Word: racquet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, February 6-Having successfully concluded the first stop of its weekend squash tour with a 7 to 2 triumph over Wesleyan this afternoon, the Varsity racquet team goes to West Point tomorrow for its part in the Crimson-Army sportsfest...
...weekend matches, the racquet squad will be out to protect its undefeated record, which already includes victories over Dartmouth, McGill, and Toronto. Crimson players on the trip are Adam Foster, Bill Wightman, George Stevens, Lane McGovern, and Jim McKittrick...
Virtually the least-heralded of all Crimson cold weather teams, Jack Barnaby's squashmen have claimed nothing this winter but have delivered everything in the way of intercollegiate success. With but three more matches to hurdle before the close of the '47-'48 season, the Crimson racquet squad could easily wind up with one of their most impressive campaigns to date. Wins have already been garnered over Dartmouth and Williams, but the real surprise came when the team returned from its recent invasion of Canada with ringing triumphs over McGill and Toronto, teams featuring some of the hottest squash players...
...Varsity may enter the national championships in Boston at the end of February. Most important, however, are the intercollegiate singles championships at the start of March. The Crimson will probably enter its top trio in this competition which will bring together over 20 of the East's top racquet-swishing colleges...
After vacation, the racquet swingers meet their first real tests, however, for the Blue from New Haven has a team that looks stronger than the Crimson...