Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 16 | Earl Peirce Proved Sensation of Intermountain Tennis Circles

I OO o. o V v V il EARL RL PEiRCE PEIRCE PR PROVED VED SENS SENSATION TION OF f INTERMOUNTAIN TENNIS TENNIS CIRCLES II VETERAN PLA PLAYER YER CAPTURES 3 MAJOR TOURNEYS DURING I I SUCCESSFUL 1927 SEASON Dorothy Anderson Wins Women's Intermountain tam tain Singles Denver Den Women omen Take Doubles Without d doubt th tho feature of f the 1927 1921 tennis season was the S performance of Karl Earl Peirce veteran local court man who vho won the tite In state and amI Salt Sait Lake CIt City singles championships end and teamed with Lee Cuttle Duttle of Provo t tp win tho Intermountain doubles doubles' title ascended to tt the he one tArone which was vacated at the close of tile tIe 1926 reason caon on by Ralph by defee n Leo Buttle Duttle In the final match of f th the tournament which this year rear ear was hell held In Salt Lake City arid and defeated the tho Dixon Dixon Dix Dix- on brothers n of ot Provo In the doubles final and later at l' l went wat to nos Poston ton where they v cr eliminated In the he first round of th the national invitational tlona tourny by Bill DiU Tilden and Francis Hunter Hunte DIXONS TRIUMPH Miss Iss Dorothy Anderson of or Salt Lake Iak Lac won tho the women women's tingles sIngles crown In the mountain Intel competition competition com corn com petition while thIle Miss Mlis Loul Louise Louiie Ireland and Miss Margaret ton of Denver took the ladles ladles' doubles Mel lel Galla teamed with Mrs MrA Ir Carol Neville e of L Los s Angeles to win the tho I mixed doubles championship defeated Mel MeS InI in II grueling match in the state tournament tour I held heId at Provo to win the f ah singles title Don an and Fred Fre I Bison xon of Provo o took the state state- doubles dou doa lIes bles laurels for tor the tho second consecutive consecutive I tive tivo year when they defeated the mountain Intermountain champions Peirce and Bottle Buttle in the tho final lna match Miss lIss I Ruth fluth Crow won von th the state women's championship GALLAGHER GALLACHER LOSES I Gallacher Gallacher and p Peirce Pirce met tact in an another another an- an another other crucial contest in the singles final of tho city city- tournament G Gallacher Gal Gal- l- l lacher lecher fought hard haril to defend his crown but the veteran was too much for or him The Tho city doubles crown ron settled upon 1 the hea heads s of f and Chick in Ble Who ho defeated Welby and md Peirce Inthe In Inthe inthe the finals s. s Miss 1 Dorothy Anderson derson t took k the honors in tha ladies ladies' tingles