New-York tribune., 1921-02-08
Platt Defeated
In Two Games
BY Jay Gould
Appel, Hyde and Cordier
Also Come Through in
Second Round of Meet
By Jack Masters

There were no upsets in the second
round of the national squash tennis
championship tournament played yes
terday afternoon at the Yale Club, al
though when the last match was com
pleted sixteen aspirants for the title
of A. J. Cordier were all that were
left from a field of sixty which took
the courts on Saturday. In every in
stance the favorites came through, and
the "big four"-Jay Gould, John w.
Appel jr., f. Van S. Hyde and Cordier-
qualified for to-day's play without be-
ing extended.
Gould disposed of Livingston Platt,
Of the Yale Club, in straight games,
15-2, 15--10, and while the contest
was rather onesided, it attracted
large gallery, because both men are
among the first ten on the ranking list.
Gould got awaysto an early start in
the opener and won as he pleased, but
in the second game he encountered
firm resistance and several times was
forced to trail before finally putting
over the last score.
The Yale man was outclassed almost
throughout He could not fathom the
tactics of the court tennis champion,
who placed the ball with great accu-
racy and constantly employed a change
of pace that was almost impossible to
cope with.
Result Never in Doubt
Gould used his famous smashing
drives, or a tantilizing slow shot to
the corners, with equal ease, and the
result was never in doubt, despite the
efforts of Platt, who, aided by series
of excellent we'll placed low shots, did
manage on two occasions to take a
1-point lead in the second.
CoEdier, the defending champion,
who is one step ahead of the field, en-
tered the fourth round by defeating
Godfrey Taylor, of the Army and Navy
Club, also in straight games, and like
Club, also in straight games, and, like
greatest opposition in the last tilt.
Cordier subdued his opponent to the
tune of 15-3 in the opener, but he
let up ever so little in the second, and
Taylor, quick to seize upon the op-
portunity, put everything he had into
the game and before the champion
realized it the score was tied and ex-
ira innings were in order.
The title holder frightened up at this
stage and, playing in the form which
made him the champion, he stopped the
tative and ran the extra points, to win
at 1914.
Falters Often in PiRches
Only one match in which one Of the
leading four participated went to ex
ira games, and in this struggle +. Van
S. Hyde, the Harvard star, finally won
from R. E. T. Riggs, of the Squash
Club, 15-1, 9--15, 15-6. Riggs made
it extremely uncomfortable for Hyde
in the second by resorting to the use
of fast low ball which puzzled the
Harvard player, but the effort expended
in stopping Hyde in this frame left
Riggs rather fiat in the third and he
faltered often in the pinches, missing
several easy shots which a faster play
er would have reached.
Appel, also of the Harvard Club, who
was defeated last year by Cordier in
the title tilt, has a good workout at
the expense of L. I. Grinnell, a club
mate. The score was 16--6, 15-11.
The summarizes:
SECOND ROUND-Jay Gould, Colum-
bia Club. defeated Livingston Platt, Yale,
15--2. $40; Donald Mckay, Yale, de-
ftated L. l. Grinnell, Harvard. 15-6,
15-11; John Appel jr.. Harvard. defeated
1. l. Cornell, Columbia, 15-4, .15-6; r. I.
ward, by default Prentiss Sanger Har-
yard, defeated John Taylor. Princeton,
16-13, 15--6; Harold Harvey Princeton
won from Z. W. Putnam. Columbia. by b.;
defaulti D. s. Baker, Yale. defeated Basil
aS Harris, Princeton, 15--S, 16-ls 15--6;
Geoffrey Taylor, Army and Navy. won
from Jesse Hoyt, Princeton. by default;
Thomas Coward. Yale. won by default
from w. A. Kimbel, Columbia; Otis
Guernsey. Yale, defeated J. 4. Walker Adj
Yale, 16-1S, 15-9, 16--12; A. II. Tonnes
Harvard. defeated P. N. Morrison. lIar-
Eard, l1-15, 15-8, 15-7; F. Van s
rayde Harvard. defeated r. E. r. Riggs
squash Club 15-1, 9-15 lis: II. n
Mlxseil, Princeton, defeated H. E. Buiikley
Princeton, 15--1, 15-6 ~''
THIRD RoUND-A. J. cordier ys,a
4eefeated Geoffrey Taylor, Army and Navy