James Zug

Squash

A History of the Game

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Updated with new material and published for the first time in paperback, this seminal book for squash fans and players is the definitive history of one of America's greatest sports, masterfully told by journalist James Zug.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scribner Book Company
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781668089712
• ISBN-10: 1668089718
• Artikelnr.: 73262688

Autorenporträt

James Zug

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Foreword by George Plimpton
Prologue
1. The Joints Trembled on the Spit
The origins of racquets sports with real tennis and racquets; the invention
of squash at Harrow School in England
2. Heaven's Heaviest Artillery
The birth of squash in America at St. Paul's School in 1884; infancy in
Philadelphia; the strange and sad history of the game of squash tennis; the
saga of standardization and why North American squash developed the narrow
court and harder ball.
3. Don't Keep Late Hour
Harvard's squash dynasty, 1922-1937; Harry Cowles, genius coach of seven
national champions.
4. Hollow-Eyed and Squeaky
The start of women's squash; Yale and intercollegiate squash; squash on the
Titanic; a tour of squash cities and tournaments in the 1920s and '30s.
5. Send for the Drama Critic
The Merion Cricket Club juggernaut; the Diehl Mateer/Henri Salaun rivalry
of the 1950s; the start of the U.S.Open and the arrival of the Khans.
6. A Clam in Mud at Low Tide
Victor Niederhoffer; the game expands across the nation; women, juniors and
colleges in the 1950s and '60s; Harvard dynasty redux under Jack Barnaby.
7. Sex, Scandal and Celebrities
Public squash in the 1970s -- the great explosion.
8. Box of Rain
The North American professional tour of the 1980s.
9. 18-16 in the Fifth
Mark Talbott versus Jahangir Khan, November 1984.
10. Bait and Switch
The tortuous change from North American to international standards.
11. The Infinitely Greater Game
A short history of squash doubles.
12. This Mollycoddled Age
Squash in the twenty-first century; rebirth and expansion; dreams of
Olympic gold and a new generation of players.
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes
Appendix: Record of Champions
Index