Word: racquetment
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...racquet club at St. Paul's School is in a most prosperous condition. Started last February it has built a court at an expense of about $3,000 and yet has no debt. The number of members is 27. The entrance fee has been lowered from...
...representatives had very hard luck. The accident which happened to one of our players was unavoidable and might well be termed a good example of Harvard luck. We sincerely hope the accident well not prove serious and that the gentleman will soon be able to take up his racquet in Harvard's defence. This accident of course prevented our winning the doubles, which accordingly went by default. Our other representative was not in his usual condition and was badly bothered by the wretched condition of the courts and the heavy balls which were used. However, the fact remains that...
...Taylor endeavored, against the advice of a doctor to keep on playing in the tennis tournament after his mishap, but found it impossible to hold his racquet...
...muckers in the yard" was touched upon in our editorial columns. The pleasant weather of the last few days and the consequent improved chances for tennis brings the matter more vividly to our attention. Not only do little 'shavers,' both white and black, beset anyone who carries a racquet in his hand from the moment he leaves his door until he commences to play, but burly youths of fifteen or sixteen seem to find the business profitable and come shambling into the college yard in hopes of getting a chance at "shacking." "Shackers" are a necessary evil to the easy...
...Paul's School has held championship and handicap racquet tournaments...