Word: winningly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...national amateur squash championship yesterday in Hemenway. Playing before a quiet, crowded gallery of Boston squash enthusiasts, Heckscher disposed of McGill's John Smith-Chapman, 15-13, 12-15, 18-15 and 18-14, to become the first Harvard graduate in the 20 year history of the tournament to win the title...
...former varsity captain did not give an inch under Salaun's expertly applied pressure, and took the match with a perfectly executed backhand corner shot at match point in the fifth game. In this game Hechscher appeared to be on his way to an easy win, as he took a quick 10-4 lead. But at this point the remarkable Salaun, tired and hampered by an injury, came back to win four points in a row, and after Heckscher duplicated this feat to make the score 14-8, he pulled out five straight match points to make the score...
Smith-Chapman, a 21-year-old McGill student and an excellent player, was definitely not of Salaum's caliber, and Heckscher's win was expected. In fact, Heckscher almost found himself up against another Harvard graduate in the finals. Playing in the quarter round, Smith-Chapman just managed to get past Charlie Ufford '53, a third year Law School student...
...closest race of the afternoon, Crimson miler Jed Fitzgerald overhauled his favored opponent, Dick Healy, with 50 yards to go and finished first in 4:20.5. The varsity's Bob Downs upset pre-meet predictions to win the broad jump...
Perry Mason (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). The hero of Erie Stanley Gardner's world series is a bit overweight and slow afoot in the TV version, but his win-loss record is as good as it ever...