Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-18 | Page 46 | Much Interest in Handball Tourney

MUCH INTEREST IN HANDBALL TOURNEY Next week will usher in the first games of the handball tourney, which will he held at the Deserel. gymnasium. The initial ini-tial contests will be held March 2(1. The gym courts have been crowded to their full capacity during the past month with promising contenders, who are getting get-ting in trim fur the hard battles which are promised to the winner of the championship. champion-ship. Many old stars are working out with some promising youngsters, and from the number seen daily on the courts the competition this season will be of the keenest. The following are showing good form for this early stage of tiie season: Cannon Lund, Joe Smith. W. Lund. Harold Ansel!. An-sel!. Georpp Dent, Ren Clawson. Burt Reeves, Ocrge nnd Bob Butler, Charley Ham. B. Campbell, I.eo Eager and F Leaver. From former records, Jne Smith. Ron Clawson. Ceorge Dent and Burt Reeves are in a class by themselves. Clawson holds a rhamplonshin in the singles and a partnership in the doubles. The singles was won in Ifil." aftr a sonson of hard gruelling. He battled his way to the finals in 191 ti and was beaten' bv Cliff Nuttnll by a small margin. Clawson and Nuttall wcpr partners in for lhe dou bles and succeeded in annexing lhe title. Joe Smith has captured the medal in former for-mer years nnd is showing the old-time form. George Dent lias one singles championship cham-pionship to his rrc( it and is out to regain re-gain the honors during the present season. Reeves is a new star In handball and is showing well with class AA performers.