Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite the astonishingly bad conditions under which the match was played, the Crimson lost by a matter of just a few points. At first singles, Gerry Emmet, who became number one man shortly before the trip began, lost to D. C. Lowry, whom he beat handily in four games last year at Hemenway Gymnasium. The score...
Harvard squash followers will no doubt remember a similar trip two years ago, when Jack Barnaby's squad, led by the brilliant Ben Hecksher, went on this exact same journey and met a totally unexpected disaster at Navy and Princeton. That year, however, the Crimson was heavily favored to take the Eastern title, and it is more than likely that overconfidence played an important part in the two upsets. Such is not the case this winter. The varsity has no illusions about being clearly superior to the rest of the league and is ready for a rough battle, especially from...
...Carter Hagerman '60, manager of the Band, said that there is "an outside chance for an engagement in a Southern city, but I doubt it." He said the reason for the abbreviated trip was not because of the financial loss from the October fire at the Band's headquarters, nor because of segregation troubles, a factor previously indicated as a hindrance to the Band's plans, but rather a lack of regular funds...
...made the Porcellian Club. Summers he traveled abroad, became expert at living like a first-class passenger on a third-class ticket. On one voyage, he ingratiated himself with Boxing Manager Joe ("I should have stood in bed") Jacobs before the ship left the dock, spent most of the trip playing poker on A-deck with Jacobs, Max Schmeling and Morton Downey. In his sophomore year Alec decided summer trips were too short, set out to get his degree in three years, didn't quite make it (he lacked one-half unit), but managed a nine-month tour...
...that "only two countries spoke German, and they both wanted the Olympics in their own area," ordered Spanish substituted for German to please Latin American delegates. Weller embarked on a four-month tour of South America to emphasize the advantages of an Olympics in the Western Hemisphere. His next trip was to Scandinavia, where he plugged the idea of a simple Olympics to thrifty Swedes and Norwegians. Cushing and Haseltine took on other European I.O.C. representatives. *The Soft Sell. By the time the crucial meeting convened in Paris, Cushing & Co. had made personal contact with 42 of the 62 delegates...