Word: racqueters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wright '26 captured the University squash racquet championship yesterday when he defeated L. S. Haskins '26 in straight games 15 to 12, 16 to 14, and 15 o 11, in the finals of the University championship tourney. this match proved to be one of the fastest that has been played on the University squash courts this season...
Much of the credit for the racquet-men's spectacular rise is due Coach Harry Cowles. He has drilled his teams faithfully, and has always endeavored to keep a close eye on the outlook for good material. Proof of this may be found in that the Freshman squash team of the past year possesses a record which vies with the University...
...fare quite as well as the University team that year, but it closed its season with the loss of but one out of nine meets, and ten out of 45 matches. Last year's University record was still more impressive than that of the previous year. The racquet wielders, again under the leadership of Captain W. P. Dixon '25, began its second championship season with a spurt which carried them through their schedule without the loss of a single meet, and which netted them the state and national championship. This year, the team lost but three of 45 matches...
Wright was first ranking player on this year's championship racquet team. He will meet L. S. Haskins '26 Friday at 3 o'clock at the University Squash Courts for the University title...
Died. Herbert Claibourne Pell. 73, distinguished descendant of the Pells of Pelham Manor (N. Y.), retired lawyer, father of Herbert Claibourne Pell Jr. (onetime Chairman of the N. Y. Democratic State Committee), and of Clarence C. Pell, famed U. S. racquet champion (see p. 35); at Manhattan, of apoplexy...