Word: wall
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...time there was justification for an undercurrent of hope: electric power production and steel ingot production were up, automobile prospects were rosy (see p. 62). But the New York Times, which has practically ceased gathering New Year forecasts from businessmen, commented: ''Never before within the memory of Wall Street veterans have prophetic efforts been so lightly regarded...
...said that in squash there were two systems-the Philadelphia system and the Boston system. It was a difference in play occasioned by the smaller courts on which the inhabitants of Quakertown were accustomed to play. Thus the Philadelphians developed a game that included a vast array of wall shots, while the sons of the bean and the cod were quite content to play to the front wall...
...group of Harvard players who became National champions, Coach Cowles considers William P. Dixon '24, Melville P. Baker '22, and Herbert N. Rawlins, Jr. '27 as exponents of wall, corner and drop shots. Relying on skill in placing shots and using accuracy rather than sheer speed these players worked up to the top in the national ranks...
Most directly opposed to this type of play, was James L. Pool '28, brother of the famous Beek Pool, who depended on straight, hard slashes to the front wall...
Combining, to a certain extent, the advantages of the two styles was Beekman Pool '32, who is generally considered to be the greatest squash player to come out of Harvard. Pool, the younger, combined his straight, hard-hitting front wall game with corner and drop shots to good advantage. Much like Pool in his style of play is the present intercollegiate champion, E. Rotan Sargent '36, to whom Cowles looks as the next National Champion. Sargent ran the present National champ. Neil Sullivan, to five games and is considered the most serious contender for his crown...