Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-17
DOPE UPSET.
ELTON LOSES
VI IN FINALS
!. Hubert ] and Muir TOOK
Honors From Elton and
Wilkerson in Doubles.
Fargo Player Plays Remark
able Game; Elton Puts up
Hard Battle.

The dope of the fans was COM
pletely upset in the Tri-City tennis
tournament Sunday morning, Grand
Forks lost out completely, both in the
singles n doubles events. Hubert
OF Fargo, won from Elton in the
singles play in three hard fought sets.
3-6. GA, SIS, n Hubert and Muir
took honors away from Elton and
Wilkerson in the doubles in three
holly contested sets, GA, 6-S, SIS.
Hubert played a remarkable game
from the first, but no more so than
Elton though the latter lost the
match. Hubert started out the play
by winning the first game. Elton
tool the second, but again the Far
&c man stepped out and, winning the
next two straight, held the local man
at a 81 ratio. Apparently Elton can
never play his best unless he gets
caught at a disadvantage, for as soon
as Hubert held the 81 count, Bill
opened a rally and walked off with
the set without letting the visitor get
another game. Hubert secured no
more than nine points during the en-
tire five games. Score at end of set:
Elton, 6-3.
The second set Elton started off
with a win. to let Hubert come back
4 A1IkIuCN1dICly Will TWO SdIlCo IL LIS
credit. Elton stopped him there.
however, Inc added a couple of more
games to his own score. The next
two they divided, making the count
4-3 for Elton. Then, it was that HUI
bert tool the play into his own hand,
for the mex three games he won in
a row, taking the second set. Score:
Hubert, ga.
Third Set a Battle.
At the beginning of the third, Ell
ton again frightened up and in the
first five games of play, held the
visitor to a our to one score, allow
ing him but four points in the four
games going to Elton. Hubert rail-
lied and took the next game. Fight
ing through duece. he captured an
again he took the game tieing him
with the Grand FORKS champion.
Again the play went to duece, Inc
again Hubert won. Elton, awake to
the fact that the match was at stake,
drove hard and sure and desperately
in an attempt to save it. The play
went to duece, Hubert as determined
to win as Bill was not to lose. They
fought to twelve points, Elton final
" winning and making a deuce set
out of it,.
1t appeared that Elton would walk
away with the match, for in the next
four services he allowed the Fargo
ma not a point n took the game
on love. But, Hubert turned the
tables and walked way with the next
game. giving Bill nothing but love.
Nor did he stop there: the next game
he took in four straight points, max
ing the count, 10 in his favor.
Hubert Wins.
Again in the next game the match
was at stake. Elton played dasper-
ately and succeeded in making the
count reach deuce. He fought it
h tenth point the visitor scored the
win that took the game. set. tour
nament and Tri-Citr cham plonship.
A curious thing shows up in the
point score, Elton having won 10+
points in the match, white II!lbnrt,
the winner. took hut IS.
Doubles.
A six-four set and II duecc ones.
SIS each, marked the Goutles pay n
which the singles champion With
Muir Of Hunter. holder OF the Tai
City singles championship last year,
won from Elton and Wiike-svu.
Muir and Hubert started out right,
taking the first set, ga. But they
idu HdIu ilSnt 10 40 SO, LOT at one
time the local players held them to a
four to three score. Staging a rally,
however. the visitors walked from
there out to a win.
The second set Elton and Wilker-
son fought every point to finally take
the set 8-6. But the fight was a hard
one. The first game was typical of
the entire fourteen played, being
fought back and forth through deuce
to twelve points. Three of the next
four games went to duece with 80