Word: racquetman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Friday prior to the match, the Princetonians, who had defeated all of their previous opponents that season by a 9-0 margin, speculated on their chances of performing a similar fete against the Crimson. The latter had fallen two years running to the defending national champs, so one Tiger racquetman thought it only proper, upon arriving at Hemenway Gym, to inquire of his Harvard opponent, "Aren't you scared playing Princeton?" "Oh yeah, terrified," came the reply...
Anil Nayar, Harvard's top racquetman, and captain Rick Sterne led the romp with easy 3-0 wins. "We had to win quickly," Sterne explained after the match. "We're catching a plane for Bombay at 7:45 tonight." Nayar's sister is being married, he said...
Rick Sterne, Harvard's number two racquetman, played some impressive squash over intersession to reach the finals of the John Jacobs Invitational Tournament at the Harvard Club of New York. The Crimson southpaw advanced through a strong field and beat McGill's Peter Martin in the semi-finals. Martin, it will be remembered, is Canada's intercollegiate champ and gave Harvard's top man, Anil Nayar, a five-game battle in their last meeting. An hour and a half after beating Martin, Sterne had to play the finals, which he lost to Andy Mulver...
John Francis, normally the ninth-ranked racquetman, couldn't play last night, so sophomore Pete Brooks filled in and looked very good, walloping Al Dinner...
Junior Lou Williams, playing the best squash of his life, became the first varsity racquetman since 1960 to beat one of Yale's top three men, as the Crimson completed an undefeated season with a 6-3 win over the Elis yesterday...