Of the four University players who entered the Canadian National Squash Racquets Championship, held at Quebec last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, one reached the final round and another the semi-finals. Captain E. M. Hinkle '23 was defeated by Jean Labreque in the finals 15-12, 18-14, 15-10, while the same player eliminated Channing Wakefield 2L the round before 18-16, 15-18, 15-9, 18-15. Belden Wigglesworth '23 was beaten by a Montreal player, O'Donohue, in the first round and L. J. Young '23, letter winning in the first round, lost, in the second to a Canadian player, Tessier.
Although Labreque won the finals in straight games, the match was close and exciting, marked by long rallies. The new title-holder hits every ball with terrible speed, placing his shots low and hard down the sides of the courts. Against his game, Hinkle tried alternating high "lob" shots and "drop" shots.
Weakefield lost out in the semi-finals to the new champion in the hottest fight of the tournament. He tried to match Labreque at hard hitting, but was unable to hold the pace in the strange courts.
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