New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
Favorltes Victorious i'm Preliminary Ro,,,
Coward Easilv
Beats Opponent
From Columbia
Bomeisler, Mixsell, ]. Taylor
and Platt Among the Win
ners; Hyde, Ill, Defaults
By lack Master,


tory Of the game participated in the
preliminary round of tho national han
dicap squash tennis tournament. which
opened yesterday afternoon on the
courts of the Yale Club. Although the
Handicapped has been severe upon some
of the most prominent players, all of
the short mark men earned their brack-
cts in the first round.
Interest centered upon Tom Coward
the Yale Club star. who recently won
the national scratch tournament. and
whom many believe will win the
handicap trophy. Coward, although
compelled to score almost twice as
many points as his opponent. easily
defeated Jimmie Worcester, Columbia
Club, in straight games.
Others who emerged victorious were
Livingston Platt, Otis Guernsey and
d. NJ. Bomeisler. Yale; H. X. Mixsell,
John Taylor and Bash harris, Prince
ton. and P. NJ. Morrison, Harvard. A.
J. Cordier, Yale. former national cham
pion. won by default from Z. J. Walker,
cluhmate. r. Van S. Hyde, Harvard,
the present titleholder was unable to
play on account of illness and de- L,
faulted to c. B. Stuart, of the D. X. E.
Club.
Jay Gould Draws Bye
Bycs were drawn by Jay Gould and
Il. 2. Wigham, Columbia; N. F. Tor
rance. Crescent; A. NJ. Kidder, Prince
e. n, and c. T. Cooney. Yale. Gould is
ii the upper half with Platt, Coward
Eomeisler and Mixsell, and a merry
battle is sure to result when these
players meet. Cordier appears the best
in the lower half of the draw, but with
a handicap of from to 10 points on
Coward. Gould and some Of the others,
Livingston Platt is in a nice spot to
bring about an upset.
Coward simply toyed with Wor-
cester in the feature match. The lat
ter had an allowance of 3 points. while
the junior champion played from
minus 10, but the Columbia represen-
tative never threatened. Coward did
not often resort to the hard hitting
that has been q great factor in his
success on the courts, but when he
did slam the ball Worcester was be-
wildered by the Yale mans speed and
soon winded himself trying to keep
pace with Coward. The score was
Is 6. 10 B.
The placements. position play and
gets Of Coward brought rounds of ap-
pause from the gallery. The Yale
star got mis- racquet on many a shot
that many players would not have at
tempted to return and lie gained
nomerou, nsints by outguessing Wor-
t.,ter. G<s%rd made any number of
soa..ir' siiots and shcwaa q liking to
angle play. .~>rAtins tfe bail into the
nern rn-unrc such ocrurac,, >no
it died without bouncing.
The summarizes:
PRELlMINARY ROUND
+. E. Fink. Crescent (1ninus 81. defeated
+ Kurhardt. Column bla (plus %, 15-12, |
!'-s x. O'Brien. Yale (plus ~. defeated
II. ls-i6 L. Flatt Yale (scratch), de
ieated J W Chambers. Columbia tplus 81, |
k A., Ill Pm. p N Boinsislsr, s Yale !pus
Yale fplus s. II. r. Mxscl. Princeton !
p4us 81. l5-Io. lis; Thomas Coward |
! s,l Klnssi. Columbia scratch. won b.
default from !. Vincent. Yale tplus ~ (
II, coburn. Harvard (pius a. defeated
lS-lo' G. 3. stuart. u. X. L. enlus e5,
ward cninus lN; P. NJ Morrison, Harvard |
scratch. defeated r. II. Monks, Prince
pqln,.o iSq pus 1nl 81 s 1ss - J9nn n u yayor
lo-. D. H. E 1p.us 81, s-15. 16-s, 1s-7;
nyde Martin. Yale (plus 81. defeated F.
W. Wolf. Yale (plus 81. 15-9. - y ..
Baker, Yale (pius p. defeated Arnur !
rAlsy, Princeton (scraich>. 15---8, Is.
H. Z. Mck'bten. Yale Plus p. defeat
" r. PUTNAM, Columbia tplus 81. If
= Il. II. George, u X. r. (plus ~. d.
isatef !. Beekfnan Princeton (rlus :.
i'-ls l5--le. 15-+. j. c. Tredweli. cree-
f plus 81. won from /. q. Waldroln
"oh'rlair 'plus -. h. default: Basil Har- !
.s, princeton fpus ~ defeated NJ NJ
. S,rt ,ng Crescent ,plus 81, I5--lo. Isl:
x ..s /, guernsey. Yale 6scratch). defeated
,e' "n'tloch. Harvard tscratch). i5-9.
- A j. Cordler, Yaic tmnus s., won
~ ~ Ie'spl1 ~ from J. f. Walker Yale (plus
e...a NJ " nennison. Princeton tplus 50, de
l5-4 -"'S Npio7 - 40 T.