The New York herald., 1922-02-15
SQUASH CHAMPION
FLASHES HIS BEST
Fillmore Van S. Hyde Makes
Impressive Start i'm De-
fence of Title.
BY SAMUEL ,. BnooKMAN.

That he is in fine fettle for tho de-
Tense OF his national title at squash
tennis this week Fillmore Van S. Hyde
proved rather conclusively in the open
ing round Of the tournament at the
Harvard Club yesterday. Speed, skill
confidence and controi-the champion
had them all to a marked degree, and
the combination proved too much for
Armin w. Riley of the Princeton Club.
! one of the most experienced as well
as one of the hardest hitting OF the
tournament players.
Riley played WELL but his best could
make little Roadway against the won
dertully efficient game of the title
holder. Without any undue exertion
but by an interestingl exhibition of ma
neuvering, assisted by puzzling change
of pace. Hyde outscored the Princeton
grad nearly three to one, fairly run
ning away with the second game, in
which the score enoed 15--2. The first
division of play went to Hyde at 15-9.
The champions remarkable getting. his
ability to make a difficult shot look
simple, was feature that had the gall
lery applauding!
The opening day Of the tournament
proved to be devoid of form reversals.
With one exception the matches ended
in straight games with the favorte in
front by more or less comfortable
margin. The only contest in which
the result remained in doubt up to TIC
last few moments OF an extra ganc
was the one i'm which Otis L. Guernsey
OF the Yale Club the former Yale foot
ball star, went down to defeat at the
hands of IL. w. Putnam of the CoIum-
bia club. Guernsey made a decidedly
promising start and on sheer speed took
the first game at 1913. but i'm the next
two his control was not of the. best and
Putnam took advantage e the lapse 10
force fast pace and take the aggres-
sive There were some surprisingly long
rallies in the final game considering the
speed at which the ball travelled. but the
majority OF them ended in Putnam's
favor. The latter won at 15-12. 15-1O
Thirty of the original forty-three en-
trants remained In the draw at the con-
olusion Of the first days competition.
with c. r. Fuller of the Harvard Club
and Harold r. Mixsel OF the Princeton
Club alone in the third round. Mixsell.
after taking his first round match by
default, eliminated George A. Walker.
Jr.. in the second round in straight
games.
The champion meets Ralph C. Coburn
in tho second round of the tournament
to-day and Jay Gould plays G.. l.. Smith
of the Yale club.
The Summary.
National Squash Tennis Chrmponshin-Eirst
Iound-Anderson Dana, Harvard Club. de-
feated Donald Mackay Yale Club f5-7
1S-l3. George IL. Abbot. Harvard Club
Won from Z. w. Dingee, Crescent A. C. bv
default. +. t;oodhue Yale CLUB won from
robert J.. Monks, Princeton Club, by do
Iault w. l.. Sanger Harvard Club. do
feated ]. III. Cornell. Columbia Club, is
lo-s. Donald s. Baker. Yale Club won
from Kenneth O'Srien, Yale Club by de-
fault. Fillmore Van S. Hyde. Harvard Club
defeated Armin w. Riley. Princeton Club
13-o. 15-2. Ralph G. Cobuin, Harvard
Club, defeated T.. A. Jenkins, Montclair
Athletic Club. f5-10, f5--s l.. w Putnam
Columbia Club. defeated Otis w. GUERNSEY
Yale Club, 1918, 15--12, I5--fO G, J.
MacGuire, Yale Club, defested IT, r. stern
Yale Club, 15-5. 15--i2 George A. Walker
Jr.. Princeton Club. won from kuguste r.
Cordier. Vale Club, by default Harold n
Mxseil, Princeton Club, wen from H. Dun
can BullSey. Columbia Club. by default
Second Round-C. +. Fuller Harvard Club
defeated Willis Putnam, Columbia Club.
1o-13, 1b-7. Harold II. Mxsell. Princeton
Club, defeated George A. Walker, Jr,
Princeton Club. 15-3 15-li.