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...members of the championship University Class B squash team and the captain of the Freshman racquet squad have won their way through the third round of the Massachusetts state individual tournament in the Class B division. E. D. Pratt '27, number five on the Crimson second court team was forced to default yesterday afternoon. The third round must be completed by March 6, it was announced yesterday by the officials of the Harvard Club, under whose auspices the tourney is being held...
...King George of Greece, the Rajah of Pudukkottia, watched the amber glass tilt up and up; the linesmen, the umpires and 4,000 of the smartest women and the richest men in Europe counted her rapid swallows. Nine, ten, eleven. . . The glass was empty. Suzanne Lenglen picked up her racquet, and faced once more the girl in the cotton dress the other side...
...Individual tournament in the class B division, last week without mishap. G. H. Perkins '26, manager of the University squad and number three player on the second team was the first of the Crimson entrees to meet defeat. J. L. Pool '28, number one man on the second Crimson racquet team met with no serious opposition, and H. B. Jackson '27, P. R. Pease '26, and E. D. Pratt '27 experienced no difficulty in surviving the opening rounds. The play is expected to reach the semi-finals by the first of next week...
With the loss of only two matches out of the 20 played in their progress through the tournament, the University Racquet wielders swept aside the opposition on the Racquet Club courts in Washington, D.C. to retain the National Team Championship for another year. After successively defeating Baltimore, Chicago, and Boston last Saturday and Sunday the Crimson squad downed the Philadelphia court team in the final match yesterday by a 4 to 1 score. After the match the team elected Herbert Noel Rawlins '27 of New York City, College title holder, who performed brilliantly throughout the championship play, as captain...
...Crimson racquet men had little difficulty in dropping Baltimore and Chicago on the opening day of the tournament but lost one game to both Boston and Philadelphia on the following days. Bray of the Newton Center squad, playing for Boston, was the first to break the string of Crimson victories with a win over L.S. Haskins '26 last Sunday. In the final match Keele of Philadelphia inflicted the second loss against T.E. Jansen '26, in a tight struggle. S.P. Clark '14, who downed Captain G.D. Debevoise '26, in the semi-finals last year for the only University loss...