Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-06
Sport Showed a Marked Re-
yival,ln l92l--Gsme Had I!
Died Out During the War
But Was Taken Up With:
Vigor That Surpassed For
mer Years Many New
Towns Active.

Tennis players over the state are
already beginning to tune up the
strings on their racduets for the ap-
preaching cason which promises to
be even more active than the past
one There was a marked revival liz
the game during 1921, cities in which
the. game had died out during the
Wal are showing enthusiasm that
far- surr assed that Of former-years.
. Mi1ot& Jamestown, Fessenden,- Bis
Rugby, Hunter, Northwood. Grafton,
Grand Forks and sFargo lead.
The first tournament last year was
an invitation meet between Crookston
the summer. Although 1t was not
an elimination coptest, Gildcrsleevc of
FCrookEton, Was conceded as having
come through with the besttrecord as
he met the best players and sustained
no defeats.
Tri-C4ty Tournament.
The Tff-City tournament vas held
lat Crookston o. July IA. 1t brought
together the best players in western
Minnesota and eastern North Dakota.
Gildersleeve Of Crookston. Muir Of
Hunter, and Elton and Wilkerson Of
Grand Forks, were locked upon as
the closest 'co1tenders for the cut but
rs the totrnalnent progressed Thorn
ton Of Fessendeh upset theEdopc and
put GildeIsleevc out. OF running In
the fourth round. p'he semi-anals
! were played off between Thor ntoh,
Muir. Elton and wtlkcrson. Muir de-
featcd Elton and Wilkerson put. out
Thornton in long. hard fought
mntchcs. In the sinai round Muir
triamplied ovcr Wilkerson' BY his
steady drives and 0 the beautiful,
new cup. Two matches that stood out
during the carly play in this tourna-
ment were played between Fraser OF
Grafton and Elton and the one be-
tween Hubert Of Fargo, and Wilkcr-
son.
l. The Minot tournament. open to
I players Of the northwestern part OF
the state, was won by Leonard Blais-
dell Of Minot, with Claud Mcintyre
runner-up.
State Tournament!
The state tournament at Grand
Forks. on August /, was anyone's
until 1t was over. 1t brought to-
I gethef the most evenly matched set
Of players in the~history of the state.
Wilkerson was Cham pior, and made 9
strenuous effort to retain his 4titIe'
while DIR. Blatherwick OF. Van Hook
with two legs on the cup, Fought hard
to make the historic trophy his per.
manent property. In The "eights''
Elton. Muir. Wilkerson, ~Blatherwick
T%cnneson, Hubert, Fraser and Thorn.
ton were still in. The last named
player iii the previous round had d
close mitch with Btaisdell. winning. q
three-set match from the Mino'
chan1pi0n.p
In the next round Elton defeated
Tenneson 8s3, DC: Muir Won from
Hubert 6-3, 6.3; Wilkerson defeated
Fraser, 6-2, 60, and Blatherwick wor
out from Thornton In the hardest
fought match of the tournament that
far, 20, 6-1, 6-3. IThat.p put the fou,
veterans out into the semifinals.
Hard Battle.
Elton ana Muir had a battle worth
watching. Elton's drives finally wor
over Muir's steadiness, 6-1. 3-6. rs
This evened up matters between these
two players as Muir had won from
Elton at Crookston in an equally close
match. Blatherwick and WQkersor
had never faced each other before n,
the time they lined UP for their hal
Of the ,semi-inals. Dr.. B~lathcrwicl
is the veteran player of the state an6
his accumulated knowledge Of tht
game coupled with his s~teadtness and
his ability to use either hand in re
turning the ball made him a hare
man to beat. Wilkerson defeated hin
through his ability to cover the our
and his accuracy in placing shots
This left the two Grand Forks play;
ers for the final match, which wa:
won by Elton III three straight set:
by fashy playing throughout. Botf
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