The New York herald., 1921-01-14
HARVARD SQUASH
TEAM TAKES LEAD
Makes Clean Sweep of Matches
With Columbia Club
Yale Men Beaten.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
BY SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

With three former national champions
on the squad Harvard Club presented Its
strongestfineup of the season yesterday
when the metropolitan Class A squash
tennis championship was resumed after
lapse of two weeks. Fillmore Van S.
Hyde, Eric S. Winston and John w. APP
pei were the one time title holders to
appear for the Cambridge graduates. All
three playing on their home courts tri-
umphed rather easily and so did the rest
of their clubmates, the result being a
clean sweep for Harvard Club over CO.
lumbia Club, 7 to o.
The victory placed Harvard Club In
the lead in the team title tournament,
which now has reached the second half
of the home and home series.s Prior TO
yesterdays matches Harvard Club, Co.
lumbia Club and Yale Club were in triple
tie for first place, but Yale met With a
surprising setback at the hands OF the
Crescent Athletic Club squad on the
latter's courts yesterday and that gave
Harvard sole title TO the pacemaking
position.
Eric Winston and John Appel made
their initial appearance of the season In
competition yesterday. Botif former
title holders showed glimpses of cham
pionship form. but indicated clearly that
they are far short OF practice. Winston
has been devoting his attention to rae
quets of late. while Appel has been out
of the game since he lost his title to
Auguste j. Cordier year ago. They
flashed enough speed and skill. however,
TO earn their victories in straight
games, Winston disposing OF Lyle r.
Mahan, while Appel defeated Frederick
S. Keeler.
Hyde's Form Convincing.
Perhaps the most convincing squash
of the day on the Harvard courts was
played by Fillmore Hyde, who. rates Us
one of the leading contenders for this
years national title. Hyde was in full
command OF his speed and strokes and
in addition stroked powerfully. He fair
ly ran away from Z. w. Putnam in the
first game of their match, counting
eight points in the first hand and be-
wildering the Columbia man with his
varied attack. Two points were all Put
nam could earn during the game. In
the second division of play. however.
Hyde tempered his speed noticeably and,
relying more on skilful placing than on
hard hitting, gave Putnam an oppor-
tunity to take the lead. The latter not
only took advantage of 1t but struck a
streak of brilliant stroking that threat
ened for while to carry the contest
into extra games. Hyde recovered his
speed in time. however. to catch up with
his opponent and end the game in his
favor at 1S-15.
In the feature match of the Crescent
Yale series Auguste j. Cordier, present
holder of the national title. met defeat
at the hands of Charles NJ. Bull, Jr., but
the result was not a surprise. Cordier
has not vet attained his best form this
season, having kept out of serious COM
petition owing to an operation for APP
pendicitis last summer. Nevertheless he
gave Bull busy time OF 1t and the
rallies were sustained and interesting.
Bull made some astonishing gets" dur
Ing the tussle. his keen following of the
ball being the leading factor in his vic
tory
r. f. Fink, Kenneth +. Mcvaugh and
James Doig were the other winners for
the Crescents.
The summaries:
HARVARD CLUB Z, COLUMBIA CLUB O..
Anderson Dana defeated Milton L. Cornell.
1875, 1S-16 Fillmore Van s. Hyde defeated
Il. w. Putnam. 15--2. 1s-15; Eric S. Win
stSn @ defeated , Lyle p; Mahaa: ar iSIic Ks lsIlS
f5-10. 15-e; w. p. Sanger defeated A. l..
Marvin, 15-4. 15-9; i. NJ. Morrison defeated
J. N. Worcester. 1o-l1. i5-S; A: II. Tones
I5-s.
CRESCENT A. @. 4. YALE CLUB 9.
Charles M. Bull. Jr., Crescent. defeated
Auguste ]. Cordier. Yale. 15-9. 15-12; Il.
Earl Fink, Crescent. defeated Thomas Cow
ard. Yale, 1910, 12-15. 15-13: G. ]. Mac
cent. SIS. 15-9. 15-1l: Kenneth +. Nc
Waugh. Crescent, defeated Livingston Platt,
Yale. 15--s. 15-13; II: r. Stern, Yale. versus