The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-07
Great TENNIS
is LOOKED FOR
IN FINAL DAYS
Last Rounds of Play Bring Ma
tionaI Stars Together in
Competition.
sEMI-FINALs ON TODAY
BY YEDDER GARD.

Some of the sport fans OF this city
are just coming out of their dormant
state and realizing that there Is a
national tennis tourney in their midst
The awakening came with the reali-
cation that the semi-hnal schedule to-
day was strangely lacking in those
familiar local names that always have
been present in the final rounds OF
Journeys held here. With Hennessey,
Burdick and Bastian put out OF the
meet early some of the followers OF
the net sport are getting a little ex-
cited over the great tennis that Is be-
ing played at the Woodstock Club.
1t is the best net meet this city evcr
has had the chance to see and the
largest crowds that ever witnessed
any tennis matches here are ex-
pected today. Saturday and Sunday.
Famous Jap In Big Match
That little giant of the tennis world,
Shim:zu. the Japanese player, was to
meet Garland today in contest that
was due to provide plenty Of thrills.
1t was scheduled for 2I5 and was the
first of the semi-final round. The
other semi-finaI was to bring Tilden.
champion of the world. against Walter
Westbrook, circumference champion,
at $3.50.
The final match Of the Junior title
meet was between George Lott OF
Chicago and Leonard Reed of Pitts
burgh at 1870. The players have ap'
peared evenly matched and we'll do
served to meet for the junior title.
Semi-finals in the boys division was
TO see Weiner and Strachan. Tilden s
protege 8, in competition with Don
aldson Of Detroit and Won Berg OF In
dianapolis. respectively.
Locals in Doubles Play
There were three doubles matches
on the card today with one local team
and semi-local combination
holding the interest of Indian
apolis fans. Burdick- Bastlan were to
play Parks White at 2 o'clock and
Hennessey and Wesbrook were to
meet Brown and Kamnan, the st.
Louis collegians. at 4 o'clock. The
other doubles match was scheduled
for o'clock between Tilden-Weiner
and Fulton Keith.
The feature match Of Thursdays
play, and for that matter, the great
est tennis that has been seen so far
in the tourney, was the Tilden'Brown
tilt. The young Washington Univer-
sity player from St Louis rose to
the heights in his stand against tho
worlds champion and thrilled the
crowd with his sensational returns
Of Tnden's well-placed smashes.
A youngster meeting a master Of
the game. Brown played with all the
skill he possessed. Never for a min
ute was he Hurried. Browns chop
stroke kept Tilden from hitting as
hard as he usually does. Both play
ers remained on the base lines almost
always, as neither had much success
at the net
Best Fight In First Set.
The first set was the better. as
Brown gave Tilden the hardest battle
he has had in the meet so far. The
youngster carried the games to four
all, and the fifth game went to deuce
and see sawed back and forth in des-
perate play until Tilden finally won.
The fifth game score was 1910. TIL
den took the next game and the
match, Ga The second set was not
as sensational. Brown tired bit to-
ward the end, and Tflden, with his
superb confidence and well-placed
strokes, swept through to victory, So.
Fritz Bastian. Indianapolis player,