New-York tribune., 1918-01-11

NOioiHeu FORCES OF the Prince
ton and Squash clubs captured their
lirst series Of the tourney BY reason
OF the default Of the Columbia Club
IN one match. OF the six matches
played each group won three. n n
ouikiey, the Blue and White member
VINO was scheduled to oppose w. J.
hnapp, the Squash Club representa-
tive' arrived at the clubhouse late. and
discovered that his rival had been
awarded the match by forfeit.
Promising Young Player
Inc best fight put up by the defeat.
ed Yale team was that of William
ADAMS. Although still unfamiliar with
many tricks of the game. Adams forced
~ +. Phelps, his opponent. to play
'hree OF the hardest games of the
series before he won by score of
l'-lo, 1o-9, 15-12. The clever work
OF Adams against his more exner;.
enced rival in his last two games has
Drought him considerable praise. He
IS looked upon as the most PROMISING
ol the recruits in the Yale Ciub ranks
Adaras displayed a good wrist motion
ana an, an ability to make hard gets" in
une PACK vail corners. His smashing
was terrific at times, but he was wonf
to permit his opponent to catch hin,
out OF position. After losing the frst
game mainly through his efforts to
pay Adams's fast and smashing game
Phelps changed his tactics comnjeteir
he bafied his Yale rival with a ronnd
the court shot and smashing drives
along the walls. Adams having diff.
culty IN getting his racquet to the bali
fheips also forced the pace, but had
10 10 CAL on all his cunning to ward of
third game
Fillmore Van S. Hyde, the Harvard
star. also played a three-game ma.cF
before he defeated Donald Mackay. ono
time Yale pitcher. by a score of 15--
1o-15. 15-3. Hyde was not at his
best but nevertheless kept Mackav
busy chasing his drives. AS early as
,nc s1 nrst part Of the second game
Mackay was very tired player.
Mackay nit the ball hard. but his
aim was poor, as he forfeited many
aces by driving out of court. HYDE
paid considerable attention to PLAYING
backhand. balls to his opponent. who
! is somewhat weak against this form Of
attack Hyde seemed badly off color
picking the ball of the corners. and
was caught out Of position on several
occasions.
Other Crimson men who played in
tip-top form and decisively defeated
their rivals were J. V. Onativia. jr..
and R. G. Coburn. The latter had only
! six aces scored against him by j. A.
Victor, his Yale rival, while f. j.
Clapp gathered four against Onativia.
all coming in the first game.
Veterans to Rescue
Two veteran Princeton Club men had
to get out their old racquets to COM
plete full combination for the tussle
with the Columbia Club They were
5. Hinman Bird and George Wander
bllt, both of whom were downed by
their better conditioned Columbia
rivals.
An improved game was shown by Dr..
A: u. Mfttendorf, of the Princeton
Club, before he was defeated by Rob
ert L. Strebeigh, Columbia, by score
of l1-lb, 15-11, 15-12. The match
resulted in bitter fight for every ace.
Strebeigh succeeded in pulling out a
victory by resorting to drives to the
front wall corners and puzzling cross
court shots that Mit-endorf seemed un-
able to fathom.
A. w. Riley, the Princeton Club
champion, used low, smashing ball to
defeat Edward W. Putnam, while F. S.
Keeler, the Tiger captain. failed to dis
play his usual aggressiveness, meeting
defeat at the hands of DR.. II. r. Mix