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Returning last week to Manhattan from a trip to her native Austria, Harpsichordist Yella Pessl had good news for those music lovers who like to hear 17th and 18th Century works on the instruments for which they were written. On its way from Munich was a fine new harpsichord, made...
Harvard should take the lead in promoting badminton as a collegiate sport, asserted Jack Purcell, world's badminton champion, yesterday.
Purcell, who has been playing for 10 or 11 years, was Canadian champion in 1929-30 and English champion in 1931. Since 1932, when he was declared a professional because of certain newspaper articles, he has never been beaten, having defeated the leading stars in Canada, England, and the United...
"For football players in the summer. I can see no better way of keeping them trim than by playing badminton," Purcell stated. "It is one of the most perfect conditioners available for wind and for legs. I know many professional football and hockey stars who play constantly to Keep in...
Purcell would invite to a game those who scoff at badminton as a "non" sport. "I could have them flat on their backs and gasping for breath in a few minutes," he exclaimed. He feels, however, that this attitude will soon be gone, and the game will be as popular...