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...yesterday afternoon the most interest had been manifested in the open singles tournament where 19 competitors have been lined up. Only one man had pessimistically classed himself as a novice racquet wielder for the closed tourney...
Died. Stanley Grafton Mortimer, 56, socially prominent, internationally famed amateur racquets star, thrice winner of the coveted Tuxedo Gold Racquet, four times national champion, nine times national doubles champion (with Clarence C. Pell), recognized as one of the top six U.S. racquets players of all time; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...
Foster is the son of Reginald C. Foster '11, former Crimson track star. His brother, Hugh K. Foster '50, was the number one man on the Yardling racquet squad this year...
Princeton boasts a strong team, having whitewashed the M.I.T. varsity earlier in the year as the Crimson racqueteers did this week. This Tigers also downed the Philadelphia Racquet Club, but dropped a match to the powerful Yale team...
...Manhattan's swank Park Avenue Racquet & Tennis Club, the British racquets team met the U.S. in the first international racquets team match since 1930. The British relied on control, while the Americans concentrated on slugging the ball. Britain's doubles team of Cosmo Crawley and Jack Paule, never beaten, kept their record intact. Final score: Britain...