Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-02 | Page 11 | Knight Cup Net Aces Preparing for First Intercity Encounter

Knight Cup Net Net Aces I Preparing for First Intercity Encounter Provo and Salt Sail Lake Te Teams Tangle on Liberty Park Courts Saturday at 1 30 New Method of Play Is 16 Suggested New methods of play in all probability will be followed Saturday afternoon when Provo and Salt Lake I tangle in the first match of the J. J Will Knight cup series on the Liberty park courts BEST EST THREE I IN SI SINGLES Instead of following the Utah in system of matches which has been the rule in the past Knight cup com competition it il has been suggested by the Provo Knight cup committee that the three strongest singles men appear in that event for each elch club regardless o of the doubles lineup It is pointed out that this arrangement ar are ar- ar will bring out the best possible possible pos pos- sible tennis with both the strongest doubles combinations and the best singles sin singles men on both teams instead o of the lineup Juggling which necessarily has prevailed in iii the past when one man from each doubles has been required to appear In Ill singles This method of play Is generally used in other sections of the country and will be discussed by Salt SaIl Lake Tennis association officials at al once It is L highly probable that it will be adopted for the coming series Another change suggested by the Salt SaIl Lakers would bring the singles matches before the three out o of five set doubles doubles another another plan expected to bring out better all around tennis If Il the new suggestion is followed Provos Provo's Knight cup lineup for Satur Satur- day y will be s a-s as follows Singles Singles Buck Buck Dixon No 1 Sanky Dixon No 2 Paul Holt No 3 3 Doubles Doubles Dixon Dixon and Dixon No 1 Holt and Wilson Booth No 2 Salt SaIl Lakes Lake's lineup is more questionable question questionable able with a larger group of prospective tiye tive stars to draw from Mel Gal Gal- la lather her undoubtedly will be No 1 in singles and Gallacher and Dave Freed are expected to form the No 1 doubles team te lm Freed Bill Woodard and Bill Stratford are other singles possibilities and there is also a chance that Earl Peirce may appear in a singles sin gins event In doubles in addition to Gallacher Freed and Peirce Ross floss Sutton Bob Dob Goodell and Harvey Hansen arc are possible choices The Buck Gallacher-Buck Dixon singles match looms as the days day's big feature Dixon is the state champion but Gallacher Gal Gal- lacher won the only meeting of the pair last season season season-a a s spectacular vie vIc tory in Knight cup competition here Dixon the more consistent of the two will meet a great threat in the person of or the Salt Lake Lak star who has always played brilliantly against the elder cIder Dixon Gallacher's hope to bent beat Dixon rests on his net pl play lY for the Provo champion is steadiness itself with his chops and powerful powerful power power- ful service service The Dixon brothers brothers' prospective clash with Gallacher and Freed Fr d is another another another an an- other choice morsel The Dixons rul ers o of state and circles for many seasons will be heavy favorites fa but will have a real job on their hands to subdue the tile Salt Lakers especially since Freed is playing the best tennis of his career this season Saturdays Saturday's matches are arc booked to get Jet under way at o'clock on the Liberty park courts