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...finals of the annual fall squash racquets tournament Captain E. M. Hinkle '23 will meet Channing Wakefield 2L. at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the University Squash Courts. The winner will receive a gold medal from the H. A. A. In accordance with a recent ruling of the Massachusetts Squash Racquets Association this match, and all semi-finals and finals in future tournaments at the University, will be refereed by a third person agreed upon before the match by both players. The match will be for the best three out of five games...
...marked contrast to Hinkle's easy progress stands out Wakefield's series of hard-fought encounters. Although he too found no difficulty in his opponents of the first three rounds, he was put to it to win his next match from Carroll Harrington '24, 16-15, 15-12. This encounter was all that the score implies, for both men played a hard-hitting game that kept the score close. His semi-final match with W. P. Dixon '25 was even more bitterly contested, however, for he was but one point ahead near the end of the last game, with...
...Channing Wakefield 2L. won a place in the finals of the fall squash racquets tournament yesterday afternoon by defeating W. P. Dixon '25 15-6, 11-15, 11-15, 15-11, 15-9. The outcome of the match was in doubt within seven points of the end, and the play was the most brilliant that the tournament has thus far produced...
...first game Wakefield had little difficulty in overcoming his opponent but in the next two games Dixon steadied down and, although. Wakefield showed a fine style of play, Dixon was able to hold him in check. The pace was too fast to be long maintained, however, and Dixon had to concede Wakefield the fourth game, making the score-even. The fifth was-nip and tuck up to 9-8 with Wakefield in the lead, but here he unloosed several clever shots which won him the game and match...
Dixon played steadily and relied on wearing out his opponent, since he was seldom able to make a kill shot, but Wakefield beat him at his own game by his superior endurance...