The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-08
EIGHT REMAIN
IN SQUASH TOURNEY
Riggs Nearly Beaten by Rush
Of Fink at Start, but just
Manages TO Down Him.
NOT ONE UPSET ALL DAY

PLAY wac brought down to the round
be fore the semif,nais in the tournament
for the national squash tennis champion
ship yesterday at the Harvard III
courts. leaving three Harvard IIup'
three Heights Casino, one Yale 'lub ana
one Princeton Club representative In
tho running. ro-day's matches will fill
tho seminal round brackets and the
men who advance will rest until Thurs
day. when the seminnals will he con-
tested at 3 o'clock.
As on the first two days OF play
there wac not one upset in the after
Moons matches. although for u time II
looked as IL there would he at least
| one surprise in the third round. rms
was In the match between Royal f. L
| Riggs Of the Heights Casino ana
Il. T.. Fink OF the Englewood FIELD
! Club. Fink began Ike a champion ana
won the first game, while Risgs scored
/ only l point but the Heights casino
man came through and Won tho inat'n
a; lib, 1s-I3. Ii. In that first
game. while the New Jersey player was
scoring points on strokes Of championship
calihre. Riggs could not seem to Keep
the bail out OF the ~telltale, whereby he
lost most OF his points. Fink failed 20
md the ~,clltale even once ia the open
ing game.
BY the time the men got along to the
start OF the second game Rigs wac
beginning to And his stride. Fink. how
ever. was going 20 fast that the Brook
Ign man could do little against him and
the E~nglewood representative seemed
TO have the match in hand when We
took the lead at 10 to ) and maintained
his Ave ace advantage up to l3-N.
Fink. needing only 9 points for victory.
grew a little careless, and u was right
here that Rigee seized the only oppoT-
tunity that had conn his way during
the match. The Brooklyn man played
carefully and picked up point aft"r
point until he had set the game AZ H.
In the play for . Riggs made I before
he was put out He then remained out
only long enough ia kll links service"
and return for the NTH point winch
gave him the game and tied the match.
Riggs easily outplaycd Fink in ~" nnal
game. and taking the lead a. 5-i Wa
not headed.
a W. Riley OF the Princeton club and
A. Dana Of the Harvard tlub were tho
only others who had TO 60 tire" games
TO win their matches. W VI. Van der
Peel OF the Squash Gu showed uneN.
pected strength IN his match against
INV y So Nf'' A's' ~ 'NA''h WIZ 'fHNF
after a hard struggle at l5-ie, 81.
l5-a. showing that on the total uf
points Van der Po.l outscorcd Riley.
IS TO 81 Dana by a strong finish tn his
match doWned J w Appel, a oluhmatc,
at lS-l0. 10-lj. iJ-t
Eric s. Winston Of the Harvard club,
the national champion. and Charles NJ.
/ Bull. Jr.. Of tho Heights Casino. who
many believe has a good chance to do
throne Winston, won their matches
easily. The champion eliminated Joseph
Walker I'D Of the Yale club IN straight
ss,s a. IL Ii, Will" on another
court Null was beating another Val"
Grub man. stewart " Johnson, a.
iI-io. l5-I2. Lyle + Nuld'. 90"
last Of the columbia University ''I'
contingent in IN" tournament, was puI
ont Of the running by !: du rout Irving
Of he Harvard club in straight games
AZ l5-l2, l5-I3 Mahdu led 90 'ho
first game at l2-i0 and in ~" s,,oul
a, IS vi failed 20 hold his advantage.
Irving's victory brackets him with VIZ
ston today. A. J. cordirr. Wales sole
survivor. advanced Oh a stralsht game
victory over l.. NJ Morrison OF N" Htr-
ward club. al l7-Ij, Is. y sum
marieS
Nations squash Tennis championship
Third Rnuud-E du rout lrsug. Mar. "a
club defeated ~" y MaG"n, columbia
;, ,srd Clun, defeated Joseph ~, eor 80
Ya.e cub. !; T. o.. - Charles VI ~
: 1r. HeigH.s Casino. defeated : ~ lHNn.
SON. Va" cub. - ~. lr-l- " ".'''
priurr,ou cub. defeated W II. Van go
Pool. SQUASH cub -. $500 ' \
= Cordl"r. Va. cub d'f"a'"d T. VI. Mo
risou. Harvard Clue. 70. lr-N \
ban, Harvard club. I.fettrl ! " ~
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