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...last week in Manhattan, Pierre stepped briskly into Park Avenue's exclusive Racquet & Tennis Club. Though he is the world's champ, he is also the club's court tennis pro, which puts him in the class of hired help. (Court tennis is a game that none but kings, millionaires and their friends can afford.) He responded respectfully to members' greetings (they called him "Pierre"; he called them "mister") and changed into flannels and sneakers. Since he became open champion in London 20 years ago, he had been challenged only twice before. Challenger No. 3: Sandy...
Bill Wightman plays a varied game at the three position and team with Steve Pratt, who worked his way from obscurity to a varsity racquet last fall. Bud Ager and Ted Bullard newcomers to the Varsity, stroke on five and six court. Bullard providing the climax shots at net for Ager's baseline doubles game. Varsity Schedule April 17 Bowdoin at Brunswick 19 Wesleyan at Middletown 23 Williams 24 Amherst 28 Brown at Providence 30 Cornell May 1 Pennsylvania 5 Dartmouth at Hanover 7 M.I.T. 8 Columbia 12 Yale at New Haven 15 Princeton June 30 Eastern Intercollegiates at Montclair...
Yardling squash and hockey teams both celebrated successful weekend journeys, with the racquet outfit trouncing Yale, 8 to 1, at New Haven and the skaters battling a strong Dartmouth sextet to an 8 to 8 tie at Hanover...
...opening round, the racquet squad trimmed the Worcester team 4 to 1 at the University Club, with all Crimson players except George Stevens pushing by their rivals by commanding margins...
Varsity fencing and squash teams swing into action today against Ivy League rivals, with the fencers opening their 1948 season at Cornell while the racquet team entertains Princeton at Hemenway Courts...