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Show TEIIS I011MEIT iLLCOMHCESOOK Intermountain Championships Will Be Decided on Country Club Courts Next Week. The sixth annual tennis tournament of the Intermountain Lawn Tennis association asso-ciation will start next Friday at the courts of the Country club. This tournament has become one of national Interest and Is the largest held between the Missouri river and the Pacific coast. Its results decide the championships of six states, Colorado. Idaho. Montana, Wyoming, Nevada Ne-vada and Utah,, and naturally tennis play-era play-era throughout this entlro-.dlstrlct look! forward with Interest to Mho matches played during this tournament. The executive committee in charge of the tournament this year is Sam Neel, A. S. Brown and O. J. Salisbury. For the past two months they have been working to secure as much talent as possible t,o compete and yesterday afternoon after-noon announced that the outside cracks" would far exceed those of any previous tournaments In a letter received from Mr. Salisbury, who is now at Santa Monica, Mr. Salisbury Salis-bury says he has the assurance that Slns-abaugh Slns-abaugh and Duncan, the California champions cham-pions in doubles, will be on hand. Mr. Brown received a letter this week stating that Bundy and Hendricks, now playing at Newport, would come direct to Salt Lake, passing up tho tournament at Niagara Nia-gara for the intermountain tournament held at tho Country club. Brown has also received Information that Maurice McLoughlin. who defeated Beals S. Wright this season, will come to Salt Lake for the singles in hope of adding another title to his long list of championships. cham-pionships. Thoso five outside stars together with the local cracks should give local lovers of tennis somo of the best class of thlsi kind of sport over witnessed In tho intermountain inter-mountain west. Salt Lako ls noted for Its tennis players nnd all summer long local experts with the racket have been working hard to condition themselves for the work before them. The committee in charge has announced that entries will close next Thursday night at the Alta club. Local members are requested to send in their entries at once, cither to Mr. Samuel Ncel. New-house New-house building, A S. Brown, Bell Telephone Tele-phone building, or direct to the Alta. club. The drawings will be held on Thursday night and play will start on Friday afternoon af-ternoon following. An effort will bo made to rush the tournament through within a week, to allow the visiting players to return home. Heretofore the tournament has dragged through a couple of weeks, but it is expected the finals will be completed com-pleted by September 1. this year. The tournament Is open to any lawn tennis ulayer in the country, but the association is desirous of having as many-local many-local players as possible entered. Tournaments Tour-naments like this greatly Improve the players by giving them confidence and this year local racket experts will have a better opportunity than ever in meeting meet-ing tho best men In the country. |