The New York herald., 1920-01-25
BILL GANLEY WINS
PRO SQUASH MATCH
Frank Laffergue, Yale Instruc-
tor, Is Beaten Three
Straight Games.
SCORE IS 15-5, 15-9, 15-S
SteadineSS and Accuracy Of Harvard
Club Players Is Wsanlng
Fac:jr.

William Ghnley, Of the Harvard Club.
won the fist professional squash match
of the year yesterday from Frank LAT
forgue, Of the Yale Club, on the latter's
court Ganley was master Of the situation
from .he start and won three straight
same.. the score standing at the finish.
l5-5 f5-9. 1J-s. The Harvard instructor
played soft strokng game and used up
minimum of energy in running about the
court He used a nice change of pace and
kept Lafforgue guessing all the time as to
where he was going to shoot the ball.
Ganleys volleying was extremely good and
his placing was done with neatness and
despatch.
I-afforgue who is a very hard worker
looked to be trained down too finely.
while Ganey was in the pink of condition
The Yale pro started off we'll enough
and led at 3-1, but this was the only time
in the match that he was ahead. He hit
The ball harder.th than Ganley. but he burned
up lot of vitality by his incessant run
ming about the court. Ganley was as
steady as rock and made few waste ef-
forts. There were many long rallies, but
there We're really no big hands, the best
being three by each Of the contestants.
Lafforgue apparently tired toward the
end and Ganley had him ll-2. The Yale
pro" made a squirt, however. and got up
TO 8. At this stage Ganley had easy
kill for the winning point but missed. l.
only delayed the match a moment or SO
longer
This match is the first of series OF
professional contests leading up TO
foh wit Volt +I
pion. 1t was to be home and home COM
petition, but Lafforgue and Ganley will
meet at the Yale Club gain next Satur-
day because Of better accommodations for
the spectators.
After the professionals had settled their
Alignment the class b amateur champion
ship was started. There was a big entry
list. but Il was padded one. and there
were many defaults. Mr.. Baisdell. the
chairman of the Tournament Committee.
blamed this on the professionals sending
in the names of all those available, often
times when they had no intention OF play
ing. and stated that a new entry system
would be put in force in the future.
The preliminary round was finished and
one match in the first round completed
when r. L-Strebeigh. of the Columbia
Club. defeated J. n Worcester. Of the
same organization. by score of lS-S
1s-i6
The summaries follow
Glass Il squash Championship. - preliminary
RounG-L. Beekman. Princeton, won from ;; VI
Meyer. Yale. by default: Il. j. Strebeigh t"lnm.
hia. won from J. Turner. Harvard by default;
u. y. Worcester. Columbia, won from }. 9. Val
dron. Montclair. ly default: III. X. stern. lhlc.
defeated T. c. Ritchc. Harvard. l.-l4, LII j.
10. Rochester. squash Club. defeated ); ). Walker
Yalp. lis. 1j-12 g. W FaTher, Princeton, de-
fcated L. -. Root. Cornell. 1j-2, l5-2: j. \.
Richards Harvard. defeated II. +. Wigham. Co
from W. y. Rothschild. Princeton. by, default
W = Seamans Harvard from Il. Harris.
Princeton. by default: Harold Rove. Crescent
A.C.. ,.won. from u; IL Knnhardt. Haryard: y
Piel. New York A.C., by defnult; J, Walker. Yale.
won from w \, Kimhel. Columbia, 10y defant;
r. ~ SiInouds. Columbia. defeated i. u. GeddcF.
squash Club. 10 ~, 15-10: 6. +. Cruise. SQUASH
Club. defeated W. II. Putnam. Columbia. lbs.
Holt Yale. by default II. L. Potter, Yale. de-
fenteI L. Eichards. PRINCETON. 1,-e. IL.