Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-11
FEATURE PLAY
STARTS TODAY
IN NET EVENT
VictOrs Take Courts for First
Time in Western Title
Games.
JOHNNY DEFEATS FRITZ
EARLY RESULTS TO-DAY.

EARII RESULTS
Three more first round matches were
run off III the Western eourt champion
ships at the Woodstock Club this morn
ing. John DouEherty. Purdue Univer-
sity, defeated Henry Atkins, Indianapo-
lis, Ga. &C.; Walter WirthW Gin, Column
bus, Ohio, defeated RichmOnd BaStian
so, 60. and ]. C. Darnan, Lebanon,
defeated Harold Cash, Indianapolis, 6-lr
81.
Tennis stars Of the highest caliber
from here, there and everywhere we're
to take TO the Woodstock Country Club
courts IN the Western Championships
today. II was the first day for out-of-
town players, although the tourney
opened Saturday afternoon, and the fans
were on edge for the action
Matches carrying all the splendor OF
final round contests were on the chart
for today. as the entry list Is crowded
with top-notchers and the stars VIII keep
the pot boiling from now until next sun
day afternoon, when waiter /. hayes
present Western titleholder, defends his
laurels against this years winner In the
challenge round.
Johnny Hennessey. Indianapolis. and
Willis Fulton, Cleveland, were expected
70 offer something well worth while at
( o'clock this afternoon. Fulton IS sara
10 be one Of the best players the Buck
eye State boasts Of. and IL is certainty
that Hennessey is the best we've got, so
the match was expected to be one Of the
best Of the tourney.
WILLIAMS AND
COONS MATCHED.
Lucian Williams, Chicago Yale player,
and the veteran Jack COons, Lebanon,
we're carded in a big match at 80 this
after. C0Ons Is player wealthy in
tournament experience and hard one to
get around, which all went 10 make it
evident that young Williams was II for a
cfr nT
c. A Bradley, Toledo Harvard entry.
and George Starbuck, the lanky north
side player, were to meet In the same
period.
ara Hubben Of Chicago. and D. W.
Mcleod OF Pittsburgh. were the only
visiting players scheduled to go against
one another today. The names OF these
two racquet sWingers have been carried
to local fans al dOlled up In class, and
u was expected that they would furnish
quite a few interesting moments before
their o'clock match was decided.
So faEt there have been no early alib4s
offered around the Woodstock courts
Every player entered seems to be ready
for the fray and anxious to let the 9th
ers know IL. SO the fans might just as
well prepare themselves for a regular
avalanche c. the kind Of tennis that
doesn't come along with every tOurna-
ment.
There was nothing particularly exciting
In the Saturday afternoon matches They
were. for the most part, between local
players, and where one man showed big
league speed his opponent was generally
inclined TO let him take things as he
wanted them. There were cases. how
ever, when certain lettetrs cut loose with
some real play, and ii looks as though
they are going 10 make things T4ther
interesting for the visiting competition
Vim Richards, Eastern star, was awarded
his first match by default
EATTRnAUpE DEST-TrS
WOODSTOCK FINALS.
ritz Bastian defeated Ralph Burdick,
6-3. Ga. Ga.
WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP.
Vincent Richards (YOnkers, y. u de-
feated Col Robert II. Tyndau INDIAN
apOlsl by default.
Fred Appel Indiana pois) defeated DR..
Charles d. Humes Undianapousl, 81,
Russell Kochler undianspoIs) defeated
Rodney N. Jacobs UndianspoHsl, 6-3.
e.
Heber Taylor Undianapolis) defeated
Ernest 7. Ellington Qndianapolsl, $40
Jack Eaglesfeld nndianapolis) defeated
Neal Campbell Indianapolisl, GO, 6-3.
Julius SasalOwsky Undianapolls) de-
feated Ew Wuensch Indianapolis), 6-1.
Isadore Adler undianapolis) defeated
Theo Layman Undianapousl by default
Oscar P WelborD UndlanapoIis) de-
feated John P OFT Gndisnapolis) By de-
fault.
J. II. Ehlers 0ndianapolis) defeated II
J. Carver QndianapOlisl by default
Herbert Eckhouse QndisnapOHs) de-
feated Carlos Jerry GndianapoHsJ, So
Ia Ga