Word: racquets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...call for all squash candidates goes out today, the Varsity and Freshman racquet teams get under way officially with the reporting of all aspirants to the squads at the Linden Street courts this afternoon...
...more important in his eyes is developing the talent of those who take real pleasure in the racquet games. Year after year, Harvard tennis teams have scored victory after victory, and year after year, Harvard's squash players have won laurels in countless tournaments. Yet so far as tennis is concerned, Harry constantly insists on playing for the game's sake, rather than for the sake of piling up an impressive winning streak. And those who have had the privilege of his instruction in squash never forget his emphasis on sportsmanship first, and victory second...
...Racquet Publishing Co., Inc. New York City
Reeding an informal request from University Hall, Tan Sargent, dexterous racquet-wielder of the squash team and intercollegiate champion, will not defend his title in the Intercollegiate Squash Tournament this week...
Sargent explained that the College disapproves of students touring all the tournaments, and pointed out that he has already played in the Gold Racquet Tournament in New York, the Laphan Trophy in Montreal, the Nationals in Pittsburgh, and the Harvard-Princeton match at Princeton. Harry Cowles, the coach, advised him to choose between the Intercollegiates and the Nationals and Sargent went to Pittsburgh, allured by the national title. He qualified for the semi-final round, and then was defeated by Neil J. Sullivan...