Word: tournament
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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League "A" proved a better testing ground for squash contestants than the Yale inter-College tournament, as the five men of Adams squeezed out a story-book triumph over Branford...
Beyond this, he will not commit himself, as the fall tournament amounted only to a quick trial, from which he derived no permanent rankings. Inexperience among his players is the chief problem before him, and because of this he predicts a "checkered but improving season. Quite a few of the boys show promise, but everyone will need a great deal of practice before steadying down, and for that reason it will probably be very much of an up and down year," he sums...
...team that improves with the season. "We need all the practice we can get," Barnaby says, "and a wet season can hold us back a lot. No one is ready to just step out there and play, and without experience no one will be steady enough for good tournament play...
Rounding out the Crimson invading forces will be the six men who carried Adams House to its decisive victory in the "A" League intramural squash tournament. Branford College's strong squash squad will be pitted against Al Alpern, Ned Bothfield, Stan Friedman, John Rogers, Breck Marshall, and Corny Smith, who will wield their rackets against heavy odds...
...Winter Champions Sport Winner Won Lost Basketball Lowell 12 3 Squash Adams 44 16 Swimming Lowell 7 0 Wrestling Winthrop 16 points Volleyball season unfinished Fencing tournament next week