Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-21
PEARSON-HARR|TY.
IN SQUASH FINALS
Meet for State Title Today at
Racquet cfub---Match to
Begin at 4.45 p. m.
BY SPICK HALL

The finals in the Pennsylvania state
squash racquets tournament will be
| played this afternoon at the Phiiadel.
phia Racquet Club. The contest, which
is betwsen Stanley w. Pearson. of the
Germantown Cricket Club. and W., +
Hnrrity. Of the Overbrook Golf Club, Il
scheduled to begin at 4 40 o'clock
Judging by the gallery that witnessed
the Harrity- Wallace johnson semi
finals match on SATURDAY., It is likely
that all seats will be taken long before
| the hour forSthe opening service. -
Pearson was not in the best shape
when he defeated his brother Forrest OF
Saturday. but It Is likely that the stale.
ness which prevented his reaching tor
form then will have worn off by
this afternoon. In this event Pearson
should win from Harrity. However
the match. is likely to be fast and full
brilliant rallies from the beginning.
Stanley Pearson Is the present state
tional title several times. The winner
of todiy's. match will be eligible and
will play in the national tournament tt
be held at the Germantown Cricket
Club. o.. q. .>,
CiuO tournament
The pairings for the twentieth an
nual tournament for the squash
racquets championship of the racquet
club have been posted. There are
twenty entries. the largest number that
has entered the club event for many
years.
The first round Of the club tournn
ment must be completed by Wednesday
and the finals will be finished before
March 0. =. ..
Following is the draw for the first
round: 3. Samuel W.. A. Il. Mills; d.
A. Newhall vs.. =. s. Thornton IS. W.
Pearson vs. J. A. Connolly, Jr. J. L.
Gowan VS.. G. h. Jennings. In the sec :
ond round the drawings are: Rowland
Evans VI. II. L. harrington; S. b.
Wheeler vs. H.. b. Endicott; G.. Il.
Rebman, Jr.. vs.. s: L. Clark; +. NJ.
Edwards VS.. W. G.. Hopkins: p. C..
Rebman vs.. II. VI. Wilcox II. II. Neil
son vs.. J. c. Bell, Jr. 800 ..
IL isn't certain vet whether Stanley
Pearson will play in the club tourna :
ment. although he Is entered. If Pear-
son does not play. it is a free for all
fight for the title.
HUM Is Leader 49,.
". II. L. IlUnn Is the IeadlnS title
holder Of the Racquet Club in squash
racqucts. He has won the title six
times. 1t looks as though IIuhn's fam ;
lily was destined to add more iaurels to
the long. collection, for W. II. r. Huhn,
Jr., is one of the best young players that
ever played in this country. He gave
Stanley Pearson a stiff five game bat
tie on Thursday, and it is only a ques,
tion of time before he Jumps into ma
tional prominence and wins the Ameri-
can championship. d. b..
The first man to win the RACQUET
Club championship was George McFad.
den. He captured the event in 100, and
the following two years. WIS. Wheeler
was the next man to win. He came
through in 1904. The following season
George II. Frazier won,, and he was
succeeded in 1906 by. ArthuE L.. Wheeler.
l.. c. Fuller won in 1907 then Huhn,
came on the scene and held the title in
1908. 1909 and 1910. "Graaam Ward
slipped victory overin 1911. and Huhn
came back and won the next three years
in succession. In 1915 and 1916 G. Il.
Jennings won, and =. +. Clark vas
champion in 1917. In 1918 there was
no club tournament. In 1919 Stanley
Pearson won for the first time and con-
tinued his good work by winning again
last year.