Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-14 | Page 10 | Gallacher-Evans Team Snares Doubles Crown

Gallacher-Evans Gallacher Team Snares Doubles Crown Freed and Wilding Bow in Straight-Set Straight Final of Adams Tourney Singles Come to Climax Finish Wednesday Afternoon I Mel Gallacher Salt Lake City champion and Grant Evans city and state junior titleholder romped off with the O. O W. W Adams doubles title Tuesday when they won a straight set victory over the strong Dave Freed Freed- Jimmy Wilding duo In the final round 6 3 G 75 7 Buck Dixon of Provo with an advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of two sets to one over Freed was slated to complete this unfinished semifinal fray with the Salt Lake star Wednesday afternoon and the winner was scheduled to tangle with Gallacher Gallacher Galla- Galla cher immediately afterward An Another ther great Dixon Gallacher acher match was regarded regarded regarded re re- re- re as almost certain Dixon the state champion and Gallacher have met four times this se season on In singles with honors even Dixons Dixon's greatest triumph came in the state tournament tournament ment final when he defeated the Salt Lake star in four sets GALLAGHER GALLACHER OUSTS CROMAR Gallacher moved Into the final I round of ot singles Tuesday when he took ook the measure of Stan Cromar by scores of G 62 6 2 6 61 The doubles final failed to provide the thrills expected of it it although some brilliant tennis was displayed by jy both teams Gallacher and Evans furnished most of the offensive play and looked like winners throughout the match Both teams strove for the thenet thenet thenet net at every opportunity and Gallacher's GaIts Galla- chers cher's brilliant smashing and Evans Evans' steady work brought victory Freed and Wilding pounded Evans hard but the junior ace never faltered faltered fal fal- fal playing consistent tennis all the way His service was wa effective and he volleyed neatly when he advanced to the barrier In the first set the ultimate winners gained a 5 4 and love 40 lead on Evans Evans' service Freed and Wilding rallied to deuce the game but Evans stuck to his guns and pulled out the game with some accurate drives Freed's service was wa broken early in inthe inthe inthe the second canto which was won when the Gallacher Evans combine smashed Wilding's delivery on the ninth game LEADS FALL AWAY The underdogs took a 3 1 lead in inthe inthe the thir third set but Gallacher's superb net play pIny crashed Freed's leed service and victory then went with service until the tw twelfth game when Wilding double double dou dou- ble faulted twice to end the combat Cromar dark horse of the tournament ment meat was no match for Gallacher who broke up the formers former's net game with min mingled led chops and loop drives