The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-17
YALE CLUB GAINS
IN SQUASH EVENT
Advances to Second Place in
Metropolitan Glass A
Team Standing.
STANDING or THE CLUBS.
by SAMUEL j. BROOKMAN.

With the team Of the Harvard Club
resting, Yale Club gained some ground
yesterday in the Glass A metropolitan
squash tennis championship, moving up
to a tie for second place with Columbia
Club. The latter failed to live up to its
early season performances and did not
win single match of the seven contested
with the Yale men on the latter's courts.
1t was closer than the score shows. how
ever, for in four of the seven matches
the Yalensians were carried into extra
games TO win. 1t was the first defeat OF
the season for the Columbia Class A
team.
Auguste j. Cordier, national champion,
playing his first match in several weeks
for the Yale Club. scored in straight
games over Lyle e. Mahan of the Co
lumbia Club Owing to an operation for
appendicitis last summer. Cordier has
not been competing regularly this sea-
son and has not been extending himself
but he appears to be approaching his
best speed gradually and by the time the
national tournament is decided in Feb
ruary may be as dangerous a contender
as ever for the title. Against Mahan
yesterday Cordier placed more reliance
on skill and change of pace than on
speed and hard hitting, and had no
trouble winning by margin of 15--S in
each game
Coward Scores Over Putnam.
Thomas Coward, the youngster who
surprised Charles M. Bull, Jr.. in the
open tournament at the Columbia Club
recently, played No. / on the Yale squad
and scored over e. w. Putnam impress
sively. Coward was slow TO get into
stride, but In the second and third games
his splendid speed. control and versa
tility of stroke gave him a commanding
lead. In the final game he outscored
his opponent nearly four to one Fred
erick S. Keller of the Columbia Club
came closer to victory than the rest OF
the losing squad. Had he been able to
maintain the pace he set In the first
game and part OF the second Keller
would have defeated H. r. Stern. but he
lacked the stamina to keep going at top
speed. and after narrowly escaping de-
feat In the second game, Stern took the
last division Of play by a score of
1912.
At the Crescent Athletic Club the
home team scored its first victory in
Class A at the expense Of the Princeton
Club team. The Crescents led in five of
the seven matches, Charles NJ. Bull, Jr.,
and r. Earl Fink showing to best adj
vantage for the winners. In the only
match that required extra games James
Doig of the Crescents defeated Basil
Harris, 1915. 15-10. 15-5.
One of the two winners for the Tiger
graduates was o. De Gray Vanderbilt. q
veteran squash tennis player who has
not been competing very often during
the last two or three seasons. The vet
eran proved that he has lost little of
h 10 olrin although hia Of ri Ia a q
aggressive as in the past and he held
the lead throughout the two games of
his match with c. w. Dangler.
The summary.
YALE CLUB. 7; COLUMBIA CLUB. 0.
Thomas Coward. Yale. defeated e. w. Put
nam, Columbia, els. 1873. 49, @. j.
lumba, 1912, 9-15. 15-8: Auguste J. Cor
der. Yale. defeated Lyle z. Mahan. Column
bia, i5-s. l5-s: stuyvesant Wainwright.
1916. 49,; p. s. Baker, Yale, defeated H.
Duncan. Bulkley. Columbia. 3-15 1871.
15-2: Joseph Walker. Yale, defeated Robert
Stern. Yale. defeated Frederick s. Keller.
Sis. 17-14, 15-12.
A. e., 8; PRINCETON CLUB, 2:
Charles M. Bull. Jr.. Crescent. defeated
Fink. Crescent, defeated H. D. Harvey.
1912, 1912; Andrew Baxter, Jr..
defeated ]. Q. Nicely, Princeton,
15-s, 15-S: o. De Gray Vanderbilt, Prince
ton, defeated G. w. Dangler, Crescent,
15-10. 1912; E. c. Odds. Princeton, defeated
X. f. Mcvaugh. Crescent. 15-1o. 15-9;
James Dog. Crescent, defeated Basil Harris.
Princeton Club. 1915. 1910, 15-5; G. w.
Dingee. Crescent. defeated r. Monks. Prince
ton, 1870. I'LL.
Owing to the conflict with the Class A
metropolitan team matches. the semi
finals of the national squash tennis
handicap at the Harvard Club were
postponed yesterday One OF them, that
between r. Earl Fink of the Crescent
Athletic Club and F. S. Whitlock of the
Harvard Club. will be decided at p. M.
to-day; the other, between Ralph G..
Coburn. Harvard Club. and d. S. Baker.
Yale Club. at p. M. tomorrow. The
cup round probably will be played on
Monday.
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