New-York tribune., 1922-12-17


Of their contest for the laurels now
riority in almost every department o.
from bis slender opponent in strais
The second match will be played q
the Yale Club on Wednesday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock. and the third'
II enc Is necessary, next Saturday art
ernoon. The men are playing the best
two out Of three matches
squash courts galleries are. oi
necessity. extremely limited as 70 &C
eommodations for spectators, and II is
more than probable that ten or fifteen
times the number Of spectators present
yesterday would have been on hand
had there been any place to put them
Besides the regular gallery seats to
the rear Of the courts, Frank Laforgue,
the Yale professional, had installed
an emergency gallery along the side
and besides these accommodations
there was room for several score Of
standees. Before this intensivcly
placed crowd did Kinsella and Ried
heht out their opening battle for the
title.
N should be said for Ried that he Is
capable OF better squash tennis than
be was able 20 produce yesterday. His
play was brilliant at times and be i'm
proved es the match wore on, but u
was plain that he was slightly nervous
and hence not able 20 do his best. In
the second match, next Wednesday, he
ought 70 do better, but, even so, every
thing indicates that Kinsella will re-
tain his championship.
Harold L. Mixsell, champion OF the
Princeton Club, acted ss referee Of the
match and. by previous agreement.
only called "letsl" when appealed to
By either Of the players. Charles NJ.
Bull jr.. Of the Crescent Athletic Club,
was the scorer.
Kinsella began the service and ran out
the hand without allowing his opponent
a point. The champion was like fash
in getting into position, and showed an
uncanny sense of anticipation. While
he did not place reliance on excessive
pace on his shots, he always applied
the power when power was the thing,
some cf his forehand drives being tre-
mendously swift and always well
placed
The champion attacked Ried's back
hand pretty consistently, and the chal-
ieneer showed a weakness In this re-
spect. rarely being able 10 get any pace
on the ball when IL came 20 his left
side. Both men stirred the gallery by
their sensational gets Of shots that ap-
peared impossible Of return. Kinselia,
The more powerful player, seemed 20
Withstand the fast pace far better than
Ried, and the latter, although playing
beautifully, was able 10 get only
points before the champion had taken
the first game.
The second session found Kinsella
going at an undim'nished pace, and II
was not until the fifth hand that Reid
came into his own. Here he gave his
supporters a thrill by scoring six
points, the result Of dazzling racquet
work, and Kinsella was forced 20 be
content with a single point. Reid was
placing his service so close to the
side wall that Kinsella had difficulty
IN handling his returns for a time.
In the next four hands, however, the
worlds champion speeded up ard ran
out the game with seven more points,
not allowing his challenger another
tally.
IN the last game poth champion anu
challenger put ell they had into the
exchanges and the ball often Travelled
around the court az such speed the
eye could scarcely follow its fight.
KinsellA made some spectacular re-
coverics Of placed shots, sometimes
making the return by getting his rae
quet between his legs, of both fore
and backhand shots. Ried fought
hard and cieverly, scoring more points
in this game than in either Of the
other two, but Kinsella always ap-
peared 70 have something in reserve
when called upon.