The sun., 1916-12-11
OF HARVARD
BEATEN AT SQUASH
Suffers Unexpected Defeat by
Keller in National Han
dicap Tourney.
HYDE FAILS TO APPEAR

Several surprises marked play In the
tional Squash Tennis Association at the
Harvard Club yesterday afternoon. r.
II. Davis. ono OF the home stars who
was regarded as a likely winner Of the
competition. caugh. Ct Tartar in tie per-
son of Frank =. Kceler OF the Columbia
University Club, ono OF tho granddaddics
OF the game.
Davis was called on to concedc Ecclcr
four aces. hut the Columbia graduate
was In especially fine fetile and took
the match al 15--?. 15-12. The victory
put kceior In the fourth round. where
he will meet II. Z. Fink of the Engic-
wood Field Ciuo this afternoon. Against
Fink. kcelcr will he handicapped four
aces. for the New Jersey entry is a
scratch man. Yesterday Flnk scored
over G. r. Garrison Of Harvard in the
third round at 1913. 3--l3. lS-I4. 1t
was one of tie hardest and longest
drawn out matches OF the two days
play and showed Fink at his best In the
hottest rallies.
The elimination Of Davis was espe-
ciaily surprising after his fine work
against the severest handicap allotted.
Davis was handicapped ut minus eight
aces and his rival in the second round.
r. Walsh Of the Yale Club, was con-
coded one hand and nine Aces. This
looks Ike an utterly insurmountiblc
handicap, bu, Davis Won at i5-Ie.
lS-l3.
One of the su! 2rises was the default
OF +. :. Hyde of Harvard TO II. W.
Warner of the Iicights Casino. lIyde's
brilliant playing was one Of the fc1-
lures the day before. Anderson Dana
and ]. W. Appel. Jr.. both Of the lIar-
ward club. were among tho winners. u.
Among the feature matches to-day
will he the meeting of II. f.. T. Riggs
OF the Casino and J. +. Siillman. IT,,
Yale. Dana W.. Warner. Appel VS.. FL
bridge. Rushmore VS.. Van der Pocl and
A.. W. Riley VS.. J. Taylor. The sum-
maries:
Handicap-First round-G. y. Richard.
Harvard. won by default.
second Round-c. r. ciarkson. Harvard
zone hand plus -. defeated livingston
r!att. Yale ,pius -. IL, i5--5; r. II.
Davis. Harvard tm!nus ~, defeated 7.
10: A. W. Ri!ey. Princeton minus 50. de-
fcat.d q y. Richard. Harvard scratch.
IL. io-iS iS--io: a, J: Cordier. i.i"
plus -. ISL, is-i,; Charles NJ. Hui.
Ir. squash club onInus 81. defeated John
Turner. Harvard ,onc hand. Ill. is:
- onallNla JI.' snoI' TIl - at'H'
defeated Or II. n. Mlx."li. Princeton
scratch. is-i3. iS-is. V. Booth. Har-
yard cone hand plus -. defeated g. a.
Waidrou. Montclsi- A.. e. plus q. lbs.
Is J. Mcguire. Naic con" hand. de-
fea,ed a. Z. Ellis. Harvard ,rius -. i5-!i.
iS--iS. ". II. van der Pool. Squash club
minus -, defeated Harry Foster. HI-vrrl
fplus ~. lie. ij--l!; John Taylor.
Princeton: \. NJ. woin, Columbia; j. +.
siillman. Yale: J. Hrown. Montciair &C.;
Donald Mackar. Yale: J. II. Heaiey. Iiar-
ward; Il. bradford. Yale. and W II. y
Hackett. Harvard. all Won by default.
Third Round-R. l.. Fink. Englewood L
g. scratch. defeated e. y. clarkson. Har-
ward cone handJ. 1913. 3-l3. is-it:
Frank :. Keller. Columbia, ,mlnus -. de-
feated i. II. Davis, Harvard minus s..
is. LIE: Anderson Dana, Harvard
minus s.. defeated X. |. Strebigh. Heights
Casino plus ~. is-i3. ii: II. W. War.
ner. Heights Casino tone hand). won from
=. =. Hyde. Harvard minus ". by de-
fault: J. W. Appel. Jr.. Harvard ,minus 81.
defeated A NJ. Wolr, Columbia tpius ~,
l3--s. lis; q 5. Eldridg-. Heights Casino
zone hand and . sc--D. defeated l.. NJ. Nor
rison. Harvard Iminus a.. i5--S, lit,