Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-03

Score Reads ga, 81; Local
Man* Displays -Exeslsnt
Brand OF Racket Work;
Has Strong Chance. OF
Taking Red 81 |. River Valley
Event Also, Fans State.

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Fargo. Nd Aus,s-W.iN.
y hhVcn OF Grand Fdrks,. slaay1ng In
.e1 notch form, won the North Z,
ltakota state singles tennis cham,
EiHnship this K1orrdnsS on the
Island Park courts by defeating
nlH Hodge OF Fargo IN Straight
Elton, VINO won the state cham
pionship last rear at Grand Forks,
played his best brand Of tennis and
close followers Of the game claim that
} the Grand Forks man played a much
faster game than last year. Elton is
playing championship. tennis and
stands an excellent chance to W1n?the
Red River Valley singles. He won the
Red River. Valley title in 1920 but lost
last year to John Hancock, Of Chicago.
Elton's. play this smors6ns was *
cellent. His net. game; vas perfect and
he out-generaled. the Fargo, ma
throughout the match. -
} Hodge. Does wen.
Hodge, playing in his first state
tournament, made ~anfSexcellent show
ing and gave the. champion d real bat
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} tElton's play was even better and he
' carried the set, WITHOUT any trouble.
F" Hodges showing in the tournament
was a. great surprise. He .pfayed real
tennis from &thetsstart and spilled all
dope by winning from Robert Muir of
Hunter and Leonard Blatsdell Of Mi
mot in the. preliminary: rounds.
Eight, Events on.
Play is on today in, eight events Of
the tournament. Including mixed dou-
bles, women's. douhles,3sS2 and Singles,
and two. open events. the.;Northern
Great F,'lains singles and doubles and
the Red River Valley sinslesrand dou-
In the open Great Northern
Plains. singles event, first round.
Leslie, r., S asnnyso farF psfs IS, s ssit
and Richardson; Fargo. beat
buckingham. Grand Forks, 60,
o.. Muir OF Hunter beat HUI
bels Of. Fargo, 81. "a.
ELTON BEATS HUBERT.
Elton reached the senni-ninals
of the open Red River Valley
singles by beating Robert Hull
bert, Fargo, ,6-2, go. !. John \
Hancock, Chicago, bcAtt Tennx-
son, Fargo. 6.1 SO stp. get into
these semi finals Hodge beat
Mnrrhy; .yam ,..sso thss sss. I
F.. W. Klingmans St. Paul, q
reached the fourth round beat N
ing LEM, jamestown. Tx s
Elton, and wilkerson WIN their way
into the. finals in the: state doubles by
&~innins#oveS Hodge2and OF
Fargo in a ~hotly scoitested match.
fight against theavetesans and. took
the first set. ts+lost the match, SIS.
So, "a. The Grand Forks pair will
meet Hubert and Muir, Of Fargo and
{ Hunter. respectively, M the doubles
finals Friday morning; A..
Mrs. Bemis. OF Minot,, three times
state women's champion, was ,elimi-
mated today n the frst round OF. the
ladies' event by Miss Giadys=LAttmer
OF the A. c.. ga, ga. ss,A-
sJohn Hancock Of Chicago reached
the fourth round in the Red River
Valley open event. by%defeatinE s. g.
of Grand Forks defeated George Eos
ter of Fargo, 6-s, ST. 81 In the only
other third round match completed,
Featuring; the play in the second
round Of the Red River Valley event
was the victory Of C. P. sTen1lesori Of
Fargo over d., W. Thornton 81 Fessen-
den. n. D. Tennesch won the match
~ Thornton showed "a fighting, spiri!
that carried him through the first SET
10 / deuce, victory, .S-6.. n >
leading, ~, when Tenneson began
drive which carried him to > Us, vic.
tow. Tenneson1 took, the third set
Ga. The match lasted. nearly thrSs
5 "o Other second round matches played
this morning folloE:a y
r. ". Hobbs OF Fargo defeated
Frank Wemples, oflFargo,| 50, SO:
3. ". Koingeman OF st. Paul De.
feated L. r. Siyertson OF Fargo. 81
o.. 1enz Of jamestown defeated e
Aim of Moorhead. 81. 90.
nav lawrence Of Fargo defeated
A, q. Morris. of Fargs, 6-1is4-6.S Gil.
A. J. Johnson oflAda defeated E.B
Eorney of Fargo, @-1,rl6-1 i.
Row siebert Of THasen defeated p. j
Burfening Of Fargo, So, 6-3. 4
Women AZ IT.
4 norris Lowell Of Fargo defeated lisa,
= hoi1e Eaton of Fargo, 60, 81. in thu
nernnd round of the won1en's state
singles championship.
Mrs, Ethel X. Eddy Of Fargo elm
mated Irsne Tihea Of Grand Forks il
The second round Of Ae.astate titula'
play, 81, 81: IN AFr.3sEEddy played q q
excellent game!
,er way into the second round By de'
ne asnr Audrey Carr q Fargo. 6Si
1Hsgfs-E4. in the fir q round.
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