Word: sams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Paul Padlak of Harvard downed Sam Mitchell 5 to 2 and Dave Worcester followed with a 3-0 decision over the Tigers' Bryant Crouse at 167. Jeff Grant made it 19 to 8 for Harvard by beating Don Joye...
What did Frederick the Great, Sam uel Johnson, Ben Franklin and Grover Cleveland have in common? Answer...
...Niederhoffer never won the national squash championship while at Harvard, though he reached the semi-finals twice. In the 1963 nationals, he upset former champ Sam Howe in the second round, 15-14, 15-14, 15-14. In each game, Howe reached 14 points, Niederhoffer tied the game. Howe called for one point rather than three, and Niederhoffer won. But in the semis Niederhoffer was outclassed by the eventual tournament winner, Ben Heckscher...
Niederhoffer won the finals over Sam Howe (Ralph's older brother) 11-15, 15-12, 15-13, 15-13, in a match of equal calibre, though dramatically a bit of an anti-climax. Sam Howe is probably the slowest of the top players, but he possesses the most accurate placements in the amateur game...
...final two games at 13-all as in the 1963 tournament, Sam Howe called for no set rather than nine points, Niederhoffer came through this year...