The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-05
PUTNAM Is BEATEN
IN SQUASH TOURNEY
Loses in Opening Round of
Handicap Event on New
Yale Club Courts.
CORD1ER PLAYS WELL

There was good squash. bad squash
n niiddling squash and plenty Of all
kinds in the opening round OF the an
nuai fall handicap of the National
Squash Tennis Association yesterday AZ
tho Yale Club. Thu feature Of the day.
however. was the crushing defeat OF
r. W. Putnam of the Columbia Club.
who conquered Eric =. Winston. the ma
tional champion. only the other day. y
NJ. Blodgett Of the Yale Cllh took Put
mans measure and did II in straight
games. 10 to minus ). and 10 TO minus ..
Putnam started at Il handicap of minus
4 and In the first gamc failed to score
q point against BlOdgett. who had a
generous start of plus . and | hand.
IN the second game Putnam did q little
better and scored six aces. but still III.
is0ed with 9 less han nothing.
ono OF the best matches of the day
resulted In "a victory for a. J.. Cordier
of tho Brooklyn Heights Casino over
b. 0toddard OF the Bridgeport Univer-
sity Club. at 1918. l5-5. 15-le. Cor
.iier started from minus ! and in the
first game made u desperate fight which
helped him to set tho game before los
ing. As the game progressed he kept
8cttlIk DttttE anu at tiS Va shS
sesond game was In top form. The
Brooklyn man was u marvel of accuracy
and scored frequently by his low strokes.
whic barely skinned the ~telltale. Stod-
dsrd. who started from scratch. scored
only five points In that game and did
little better In Tho next. The sum
Rlaries
Nations! squash Tennis Association Fall
Asndicap. Frs, Round-J l.. Garter. Co
latnit. a1rh Mus r. hands Iefpnfssl
T. u. B.arisley. Heights Casino. plus one
Land, lG-i:, i5-l2; r. g March. Bridge.
Club. plus 81 hand. b default. c. s.
brown. Mont ct,ir Athletic CLUB. plus one
Athletic CLUB. Plus o. hand. @isii.
l5-Ig: \. ". Riley. Prince.cn club. minus
9. defeated n: l.. Cornell. coiumo.e Club.
avkl, short ills Casino. minis =. de
teAted y. Z. Torrance. Crescen; Athletic
Club p p. q. ~ nand; Moh srii, A, hnhs
Club. p.us 81 ha..l. defeated J. IL. Will
inns. Heights Casino, minus 4, Is, o--ij,
To-; W. T. Mills, Nlcntcia.r Athletic Club.
plus one hand. LIS. I'LL; y. stevens,
fe1e Club. p.us 81 hand. defeated G.
Ill. ii-iS, Ito; Charles 81. Bull
Jr.. Heights Casino. minus 5. defeated q.
Jenkins. Montclair Athlc'lc club. plus ~
hand. defeated X. q. Cohurn. Greenwich
Field club. scratch. i5-ii. is; Il. NJ.
t.sted L, ". Putnam. Columbia club.
minus 5. I5-,-s,. io-C-o; l.. l.. Grin
neil. Harvard Ciup. plus one ha,!d. de-
'eated \. Jenkins. Mcntcisir Athletic Club.
Columbia Club, plus o.: hands, de:e.,ed
n. Abbott. Bridgeport University Club.
scratch. i;--i3. li--i5. 49,; II. u, Bulk.
.ey, Colun,bl, Cluo. minus 4. iefe,,:ei W j.
Knapp, squash Cluo; scratch, -
1s-ts. ]. flatt. Vale CLUB, lius one hand.
defeated :. II. Johnson. Yale club. scratch,
IT,. ly-i2. I. \. seller. Montcla!r
l. Ca,iin. bridgeport rr.verh,y Club.
.cratch. is--ia. Ill: Il. \. Gibn-y.
DrIdg,por' University Club. scratch. de-
f,stsd /. y. Eich.. crescent Athletic Club.
Plus - hand. IL. iS-iO, le-i.
\. NJ Wolf. Columbia '''u' Plus ore
hand. defeated u II. NoyeS. squash Clun.
minus :. To, i5-s F~red"r'"k :. ke-!"r.
nleNi"@,g. i"is I'm; ~. o.: hi rSn,i
Club, p.us |. defeated u. TArusu orth. Mont
clair Athletic cub. pius one hand. ls-ie.
scratch. defeated II. T. smith. Yale Cidh.
plus one hand, fit ito; A.. J. Cor
d., Heights Casino. minus =. defeated -
s,oidsrd, rr'dsepcrt University CUE
Won from r, V. 7. RsrS, Heights Caslro.
minus I, BY tcfau.', i. :. Croker, Green
.'ich Field Clun. plus one hand. defeated
J. T. Terry. Vale cub. Plus one hand.
i5--s. is, W. Il. Van Der Poe. squash
CluO. scratch. Won from j.. G. Auchirc!osS,
second Round--J. r.. carter. Columbia
Club. plus 90 hanis. won from r.. G,
March, Bridgepo-. University Club. plus
one hand, BY default: }. c; Appe.; Heights
r rope. J-, Heights Casino, scratch.
ie--i5, i'll, i5-f.