Word: squashes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wrestlers will also travel to Brown today. In other trips, the basketball team travels to Exeter, and the skiers will journey to Holderness (N.H.) School. In contests at Cambridge, Yardling swimmers meet La Salle Academy, and the squash team meets Williams...
Theoretically, nobody should be worried about the Squash match with Williams today. On paper the Crimson figures to win easily and it probably will. But Jack Barnaby is justiflably jittery, since the Ephmeu over the years have gained a reputation for knocking off Ivy League teams. There may be unexpected fireworks, starting at 2:30 in Hemenway...
Thomas is the exception which proves the rule that the top man on a squash ladder is usually the best all-around player. He stands alone, unchallenged, with only one loss. But he isn't a smooth, poised player like Captain Pete Milton or third place Martin Hockshire. He lacks the finesse of Milton's stroke and the sharp court tactics of Hockshire. Corey explains the dilemma with "he's a fighter, with terrific power, the kind of guy who never lots...
That's the experience story. But it's not the entire picture, for the top five round out with Corey's surprise of the season, Ham Graven. Ham hasn't played squash before, he was sidelined with a bum foot most of the early season, but with a "surprising come back" is undefeated in five starts. Bob Cook alternates between fifth and sixth only because "he misses that power or accuracy of top player," says Corey...
Down the ladder, tennis player turned squash, and there's the "D" team. Both Brooks Harris and Roger Cortesi starred at schoolboy tennis, along with Art Ellison and Carl Brandt, who rated an enthusiastic "very fine" from Wynn. Lee Folger rounds out the seconds; he's new to squash, but "coming fast," according to the coach...