game. "No," she said, "but I could." She challenged the ablest male player in Rye, N. Y., won the match. After that, she pioneered by playing squash racquets on the courts of men's clubs in Boston. When a women's championship was finally arranged in 1928, she won it. Since then, she has remained one of the ablest players in the country...
...Eleonora Sears was chosen by Tennist May Sutton as the most attractive and best dressed woman in the U. S. Just before she sailed for England last month, she was guest of honor at a Boston banquet, hailed as U. S. Sportswoman No. 1. Currently Sportswoman Sears is interested in squash racquets, walking, tennis and riding, though she no longer rides in steeplechases on her favorite horse Barney...