I just re-read the world’s oldest squash books: The Game of Squash (New York: J.F. Taylor, 1901) and Racquets, Tennis, and Squash (New York: D. Appleton, 1903). Both were written by Eustace Miles, an Englishman. In the first, Miles presciently suggested the possibility of movable walls.  He also just raved about the new game: “It would be … Continue reading Irresistible Arguments from the World’s First Squash Author