The New York herald., 1920-12-05
JAY GOULD GAINS
FINAL ROUND OF
SQUASH TOURNEY
Court Tennis Champion De-
feats T. Coward in
Straight Games.
PLAYS AT TOP SPEED
Opponent Brings Out Best
Points of Winners Game
at Columbia Club.
sy SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

By SAMUEL j. BHOOh MAN.
Jay Gould advanced to the final
round of the National Squash Tennis
Association tournament at the Colum-
hia Club yesterday as the result OF a
straight game victory over Thomas
coward of the Yale Club. The court
tennis champion was at the top OF his
game and 1t was we'll for him that
such was the case, for his opponent,
despite his failure to win any one of
the games played, gave him a busy
time of it, compelling him to call on
all the speed and skill at his command.
The score of 15-9, 1913, 15-S fails
70 give a true indication of the
strength Of the Yale mans game. his
aggressiveness, hard hitting and brill
liant getting, nor of the difficulty Gould
, experienced in counting his points.
In the first game. for instance. Coward
easily held his own for eighteen hands.
taking a lead of to at one stage and
turning the court tennis champion back
without score for a period of seven
hands For a stretch of nearly fifteen
minutes Gould failed to add to his total
OF 10 DOlnIS, Will iiNai OiAy OAAo
count behind him. Then In the nineteenth
hand Gould suddenly began strokine the
ball more furiously than ever Coward
sent back many of the drives, but he
could not quite keep up to the pace ana
Gould scored four points In row. on
his next service Gould ended the game In
his favor.
Throughout the twenty minutes re-
quired by the first game the rallies were
Of a sensational order. With the ball
shooting around the walls at great speed
il was remarkable how well the men
were able to keep 1t going. One brilliant
recovery followed another, and the crowd
that jammed the gallery found frequent
occasion for applause. Coward was hit
ting every bit as hard a ball as Gould
in the early stage Of the match, was
getting everything back and mixing MS
strokes prettily. The court tennis cham
pion was not covering as much ground
but his ability to swing his racquet from
every conceivable position and his skill
in placing his returns gave him the ad-
vantage.
Gains Early Lead.
Gould opened the second game where
he had left off in the first and quickly
ran into a'lead of two points. which he
increased to to 3 by the end of the
seventh mana. buI 1OWdlu iGhAco
spendidly, forcing the attack just when
Gould decided TO follow slower pace
and catching up to him In the eleventh
hand. A run four points, two of them
on untakable placements, one off service
and another on a miss OF swing by
Gould. placed the Yale man In the lead
by a score of IL to 10. The court tennis
champion realized then that 1t behooved'
him to bring every ounce of speed into
play TO save the game. This he did,
counting three aces in the hand that fol-
lowed. Coward "set" 1t on his service.
but with the score, 13 all, Gould counted
five points before the Yalesian could
earn any and placed the game to his
credit at 1913.
Both men looked pretty tired when
the third game opened. but the play that
followed gave little indication of II. II
anything. the ball seemed to travel
faster than ever. Coward was striving
= his best to take at least one game from
the court tennis champion and Gould
played as though anxious to haveit over
with. The latter ran into an early lead
Of four points. but Coward fought hard,
followed the ball keenly, and had the
better OF the rallies for the next few
hands.
The score finally went 10 lis in
Gould's favor. At that point Gould
showed the same ability to inject a
little more speed into his work that ne
had given evidence of in the last few
hands Of the previous games, and a run
Of four points terminated the game and
match.
In defeat, Coward, who never has been
ranked as a Class A player, proved con-
clusively that his surprising victory over
Charles NJ. Bull, Jr., the previous day
had been no fluke.
In the cup round which is to be played
tomorrow. Gould is to meet Harold r.
Mixself Of the Princeton club. who elm
mated r. Earl Fink Of the Crescent Ath-
letic Club in the other semi-final. Fink
gave a good account of himself, showing
i versatile attack and frequent spectacu-
lar getting" but the powerful hitting
Of the Princeton graduate proved too
much for him. There was finality TO
Nixseii's strokes that was lacking in
Ffnk's efforts. Fink managed to win the
third game but In the other three he
was outscored by a good margin.
The Summary.
semi-finai Round-Jey Gould, Columbia
15--D, 1913 i5-s; Harold r. Mixsell,
princeton Club, defeated r. Earl Fink.
Crescent A. O.. io-io 1916. s-io. i5-s.
GOULD VS.. COwARD-FIRST GAME.
Coward. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. o. .
SECOND GAME.
Coward. Coward. ddoiiooSSG2l4Ii9o oos-is a-ls
THIRD GAME.
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Z; Coward, 8. Misses-couid. a. Coward, Z.
Service sces-GOuld. 2. Coward. I.