Word: backhand
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...third was scored by F. D. Huntington '12 against his own team when in his endeavor to stop one of T. H. Rice '17's hard shots the puck rolled the wrong way into the unguarded goal. The lone score against the regulars was the result of a hard backhand shot by T. K. Fisher '17, who played at right center for the B. A. A. throughout the practice...
Harrison Obis Anthorp, of Milton; Augustus Aspinwall, of Boston; Benjamin, Sever Backhand, Jr., of Boston; Wesley Brocker, of Lindstrom, Minn,; William Watson Caswell, Jr., of Boston; William Halsall Cheney, of Peterboro, N. H.; Frederic Cameron Church, Jr., of Lowell; Abraham Simon Cohen, of Cambridge; John Gardner College, 2d, of Brookline; John White Geary, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Raiph Gorham Hadley, of Cambridge; Richard Price Hallowell, 2d, of Chestnut Hill; Edmund Sanderson Hobbs, of San Antonio, Tex.; Arnold Horween, of Chicago, Ill.; Frank Jewett Johnson, of Memphis, Tenn.; Robert Aian Lancaster, of Worcester; John Rippey Litchfield, of Brookline; Goodhue Livingston...
...first set, when Armstrong did his best work, and for a few games held the lead. In the third set also, he managed to outdo his opponent for a short while; but during the rest of the match, Washburn was never pressed, his serve and his long backhand stroke working especially well. He seldom ran in, but when he did, it was for a sure kill. At all times he displayed rare coolness and judgment, and his placing was excellent. Armstrong, on the other hand, lacked control, his service especially being wild. Like Washburn he preferred the back court game...