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Bowing to M.I.T., 5 to 0, the Crimson squash team was defeated in its first meet of the season here Wednesday. Plimpton, number one man for Harvard, lost to Sonnabend of Tech. The next two contests in order saw Pierce and Hewson of the visitors emerge victors over Knowles and Conlon. In the final pair of matches, Scherer defeated Frothingham and Rend beat Femberg. In a later meeting, the Harvard Whites triumphed over the Harvard Reds...
...GEORGE PLIMPTON c/o Postmaster San Francisco...
...made special contributions. The first skate that could be steered was invented by Yankee machinist James Leonard Plimpton in 1863. It consisted of two pairs of wheels which turned inward or outward as the skater shifted his weight. Modern skates still use this principle. Jackson Haines, father of figure skating on ice, mastered the pre-Plimpton rollers and toured Europe...
...Plimpton's Passion. Plimpton built a $100,000 rink in New York City and introduced his sport to Newport, where polo on roller skates became a fashion. England also rolled passionately on Plimpton's invention. By 1876, Brighton had six rinks. Members of Parliament skated daily at Prince's Club...
...secretary, and track captain-elect Don MacKinnon as treasurer. These two men were named to the Executive Board at the annual blections, to serve with George Owen '23, former Boston Bruins captain and nine-letter man at Harvard, Edgar N. Wrightington '97, ox-football captain, and Dean George F. Plimpton...