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This is important, according to Fish, because the hardball squash played in the narrow courts and so common in the American northeast is harder for novices to learn than its softball compatriot...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Moving a Sport Beyond its Elitist Roots | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...squash has kept its elitist roots, because hardball is more discouraging to pick up," Fish says. "There is a built-in inertia in the northeast because there are so many narrow courts. In other countries, people can really pick it up, get involved and enjoy themselves...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Moving a Sport Beyond its Elitist Roots | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

Ironically, squash is a relatively new sport for this crusader of the squash cause. After graduating from Williams College in 1977, Piltch moved to Choate Rosemary, where he taught basketball...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Moving a Sport Beyond its Elitist Roots | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...told me I would coach squash, I'd say you're crazy," Piltch says. "Basketball's my passion...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Moving a Sport Beyond its Elitist Roots | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...Choate squash coach was on leave and the future crusader was convinced to try his hand at coaching squash. When Piltch moved to Harvard to pursue a masters in education in 1983, Fish asked him to join the Crimson program as the men's assistant coach. Three years later, Piltch took over the women's program...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Moving a Sport Beyond its Elitist Roots | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

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