Word: squashes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Like the other Houses, Dunster possesses an underground rest and play area, equipped with pool and ping pong tables, a television room, and eight squash courts. For entertainment of another type, the House offers sporadic smokers and popular dances. But its chief gift remains that of a convivial atmosphere...
Resolving the dichotomy inherent in these apparently conflicting facts is actually the best possible "summary" of the squash team's season. The Intercollegiate team title was won on the basis of four men's play, while the other two championships were decided by the performances of nine...
Next year, things will be much different. Ben Heckscher, whose play has led the Crimson for the past three years, will be gone. Possibly, the best squash racquets man ever to come to Harvard, Heckscher was ranked seventh in the country last year, and when this year's rankings come out he will certainly be in the top five, and possibly as high as third...
...improvement-of-returning-lettermen category, the squash situation is not too serious. Either Larry Sears or Charlie Hamm could develop into a number one man able to lead the entire collegiate pack. Sears has proven that he is one of the top intercollegiate players. He has lost but one match for the Crimson over the past two years and was the only player to take a game from Navy's John Griffiths in the Intercollegiates at M.I.T., until Griffiths ran into Heckscher and defeat in the finals...
Clearly, there are many "ifs" in the 1957-58 squash picture. A lot depends on the development of the newcomers to the team and how they bear up under varsity competition. If Barnaby can, as he says, "toughen them up," they will certainly form the basis of a well-balanced team, and if Sears and Hamm can step into the shoes of Heckscher and Place--even if it means stuffing some paper in the toes--the Crimson should hold its own at the top of the scale...