Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-24
BAKERS WIN THE
TENNIS CUPS
G. +. Baker and Son George Win the
Loving Cups in the North
eastern Iowa Tennis
Tournament Here
Last Week.
SOME CRACK PLAYERS
WERE ON COURTS
Number Crack Young Local Players
Showed Exceptional Skill
Against Their Older
Opponents.


The Northeastern Iowa Tennis
Tournament which has been held on
the new courts of the Decorah Ten
mis- Club the past week has been fin
ished and has been accorded a
great success. The play was inter-
rupted once or. twice during the
matches BY heavy rains but during
most of the time the courts were in
fine shape and most of the matches
were played off i'm real tournament
style. George Baker, ex-state cham
pion in singles carried off the big
cup by winning first place in the
singles, and paired with his father,
also won the two cups offered for
first prize in the doubles. The two
were a formidable pair to buck
against and showed their old time
form in both the doubles and singles.
Frank Baker played a strong net
game in the doubles and his steadi-
ness. outguessed most of the younger
aspirants in the singles. He de-
faulted to his son George i'm the
final round. George, while bit
overweight, showed great skill in his
drives to deep court and his consist
ent service won him many points.
In the first round j. Sobolik, one
of the oldest men seen in the tourna-
ment won his match with McKeag
of Manchester, and exhibited some
very good tennis for man of his age.
ID. Algyer and Norman Lee put up
a good match for the gallery in this
round also, Algyer winning, 2-6, TO,
6-4. Both these young men are
comers in the tennis game and show
great promise for the future. c. C.
Gammertsfelder and "Sog" Sorenson
also showed flashes of good tennis in
thSsn match. but the professor was
too much for his younger opponent,
rout driving him in hard fought
contest, and carrying off the honors,
Ga, 6-2. ! Among the younger set,
Leo Roman won his match with Don
Hampstead of Elkader, ST., 6-2, 6-3.
VIM. Olson beat Fred Roman, 6-2,
6-3. Bud Hutchinson beat Martin
Soukup, Jr., 6-1, 60. Phil Johnson
lost his match to his older opponent,
E. Parman, after three hard sets, As,
6-1, 6-1. Those who drew byes in
the opening round were N. Haugen,
Blackburn of Cresco, Gordon Gam
mertsfelder, Frank Baker and A. c.
Lynch.
. In the second round Frank Baker
overcame A. c. Lynch in a match
which was full of good tennis. Both
men played careful tennis but the
elder Bakers steadiness won him the
match, 6-2, Go. Selmer Narum and
Nels Haugen had stiff match, both
men playing carefully for the adj
vantage. Narum finally won out
after losing the second set. The
score was 60, 3-6, 6-1.
The third round brought the cream
of the singles to the front. Frank
Baker and c. c. Gammertsfelder put
up great match. Gammertsfelder's
driving was the feature of the match.
Time after time his deep court shots
carried him to the front. Baker took
the first set, GA but the professor
came back strong in the second and
carried it off, 6-2. Then the elder
Baker played strong net game in
the last set and by some good place
ments carried off the set and match,
GA, 2-6, 6-1. George Baker had
little trouble with VIM. Olson, win
ming 6-1, 60, and Gordon Gammerts-
fielder won from Narum, 6-1, so.
|, George and Frank Baker won both
their matches in the semi finals.
George beat Gordon Gammertsfelder,
.6-2, 6-3, Ga. The contest was full
of some clever driving on the part
of Gammertsfelder, but George
Bakers consistent placements kept
the younger Gammertsfeder down
so that many of his drives were net
ted and he was obliged to submit to
his more experienced opponent.
Frank Baker beat ID. Algyer only
after the youngster put up one of
the best matches of his life. Frank
took the first set, 6-2, but in the
second one Algyer put up such stiff
argument that it took the elder
Baker way beyond a deuce set to
win, los. The last set was 6-2 in
favor of Baker. This brought the
two Bakers together in the final
round of the singles and the elder
Baker defaulted to his son in order
that they might leave for Des Moines
at once to enter the state champion
ships.
The doubles brought out some good
teams. Hampstead and Hampstead
from Elkader went down to, defeat
before Lee and Sorenson, 6-2, 7-5.
Sobolik and Blackburn of Cresco, two
veterans lost their first match 2-6,
6-2, 60, to c. c. Gammertsfelder and
Lynch. Weiser and Green won from
McKeag and Anderson, Ga, 81, and
Olson and Haugen beat Fred Roman
and S. Narun, 6-1, ST., Sc. Baker
and Baker beat Leo Roman and D.
Algyer, 6-l, 6-3. Dr. 7. c. Hutch
inson and L. Parman all drew byes
in the first round of the doubles.
In. che second round Weiser and
Green advanced to.the semi finals by
beating nennard and McGfeevey,
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