The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
HARVARD CLUB HAS
FOUR men LEFT IN
Squash Championship Reaches
Third Round as Result Of
Yesterdays Play.
LOWS DEFEAT SURPRISE
Dame Fortune Cuts Something
of Figure in Victory Of
Malan Over Pell.

only eight contestants are left in the
tournament for the squash tennis cham
pionship of the United States. which
started on Saturday, as a result OF yes
terday's play on the courts OF the Heights
Casino. in Brooklyn. This Is just one
quarter OF the number that started and
the successful players are now out In the
third round, which Immediately precedes
the semi final.
That the Harvard Club. whose squash
team recently captured the interclub
series, had the strongest lot OF entrants is
evidenced by the fact that OF the octet
still in the running four represent this
organization. They are George whitney,
the defending champion; Alfred Stllman
cd. holder OF two legs on the titular cup
and last years runnerup. Malcolm y.
Whitman, former national lawn tennis
champion and Davis cup player, and L..
du pont Irving.
The Columbia University Club. which
finished third Ia the interclub series, has
two players left, VI. l.. Cornell and Lyle
T.. Mahan while the other two third
FOUNDERS are George Abbot. Of the
Heights Casino and Charles NJ. Bull. Jr..
entered from the Crescent a. C., but who
is also Heights Casino player.
That the Heights Casino has not one
more and the Harvard Club one
less among the select came as a surprise
to many, for there were few who did not
expect Josiah -. Law TO defeat Malcolm
Whitman in their match yesterday. Low
is Il steady, resoIrceful player. whose
forto Is accuracy, while Whitman is Il
slambang player, who though brilliant is
somewhat inaccurate and at times de-
npD1S an -
man won the match Al lis. ID.
The score indicates nothing. Tor play
was close in both OF the games and they
were marked by long sustained volleys.
Lows defeat was due mainly 90 his
wretched service. lie seemed unable to
get any spin or speed on the ball and
his tossee stopped out 10 a place in the
court where they fell easy prey to Whit
man and resulted in easy Kills. The win
ier did not get his aces In large clusters.
for Low was al his best after his hand
was out. Whitman scored his points
mainly by keeping Low in back and then
slamining the sphere down the middle with
such speed that Low could not get to It
for a return.
Another result that cam. as surprise
to some few WAS the victory of Lyle T..
Mahan over W. W. Pcll OF the Crescen;
\. C. Mahan won i'll straight games. both
of which went To set The scores were
a
tussle the men had. Pell was not by any
means at his top form and then too Dame
Fortune did not smile many ~ his
well meant strokes. 1t was probably du.
10 this i'll luck that the match went
against him for while many of Mahan's
drives Just barely SKINNED the telltale.
Pcll sent many which We're Just about a
quarter of an inch too low or enough
to make them hit the top of the telltale
and lose points for him.
Alfred Stllman, I'd. was very close to
II not in the form that enabled him to
win the title in 1871 and 1912 in his
match against j. V. Onativia. Jr.. OF Short
Hills Casino. The former champion had
little trouble dlsposing OF III. Jerseyite
in straight games which he won ID,
lJ--3.
L. Du Pont Irving won from his
brother l.. Du Pont Irving after a hard
battle in which the second game went
to set. The scores were lj--3. and
lS--l6.
As on the opening day. there was quite
"A gallery on hand to see the matches and
they were rewarded by fast play through
out the afternoon. The tournament on n
whole has been aided by the fact that
the Heights Casino courts are among the
best ii not absolutely the best squash
enclosures in the country. The summar-
les
National squash Tenni. Champ lonship.
Second Roand--Maicolm D. whitman Har-
ward club defeated Josiah q. Low. Heights
Sa.no lIls i george AsSo assS|s
Mahsn' tqlamSla uniyerst;y cu6. a.,ea,ed
]. V. onativia, Jr. Short Hill. Casino l5-!5.
dS rPn nn, IRVINE 1lsx Hr Harvard Club
i5-3, 1S--ij.