New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
DANA STRENGTH
TRIUMPHS OVER
HACKETT SKILL
Handicap Squash Final Develops
Great Battle Between Club
Members

After an uphill fight, Anderson Dana
the Harvard Club player, succeeded in
defeating W. II. Y. Hsckett, a club
mate, in the final round of the National
Squash Tennis Association handicap
tournament yesterday on the Crimson
courts. IL was a match replete with
especially fine playing. Experience
steadiness and better condition greatly
aided Dana in emerging victor after
FIVE thrilling games BY scores Of 30
l5-12, l1-l5, l5-11, 16-lO. Dana
granted his opponent 4 handicap, but
by his playing Hackett proved that
when in condition, he should be as skill
full as his clubmste.
Hackett tired badly after the third
game, although by mutual consent both
players retired for a fve-minute rest
The fourth and fifth games we're de-
cided in exceptionally quick time, with
Hackett on several occasions making
no effort to stop his opponents drive.
Dana Plays Smashing Game
Dana played his usual hard, smash
ing game, driving the ball over the
tell-tale with less than an inch TO
spare. He invariably returned the ball
TO the corners Of the back walls 20
gather many aces, while his cross
court attack proved at times too fast
for his rival.
Hackett was the personifcation OF
GOODNESS. He showed remarkable abil-
ity in his gets" off the back wall with
apparently little effort, and his fine
placement shots had Dana running a
Marathon race around the court TO in
tercept him. At times Hackett went 20
the front court, and, with neat back.
hand shot, dropped the ball over the
tell-tale for "kills." His change Of
pace was most pulling.
Dana gained q lead Of 0 10 in the
first game, only to have his younger
rival creep up on him when he failed
to get the ball over the telltale.
Jackets best work was in the closing
hands; in four services he collected
eleven aces. The second game was
featured by many long rallies, with
Dana showing the pace and assuming
ar early lead CT to ?. Toward the END
Hackett put his side wall placement
shots into execution, and WAS rapidly
closing the gap when Dana finally
gathered his last point.
Dana Begins to slump
Dana fell into a slump at the end Of
the third game, when he gave promise
of catching his rival. With the score at
Hall Dana hit the telltale twice, while
his next two efforts were misses.
Tho fourth game ended after eight
hands, although Hsckett had a lead OF
plus 3, minus 4 aces. at tho end of the
first hand. Smashing hard. Dana failed
20 count in only two hands, collecting
four aces in his second hand and six
in his fourth. In the fifth game Dana
made up his handicap in the first hand.
At the end Of the fourth hand Hsckett
led by to by virtue OF his rival fail
ing 70 get out OF the way Of the ball.
However. Dana soon rallied. Outplacing
his rival and smashing with all the
strength that was in him. Dana quickly
pulled up his cluster OF FIVE aces in the
eleventh hand, giving him a chance to
win out by gathering the final point in
the subsequent service.
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