Show ARL PEIRCE PROVES STELLAR PERFORMER IN IN INTERMOUNTAIN TENNIS ENNIS Four Major Titles Taken by Salt laker in n Season Welby Emms Shares City and Intermountain mountain Honors With Ace of Utah Courts Earl Peirce Salt Lake City net star walked off with the major tennis honors in this section of the tle country during the 1925 season Peirce by his brilliant playing won the city and intermountain singles championships and also shared in the state and intermountain doubles championships along with Welby i another Salt t Lake tennis tennie s star starting out trie season in playing condition Peirce romped through the city tennis tourney Y without much trouble until the final round Here he bumped up against t Mel Gallacher and the little University University Uni Uni- of Utah player afforded Peirce plenty of competition but Peirce weathered ed the storm and took the championship In the doubles Mel Gallacher an and his partner Frank McRae came through with flying colors This youthful pair displayed a rare brand of ball colored with plenty of dash and determination won the honors by defeating Bob Goodell and Alan Christensen in the finals An outsider walked olf aU with the state singles championship when Johnny Doeg of Santa Monica CaL took the tourney tourne Th s youth sixteen sixteen six six- teen summers old had a puzzling style that his opponents were not notable notable notable able to solve Doeg trimmed Buck Dixon of Provo defending champion in the finals Miss Olivia Brodbeck of Salt Lal Lake e romped off with the singles honors in the women's city meet Mrs Hazel Dunnage was defeated by the champion in the last round of play The state doubles championship went vent to Earl Peirce and Welby Emms This pair hooked up in doubles doubles doubles dou dou- bles for the first time In their Careers ca careers careers ca- ca and proved a tough tion No state entrants could keep up with their style of ball and they Were easy winners Bob Goodell and Alan Christensen fell before the state champs in the final round of at play Miss Olivia Brodbeck of Salt Lake repeated her performance In the city meet and again defeated Mrs Irs Hazel Dunnage in the finals The Peirce and nd Emms Emma combination combination combination tion walked off with all honors in inthe inthe inthe the annual al Intermountain meet which was held In Salt Lake Peirce grabbed t the singles honors by sweeping through the early rounds and defeating Fred Dixon defendIng defending defending defend defend- ing champion on the final day Ralph McElvenny and Mel lel Gallacher Gallacher Gallacher Gal Gal- lacher were dethroned as Intermountain intermountain intermountain Inter inter- mountain doubles champions when Peirce and Emms Emma got into action This pair performed like a cyclone in this meet and hammered down any resistance that was offered them The 1924 champions Gallacher Gallacher Gallacher Gal Gal- lacher and McElvenny were beaten In the finals The singles honors In the WOmen's women's women's wo wo- mens men's division went to Miss Julia Fuller Filler of Denver This fair one swept all before her and by br de defeating defeating defeating de- de Mrs I F. F D. D of Colorado Springs in the finals won the championship Later in the doubles Miss Fuller and Mrs Pas Pas- won the doubles After winning the state and Intermountain in intermountain intermountain in- in doubles honors Peirce and Emms were sent to the Invitational invItational invitational doubles tourney at Boston Doston to 1 this section in the pla play They made a good showing al although although although al- al though they were beaten In the first round |