Word: plays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Describing an average match, Ned Weld said that "over there they don't play much singles." As a result, the match consists of nine doubles contests, with each team playing each of the opponent's teams. After the first two matches, there is a break for tea, Weld added...
Discussing the general tennis situation in England, Weld said there are very few public courts but many inexpensive country clubs, most of which have only grass courts. It is for this reason that the English play mostly doubles, for with limited court space available at these clubs, it is more practical to have four on a court than two, Weld continued...
...strictly a defensive victory, and as Buffalo coach Dick Offenhamer admitted afterwards, a lucky one at that. Even the winners' lone score of the rainy afternoon came, significantly enough, on a defensive play...
With the Crimson in punt formation on its own ten, Buffalo countered with a special defensive charge play, and a feeble center gave guard Joe O'Grady time to break through and bat down Bruce MacIntyre's punt on the one-yard line. End Nick Bottini quickly hustled the loose ball into the end zone for the game's only touchdown...
...Crimson then rolled to a first down on the ten, but the next two tries gained only two yards. Then came the play that decided the game. Ravenel rolled around to his right with the ball, and end Stu Hershon raced into the end zone, uncovered for several moments. But Ravenel delayed his pass, and then when it seemed he might score on the ground, threw the ball over Hershon's head. The next play was a fruitless screen pass, and the Crimson lost the ball for good...