Word: racquet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Never to be caught napping in the racquet game, 67a Mt. Auburn now sports the latest in stringing machines--a nifty little job which runs on compressed air. "It takes the guess-work out of stringing," explains Everett, "and brings equal pressure all around the racquet head--enabling me to work drunk or sober...
...three leagues, into each of which Harvard enters a team. Membership on those five men teams may be varied each week. In the first two matches of the season Harvard's "A" squad was downed by the Harvard Club of Boston, 3 to 2, and by the Tennyson Racquet Club...
...Francisco policeman, "baseball is no game for a girl. Look at Helen Wills and Helen Jacobs. Why not lead the swell life they do-go round the world in style and just play a few tennis matches every day." Brother Dan bought his kid sister a racquet, shoved her off to Golden Gate Park's public courts...
...North Conway, N. H., up-&-coming Frank Kovacs of Oakland, Calif, trounced Chicago's 19-year-old Seymour Greenberg, public parks champion, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6, to win the second annual Eastern Slope Gold Racquet tournament...
...early July tournaments such as these caused only a raised eyebrow among U. S. tennis fans. Last week, however, with America's top-notch amateurs competing at home instead of at Wimbledon, the tennis world watched with interest. Most eyes were on North Conway. For the Gold Racquet tournament-inaugurated last year by Manhattan Banker Harvey D. Gibson to publicize his native village as a summer as well as a winter resort-has already become an important event on the U. S. tennis calendar. On display at North Conway was 20-year-old Frank Kovacs...