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The fearless, but hapless Cobey arose only to fall again under a rain of upper-cuts. This time Cobey not only stood up, but he also fought back. Instead of jabbing and retreating, however, Cobey abandoned defenses and tried to trade punches. It was an unfavorable exchange for Cobey who...
Anyone who was in the gallery at Annapolis knew what Barnaby meant. Once, when Niederhoffer had taken the first game and the second was tied at 14-14, referee Jack Tatten took a point away from the Crimson captain on a "let point" for interfering with Salaun's shot.
Again, in the crucial fifth game, with the score 7-7, Tatten called another "let point" against Niederhoffer. There had been three lets--points replayed at the request of a player--in the three points before Tatten made his call, and the referee was obviously fed up.
Niederhoffer is an eager squash player; he tries to anticipate his opponent's shots and move after them quickly. The policy often sends him crashing into opponents who don't move out of the way quickly enough. He gets involved in an unusual number of let calls, and this gets...
Meanwhile, Niederhoffer reached the semifinals of the singles competition before bowing to veteran Henri Salaun, 2-15, 17-15, 15-7, 7-15, 15-12, in an incredible match that saw the referee bawl out both players, and Salaun apologize to the crowd for his behavior and Niederhoffer's.