The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-16
SQUASH HANDICAP
DEFEATS A. DANA
Unable to Overcome Allow
ance of Eight Aces to Ralph
G. COburn.
by SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

Anderson Dana, favored to reach the
final. had 10 acknowledge defeat in the
fourth round of the national squash
tennis handicap tournament at the Har-
ward Club yesterday. He played well
enough and at times reached brilliant
form. but the task of allowing eight aces
to a player Of the calbre of Ralph G..
Coburn who stands tenth in national
rank, proved too much for him. The
tussle ran into extra games and the re-
suit remained in doubt until the deciding
stroke in the last division of play, which
was set at 13-all before Coburn gained
his winning margin. Dana played from
minus 10 aces and Coburn from minus 2,
and the former actually earned 6S points
to 40 for his opponent. but Dana failed
to distribute his lead evenly and Coburn
won by a score of 15--S. lis. 1S-15
No better squash has been shown this
season than Dana exhibited in the second
game OF the contest Rallying after n
mediocre start in the first game in which
he did little more than hold is own, Dana
fairly bewildered Coburn with his daz-
zlng speed. spectacular gets and versa
tility OF attack. Coburn was so helpless
throughout the game that there appeared
little or no chance Of his being returned
a winner. Dana came all the way from
minus o aces and reached plus 10 for
a total of % points before Coburn could
count three points. IL was a decisive
rally. but Dana overestimated his
strength and expended too much energy
in the squirt. With Coburn rousing him
self to greater effort in the third game,
Dana found the pace growing too fast
for him, and he had TO play in streaks
calling on his best speed in one rally
If,,f IL II.
than on speed in the next. AS it was
he scored five points more than Coburn
in the deciding game, but that was three
aces shy of overhauling the handirap
of aces. and the victory went to his
opponent Powerful hitting and an
abundance OF volleying kept Coburn in
front throughout the final game.
With the completion of the fourth
round the tournament narrowed down to
four survivors on the semi-final round.
Two of them. Coburn and f. S. Whitlock
are representatives Of the Harvard Club
and the othe" two are r. Earl Fink of
the Crescent Athletic Club. and d. S.
Baker of the Yale club. Baker. playing
from scratch. meets Coburn. minus 2
aces in one semi-final tomorrow. and
link. minus aces plays Whitlocll
scratch. in the other.
Il, n. Hcninway of the Harvard club
was the last Of the plus handicap players
TO be eliminated from the tournament
yesterday. He found Fink too fast and
too skilfu for him and was outscored
more than two points to one. The Cres-
cent man continued to impress with the
all around effectiveness of his play. and
there are many who regard him as the
most likely winner of the tournament
The summary:
National Squash Tennis. Handicap-Fourth
round-F. s. Whitlock. Harvard Club
(scratch), defeated Livingston Plat. Yale
Club minus aces). f5--9. 15-s: r. Earl
Fink. Crescent Athletic Club (minus r aces)
defeated l.. H. Heminway Harvard Club
(plus aces). 15--S. 15-t0 Ralph G.. Co
burn. Harvard Club tminus aces). de-
feated Anderson Dana Harvard Club
(minus 10 aces). lbs. lis. 1915; u. S.
Baker. Yale Club (scratch). defeated Harold
Tobey, Princeton Club (minus 3 aces), 15-11
els, 1j-5.