Word: racquet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sagging attendance and mounting deficits in both leagues, National League club owners deputized thick-set League Commissioner Bert Bell to deal secretly with Manhattan Attorney J. Arthur Friedlund, the chosen negotiator of the All-America Conference. In two days & nights of almost continuous bargaining in Philadelphia's Racquet Club, the two men reached agreement...
...years ago a man walked into Hemenway armed only with a squash racquet. His knowledge of squash technique amounted to roughly the idea that a racquet, a little black ball, and four walls could make a varsity squash player. Of course a few basic things were missing in his concept. It wasn't until after he had spoken to Coach Barnaby that he became fired with a desire to play the game, and a willingness to go through long hours of practice. Tomorrow this man will be in the starting lineup when the team journeys to Hanover to play Dartmouth...
...Tennis and Racquet Club...
Pratt worked his way up to a varsity racquet in fall tennis, and proved himself in the inconclusive Williams match which was shut-out by darkness at 4 to 3 for Williams. He took five games straight in the third set of his singles flurry, losing only one point during the stint, to twist a 5 to 2 lead against him into a victory and thus force the match to a draw...
Easy Crown. Phipps had been practicing hard for this match. Though a member of the Racquet Club himself, Phipps couldn't very well enlist the services of Pierre, the club pro. But he had hired Bill ("Blondy") Standing, who was John Hay Whitney's private pro, and practiced on Whitney's private court (which cost $250,000 to build) at Roslyn...