The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27
KINSELLA RETAINS
HIS SQUASH TITLE
Beats FerOn in Professional
Match in Straight Sets at
Harvard Club.
LOSER STARTS BR1SkLY

Walter A. Kinsella, worlds profess
sionai squash tennis champion. success
fully defended his title yesterday at the
Harvard Club by defeating Stephen J.
Feron. challenger. In the second straight
match Of the series. three consecutive
games at ib-s. i5--3. 1b--l. Kinsella
won the opening match at the Squash
Club last Thursday In three straignt
games at III, i5-6. l6-7. IN whicn
he outplayed the former champion by as
big a margin as he did yesterday.
The opening game OF Yesterday
match was the only really interesting
one Of the entire series. 1t was the on'y
one In which Feron showed anything
like the ability that had held the pro-
fesslonal title for him for twelve years
prior 10 his loss OF II 10 kinsetla iast
year. The Harvard club mentor In ina
1rst game started with n rush and scored
3 points In the first three hands. his
familiarity with the cour on wh,ch the
match was played initiated IN his iaVor
and he held the champion for eleven con-
secutive hands scoreless.
K,nsel,a first broke into the scoring
column In the twelfth hand. when ne
ran three. In the meantime. however,
Feron had collected six tallics n the
defensive game which he had been play
| ing made IL appear that his lead was
| o,nfor,able The champion, however.
| once he had scored. acquired n taste l"r
| tAllyina and In three hands more addcu
| another trio OF TALES. kinsel'a traiied
| along behind. however. until the twenty
| second hand. when his powerful driN'ns'
trpnVth and speed came to the sur.
face for the first time in the match atu
he made a run OF eight. which nh'Snro
the game. Three Of these were scored
on deadly accurate placement shots WINE
the others were the result OF marc ur,Nc'
which caused Feron to return the pdi
IN tho ~telltale or out Of pounds.
Thereafter the match became a pro
cession for the champion. In the secon'
game he allowed Feron a single ace "
cath OF three in the hrst FOUR h"h"S
while he himself kept adding poin' "
po,n, until he had reached his hf'e""
Eeron failed to score In the hnai eain'
until Kinsclla had gathered eeve'
points. Then the champion le' w W
a while and gave Feron four points OF
misses before he took the four point
necessary to sin the championship Nm
sella viii meet Frank La Forsue OF =
louis iu another match for the title mex
month in 81. Louis. Sic summary:
Wo,,d,. Professional squash Tcnni, cham
p,unship. second Hs''h-Na('r y NJ
-ella. champion, defeated stephen - 'uoT,
challenger. l5-a, 10 j l'-' ~" '"'
scor. ana stroke analysl'i
FIRST GAME
Feror;
Ar.s by opponen,'s ntsse--kinselr
r.ron, : Aces 10y p,a'em' klnS"tlu'
E.rou Aces bv e'rNire-Nih-"lIa'
SECOND GAME,
E,.,r. = -
- y
Aces by opponents misses Is ins"ii''
Feron. q Aces h> placement Nihs";a'
Fe-on, : Noes Ivy serNicc-h4Hs''"'
, THIRD GAME
n Kinseis ...... ...... =
Z Ferou ......... . o " : : "
Aces by opponents misses kin'"ila' =,
Feron. 4 Noes 10y riac-m"nt- hlhr"i g. !
! Fsrou. o N,e- tN SerNi'"-h ihH"nh
Feron. o Referee A J 'oril't,. We
n ,lub Assistant -c'ore"-J W TaN'
a i,,In. ,,on cub. Mar&or-B T. I iHst
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