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...hour and 50 minutes C. C. Peabody, defending squash racquets champion, and Channing Wakefield 2L. fought to advance in the State tournament yesterday afternoon. Five harrowing games were necessary to prove Peabody superior; all were set except the third, and the final scores were...
...season, although body-checking by both men repeatedly marred long rallies. Peabody's play was steady, while both players volleyed perfectly, resorted frequently to hard-hitting, and made almost impossible gets. A feature was the way in which the men came from behind, especially in the third game, when Wakefield's lead of 8-0 eventually yielded to Peabody's 15-11 victory...
Since W. P. Dixon '25 defeated F. W. Crocker '22 in straight games in the other third round match, he will meet Peabody in the semi-finals. In the University tournament last fall, Wakefield was forced to five sets by Dixon, so that, although Peabody is favored to win, Dixon should extend him to the limit...
...Massachusetts Open Squash Racquets Championship, the most important annual squash racquets tournament held in New England, will begin next Monday at the Harvard Club courts in Boston. The University will send about 30 players, led by W. P. Dixon '25 and Channing Wakefield 2L., both of whom will be strong contestants. Any member of the University, including Freshmen, may enter this tournament by signing in the blue book at the University Squash Racquets Building before Saturday at 12 o'clock. The entrance fee is $1.00 which will be collected later. Last year about twenty members of the University entered...
...played at the Harvard Club courts, the preliminary rounds may be played on neutral courts, favorable to both contestants. The championship has been held for several years by C. C. Peabody of the Union Boat Club. This year, however, he will face a very strong field, including Dixon, Wakefield, F. S. Kellogg '06 of the Harvard Club, R. C. Cook of Newton Centre, and Ralph Powell of the B. A. A., all number one men on their respective teams...