Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15

Playing a steady. accurate game. H..
G. Mayes. the crack Winnipeg tennis
star, yesterday defeated S. Stellwa-
gen of Minneapolis GA, 0-6. 6-2. 81.
The match was for the Red river val
ley singles championship. With the
unconsciously slackened his pace,
Mayes was the complete master of the
situation, outplaying Stellwagen in
every feature Of the game.
Fargo carried off the lions share
of the honors this year. Mrs. c. r.
Nugent of that city won the women's
title by defeating Mrs. E. a. Hughes
OF Bismarck, who won the champion
ship here last year. r.. +. Baird, an
other crack Fargo player. won the
ctate championship by defeating Prof.
r, Darner of the agricultural college
rs, 6-1. Baird and Darner won the
nen's doubles title.
Mayes Master of Situation.
Mayes had little difficulty taking the
Red river valley championship. In
the first set. he completely o~utclassed
Stellwagen. He placed his shots &C.
curately, keeping Stellwagen on tn
defensive throughout. Stellwagen
played an aggressive net game. but
it had little effect on Mayes' attack.
When StellWagen came to the net.
Mayes would lob owe accurately and
deeply, dropping the ball about a
foot in front of the base line. He
lcbbed accurately on every shot, plac-
Ing the ball within a foo of the line
at any angle. This, of course, forced
Stellwagen back and made it hard for
him to return.
In the second set, Mayes neon
sciously slackened his pace, and Stell-
wagon won. Go. When Stellwagen
had four games, Mayes saw there was
little chance Of passing him and con
s%equently let him have a love set.
In the third set, however. he show
I'd the same form that won for him
n the first and had little trouble TAX
Ing the next two sets, 6-2, 6-1.
Darner's Playing a Feature.
A feature of the tournament was
the playing of Prof. R. Darner. the
dark horse of the meet. Had it
not been for an injured knee, Darner
probably would have won the stat,
title. He still suffers from an injury
received in a football game, at the
present time having water on the
knee. Despite the injury he played
in two %gruelling matches of the tour
but the tournament committee asked
him to play it out. In the first set
he played an exceptionally fast game,
finally losing rs. He slackened up
in the second. however, losing 81.
F. NJ. Wilson, formerly of his city
and twice state champion and erst-
while holder of the Red river valley
title, was n of the men eliminated
by Darner. Theodore Elton, another
of the crack players of the state, was
put out of the running in a gruelling
match with Darner. The Elton-Darner
match was one of the fastest and most
gruelling of the tournament. Elton
won the first set. SIS. but Darner came
back in the second and third and
played a stronger game. They wert
both duece sets. Darner finally win
ming each. Sc.
Minneapolis Men Win.
In the Red river valley doubles. Fl.
G. Mayes Of Winnipeg and DR.. w. T..
Biatherwick of Drake. last years state
champion, lost the title to Trafford N.
Jayne and S.. Stellwagen of Mime
arolis. The Minneapolis palyers cen.
tered their attack on Blatherwick, the
weaker man OF the opposing team,
and had little difficulty winning.
Mayes did some brilliant playing in
backing up Blatherwick. but he final
ly was forced to resort to hard driv-
ing under difficult conditions.
DR.. Blatherwick did not show the
old time form that won the state
championship for him. If he had
won the title this year he would have
become permanent possessor Of the
cup.