New-York tribune., 1921-02-10
Hyde
And Riley Also
Win. on Co,lrt:
s:ould and Appel Thrill
the Gallery by a Series
Of Spectacular Rallies
Nv lack Masters

sv Could. Of the Columbis Golf,
..gsed for the semi-fnals of the ma
ma squash tennis championship at
!. Yale Club yesterday afternoon by
s.s.stiug John ". Appel jr., Harvard
5rh the 1919 champion, in straight
e.s s,as 15--10. ISIS. Appel, who was
stnlaved throughout, despite the fact
.,Sf he had been made 8 favSrite over
,,,,md is the first OF the big four TO
y eliminated from the race for the
AI ] Cordier. Yale Club, the defend
~ champion; F. Van S. Hyde, Harvard
,anh. and Armin W Riley, Princeton
fiub, are the othar semi-hnalists.
eardier and Hyde and Riley and Gould
giIl clash this afternoon, and the win-
ssrs will meet either tomorrow after
sson or Saturday in the deciding
While the Gould-Appei match was
sos productive Of unusua, plsy, it was,
SOwever, the feature of the day. and
,hs gallery might easily have been mis-
:aken for subway car rs the excited
ssns Iurched first one way and then
another in what was usually futile
Effort to get glimpse of the players.
G0uso N1iG at start
Gould exhibited wildness at the start
oI the first game, slamming into the
tsil-taIe twice in succession, but the
gsa,s was fairly even until the Column
bIs man took the lead at 6-5. From
this stage Gould ran four straight
osiats before his opponent registered
{ single marker but when Appel began
70 score, he, too, spurted and made the
sore 10 all, but that was all he could
10 in this game.
The second game opened with q long
rally festured by several Gne gets on
both sides, and the inning ended with
Appel missing an easy shot. Gould
eantinued his erratic play and soon
i5nnd himself on the short end of q
81 sco"e. Appel was travelling at a
fast pace to hold the lead and he
drove into the teli-tale twice, SO diff
sait were GOUld's shots to handle.
Gould bega- using q terrific drive to
The corners, the ball fairly kumming
N it returned at low deceptive angle.
eut Appel. the veteran. was on his
mettle now and he displayed remark
sble ability in reaching the bali. Ap-
pei TOOK the offensive little later on
and ran the score to 9-6. Gould
broke his racquet trying to return a
aervice ace and the pair called halt
mil he could get another.
With Appel leading by three points
Gould again threw everything he had
into the game and, aided by une place
mentS and several uncanny gets, he
drew up on even terms and then passed
. appel at 12-10. Here again Gould
smashed his racquet. this time while
IN the act Of sweeping low fast bail
from the rear right corner. On the
DeXt play Appel coliided with Gould's
latest racquet and took quite q wallop
on the left shoulder. but ne said he
vas unhurt and play continued.
Really Great Rally
Then followed q really great raIly.
WHICH ended with Gould Fitting into
ne teli-tale and the next inning
brought the score to f3 ali. Once
more the contest was interrupted. this
time 20 allow Gould TO file his racquet
handle, and if me court tennis cham
Dlon mas an angel or superstition the
angel was lowering in the offiug, for
re Immediately ran the two necessary
points the last being scored when
AppeIs return service drove straight
INTO the rvard mans bat.
Thomas Coward the r. anal Class 3
champion, gave Cordier u great fight,
and If he mad gotten the breaks the
champion would have been eliminated.
Cordier has not fully recovered from
d recent. illness and subsequent opera
aon and conceded victory before the
contest. Coward was slow TO ref
warmed up and exhibited unsteadiness
several times when consistent good
giay would have counted heavily.