The New York herald., 1922-02-12
List Unbalanced, With Major
ity of Contenders in
One Half.
#. VAN S. HYDE TO DEFEND
Jay Gould, Thomas Coward.
and Auguste J. Cordier
Among Aspirants.
By SAMUEL j. BROoKMAN.

By SAMUEL j. BROOKMAN.
While there are contenders in both
tcrday for the national amateur
squash tennis championship scarcely
can be called we'll balanced. By far
the majority of those who figure TO
have chance for the title are in the
lowef half along with the present
holder oil the championship, Fillmore,
Van S Hyde of the Harvard Club.
There can be no repetition of the
title final of last year in which Jay
Gould, the court tennis champion,
bowed to Fillmore Hyde, for both men
are now in the same division of the
draw So also are Auguste j. Cordier,
former national title holder; Harold
r. Mixsell. Charles NJ. Bull, Jr., and
X. Earl Fink, all of them capable of
championship squash when at their
best.
In the opposite half those who stand
out are Thomas r. Coward of the Yale
club. who came within stroke of de-
featng the national champion las
week; Anderson Dana of the Harvard
Club who has been title runnerup on
three occasions: Jonn W. Appel, ma
tional champion of 1918, who has NOT
had successful season on the court
and Livingston Platt of the Yale Club
whose Improvement this winter has re
suited in several upsets.
Surprises Not Unlikely.
There are forty-three aspirants for
the title all told Or rather there are
some eight or nine aspirants. with the
rest hopeful of making an uneXpectedlS
fine showing and tumbling a contender
or two before the tournament narrows
down to the semi-fnals. Among those
who may prove stumbling blocks for
some of the contenders are George e.
Abbot Harvard Club. the new nationsi
Class champion; William Rand OF the
Harvard Club, finalist in that tourna-
ment; Douglas M. Bomesler of the Yale
club, Otis l.. Guernsey, Yale Club 2.
j. MacGpire Yale Club, and P. NJ. Nor
rison and w. +. Sanger. Harvard Club.
Among the players who studied the
draw carefully yesterday after it had
been completed the consensus was that
Thomas r. Coward and Anderson Dana
ought to come through to the semi-fnal
in the upper hale and Fillmore Hyde and
either Auguste J. Coreier or Jay Gould
IN the lower. Yale Club has fifteen
representatives in the field, Harvard Ciuo
ten, Columbia Club eight. Princeton Club
six Crescent Athletic Club three and
Montclair Athletic Club one.
Several weeks ago the chances OF Fill
more Hyde being deprived or his TUE
looked rather slim. He was beating all
his strongest rivals with plenty TO spare
and appeared to be In a class by himself
among the amateurs. However. all three
OF his most dangerous opponents. Jay
Gould. Thomas +. Coward and Auguste
!. Cordier have shown decided inn
provement in the last few weeks of the
season and the champions narrow es-
cape from defeat at the hands of Thomas
Coward the other day leaves the result
of the championship considerably In
doubt.
Matches start Tuesday.
The draw for the tournament which
onens Tuesday afternoon on the courts
of the Harvard Club. follows:
second Round (First Round Byesn-Cpper
&. F. Fuller. Harvard Club NJohn Taylor,
Princeton Club Livingston Platt. Yale
Club; Basil Harris. Princeton Club, VS..
Thomas Il. Coward, Yale Club; Douglas
M BomeisIer. Yale Club. VS.. John w.
Appel, Jr' Harvard Club: II. NJ. Turner.
Vale Club. vs.. Stuart Johnson, Yale Ciubi
w. A. Kimbel, Columbia Club, vs.. winner
Of Mackay-D Dana match.
First Round-Donald Macl<ay. Yale Club.
vs.. Anderson Dana, Harvard Club; g. w.
Dingee. Crescent Athletic Club. VS.. George
y. Abbot Harvard Club: L. Goodhue.
Yale Club. VS.. Robert l.. Monks, Princeton
club: j H. Cornell, Columbia Club. vs
". y. Sanger. Harvard Club; Donalh 5.
Baker. Yale Club, vs.. Kenneth o41ren,
Yalo club Armin w. Riley, Princetop
Club. vs.. Fillmore Van S. Hyde. Harvarf
Club; W. Jenkins. Montolair a. G., Ns.
Ralph G.. Coburn Harvard Club; ". w.
Putnam Columbia Club. w. Otis l.. Guern-
ssy, Yale Club; II. r. Stern, Yale Club.
VS. c. j. MacGuire. Yale Club Auguste
7 Cordicr Yale Club, vs. George a.
Walker, Jr. Princeton Club Harold r.
Mixsel Princeton Club, vs.. II. Duncan
Buckley. Columbia Club.
Second Round First Round Byes) Lower
half-Frederick $. Keeler, Columbia Club,
vs. Milton l.. Cornell Columbia Club; r.
VI. Morrison. Harvard Club, vs. Il. Earl
Fink. Crescent Athletic Club: George l..
Smith, Vale Club Va. Jay Gould. Columbia
club; William Rand. Harvard Club, va.
r. s. Whtlock. Harvard Club. Charles
NJ. Bull. Jr., Crescent Athletic Club, vs..
Carroll r Cooney, Yale Club.