New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
SURPRISES MARX
SQUASH BATTLES
AT HARVARD CLUB
Appel Defeats Holland IN
a Stirring Match-Sey.
eral Defaults

Heavy handicaps bad . be ovsr,..
By many Of the cont 1ts who a..
ceeded in surviving ,he arst round !,
play In the annual handicap tournan.,,
Of the National Squash Tennis Assoc.
ton, which got under way At the H..
ward Club yesterday Several o. ~.
most prominent contenders failed !.
fare as well as expected. while Other =.
yorites only remained through de.apl,.
One Of the most stirring mateb,, :,
the afternoon was that between Ia.
W Appel, jr, Of the Harvard CluS
winner Of the recent scratch tou-.'
ment and ". G. Holland. OF thu Nj.
Club. The latter was Handicapped =.
plus one hand. and as Appel was r.tsJ
at minus 3 aces Holland had A H.
advantage over his opponent Howsye,
playing a slashing game and never l.s'
ting Up in mis- attack, Appel dese.t,s
his rival in two straight games By .
score Of 1j-3, l5-3.
Milton l.. Cornell. the associate,
secretary OF the Columbia Club. w,,,
down % defeat before o. s Eldredg.. =,
the Heights Casino. by score OF iS-S
15-4. Cornell played At minus ,
while his Brooklyn opponent was Al.
lotted one hand plus aces. AlthouzA
he forced the issue, Cornell found (.
impossible 20 overcome the big odd,
and went down 10 a quick defeat
J. b. Cornell, of the Yale Club va,
one Of those fortunate enough 70 Win
over n limit-rated man in George "a.
briskie, Of the Harvard Club. But \
was a hard earned victory. Cornell
being required 70 play three games 70
win by is-i5. 10-l5, ia.
Anderson Dana, Harvard Club e..
trant, went into the second rounl
through a default by Kenneth G. Stem.
o. the Princeton Club. while J. O. Low.
Of the Heights Casino, did not appear
20 oppose Armin W. Riley, anotkr
Princeton Club player. The latter eus
lost another strong competitor vks,
Harold Tobey found II impossible b
defeat f.. II. Hemenway, a Hsusr.
Club man.
Among those who won their matches
were Frederick s. Keller, Columbia
Club: Fillmore S. Hyde. Harvard Clsh;
Roy f. T. Riggs, Heights Casino; ". H.
van der Peel. Squash Club, and !chs
Taylor, Princeton Club.
The summary follows;
National squash Tennis A"ccia;i'n .sn,,l
handicap tourney thrst fo'.nt. Nti,t nal-a
ssller. Montclalf A Z scratch ls-li. it-li,
ia. n = Keller Columbia Club minus q.
defeated r. P. Parker. Montclslr A 9 pa I.
i, .l55. "a d.i.aiid Rossr n 2Sso,, rss Is
;SE''eG 1, IL i s.,sa,. + s y hS' s.a a' ~
Columbia Ga ,s'1 Cub tming. D d,fe,iea Isiss
Moniclsir A c lore band plus b, ls.h l,.I
r ! Whitman. Hsryart Suh ,,sifenl 'S 49,, ~
G. ". Rushmore Harstd Club ,sefsNhl. g.
fea;ei Mar Behr isle tlne loas lac -
l5o I'D r Ss'l9 c-. hsisn' 40 ,,,r,.e
III Fcsfer. Harvard club plus a. ds,eslsa 81.
vesan, walnrrisht. Yale Cub tpius ~. l5-S. ~
N If Van der Poe, squash Grub iPn " =
fea,ed n A Gibney. Bridsepoi q G. lsrsial
iS-iS. ia; o. 5. Eltredse, heises Guy. sn,.. =
hand. g.as 81 d'i nsg y III J, N r RIO
N Nsg " caino minus a. defeated 9. r. cGs
Baissport Z. G ,,eraiehl. Ill. fl. -,
Gcepsl. Heights Casino ,nissus q; 2 s 20.
= q, krgcSsoa panA Harvard club inha :
,te,eated X o. Stern Princeton cub foe ~.
Sy default: u. " Warner. Columbia ~ ?.
hand. pM, o.. Defeated G. II Graham. hr'an
y Lower halo. y. Richard HaTvt g
,scfs,Sh,. and stewart II lehnsiSa. "a. %
,9nb minus 81 defeated J. o. Low Hesno "
sno minus s.. b. default John Tay.o' IT, IT,,
ton club minus dfc.,ed 'eaA9 9S,I 49, "a.
e q tocs Sandl. defeated 9. zabnsd.s. Er'r
club ions hand. pin, ~. is-ls, ie1ls -
p Harvey. Princeton CUP tons an ~ 49,
setann n. o Cobum. Grsns ich =. G -.
d.,csied 7 c. T0nlinson, HaryArd Cup ,ns ~,
nmit, ,,h oC rlgs q. dsi,Aisd Harold To1o. Prns'
ION club tscraichl 49,. i3-is