New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-07
RILEY DEFEATS
DAVIS In LONG
SQUASH MAT0
Dashing Style of Prince
ton Man Gives Him
Gruelling Contest.

Prominent con,enders for -.
tional squash tennis champion,b;, =.
met with little opposition IN win.
their matches ia the second roy,s |,
play Of the tourney .n progress -
courts Of the Harvard Club ve,,a.s
with only few exceptions. tho 80.
tors watched tho v.ctors elin',,s
their opponents in two straight o.
and By decisive scores.
The fine playing % the da,y....
competitors speaks well for the b,,,..'
Tough, matches that are sure 70 49,
, Eric s. Winston, the national css.
pion; Armin ". Riley, Of the Pri,,s...
Club; Charles ". Bull. IT,. and 4,
gustus J. Cordier, Heights C.,..
Brooklyn. and ?. VI. Morrison and ~
olson Dana. the two promising pl,T,.,
from the Harvard Club. we're ss,,.,,
ful IN their matches during the dsv -.
the title apparently rests among re-
J II. Williams, from the Height. r,
sine. was the only en,rant 70 en,s, -,
round before the semi-fnai BIZ ses.,.
ing /. J. Grirnel., Of the Harvard g..
By score Of l5-9, 10, l5-s
Armin W. Riley. the port sd. =.
quet wielder and champion Q, i.
Princeton Club, had a hard time bs,..,
he downed Frank r. Davis, n. y.,,.
Crimson club member, b. a seer, !,
IS 10, 10 10. Is z. Il vas n. >.
rife driving Of Riley and ais has,
left hand kills that brought aboc, !,
defeat Of Davis. The latter PLAYED r.
in the first and second games, bv. !,
pace told on him IN the fns! "a.
when he weakened.
Long rallies we're numerous. =,
the Harvard contestant following !.
pace Of his smaller opponent With "a
These volleys came % an end frecus..
~ by the whirlwind drives o, hgr
who sent the ball 20 the corners v.r
Davis. Riley appeared % cover :,
court with little effort, making s,n
number OF gets" and taking the bal
OF the back wall FOR low drive. on.
the telltale. The Princeton man d-,-.
the ball with such force ,hs, he br,e
two Of his racQuets during the maze
Davis fought an aggressive BATH. I,
the first game, taking the lead g.s
Riley was slow in warming % his gc-,
Although the latter made the gs-s %
az i3 all. Davis won. The seco.;
game found both men playing s,r,t
game. with the lead alternating Tcs
ard the end Riley managed 70 force y
veteran opponent out Of position W.
beautiful placement. 20 win the gs-,
In the third game Riley continued 3
urdeniable playing and set the pace 3
all times. Davis pulled down ire .a.
Of his Princeton rival 20 II % : b.
he failed 20 get any closer as the ~
battled 20 the end, with repeated "a.
punctuating the playing.
The easy manner In which Wi,sr
disposed % Harold Tobey. Of 'sI
Princeton Club. spoke we'll FOR p
chances in successfully defending
title. The latter found il di.Ecgs
solve the change Of pace and the r'
tricks that the titlehoider sprang g.
him. Winston made runaway o! %
match when he registered the cee.r
scores Of 15-3, l5-5.
Charles ". Bull. whose invirt'
playing of late stamps him as s''.s
contender for the title. won IS
pleased from Frank Kidde, the N''
clair Athletic Club member, By s,'a
of 10 6. l5-ll. In the second si-'
Bull jumped away 20 commsH.i
lead Of II aces 20 >. when he cee@
= reserve his strength for the fs'-'
hard matches. Kidde added SIX Tn
points TO his total. when Bull retsr,s
to his terrific smashing game and s'.s
the match.
The Harvard Club trotted fori' 81.
eral young recruits who are sure 70 ="
up a bold fight before they are tli,
mated. ?. ". Morrison played ~
smashing a game for Frank $. h'ss
the veteran Columbia Club player q
after having his own way was an ca
winner by score Of l5-lo, b /.
the second game Morrison playe' "
top speed 20 brush up his game
J. W. Appel, jr- OF the - ~.
squad, handed an unexpected deis !
Rudolph Goepel. the strong hsf
Casino player. after an inters'-,
three-game match. The score y
$40. l5-l7, l5-l2. Appel pI,
the more smashing game, ea'' :
many points by his hard driyihs, !"
his rival excelled him m his p1Aers..,
efforts. In the third same W.
gained a small lead, but he is''.
maintain il over bis aggressive W
nent. m,
Others 20 reach the third round 81
rather easy matches were Aus-s'. !.
Cordier. Of the Heights Casino; W. ~.
pears 20 be the strongest IN tng ~ !,
bracket and has two legs on ~ ,ns
tional handicap cup; Addison Ds.s
the Harvard squad, and s'e@a.
Johnson. the most promising 'sP'N-
ative from the Yale club. .-,.,-.
The draw OF play in the tnliu
to-day calls together many iss.
strong players. and three'gai'e 10. .-,',
should be played before d ''''"
reached. ...... .,,-,-
national sqla,h Tsn-s 500 ,- ~
ship second round iplef ~. Pr
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casino debated Frlrs hlfs c..s Il
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