New-York tribune., 1922-12-12

''.,S and third games by deei
,.orth session the ehampion'
is ihe ~, ~ badly, falling 70 count
t'I,d r'..ss,k hand, by which period
pnl 49,. y. man had scored Ave
tsiL .,,a . long lead to over
y slPs'H.~n, Coward got down 20
81 sne, pa' s-rs,t and began to score
~. I. ,,..eulsrly, sosrting IN ten out
sas ,sst thirteen Bands wnile Flnk'
III y ths la,s .;yss ei ne fast pace main
lsoviss - n, spponent, Was unable
sAin.e ...i y I, sfry Of the frames.
7" orr Change Of Pace
mabit uneven In his play
4 w. bc, throughout the match it
4 S'I',,s lever use Of change Of pace
1 ~ n much 20 bring him the vic
\ A times the Yale man fairly
| ..ssded the ball around the court
.5slss suddenly switched his tactics,
,,rsr soft return 50 deftly as 10
- FINK far out OF position fre-
fSk breusht OF some sterling shots,
/ A. vhen be attempted 20 score the
/ 80, By speeding up Coward usu-
4 ~ Lad the better Of these exchanges,
4 -r,inr speed with greater speed. Ia
Is,lf 70 get into position for some
II tke,e "bulleto drives from the
[n-blsn's racquet Fink taxed his
|vrrh to the extent that in the lat
H. pit Of the final game he was
3rt1pped by his inability 10 foot
h.; he court fast enough 70 meet
az ltA
1 (surd was always on tho alert to
h,s bis way up toward the front
H.. 70 nail a short return by Fink,
ln great was his speed Of foot and
i A rrerring his eye that he rarely
1lts % score on these occasions. II
ad Of the no-court at the Yale
4 c., that the walls and flooring impart
= -rtn bound to the ball, and that
4 6s ku troubled Coward all through
4 4, icurnament. This appeared 70 be
. y ease At various times yesterday.
/ h iiltf the FIRST game the national
/ ttrslon became "acclimated" 20 con-
1 fsts and played with more conf
+. ir,s yet he did not seem 10 have
.n.lsd bis top form.
Large Gallery on Hand
n. gallery about the court was filed
h s utmost capacity, and even every
Inlibls BIZ Of standing room was oc-
4,r.si, 20 keen was tho interest In
II. result OF the meeting between the
tf-flSts. Howard r. Mixseil, o. the
gti.aon Club, acted rs referee.
n the opening game Coward was
/ ,i,a fooled by the bound Of the ball
/ fas side walls, falling down on shots
A H ordinarily would have brought
i frstessfully Fink, getting a tricky
lzi OF the side wall on his service,
htesd the champion considerably,
r.ame Of the Crescent mans slow.
. epdye bounds OF the front wall
n Ggkt Coward IN back court and
\ dsssd him 10 return into the tcll-tale.
IN TIE next two games, however,
Coward stesdied down, allowing his
opponent only three points in the
second game and in the third Fink
could count enly five points before the
,afnpion had run out his total. Fink
isTH knew what 70 expect at this
rtgs, for furious drive by Coward
s'sld be followed perhaps by a soft
tlBrn, and the title holder was gener-
By trying 10 stick the ball TO Fink's
iskhInd.
/ Fink Tries Hard. But Fails
j ihs final game the Crescent Ath-
~ Club representative tried every
~ 10 bis repertoire in tho effort TO
az df defeat, but Coward was not
~ denied, coming from behind as
m'tiuls Of whirlwind play,
" point score and stroke analysis
gas match follow:
THE POINT SCORE
FIRST Game
c',rst Points
7ribiiIt3I011oOso 80 90
i rtlt03IlO12oOO.Ioi-i5
Stroke Analysis
p. s.A. TT. Out. Mis.
~ ' ',....s .... J ! I :
Second Came-PoInt soors
Iyb''ysIt '.....eloloQI lis
~ fttfsssts-rt 2 o . -
Stroke Analysis
, sA. TT. out. Miss
Fs' FH ,..... 20. ! : ! 2
4 nira Game--roint Score
losaN .........to62 oios b--iB
'A@ ''''''.'..i oo2i0 0iooo Il
4 shoke Analysis
r. ?. AA TT. out Miss
rlE '.....: '... 3 ! 8
A. Fourth Gans-PoInt Score
s". s".'"'i''lIi1iisOI--is
aiiittsitsst1aoeio1-is
stroke Analysis
h., sA TT. Out bliss.
49,. : 9
Eeeapitulation
=. p sA TT. out. Miss.
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