Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-08-02 | Page 9 | City Tennis Final on Schedule Today

GIT! 1EMI5 FliL ON SCHEDULE TODAY T. B. Parker and IL M. Gar-nett Gar-nett Will Play for Title; Doubles on Card. This afternoon at 5:45 o'clock Theodore Theo-dore B. Parker and 3-lward M. Uarnctt will meet in the final singles match of the oity tennis tournament. Parker, who is the present titleholder, is tlie favorite fa-vorite over Garnctt. Parker also holds the intermountnin and the state championships. cham-pionships. His supporters are expecting expect-ing him to uphold Ins title, but he will probably have his hands full, as Gar-nett Gar-nett has been playing at his best during dur-ing the past few days. Parker won his way to the finals yesterday yes-terday by defeating Arch M. Cheney, former Deseret symnasiuni champ. Cheney surprized Parker and succeeded in holding him close in the rirst set. However, Parker took it with a score of 6-4. In tlie second set ( 'honey led throughout, winning, (i-4. In the "third he could not maintain his stride and lost in an easy manner to Parker, h'-l. Garnctt vanquished Milton Fruinkin, the young university star and present Deseret gym cup possessor, in two straight, sets. Tn the first l-'rumkin pressed Garnctt hard, who succeeded in winning only after a long struggle. The score was 7-5. Garnett easily took the second, ti-1. No doubles were played yesterday, but today they will start in earnest. Four good matches arc on the schedule and some good games will no doubt be played. At 1 o'clock J. Wootton and J. Spry will contest with Dave Coleman and K. Peterson. Both of these teams have been practicing hard lately and plaving well. At 4:30 o 'clock S. Soreuson and T. Dinwoodey will meet Dr. Plummer and ('. Scliwencka. This match is also expected ex-pected to be a hard match, as the teams are evenly matched, according to the dope sheet. Two contests will be staged at (i o 'clock. The schedule is : t '. Oliver and P. ('. Robert? vs. F. Duncan and Paul Kirwnn and H. Kudine and F. Little Lit-tle vs. Walters and Warnok. These two are expected to be among the best ones of the day. v