The New York herald., 1922-01-06
JAY GOULD LOSES
AT SQUASH TENNIS
Court Tennis Champion Short
of Condition i'm Match With
II. r.. Coward.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Bq SAMUEL =. BROOKNIAN.


Short Of condition, Jay Gould. who
came within a match of adding the ma
tional squash tennis championship to his
court tennis title last season, went down
to defeat at the hands Of Thomas r.
Coward OF the Yale Club. in the contin-
uatfon OF the Glass A Metropolitan
squash tennis series on the Yale courts
yesterday. 1t was a decisive victory for
the Yalensian, as the score Of 15--6
15-S indicates Gould has had compar-
atively little competition this winter
and he was unable to follow the whirl-
wind pace nor match the furious hitting
Of his opponent.
: The court tennis king showed his GUS
tomary skillful position play, and his
handling of the racquet was as facile
and as masterful as ever. It needed
more than skill, however. to beat Cow
ard. who combined exceptional speed
with remarkable getting, who was all
over the court in the fastest rallies and
who grew swifter and more effective as
the contest wore on. There were some
brilliant rallies early in each game, some
of the recoveries bordering on the phe-
nomenaL
Points were divided evenly up to
5 all In the first game. after which Cow
ard struck his stride and counted nine
points In single hand, his powerful
smashing proving too much for his op-
ponent. Gould was rarely at a loss to
handle the shots that ratified around the
corners, but, although he lunged and
plunged, he could not catch up with the
straight drives to the front wall that
scraped the side walls as they sped to
the rear and back again in a flash.
Draws Away Easily.
With the score 14-5, Coward needed
three moro hands to get his final point
Of the game. In the second game Gould
spurted for brief period and brought
the score to 3-2 In his favor. Then
Coward counterrallied and drew away
easily, earning seven points before Gould
could force him "hand out" That
brought the score 10 "a, and Coward
added one more point to his lead before
the game ended at 15-S.
The victory Of Coward was one of
four that the Yale graduates scored over
the players of the Columbia Club, who
failed to win any. There was to have
been fifth match between Auguste J.
Cordier and IL. Duncan Bullxley of Co
lumbia, but by mutual consent it was
called off as unnecessary. Yale Club
strengthened its hold on second place
IN the team standing and can tie for the
title by beating Harvard Club in the
final match Of the tournament on jan
uary &c.
At the Harvard Club the Crimson
alumni maintained their unbrolxen string
OF victories. this time at the expense of
the Princeton Club squad, which dropped
every match. The series was featured
by the fine showing Harold r. Mixseil
made against Fillmore Van s. Hyde.
national champion. The latter was
forced to yield the first game at 15--17
before he found his best speed and
turned the tide. In the second and third
games Mixsell continued to force tho
title holder to his most alert squash. but
the champion won decisively, 15--6.
15-4
Only one Harvard player was carried
to extra games Basil Harris succeeded
in taking the first division of play from
p. NJ. Morrison by a score of 15--1f. but
the Cambridge graduate held the upper
hand the rest OF the match without great
trouble.