The sun., 1903-03-22
KEEGAN NO MATCH FOR EGAN
IOCtL HANDBALL PLAYER WHY
IN ALL SEVEN GAMES.
Eastern and western Experts Meet IN F1r"
Half Of Championship Contest-Nlsr
:, tors service Is His weakest Point
KeeKan Rallies in the Fourth game

The first half Of n handball match CARRYING
,i,h II the championship OF theUnited states
yas plnyed yesterday at Egan's court ".,o
street Jersey City, between Michaei bsa'
- that mace and Louis Keegan oi 'hic"so'
This match consists Of fifteen games seNea
Of which were disposed oil yesteiuay' anu
,hsse the Jersey player won In decisive iash-
~ Resides the championship utle.. over
.hiob there is considerable dispute as 10
~, is the reaI owner. just now, there IL
bet Of $3.50 side and Egan needs but 10 WIN
oue more game of the series wheh ne Gun
pocket the coin. ,,t,.,,
Keeean was something OF disappointment
IN the experts who gathered to see the matcn.
lie came East with a great reputation ana
-. favorite for the championship and he
hi,rself WAS fuzzy confident of victory over
IN. Jereyite II was true that the condi-
lions bothered him somewhat. Tor ne mas Deeh
accustomed in Chicago TO play win much
heavier bail and in court constructed on
diferent lines. His weakest point was MS
service and although he went NJ 'he Woih
~ tossing with a good deal OF precision ne
was lacking in his Judgment Of screwing the
I,,le sphere into any of the corners where ~
would bother Egan TO return ".
Tho ,gh never really first-class man AZ
..rvice Fean showed that he easily outclasses
Keecan, yet neither can he compafeo 10
Drew in this particular feature OF the game
In open court play both have much the same
stvle-a good swinging smash rather thah
,he knack to kill that Casey used to show.
A. the light grew a trife dim toward the end
a black ball was used in the last game The
actual pla wing time of the seven games was
. fraotion over an hour and half and the
total number Of aces was Egan. lH; keegan'
So After the second game keesah com
rlained OF a pain in his SIDE
A big gathering Of old-time followers oil
the game was present and prominent among
them we're Phil Casey, Arthur ,Mcvuaue,
who played racauets in the OLD ihiIteen.h
oue. Gou,e Dunne' Jr'. DIR. Shea. Mike Kennedy,
r Fisherty, d. Bruder. Oliver Drew and
o. James Dunne Of Brooklyn. the referee,
called the men into the court at o'clock
Egan on the toss and taking his hand dr9.s
= Grounding butt" which created iaNor,
able feeling in the gallery IL was ,I. z mana n,i
ot and Ress2s co7s wfna FSam failed @ to score in ms
,Sxt hand but In his second turn keegan
drew first blood, scoring an ace oy VA seryr; Egan
nearly barked his fingers on the side wall
trying to scoop II - ..,,,d
Two score less hands for sThn ,anss see,neE SanSY
aces in the fourth inning Egan ioilowed
fhis up With in his ffth inning and looked
be On Ihs sH very D' low one the
Jerseyman could not take hceeah 'uan urn
nst,ed him and lhe hmnrb nen5 'ms af n sad sa
he t crowd went wild Two more s,,,b mage ,bs
mes he followed up his hand in the next
game. Before going out Eran maas ais.S
teward the second game, which was raihea
one-sded affair for the Jersey Liayer IN.
third game was even more hollow vic.nfy
for Pean. the Western man only managlns
TO eef two aces while his opponent was
ciouting out the full quota OF II
Eeeran " oke up a bit in the fourth game
and then occurred the only real smashing
san,e OF the day II took fourteen innings
and from the start the play was very close
There we're some real good smashing re-
turns and dodring worthy OF champions.
In the eleventh hand Keegan led by sSs score
of II 10 rs, hut Fgan put him out and. making
q In The twelfth hand, turned the tide and
he won out. the score being u TO 10, Inc
Saeily but Keegan put up a good oatue IN
the last game Of the day by making 10 10
fNere was a bit Of departure from h;s tne
r,,isa OF the game lately In vogue N tms
jocsity Heretofore, the balls could De
served from any part Of the court ,ns'de inc
narailei 70 the short line and about four ieet
nearer the serving wall, and from this space
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