Word: weldings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Describing an average match, Ned Weld said that "over there they don't play much singles." As a result, the match consists of nine doubles contests, with each team playing each of the opponent's teams. After the first two matches, there is a break for tea, Weld added...
...back from the North country, the team spent a day at Cambridge with its captain, Bob Hull, and then a day at Oxford with Dudley Wheeler. Weld's comment on the two bastions of higher education was "they're very impressive. I wish we had something like them over here...
Discussing the general tennis situation in England, Weld said there are very few public courts but many inexpensive country clubs, most of which have only grass courts. It is for this reason that the English play mostly doubles, for with limited court space available at these clubs, it is more practical to have four on a court than two, Weld continued...
...only can one play tennis at the clubs, but also many industries provide courts for their employees. "We played on the Rolls Royce grass courts," Weld noted. In general, he added, "they gave us a better fight in doubles all over England." Thus to prepare for the Prentice Cup singles, the team constantly played test matches with one another...
...Weld concluded that the whole trip was "a wonderful experience for all of us," both the tennis and the socializing. The team was not always in peak condition because of the many parties, and, as this year's varsity captain remarked, "Often we'd meet their drinking team and then their tennis team...