Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-14
BASTIAN VS.. RICHARDS
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MEMS SINGLES.
-Seu1i-Final Round
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Court FIve-Haworth and orme Undi-
anapoIis) vs.. Crane and Atkins INDIAN
apolisl.
Court Two-Hayes and Herd (Chieago)
VS.. starbuek and Parker QndIanapolis).
(4:S0 P. NJ
Court Four-MoKay QndianapoIis) and
Richards (Xonkers, y. " VS.. Willis and
Payne QndianapOlis).
(5P. NJ
williams (ChieagO) and Bastian Undi-
anapoHs) Us. EhIers and koehler undi-
apOlis).
a p. Nj
Court Three-Winner Of Hayes-Herd
and Starbuek-Parker VS.. Appel-Humes
and Mangan- Bacon.
Court Six-WInner of Conns-Darnan
and Hennessey-B urdick Va. winner of
DixOn-SagaIOwsky and Wirthwein-Fram-
bes.
LADIES' SINGLES.
First Round
q p. M
Court sIx-AIiss Layena Fisher Undian-
spOIis) rs. Miss frankie Byrne INDIAN
ApOIis).
Court Three-Miss Ruth King C1eve-
landl vs.. Miss Sherman IndianapOiis).
Court FOur-Nfiss Ruth Wise (Cleve-
lsnd) VS.. Miss Henrietta Kothe INDIAN
apolis).
Johnny Hennessey, Indiana's greatest
tennis player, is dashing head first
toward the western court title with his
speed throttle kicked to the boards and
anything that gets In his way is going
70 get considerably mussed up.
Hennessey, who came through to the
semi finals Of the western tourney by de-
teating Lucian Williams, Yale University
court leader on the Woodstock grounds
yesterday afternoon, still has the hardest
part OK his Job ahead OF him. but ne Is
ready for the test and stands ready 70
surpass all his past works In that final
dash down the stretch.
Other players remaining IN the semi
final round Of the big tourney are Clifford
Herd OF Pasadena. Cal, whom Hennes-
sey tackles tomorrow afternoon and Fritz
Bastian, Indianapolis. and Nincent Rich
ards, Y0nkers. y. Y. who were scheduled
to battle for a final round berth at 30
this afternoon.
FACES LINEUP OF
REAL NET STARS.
This means that IN order to gain the
TERMS iaurels Of the Western continent,
HenEessev must defeat three Of the hard
est opponents that he ever has crossed In
tournament play-Herdi Richards and
Walter T. Hayes
Hayes is the present Western title
holder. and he meets the winner Of this
tourney IN the challenge round Sunday
afternoon.
Hennessey. because he was favored today
to take care Of Fritz Bastian, the other
indianapolis player in the semi-hnals.
OF course, Bastian has 4 fighting chance
70 defeat the Y0nkers boy. which would
be q point in favor Of Hennessey, who
has the number Of the tall sOuthpaw.
Fritz has shown some remarkable tennis
during the past few days Of tourney
play. and he was sure to make the going
rough for Richards.
Hennessey's most ardent supporters are
feeling in their boots the fear Of a terri
bic end for the youngster In his matches
with Herd and Richards. but Johnny
himself. and Charley Trask, his chief
adviser are as care-fre as q couple Of
children Herd wallOped Hennessey IN
the clay court show at Chicago recently,
but this is not worrying the local young
ster one bit. in fact, II is only going TO
make things tougher for the California
Tennis Bambino" when they meet to-
morrow afternoon.
NOT FEARFUL OF
COAST PLAYER.
When Johnny first cast his hat in the
Western ring be bad his eye on match
with Herd, and his mind set on getting
his sweet revenge Trask and Hennessey
have studied Ierd all week. and they
don't mind saying they have nothing to
fear from his direction After Herd
probably will come Richards, and he
is down for the same deal that Herd
has coming to him. Johnny, IL he passes
Herd, Will have that confidence in him
self and spirit that makes athletes super
human, and Richards surely will have
dizzy time Of it when "our boy" starts
driving them at him.
II Hennessey can perform this sim
possible" trick Of stopping the Califor-
MIA and New York players. Walter Hayes
viii come in for an awful barrage when
he faces the indianapolis yOungster In
the fight for the cup
Nobody viii ever know how close Hen
nesSey came 10 going out OF the big tour
uament Tuesday afternoon. He came to
the Woodstock suffering from stomach
trouble and was forced to call on every
ounce Of grit in his constitution to carry
him through his match with Fred APP
pei According to the score sheet
Johnny won easily. but the true story was
Of an entirely different color. He fought
from the first point to the last on the
verge OF collapse, snd had he been forced
the least bit harder, he certainly would
have had to quit the match. Johnny was
put to bed and doctored carefully imme-
diately after the match, and yesterday
found him back In the harness again,
ready to take on a cage Of tigers. as he
: showed in his 6-3 6-3 victory over his
YsIs opponent Heunessev had VIII
isms play figured to a fine point, and
he jumped into command early in the
fight, staying there until the victory had
been scored.
FRITZ MASTER
OVER BURDICK.
Fritz Bastlan won the right to meet
Richards in the semi-fnals today by
stopping Ralph Burdick, go, Ga Some
good tennis was displayed here. but
Bastian was master Of the situation from
the very start.
Richards came through with a win
over Kirk Reid, Cleveland star. The
score was 60, 60. Reid put up a great
fight over the entire route, and made his
youthful opponent step along at speedy
clip for every point, but when Ii came
to 6 showdown, Richards had the goods,
and there was no getting away from
him.
Clifford Herd, Hennessey's semi-final
round opponent, took the number OF c.
v Seller. a Chicago player, 81. 6-3.
Herd was not forced much In this con-
test but be can't help but show his
speed, no matter what sort OF match he
may be in. he is always running open,
trying to kill" the ball every time he
wsllops It.
The men got a fairly good start in
the doubles play yesterday, and things
should get going full speed in this de-
psrtment today. The women were also
carded for action this afternoon, and
some hot matches were expected from
them. Several good women players from
out OF the city are here for the play
in their class, and the local stars are
going to see a lot Of real opposition.
Finals in the mems doubles and women's
Starting tomorrow afternoon, there
win be a bus In service between the
Woodstock Club and the end OF the
Northwestern car line, affording the fans
free transportation 20 and from the
grounds.