New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Favorites Win
Opening Play
AtSquash Meet
National Tourney at Yale
Club Opens With Repre-
sentative Field

An fear Of a dull squash tennis sea-
- because many players arc in the
..-v;,s vanished yesteday when an en-
- ~ forty-two representatives COM
.,.,5 in the opening matches Of the
s,,usl handicap tourney of the Ma
.,,sl Squash Tennis Association, az
.. Yale Club. The entry is the sec
o,5 biggest ever received for this
,,n,e,ition. With few exceptions, all
-, prominent players Of this district
are entered.
The favori;cs came through without
-isbap. but in many instances they
Lad 20 call upon an their skill to over
,one the stiff hanCicaps allotted by the
so,mittee. This was particularly true
- ,bc ease Of Fillmore Van ). Hyde,
~. bich ranking Harvard Club player,
vSo defeated Rudolph Goepol, the vet
.,sn Greenwich Field Club player by
I. srore Of lis. 15-S. l5-G Hyde
IA 10 conccdc his rival ten aces in
ss,b game. and this allowance seemed
"a many Of the other players lnsur-
mouniSb.c.
Towever. Hyde was in rare form. al
though he failed 70 win the opening
se,. Hyde's change Of pace and swift
Srives 70 the hack-cOu-t corners caused
The defeat Of his opponent. Gocpel
PLAYED in top form IN the first game,
but when leading his Harvard rival m
tte second set began 20 tire. Hyde
tben collected eight points in one hand,
which placed him in the lead. He was
never In danger In the third set, in
which he began 20 score early, and was
Or even terms with Goepel after few
hands
John ". Appel, jr., winner OF the
tourney last year; Armln W. Riley,
SQUASH Club: J. V. Onativia. ir., Har-
ward Club. and C.. T. Cooney, Yale Club,
were among the prominent winners OF
ne day. Coorey'S victory was sur
mise. as he defeated Sterling Martin,
q the Greenwich Field Club. whose
rtpresentatives Jared poorly. Cooney's
25O pounds did not impede his play, and
his smashing 20 the front wall was Of
cannon ball variety. The former Eli
star made O number of gees that
seemed impossible. as Martin tried
every trick 70 defeat him. Martin col
lscied most Of his points on placement
shots when the burly Cooney could not
ret his racquet 20 the ball.
The summary follows:
Arausi ha-dirs1 tourney q National squash
T,1as Asso-iati0n Preliminary rrlnd. - ". :.
Hyds. HSrya0l club lmiru, lol. '@icaiet rs.
Goegsl Grelv.ch D. & (scratchl. ll-45, l3--N.
III: J. E FsAe' CTS a g.. lpus acc, al-
h.r h1ulil var from j. Brooks. Crescent 4. c..
sr,s tnd . hsf l-idl. defeated \. PeniA. 1re.-
csoi A G. .pgs S aces and haf hand l5--i
r-4. NJ Well city a. q. lplus aces ana
hsF hsru won f.om Doasil Malk-y. \ aic CUP
rus s,esl rs default. L. Mllius. City a &.
ipus : tre- cad O hlf haldl. Won from W. =.
5 Keets Columbia tiut lpus 2cesI. ct.c"le4
1 Cornell Columbia club ip'Is ACES AM
lar h.rII. 1915. lr-1. lt-P. j. i. iue-pN'
Hl-rird cub lp.us s sccsl. defeated NJ. NJ 50
ms Crrsccl; Club tpus 5 aoe'I. LIS, 49,
LW RILEY. squash cub inirus alcsl. defeated
@ \ Rlrftrl Harvard club lp'us 3 agc- and a
h,F h,r5l. l5--ii. 1910. j. V Victor. a.c CUP
Ip.as srs and a haf hand defeated q. y.
lhr Yale Cub o. las q aces all Lel Het1',
ls-l lJ-l0. C. T. Convey. lz.e N.-H ,t--s
sess ard . hhf hsrdl. defeated sterling Maili"'
Cr,.oylrb r & u.us p aoesl. Is I'LL.
m, -ouud-H X Ni1sel. Princeton club opus
3 ares and = half fsudI defeated " 9 no.
YI. Club frus 11es and a h-f handl. -5-4p.
l-l6. A e. Scott columbia CUB pms ., &C
M 4 hay hard|. defeated r.. IT,. Bearcs.e
H,ths CSsuo Plus , aces and a haf hslll, sisi.l,
IL. lsls J. " AFBsL % c,i,.i- Hs7Ta 5I,,v515 %5q3
Cub is-rs,rhI. l.-S l5-s. J. V. Onsu'i@' T.
Hf7tr8 cub Ip.us aces. defea'ed NJ.
BodIs: YaIs club .p.us aaes Anl q AA' "@l1''
ls-ls, 4I--4-. l'--i.