The New York herald., 1922-02-17
JAY GOULD PLAYS
DAZZLING SQUASH
Defeats Il. Earl Fink With
Surprising Ease in National
Tournament.
by SAMUEL J. BROOKMAN.

Jay Goulds bid for the national
squash tennis championship loomed
more threatening than ever at the Har-
vard Club yesterday as the result of
a most impressive victory in the third
round of the annual tournament With
unexpected ease Gould eliminated r.
Earl Fink, one of the top ranking of
the amateurs, giving a swift, versatile
exhibition that puzzled his opponent
and dazzled the gallery from start to
finish The winner rarely has shown
better change of pace nor greater
skill in playing for placement. while his
facile stroking from the most difficult
sort of positions showed all the mastery
that has made him a court tennis cham
pion for more than fifteen years.
The score of 15--3, 15-3 indicates
how complete Gould's triumph was. Ills
getting always of a startling order
proved more sensational than ever. He
turned some or Fink's best shots,
smashes that looked like certain "kil s."
into earned points for himself by dex-
tious use of his racquet. Splendid
anticipation helred him a good deal.
but it was his exceptional ability to
bring his racquet into play for any
variety Of stroke that carried him far
into the lead in both games.
Throughout the tussle Gould kept the
ball travelling as low as possible and
with surprising success considering the
chances he was taking OF driving the
ball into the telltale. The low ball
rendered the bound decidedly unfavor-
able for Fink. who had to keep plung-
ing and lunging all over the court to
meet the ricocheting sphere. He made
some great gets and kept the rallies
going in surprising fashion, but he
could not match Gould's skill In meet
ing the ball nor his craft in varying
the attack. The court tennis champion
had to keep on his toes all through the
contest, however. so determined was
Fink to give no point up for lost until
1t was actually beyond recall.
There was one period in the inatch
when Gould ran fifteen points before
Fink could place a single ace to his
credit. That sustained rally came after
the score had gone to all in the first
game Gould tailed his remaining ~
points for the game and took lead of
3 love in the second game before Fink
checked him.
Just as impressive, bat not more so,
was the victory OF Fillmore Van 5. Hyde.
titleholder over Charles J. MacGure of
the Yale Club. Hyde yielded only seven
points in the match. which ended in
score of 15--2, 15-5. Tha other leading
contender, Thomas r. Coward Of the
Yale Club, played to form in defeating
Douglas NJ sBomeisler, a clubmate.
15-S. 15-9.
The tournament narrowed down to
eight survivors in the round before the
semi-final. Besides Gould. Hyde and
Coward they are John Taylor and
Harold r. Mixsell of the Princeton Club,
Stuart Fl. Johnson of the Yale Club.
w. p. Sanger of the Harvard Clab and
Charles NJ. Bull, Jr.. of the Crescent
Athletic Club. Hyde meets MiXsell and
Gould plays Bull in the feature matches
to-day. Sanger in advancing eliminated
George Z. Abbot. the national Glass b
champion. Taylor defeated c. F. Fuller
Of the Harvard Club by the unusual
score OF 15--0 in the third game after
losing the second by the same score.
The Summary.
NATIONAL SQUASH TENNIS CHAMPION
SHIP-Third round John Taylor. Prince
ton Club. defeated G. +. Fuller. Harvard
Club, 15-S. 0-15, 30. Thomas X. Cow
ard. Yale Club. defeated Douglas NJ. Bo-
Johnson, Yale Club. won from Anderson
Dana. Harvard Club. by default. w. p.
Sanger, Harvard Club, defeated George r.
Abbot, Harvard Club. SIS. 15-S, t5-s.
Fillmore Van S. Hyde, Harvard Club. de-
feated Charles J. MacGuire. Yale Club.
15-2, 15-5 Harold X. Mixsell. Princeton
Club. defeated Frederick s. Keeler, Column
ba Club. l5-l, 17-14. Jay Gould. Column
bia Club. defeated r. Earl Fink, Crescent
Athletic Club. 15-3. 15-s. Charles NJ.
+. s. Whitlock. Harvard Club. Oils. 15-9,