NY Squash Retains War of 1812 Trophy in Close Finale by Andy Garr September 14, 2015.
After a well fought, but decisive victory by an Apawamis team on the
13th, The Royal Army team need a victory in the final match against the
Union League Club (ULC). In an exciting finish, which went down to the
penultimate match, the Brits needing that win and another where they
led, lost, and thus the match was halved. This resulted in three wins
for NYSquash, two for the Royal Army and two draws. The two halved
matches would have resulted in a split had they been settled by games
won which was not contemplated in the rules.
After the ULC match, the players and a standing room crowd if
dignitaries attended the awards ceremony at ULC where camaraderie
prevailed and even the senile New York coordinator was applauded.
Again the British invited a New York team to England to continue the
rivalry there next year. The NYSquash president said that this would be
discussed at a future meeting.
The temporary trophy will be retained in New York pending a future
match of the completion of the permanent trophy designed by Tiffany,
which awaits the completion of the $500,000 subscription campaign. The
present total raised is now close to $650.
The British captain was effusive in his praise of the hospitality
of the various New York clubs. He said that all who participated
considered it a career highlight. It must be noted that the Brits
served as part of the honor guard at the 9/11 ceremony at Ground Zero
on Friday before the evening match with Apawamis. Peter Briggs of
Apawamis organized a beautiful ceremonial introduction to the match,
which was appropriate for a major sporting event held on such a solemn
day.
Here are the results from the final two matches:
Apawamis (11) v. Royal Army (3)
CW Shuck (NY) defeated Mat Price (RA) 3-0
Alex Edge (RA) defeated Stuart Davies (NY) 3-0
Charles Roberson (NY) defeated Will Mclay (RA) 3-0
Bill Ullman (NY) defeated Paul Ryan (RA) 3-1
Jack Mattson (NY) defeated Bert Godfrey(RA) 3-0
Jack McCordick (NY) defeated Michael Moffat (RA) 3-1
Paul Griffiths (RA) defeated Rob Robben (NY) 3-1
James Bayliss (RA) defeated Jon Mattson (NY) 3-2
John Klein (NY) defeated Olly Barker (RA) 3-1
Rick Burke (NY) defeated Richie Fewtrell (RA) 3-0
Allie Reid (NY) defeated Craig Lilley (RA) 3-0
Sam Oh (NY) defeated Sam Tooth (RA) 3-0
Eliot Meister (NY) defeated Warren Melia (RA) 3-1
Mark Hayden (NY) defeated Adam Elliot (RA) 3-0
Royal Army (7) v. Union League Club (7)
Brian Cady (NY) defeated Mat Price (RA) 3-0
J.P. Garofalo (NY) defeated Alex Edge (RA) 3-0
Sam Rowbotham (NY) defeated Will Mclay (RA) 3-1
Paul Ryan (RA) defeated Conor Stack (NY) 3-0
Bert Godfrey (RA) defeated Marshall Davidson (NY) 3-2
Blake Daniel (NY) defeated Michael Moffat (RA) 3-1
Mike Malinowitz (NY) defeated Paul Griffiths (RA) 3-2
James Bayliss (RA) defeated Phil Pulitzer (NY) 3-2
Olly Barker (RA) defeated Conor Stack (NY) 3-1
Willis Stephens (NY) defeated Richie Fewtrell (RA)
Craig Lilly (RA) defeated Graham Karlan (NY) 3-0
Sam Tooth (RA) defeated George Kampouridis (NY) 3-0
Warren Melia (RA) defeated Lauri Sklar (NY) 3-1
Toni Glassman (NY) defeated Adam Eliot (RA) 3-0
