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With a record number of entries from the University, the Massachusetts State Squash Racquets Championship opened yesterday at the Harvard Club courts in Boston, A copy of the draw is posted at the University Squash Racquets Building. The preliminary and first rounds must be finished by tonight and men in the tournament should find out who they play and arrange a time on the telephone. Any match in the first three rounds may be played off in a courts convenient to the players, but the last three must be played in the Harvard Club courts...
Playing the last league contest of the season Saturday afternoon at the University Squash Racquets Building the University squash team lost to the Union Boat Club, in their fourth annual encounter, three to two. This defeat gives the Crimson players the lowest position in the League, with a percentage of nine won and sixteen lost. The Union Boat Club won the championship for the second consecutive year, with the Harvard Club second, and the B. A. A. third. The loss of A. L. Smith '25 was a severe blow to the University team, since he was their most consistent winner...
...match on which the outcome of the contest rested was one between Captain E. M. Hinkle '23 and W. F. Howe Jr. Both teams had two matches and the outcome of the afternoon depended on this match., Hinkle, however, was in very bad form, playing his worst squash of the year, and lost 18-16, 15-11, 6-15, 11-18. A. H. Marlowe, one of the mainstays of the Boat Club team, showed the benefit of his long experience in beating F. I. Carpenter '24, 15-16, 18-14, 15-9, 15-13, although the latter was playing...
Facing the Union Boat Club, the league leaders and last year's champions, at the University Squash Racquets Building this afternoon, the University squash racquets team will try to redeem an unsuccessful season and climb from last place in the league. Although the Boat Club has won all three matches before and is a favorite for this afternoon, the Crimson players, with a reorganized team, have hopes of victory...
Today will be the first opportunity this year for members of the University to see C. C. Peabody, Massachusetts and Canadian Squash Racquets champion, and National champion in 1920, play. He will meet W. P. Dixon '25 this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Court 14, in what promises to be the best match of the year to be seen at the University squash courts. Dixon has had a very successful season, playing excellent squash in all of his matches. Peabody plays a very soft game, seldom doing any hard-hitting...