Squash racquets is on the upgrade as an indoor tournament sport and will probably continue to expand because it is played in many prep schools and colleges. It is a participator game rather than a spectator game, and only a few courts have adjoining galleries. A. Willing Patterson, of Philadelphia, won the national title in 1940, which had been held previously by Donald Strachan, veteran player of the same city.
There was a particularly close contest for the national doubles, won by Hunter H. Lott and William S. Slack, also of Philadelphia, who gained the title for the third consecutive year. The Boston team again won the national amateur team title. The best squash racquets player among collegians in 1940 was Kim Canavarro, of Harvard, winner of the national collegiate title. Charles Brinton, a Princeton senior, won the fifth annual invitation intercollegiate tournament conducted by the University Club.
The 1940 national professional championship was won in convincing manner by Alfred Ramsey, of Cleveland, 38 years of age, who defeated Eddie Schaeffer, of Pittsburgh, 12 years younger, in 20 minutes of play. Lester Cummings, the 1939 national title holder, annexed the metropolitan title for the second time, winning a second leg on the George H. Rupper Challenge Trophy, which requires three legs to win outright.
The women's national singles title was won by Miss Cecile Bowes, after Miss Anne Page had worn the crown for three years. Mrs. John E. Bierwirth and Mrs. William H. Adams annexed the women's national doubles title.
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