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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...review of the squash team records for the past four years shows four State and three National Championships to the racquetmen's credit, with only one defeat. This was administered by the British team and was not a scheduled match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOUR TOURNAMENTS TO CLOSE SQUASH SEASON | 3/1/1927 | See Source »

...explained that he was sorry, had not been addressing Cruickshank. But Cruickshank, unnerved, distracted, missed his first putt for a win, his second putt for a tie, received some sympathy, less money. In golfing circles dour looks still greet mention of a "Mehlhorn." Last week in Atlanta, Ga., a match was played in the course of which golf-etiquette was hilariously, enjoyably violated. Twenty-one ladies foregathered, chose up sides. Each lady was then allotted one club, shape and style determined by drawing slips of paper from a hat. The teams crowded around the first tee as their rival captains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Mehlhorn | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

...play was fast in every match and the decision still stood in the balance, with two games to the credit of each side until G.S. Incledon-Webber, number four on the English squad, defeated E.D. Pratt '27 in three straight matches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISHMEN DOWN CRIMSON IN CLOSE RACQUET CONTEST | 2/25/1927 | See Source »

...feature match of the meet was probably that between Colonel W.F. Bassett and H.B. Jackson '27, which Jackson won by scores of 17 to 14, 9 to 15, 11 to 15, 15 to 11 and 15 to 12. Colonel Bassettt, who is a middle aged man, played his shots with a deadly accuracy which very nearly resulted in overcoming Jackson's greater agility. On two different occasions they staged unusually long sessions of volleying and the match was full of thrills from start to finish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISHMEN DOWN CRIMSON IN CLOSE RACQUET CONTEST | 2/25/1927 | See Source »

...Pool '28, the second of the two University players who emerged from the fray victorious, defeated P. de L. Casanove by scores of 15 to 12, 16 to 18, 15 to 7, 13 to 15 and 15 to 11. This match was as full of tense moments as the Bassett Jackson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISHMEN DOWN CRIMSON IN CLOSE RACQUET CONTEST | 2/25/1927 | See Source »

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