Word: squash
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson's Freshman squash team won an easy 9-0 victory over M.I.T. yesterday. The Crimson team, playing without its first and second men, Jerry Emmett and Charlie Poletti, lost only one of twenty-eight games played. Members of the team are: Al Vinton, John Scullin, Nick Lamont, Mike Humphries, Alan Blackner, Toby Gallaway, Pete Keyes, Willie Sutton, and Denny Briggs. Except for Sutton's 3-1 score, all the results of yesterday's matches were...
...Crimson squash player by the name of W. Palmer Dixon accomplished one of the most phenomonal feats in the history of Harvard athletics. Playing one individual and one team match both morning and afternoon for several days, he won the National Individual Championship and led Harvard to the National Team Championship...
Thirty years later, Dixon's influence on squash in the University is still strong. In 1951, he heard that Coach Jack Barnaby had an unusually strong team which he wanted to take to the Nationals. Dixon got in touch with a few other graduates, and raised sufficient funds to send the players. His support was well rewarded when the varsity, led by Charlie Ufford, won the team title...
...Squash Fund Established...
...freshman squash team encounters M.I.T. here at 4:00 today. This is the third match in a Yardling season already marked by decisive victories over Williams and Exeter. Exeter is generally considered to field excellent teams, on a par with, if not better than, the teams from M.I.T...