Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
While Game Is Growing In
Popularity Every Year In
State, Development Of
More Material Is What Wilt
!. Put More Spice In Compe-
tition; Coming Season
Shows Largest Number OF
Tournaments.
BY G. d.

Iennls promises to rival baseball III
North Dakota this summer. Aside
from some Of the smaller meets,
which will undoubtedly be held over
the state during the ly22rseason. sew
en- tournaments of more or less I'M
p%ortance VIII be held in the cities Of
Grand Forks and Fargo. Beginning
before the mfddle Of May the Agri-,
cultural College will hold a high
school tournament in connection With
a track and field meet there. The
latter part of May q state high school
tennis tournament will be held at the
University of North Dakota, while the
university is scheduling an inter col
leglate meet before the end of June.
Tho Great West Plains, the Red River
Valley and the state tournaments will
e he'd tlks, Year IN Fargo in August,
Mnilc the Iri-Clty tournament will be
held In. Grand Forks i'll July. In add
ditiOn to these open tournaments both
Fargo and Grand Forks will hold city
meets and the university will also.
stage lis handicap tourney. '
This will be the-greatcst number of
tournaments ever held in the history
OF the game in North Dakota, and is
Il decided step forward in the devel-
opment of new players, in that the
game Is. being fostered in both high
schools and the institutions of higher
learning.
20 Must Have New Blood.
TEAMS has advanced but very little
during the past number Of years be
cause of the absence to any great en-
tent~ofyfeW blood in the game. With
due respect to the old timers, who
have held tho" boards for many. sea-
sons, keeping the game alive, it is
time to- make a determined effort to
develop new players in the state for
The reason tllat'it will not be long be-
fore these men will be unable to carry
the burden. The absence Of any num-
Der ofkyoung. players in the tourna-
ments sis noted in tho entry lists OF
the past few Years and in the titles
won for.the past ten Years or more.
Old players over the state could do
much toward helping matters if they
would make it a "oint to get in touch
with the likely material in their diff
ferent. localities II encourage them
to enter every state tournament held,
to which they would be eligible. "A
tennis player does not begin to take
real interest in the game until he
starts to play in tournaments HaN-
ing the necessary AMOUNT OF interest
the Young player would then strive
TO Improve his game. He, would
learn more at one tournament thar
he could hopeato< iealn AL season at
home. a. chance to play with an old
hand at the game would teach q
mncn,t ana ne "ould alst
be hhletoG Watch ai1d study the di'ief-
stvtes 7oEy@piayf used u the hettei
~plaSersssS ~. -.
- Strfi.t Early; s;II ~ Tournaments
...,stg.... -. :. .,
is. alsog+as,Wises course for any tennis
player Who aspires TO- court honors
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x There is Il Dig dlfterence 9etWeei
play, n any othel
matches. one might happenI o 2
=" had. Many a good player has 1alie1
blythe way in the early rounds OF {
tournament because OF the nerve
strain, when he possessed the play.
ing ability TO carry MIN Tar. 4
Iyonngster VINO rows up III, toue'a
%ment play is going TO nave AIDE az
vantage when nc arrives at a stag
in his game where he.ls playing int
the inal rounds.
Until the~lastS few seasons tcnni
at the university has been confined I.
"a few and the annual tournaments dit
not take in Il very large number 0
Y entries. There has been%a decided
y cain.i In followers Of the game this seal
. son and beginning with the olganiza
- 1ion of an association the players ar
now attempting to hold an inter-col
legiate tournament: The player
from the Agricultural College at Far