Word: semis
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...tournament, no one outclassed Niederhoffer. Once again, though, he lost in the semi-finals, this time by the narrow margin of 15-12 in the fifth game to four-time champion Henri Salaun. Niederhoffer could not quite equal Salaun'sl gamesmanship in a match interrupted by so many lets that the referee reprimanded both players for unsportsmanlike conduct...
...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 had earlier downed Ralphe Howe, Sam Howe's younger brother and another former champ, in semi-finals, 3-2. In the past three years, Niederhoffer has reached the semi-finals twice and the finals once, he had never won the title...
Tickets are going fast for the Beanpot opener, which pits the Crimson against a Northeastern sextet that was the hottest team in New England during January. The other semi-final pairs Boston College, bolstered by returning Jack Cuniff and Phil Dyer, with Boston University, which suffered its first Eastern loss to Colgate last Saturday...
...formally been invested with authority as head of the Nigerian armed forces." So saying, Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi (pronounced Agwee-yee Ironsee) abolished the constitution of Africa's most populous nation, eliminated the offices of President and Prime Minister, fired the Premiers of Nigeria's four semi-autonomous regions, and announced that military governors would take their places. Democracy, for the time being at least, was dead in Nigeria...