New-York tribune., 1918-12-10
Clapp Wins Way Into Final
Round in Columbia Squash
youe Club Player Defeats
Goodies i'm Annual Fall
Handicap Tourney

rJ Clapp. the fast Yale Club player,
- wav into the final round by
"V" "S'saot;nr Robert D. Geddos, OF the
ce'h &c e,'h Club IN a second round match
Sqsl,[' ~ annual fall handicap tourney of
g q, N Nationa al Squash Tennis Associa-
Ws W tourney in pyogre at the CO.
'o"A .A,s University Club yesterday.
,yi,,r S,nnn faced the long odds OF defeating
.IAfp fapnnonent graced with the limit
sandicap but despite this disadvantage
,no, mr.,' in two traght games by score
= Is e. is.
Ceddes. new to the sport, had start
aces plus one hand on Clapp. The
,atter v however, displayed his versa
Eating his rival handily. Clapp used
~ around the court" game and kills
CO. CO. the front wall With good effect. with
'Sh;ch attack Geddes found difficulty in
snn;nc with any degree of success. In
.Ls frst game Geddes held a lead Of
~ to 5 but a whirlwind rush by Clapp
soon pulled him up on even terms.
Rival Out of Position
Clam made the most of his service
ond catching his rival out of position,
aSded four points in succession to win
.be first game In the second set.
rlapp also lost little time in gathering
no;nts. with the result that after few
hands out he was on even terms with
S;s onporent The battle waged close
nntil Geddes became erratic in his
driving. which aided Clapp to score
his final points.
John w. Appel, jr.. the Harvard
club player. who starts from the minus
10 ace handicep defeated Edward w.
Putnam. Columbia Club (minus 5
aces, by score of 15-9. 15-S. Put
nam received q start of points in
each game. but Appel showed his SUI
peror playing quality by actually
earning so points to his Blue and
White rivals Z points.
Appel's game was on the deceptive
order. He employed a low driving
zane. made his returns to the back
walls and corners swift. with the re-
suit that Putnam was frequently
caught out of position. Putnam often
attempted to puzzle his Crimson op-
moment with kills" but found Appel
a stubborn rival to fool in this respect.
Several long rallies featured the match
as the men sent the ball about the
court with lightning speed.
Mittendorf Victor
A. D. Mittendorf, Of the Princeton
Club, won a bitterly fought match
from J. W Lee, of the harvard Club,
by a score of 1912, 1913. 1t was
practically an even fight throughout,
with the steadlness of Mittendorf prov
ing a big advantage at critical mo-
ments. In another match in the second
round Robert Monks, another Prince
ton Club entrant, defeated E. G..
Swigert, of the Harvard Club, by a
score of It'd, 15-12. Swigert put
I'D a game fight against his more ex-
perienced rival. but found Monks's
varied game troublesom
The summary follows:
Annual fall handicap tourney of the National
souash Tennis Association first round upper halfl
"A D. Mutmdorf Princeton Club. won by de-
fault from W j. Knapp. squash Club;
Second round upper hafl-lohn w, Apnel 1r;
Eana,d Cub tmuus 10 aces. defeated Edward
" pulnam Columbia Cub (minus acesl. l5-e.
li--S. Robert MoAas. princeton Club tplus aces
defeated T. G Swigert Harvard Club (plus
stssi l7--l4. l5-l9.
r,th fp,us ares defeated Robert Gcddss Squash
Cub lpius aces hand). l5-l2 l5-l3.