Brooklyn Life from Brooklyn, New York • Page 30

BROOKLYN LIFE. 30 THE singles handball tournament in the Crescent "gym" has progressed with moderate celerity since I last referred to the subject. J. Snyder 5 reached the semi-final bracket in the upper half of the class drawing by disposing of G. K.

Middlebrook 3, the former's slogging ability and frequent kills near the floor much more than counterbalancing Middlebrook's unaggressive but invariably steady game. In the lower half J. G. Morgan -3 gained the semi-, final bracket by beating A. D.

Byrne 2117, 2116. The loser played, on the whole, a very good game, though, as my distinguished collaborator observes, "his avoirdupois is averse to circulating about the'court." Morgan, it must be admitted, was far from being at his best either in pace or accuracy, for a large percentage of his returns either went wild or into the hands of his opponent who killed the easy ones with great regularity. G. G. Backhouse 3, after wearing down H.

D. Fransioli in a three-set match, put H. C. G. Barnaby, scratch, out of the running by 21 9, 21 19 and qualified to meet Bruce Duncan.

Backhouse plays a very fast game and is fancied by some for the final. A. F. Escher disposed of J. B.

Leavy 21 6, 15 21, 21 6, causing the latter to remark "detur dig-niori" and the gallery to predict that he might make trouble for even greater luminaries. In class Richt -f2 beat Waterman 3 1121, 2120, 2116; At the end of the first game Richt appeared to be reduced to a condition of immobility and Waterman was scoring at will, until he began to imagine that an opponent deprived of the powers of locomotion was not worthy of his best efforts. Then he slowed down, until all of a sudden he discovered that Richt had come to life again. Then he tried to get back into the game once more, but could not, and the first thing he knew Richt had run out twenty-one. The deciding set saw the situation reversed, Richt playing with renewed strength and confidence and Waterman in a stern chase to regain the advantage he had thrown away.

In the same class Everston -f 4 outplayed E. I. Eldredge, 21-6, In class Dr. E. McCollom 10 and H.

S. Roberts 6 qualified for the final. Dr. McCollom beat T. L.

Coleman 21-4, 13 21, 21 10, the victory being attributed by my collaborating critic to wind powers "de profundi" arriving "dextro tempore." Roberts beat Dr. T. A. Buys 11 21, 2114, 219 and to the same authority I am indebted for the following: looked lost, but ere long appeared clarior tenebris and doped the doctor out of the tournament." THE Heights Casino squash team came rather unexpectedly to grief on the courts of the Columbia University Club in Gramercy Park last Saturday evening, for Columbia" turned Sporto of tke Amateur. LAST week Friday evening the Wanderers and Crescent A.C.

made their debut in the second game of the Amateur Hockey League series and the Brooklyn team, which was supposed to be an easy mark for anyone of its rivals, surprised the gallery by holding a team, which plumed itself upon championship capabilities, to a fortuitous victory by the trivial margin of a single goal. The net result, however, was rather to magnify the strength of the New York Athletic Club's position with regard to the championship than to create any illusions as to the Crescent Athletic Club's chances of developing winning combination from the material left available after the wholesale desertion or retirement of its last year's regulars. The Wanderers, as a matter of fact, were opposed by a stronger team than the Crescents were 'supposed to be able to muster. last year's goal keeper, after a few disastrous experiences in trying to save an inefficient team from defeat in practise matches, apparently fell a belated victim to discouragement, but "Bert" Mackenzie, who has the somewhat thankless task of managing this year's team, jumped into the breach last week and more than compensated for the absence of the only holdover from the champion seven by playing one of the games of his life and proving that nearly three years' absence from the arena has not deprived him of his title to be considered one of the surest goal keepers that has ever played on a metropolitan team. Then there was Hardy, who recently -'returned, from Mexico, but who was a Crescent regular some years ago and later played with the Wanderers "Sars" Kennedy, one of the "vets," but who played substitute last year, and O'Rourke, who for three years has been a first choice substitute.

The others were comparative novices and of these Walker, who played on the forward line, seems a likely youngster. There was not so very much more to brag of on the other side, Duf resne cover point being about the only factor to turn the scale in favor of the Wanderers, though Wood's goal keeping played only a slightly less part in the Wanderers' victory than Mackenzie's in the unexpected showing of the Crescent seven. Nevertheless, it was apparent that the winners would require a much stronger combination to avoid a disastrous defeat at the hands of the N.Y.A.C, which had already "smothered" St. Nicholas and that unless the Hockey Club proved much stronger than anybody anticipated, the N.Y.A.CVs long deferred hope of winning the league title would be gratified in something like a MOON Speed and Economy of Operation Superior Design Absolute Simplicity THESE ARE THE NOTEWORTHY FEATURES OF THE 1909 MOON 1909 MOON ROADSTER flFive years of consistent progress on one admirable model the best made, better year after year that is why the Moon Car is to the automobile buyer THE BEST WLUE ON THE flHere are some of the pointswhich make it so Four speed and reverse selective type transmission," ball bearings, magneto ignition, multiple disc clutch, arched type of rear axle, 36 inch wheels, genuine honeycomb radiator, aluminum bodies, and above all, the most simple and efficient four-cylinder motor ever produced, furnished with Toy Tonneau Touring Car or enclosed bodies. MOON MOTOR CAR COMPANY OF N.

Y. 1761 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY Telephone 6995 Columbus.