The New York herald., 1922-12-22
SQUASH CHAMPION
DEFEATED BY FINK
Thomas Coward Is Beaten in
Straight Games by
15-12, 15-12.
BY SAMUEL ). BRooKMAN.

In the first defeat this season of
Thomas r. Coward, national amateur
champion, came the feature Of yester-
days play in the Class A metropoli-
tan squash tennis championship. II
was straight game defeat and r. Earl
Fink Of the Crescent Athletic Club was
the player who accomplished 1t. Antlci-
pating well. handling the title holders
front wall smash with rare skill and
employing a low powerful NICK shot
that came scooting out OF the corner
at weird angles, Fink :riumphed a,
15--12. 15-12.
1t was reversal of the result of
their first meeting two weeks ago. when
Coward defeated the Crescent player In
the final OF the national association's
fall scratch tournament. Fink's Plan
throughout yesterdays tussie was 10
keep the ball travelling as low as pos
sible and so remarkable was his con-
troll that he hit the telltale only two
or three times during the match. Cow
ard was kept digging tor the low ball
and the effort broke up the effective
ness OF his attack. The champions
steadiness. splendid getting and his ter
rife smash when he had an opportunity
10 set himself for return. kept the
score close all the way.
Crescent Club Easy Victim.
Despite Coward's defea, Yale Club
won comfortably from the Crescent Ath-
ietic Club on the latters courts, to 2
Carroll Cooney was the only other Ell
grad to lose and he forced his match
with H. v. Crawford to extra games.
Cooney took the second game from his
opponent so easily. Id. that he
seemed headed for sure victory. His
control lapsed however, and he practi-
cally beat himself on errors. Auguste
]. Cordier. former national champion
Clyde Martin C. j. MacGuire. Douglas
VI. Bomeisler and Otis l.. Guernsey
were the winners for Yale.
The default of X. L. Farrelly of the
Princeton Club proved costly In the
ther Class meet Of the day. for II
was by the margin OF one match. tc
g that tho squad OF Columbia Club
triumphed over the Tiger alumni. II
was one of the most evenly contested
series of the tournament to date. In
the contest that decided 1t, Jarvis Crom-
well led j. w. Puleyn of Columbia
1O--6 in the final game. but he failed
to hold his advantage as Pulleyn raj
lied. The Columbia man began inject
ing great speed into his returns both
in the rallies and off service and Crom-
well was unable to follow the pace
The latter earned just one OF tine last
ten points and Pulleyn took the game
and match at 15-11.
Yale strengthens Lead.
Yale Clubs victory strengthens its
lead In the tournament. 1t Is the only
club vet to meet defeat. Columbia Club
moves up to third place passing Prince
ton Club in the standing. The sum-
mary.
YALE CLUB. 5: CRESCENT A. c.. ..
II. Earl Fink. Crescent, defeated Thomas r.
Coward, Yale. 15-12. 12-l2.
Augustc j. Cordier. Yale. defeated G. w
Dingee, Crescent. 15-i0, fj-3.
II, V, Crawford Crescent, defeated Carol
T. Cooney. Yale, i5--T, lis. 15-ic.
Douglas. NJ Bomeisler, Yale, defeated Nor.
Otis /. t;sicriis,y. Yale, defeated J. C. Tired
well. Crescent. 15-3. Iii.
clyde Martin. Yale. defeated '.ndrew Baxter
Jr.. Crescent. Ills. ls.i4. ID, ..
Crescent. 15-i. 17-14.
COLUMBIA CLUB. 4; PRINCETON CLUB. 3
Irwin II. Cornell. Columbia. io,e; l3-2:
Frank Kidde Columbia, defeated John Tay
lor Princeton, 1916. 15--9.
George Breckenridge, Princeton. defeated J
N worcester. Columbia. 15-1l. 15-il:
Putnam. m '; Columbia, i7~is. i5I.
FREDERICK s. Keeier. Columbia. defeated
John C. Neely. Princeton. l5--s. 15-lo
Milton l.. Cornell, Columbia. won from r. l.
Farrelly. Princeton, by default.
]. W. Pucyn. Columbia. defeated Jarvl,
Cromwell. Princeton. 15-10. 12-15. 15-1I
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.