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With its six new squash courts promised for completion by the twentieth of this month, the Department of Physical Education hopes to be able to meet the ever growing demand among the students of the University for increased facilities for squash. The new addition will provide space for 120 men an hour working in half hour periods. In making the new courts the old racquets courts at the back of the squash courts building have been utilized, for these have been of no use, since the University first took over the building...
...soon as the carpenters finish the new courts, they will remodel courts seven and fourteen, originally used for squash tennis, when the building was first built, and consequently oversize. The front walls will be moved forward about a foot and the real wall is to be but six and a half feet high. Formerly the space above this line was covered with chicken wire which hindered the view of spectators; and as balls rarely go higher than six feet in the court, the wire has been omitted and a series of bleacher seats erected in back. This will provide...
When the Freshman program was first originated in the fall of 1919, it was thought that the 13 courts at the squash court building were entirely superfluous. Since then the popularity has increased tremendously, so that now there is hardly a single undergraduate who does not know at least the rudiments of the game. The new equipment, making 19 courts in all, will be the biggest of its kind anywhere in this country. As far as possible the Freshmen will be kept wholly in the new courts. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday these courts will be reserved for Freshmen only...
...progress of the annual fall squash requests tournament, which is now in the third round, was marked yesterday by two striking upsets. G. D. Debevoise '26 defeated F. I. Carpenter '24, who is number one man on team B., taking two out of three games. The other surprise came when G. M. Laimbeer '26 gained a close decision over L. H. Rouillion '24, who is playing on team C, by the score...
...announced yesterday that Captain E. M. Hinkle '23 will represent the University on the Committee on Ranking of the Massachusetts Squash Racquets Association...