Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-05-28
LUTHER WINS ON
TENNIS TRIP
College Tennis Team One of the Best
in Years. Have Won Seven
Tournaments Out of Eight
CARLETON COMES
HERE ON MAY 81
Carleton Was the Claimant for the
Conference Championship, But
Luther Won Four Out of
Five

The tennis team arrived home the
21st after one of the most success
full trips the college tennis team has
had for years. On the 18th and 10th
they won in >three-cornered tourna-
ment on the Robt. w. Putnam courts
at Red Wing. Mr.. Putnam Is local
tennis enthuiast and has provided
excellent facilities for playing ten
mis- at his home on East Avenue.
On the 18th the college won from
the seminary team from st. Paul
winning two matches out of three.
Ragnvald Ylvisaker lost to his
brother Carl Ylvisaker of the semi
nary but o. Ravndal won from c.
Lee and in the doubles w. Ylvisaker
and c. Ravndal won from L. Field
and H. Narum. C.. Ylvisaker and C.
Lee have both been on the college
team in former years and H. Narum
is both a DEBORAH and college man.
The 10th the college team won from
the city team at Red Wing, complet-
ing the tournament. Detmar Book,
by all odds the best player encounter
ed on the trip, won from c. Ravn-
dial 6-3, 6-1. R. Ylvisaker won from
Rolf, the former Carleton star, GA,
6-3 and in the doubles c. Ravndal
and R. Ylvisaker won from Book
and Putnam rs, GA.
The Goth the team was split, o.
Ravndal and w. Ylvisaker going to
st. Paul to play Hamline University
and c. Ravndal and r. Ylvisaker
going to Mortified to meet st. Olaf
The st. Olaf tournament was the
closest match of the season, r.
Ylvisaker winning from Sherwin,
6-1, 2-6, 6-3, and C. Ravndal loosing
to Jacobson 6-3, 60. In the doubles
however, Luther showed her super
ior style of playing and won 4-6,
6-3, 6-3. The st. Olaf men were I'M
accustomed to Luther's style of net
playing and were evidently uncer-
tain as to what they should do when
their opponents played both men at
the net. The same day the team at
Minneapolis lost to Hamline Univer-
sity, o. Ravndal losing to Lindsay,
wi To- -
doubles going to Hamline GA, 1-6,
60.
The 21st Luther met Carleton
with four man team on the Carle-
ton courts. Since Carleton was the
claimant for the conference cham
pionship hard matches were expect
ed and expectations proved true, al
though Luther won four matches out
of five. o. Ravndal lost his match to
Kramer 6-2, ga. Kramer is probably
the best singles player in the con-
ference and had he been backed up
in kind by his teammates the scores
would probably have been different
However Wilson lost to r. Ylvisaker
81, 10, 90 and Hanson lost to w.
Ylvisaker rs, 2-6, GA, while C..
Ravndal took the greatest number of
possible straight games by winning
two love sets from Street, So, 60,
SO. In the doubles Hanson and Will
son lost to w. Ylvisaker and o. Ravn-
dal GA, 60. In the doubles Garlic
ton tried to play the same net game
as Luther had employed the day be-
fore against St. Olaf but after the
first two games Luther succeeded in
taking possession of the net for every
point, forcing their opponents to play
the back line in a losing match.
Kramer and Street played an un-
finished match with r. Ylvisaker and
c. Ravndal the score standing $40,
6-1 when the other doubles match
was completed. Since Luther had al.
ready won the tournament and was
pressed for time to make their train,
the match was left uncompleted.
Luther's team now has the record
Of having won tournaments out Of
having previously won twice from
Upper Iowa and once from Campion.
May 31st Carleton college will play
Luther on the local courts, when
Carleton will attempt to retaliate
for their defeat of the 21st.