Word: tourneying
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first fifth-round match to be completed in the State Squash Racquets Tournament. W. J. Iselin '29, captain of the University squash team defeated G. H. Perkins '26 yesterday afternoon on the University courts. Iselin, who is seeded first in the tourney, was forced to go to four games before he managed to down his opponent from the Cambridge Squash and Racquets Club by a score of 15-12, 14-15, 15-11, 15-9. Perkins who is seeded seventh in the tourney pressed Iselin during the entire match but did not succeed in coping with his opponents sizzling shots...
...bring the competition close to the final stages by the end of the week. W. J. Iselin '29 is slated to play the winner of the match between A. G. Thacher '29 and L. Wheeler, Jr. of the Union Boat Club. Iselin, who is seeded first in the tourney, is expected to go on to a fifth round match with B. C. Perkins of the Cambridge Squash and Racquets Club very soon...
...when the Harvard racquetmen journey to New York to enter the team competition, according to a statement made last night by Harry Cowles, University coach. This is in keeping with the rule made last year which requires each team to enter one player in the singles tourney, who is not allowed to compete in the team matches...
Encouraged by this signal triumph, Mrs. Palmer sought other worlds to conquer. London beckoned. Forthwith she purchased a house on Carlton Terrace; flung down the gauntlet to Mrs. John W. Mackay for King Edward's favor, and the social leadership it carried. The tourney was magnificent. For one Arabian night's entertainment in 1909, Mrs. Palmer spent $10,000; for one season, $200,000. Discreet King Edward refused to discriminate; shared his attendance equally...
Yesterday afternoon brought the completion of the Annual Fall Handicap Track meet when the last five events of this tourney were...