Word: squash
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard Squash team's invasion of New York territory ended in complete victory yesterday afternoon when the Massachusetts champions defeated the University Club five matches to nothing, after vanquishing the Racquet and Tennis Club by the same score on Saturday. In its ten matches on the Manhattan courts the Crimson aggregation lost only five games, three of which were dropped to the University Club combination...
...Squash again leaps into the headlines, and the University is able to boast another champion. The CRIMSON is only expressing the sentiments of the University in congratulating Captain Dixon on his victory...
...rapid growth of squash as a college sport has been extraordinary and presents points of interest to the student of undergraduate athletics. But perhaps more suggestive to contemplate is the future of the game...
Kindred to all of these squash has come not only to stay but to contribute very definitely to the enjoyment of life. Probably not every undergraduate can become state champion, but those who learn squash while the facilities and time are offered can look forward to an existence not entirely grey. For they will have at their command a form of physical relaxation somewhat more entertaining than the Swedish drill, Indian clubs, and medicine balls of their ancestors...
Following the approval of the Athletic Committee, it was announced last night that the University Squash Racquets team will only wait for Captain Dixon to play his State finals match with Peabody before journeying to New York to play two metropolitan teams on Saturday and Sunday...