Word: racquets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last Tuesday night walked away from the U.S. Pro Championships at Longwood with his fifth title in six years. While many professional athletes derive their charisma primarily from their personalities, Laver proved once again at Longwood that his springs solely from the magic he can perform with a wooden racquet. Every professional tennis player has perfected at least one aspect of the game which he can exploit with devastating effects. Rosewall has his overhead slam and a deadly backhand. Gonzales covers the court beautifully and groundstrokes well. Holmberg combines a feline anticipation with accurate placements shots. But Laver...
...Will you still use an aluminum racquet, Fred?", another said...
...world open court-tennis championship, held in Manchester, England, pitted George ("Pete") Bostwick Jr., 34, Wall Street stockbroker, topflight amateur golfer and son of a polo player, against John Willis, 25, ex-boxer and son of a Manchester factory worker. Bostwick developed his game at New York's Racquet and Tennis Club; Willis picked up his skills as an apprentice professional while earning his keep as a custodian at the Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club...
...Harvard squash team romped to its fourth consecutive victory last night overpowering weak M.I.T., 9-0, at M.I.T. The Engineers never challenged the Crimson racquet men as Harvard swept six of the nine matches...
Sterne was limping slightly, but he won five straight points and the game despite a second mishap. He shattered his racquet on the back wall in hitting the winning point. Armed with a new weapon, he went on to win the third game...