This weekend will mark the 75th edition of the U. S. National Men’s Doubles Squash Championship, which debuted in 1933 and has been held every year since except for a three-year World War II-caused hiatus from 1943-45. The city of Baltimore has previously hosted this tournament 11 times (in 1940, ’42, ’46, ’48, ’53, ’58, ’65, ’73, ’81, ’87 and ’96) and those championships have featured some of the game’s all-time leading stars adding to their legend and important chapters in several enduring rivalries, as well as a series of out-of-the-blue one-hit wonders, noteworthy upsets, instances of sibling rivalry as well as partnership, and some of the most riveting final-round finishes in the history of doubles squash. THE 1940’s: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION? A real question has emerged in researching this chronicle as to whether the 1940 National Doubles event was actually held in Baltimore, and 70 years after the fact, no one could be found […]