The New York herald., 1921-02-08
FAVORITES SCORE
AT SQUASH TENNIS
Contenders Advance in Cham
pionship, Jay Gould Among
Them.
TITLEHOLDER TRIUMPHs
Auguste J. Cordier Moves Into
Fourth Round. One Match
Ahead Of Field.
TITLEHoLDER TRIUMpHs
ny SAMUEL ). pRooKMAN.

ny SAMUEL D. BktOoh MAN.
There was no repetition yesterday Of
the startling upset that marked the
opening OF the national squash tennis
championship on the Yale Club courts
in every match. and In most cases even
the scores conforrned to expectations.
When the second days play closed fif-
teen Of the original forty-eight aspirants
to the title stu held their places IN
the draw and OF these Augusts j.
Cardier Of the Yale CUB, titls;older,
was out in the fourth round one match
ahead OF the rest of the contestants.
With the field more than two-thirds
eliminated, results are beginning to in
dicate with fair certainty just who
may be expected to fight 1t out for
places in the semifiaal round. There
appears to be little doubt that In the
upper quarter the issue rests between
Jay Gould. the court tennis champion,
who has yet to be beaten this season.
and John W. Appel of the Harvard
Club, national titlehoider year before
last In the second quarter the choice
is rather difficult. but Donald S. Baker
OF the Yale Club and Armin w. Riley
Of the Princeton Club appear to be
class B champion. is the man Cordier
must beat In the third quarter to reach
the semi-finaL while in the last division
Fillmore Van S. Hyde of the Harvard
Club, former amateur champion. looms
up most prominently. with r. Earl Fink
of the Crescent Athletic Club as his
strongest opponent
Gould's "Getting'' Remarkable.
jay Gould again demonstrated yes
ter1ay that his bid for the champion
ship must be taken seriously. He fairly
overwhelmed one of the top ranking
players, Livingston Platt of the faie
Club In the first game OF their match.
His versatility of stroke and remark
able getting had Plat outguessed Tor
the greater part of the contest. In tho
second game the Yalensian steadied
quickly and followed the swift pace
more successfully. He went out into
the lead after the first few hands and
his hard hitting kept him there unui
the score was to in his faVor.
Could however overhauled him with I.
a run of five In the thirteenth hand,
the best single score of the match, and
took the game at 15--10. In both at
tack and defence the court tennis cham-
pion's game was convincing, to say the |
least
Gould meets Donald Mackay OF tne
Yale Club, another powerful hitter IN
the third round of the tournament, ana
II successful will have John W. Appel
as his opponent tomorrow. Inc latter
has given unmistaSable evidence re-
cent1v of a return to the form that won
him the title in 1919. and his showing
against l. H. Cornell OF the Coiuinoia
club Yesterday strengthened tnatApe
lief. without calling on his best speed
Appel defeated, his opponent lbs.
l5---s. His control and skill IN piac,ns
Ieft little TO be desired. The majority
!, ,bosa who are following the progress
az the tournament are asserting that the
man who beats Appel viii win the
championship. Harvard CLUB members
are pretty confident that neither Gouiu'
cordier nor Coward can eliminate the
former champion and are backing him
liberaIly in wagers with rival clupnen.
The summary:
National squash Tennis Championship
second Round-Isy Sou Goqd yoIs SQUEEZE ciuh lug &
1910. e. J. Ciapp. Yale CLUB. won from
Ralph G. coburn. Harvard Club. py ue-
club. won from Jesse Hoyt. Princeton CLUB,
by default. Thomas II. Coward, Yale Ciun.
won from W A. kipnel, , Co,unoia cnn, aipietis
Club, defeated f. S. whitlock. Harvard Club,
f5--s i5-9. Donald S, Baker. Yale CLUB; de-
fea&d Basil Harris. Princeton Club. ln-o'
ff-l5. 15-s Fillmore Van 8. Hyde. Her-
ward Club. defeated Royal f. r. Riggs.
squash Club fJ--i2, 1J-s. Donald Mackay.
vale Club defeated L. I. Crinnell. Harvard
Club. i5d, Isl Otis Guernssy' Yale CLUB C,,,S
teiS 15,-a, i5-2 Harold r. Mixsell,
Princeton club. defeated II. Duncan Buikley.
Columbia Club. 15--1, 15-a II; Tones. Har.
ward Club. defeated p. VI. Morrison, Harvard
Club. Ii-15. lis. i5--7. p. Sanger, Har-
ward Club. defeated John Taylor. Princeton
Club, 1913 i5-6. II. d. Harvey. Princeton
Club, won from e. w. Putnam. Columbia
(frh nv dofa.llt.
O.rbi Third A. Ronnd-Aueuste J. CSrdier. Yale
Club defeated Geoffrey Taylor. Army and
Navy Club, 15-3. Is-1i
The score by hands OF the Could
Plat match follows;
FIRST GAME.
Gould. ........s...-. l-l2
Plat. ............... v U y " v " l.
SECOND GAME.
could
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