Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-08-09
HENNESSEY HAS
HARD SCHEDULE
Preparing for State and Ma
tional PIay-Cops Tristate.

Johnny Hennessey is hack in Indian
apolis with the tristate tennis champion
ship added to his list Of victories for
the season and a determination to MAKE
the boys know he Is among them When
play opens in the twenty ninth national
| tennis championships at Forest Hills,
N Y, Aug. 80 then after his tasks there
/ have been completed, "a dash back 10
| indianapolis and carry off the bacon IN
| The annual Indiana state tournament,
| carded to open on the l. T. A. courts
| Sept. 6.
Johnny's chances of winning the state
met are good. His hardest piece OF
| opposition In this event will be the we'll
known Fritz Bastian, and as Johnny
has dropped Fritz the only two times
| they have met this year in the Wood
| stock invitational and In the tristate, he
is NOT losing bit OF sleep over their
| state match.
| WILL FACE
SEVERE TEST.
However, the Indianapolis wonder will
have a different row to hoe in the ma
| tional meet and 1t is doubtful whether
! he can make this ripple or not Hen
nessey will meet the countrys best IN
| this tournament and his tennis aDinty
| viii be given a severe test from the mo-
ment he takes the court for his hrst
match until he has checked the play on
| his list.
| Hennessey, when Just a strip of lad,
went to the final stages OF his nrst ma
I, tlonal junior tournament on the Forest
| Hills courts, being defeated by Chuck
| Garland Since that time he has pTac-
| tlcally lived with n tennis racquet In MS
hand and Indianapolis net enthusiasts
believe that his play at this time WIZ
carry him to a number OF victories IN
the national event.
There are q lot Of players in the coun-
try today whose superiority over hen.
nessey is not questioned, because OF
few Of them who have anything on the
local boy when 1t comes down 20 d
question OF speed, endurance and ngnt-
ing qualities.
HenneAsey ran a series Of circles
around Walter Westbrook, western con-
ference and Cleveland city champion, to
I win the tri-state championship on the
/ Fl. Wayne Country club courts yestsL-
| day. The scores were: $40, GIL, o-S, o-S.
Paired with Fritz Bastian, another In
took his share OF the doubles honors by
/ defeating Westbrook and simmons, the
Cleveland team, 6-3, Cd. %, 81, 81.
Mrs. Howard Cordes Of Cincinnati won
i the third leg and permanent possession
lof the women's singles trophy by de
featipR Miss Ruth King OF Cleveland
6-1, 80. The King Esch team defeated
l the Cordes- Rask combination, $40, 1l-p,
8-s. in the women's doubles champion
ship tilt
oHIOAN MINDED
IN FIRST SET.
Hennessey was so confident Of defeat
ing Westbrook Saturday that he did
/ little experimenting in the first set, that
of wearing his opponent down, then
| walking away from him IN the next
from every angle OF the court In the
first round, hitting every ball hard and
refusing to play the safe game when IL
] seemed the best bet. And Hennessey
. in hts that nA~ cDuld
wind" the Clevelander.
WestbroOk played great tennis IN the
| first set, eating up everything that came
his way, but the work took every ounce
OF strength that be possessed and the
second, third and fourth sets reminded
one of a race between a livery stable
F! horse and a thoroughbred.
When Hennessey started out TO win
from the word go. His shots had
double the speed that the Clevclander's
carried and never was his driving more
accurate. There has been a lot OF talk
about the wonderful back-hand work OF
| Westbrook and some said last week that
he would beat Hennessey with these
strokes II the indianapolis boy did not
watch his step. Hennessey evidently
wanted the fans to know he was defeat
ing Westbrook at every angle OF the
game because he gave him every oppor-
tunity in the world TO show his fayorite
style, then brought his own backhand
into action and proved that It was su-
pcrior.
Hennessey and Bastian won the first
two sets Of their doubles match with
| Westbrook and Simmons, dropped the
next two, then walked of with the attn,
dropping only one game.
Il Is understood that Johnny ana
| Fritz are planning to work together In
the doubles from now on, and they
Z Will no doubt develop into one OF the
festest combinations in the country.
Mrs. Howear Cordes had little trouble
I in defeating Miss Ruth King In the
womens finals. It was no hard JOB
~ pick the winner OF the match after
me first few games Of the opening set
had been played. Miss King was slightly
on form, but could not have hoped for
a win Il she was playing her greateFt
lYame.
In the doubles, Miss King got revenge
by teaming with Miss Escb and handing
! the Cordes-Rask pair trimming In
long-drawE-Out argument.