The New York herald., 1921-01-23
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TITLE PLAY OPENS
ON SQUASH COURTS
Glass B Entrants Show Sur
prising Skill in First of
National Journeys.

First Of the national squash tennis
championships, the title tournament for
Glass B players, got under way on the
courts of the Squash Club yesterday
with an entry of forty-siX players. the
largest it has had in several years. The
contestants. as required by the rules,
were men who never before had been
included in the national ranking players,
but that fact did not preclude the pos
sibility of top notch squash. for among
the performers were a number OF racquet
welders who, coming with a rush this
season. had beaten veterans who rate
very close to the top among the anna
teurs.
Standing out prominently among the
promising newcomers is Thomas Coward
of the Yale Club, whose triumph over
Charles NJ Bull. Jr., the Squash Club
and Crescent Athletic Club champion.
furnished one of the upsets of the season.
At first glance the tournament appears
to be made to order for Coward, whose
record this winter surpasses that of any
other entrant. He is in the second quar-
ter of the draw and apparently certain
to get out to the semi-final round with
out much trouble, but there are several
others in his half who promise to upset
the top of his game. In this group are
Carroll T. Cooney, a clubmate of
Coward; F.. S. Ritchie of the Harvard
Club and J. G. Rochester of the Squash
Club. The latter is more or less of an
unknown quantity, having confined his
efforts this season to matches on his
own court. but he has practised a good
deal with Walter A. Kinsella, the Ameri-
can professional champion, who is the
7 oh lt,hs inc anna
is said to be of Class A rather than
Class B calibre
VIII Test His MettIe.
Neither Rochester nor Coward got into
action yesterday, the former advancing
by default, while the latter drew bye.
Rochester, however, meets Ritchie to-
morrow in match that should test his
mettle. while Coward plays B. e. Whit
lock of the Columbia Club to-day.
In one Of the best matches of the
opening round +. s. Whitlock of the
Harvard Club triumphed over Joseph
Walker Sd of the Yale Club. That the
tussle was close the score of 1877,
1913 indicates 1t was so hard fought.
in fact, that at no time in either game
did one or the other player have an ad-
vantage of more than two or three
points. while tine lead changed hands
frequently. 1t was not n particularly
hard hitting match, but the men were
on their toes, covering a lot of ground
and making all sorts of unexpected re-
coveries. The rallies were kept going In
every hand. Whitlock had just little
more speed and control in the pinches
and his ability to take the initiative in
/ the last few hands of each game earned
him the victory
Among others VINO advanced in
cf a Dieyllf 20
and Reginald Roome of the Yale Club,
Willis Putnam and r. V. Mahon of the
Columbia Club and F. S. Ritchie of the
Harvard Club. f. w. Chambers OF the
Columbia Club. L. II. Heminway of the
Harvard Club and II. v. Crawford of
the Montclair Athletic Club had to go
extra games to score their victories.
w. A. Kimbel of the Columbia Club
was the only entrant to advance as far,
as the third round. To do so he did not
have to get on the court for he drew a
bye in the first round and won by de-
fault in the second.
The summary.
National Glass B Squash Tennis Champion
ship.-First Round-Carroll T. Cooney, Yale
Club, defeated S. s. Walker. Yale Club
Club. defeated AZ g scott stosIs colsmba olOmDa cDb
1o-io, 10-15, 15-6: e. II. Hepinway, Har-
Nard Club, defeated @. f. Fuller, Harvard
Club. 12-15, 1912. 15-1O; ]. q. Rochester
SQUASH Club, won from Joseph Coffin. Co
lumoia, by default: +. s. Ritchie, Harvard
CLUB, defeated Grover o'Neill. Harvard Club.
l6-1, 15-S; Willis Putnam, Columbia Club
defeated J. w. Pulleyn. Columbia Club, los,
15-10; r. ". Mahon, Columbia Club. de-
feated r. /. Grinnell Harvard Club. ibE5
15-o; III. v. Crawford. Montclair Athletic
Club. defeated g. A. Walker. Jr.. Princeton
Columbia Club. won from II. r. Burt. Co,
lumbia Club. by default; r. f. Potter, Yale
Club. won from M. NJ. fSterling, Crescent
Athletic Club. by default; f. s. Whitlock
Harvard Club, defeated Joseph Walker I'd
Yale Club, 1917, 15-13; Reginald Roome,
Yale Club, defeated X. f. McNaugh, Cres-
cent Athletic Club. 1912, 15-5
Second Round-W. A. Tlinbel, Columbia
Club. won from Kingsley Kemhardt. Co
lurnbia Club nv default ~