Show P- P BACKSEAT DRIVING Evans Improving I Fort Invitation I By 81 FRANK K It BAKER Telegram Sports Editor Grant Grant Ready for Rigger Bigger Tournaments When the athletic leaders arc are comparing com corn comparing paring some of Utah's best with star from other parts of the country the thea will be wise se to re- re remember e Grant r Evans in tennis This old 17 0 student at the Uni University f. f S of Utah rising to star dorr orr J. J in big He Hc a way Hep t thas has been a pr prom t. t o t ising prospect ever e t. since he was at the thc theold 1 old L L. D. D 5 S. S high school and his im improvement S' S Spro pro provement ement ha has ha been bee n as w well e 11 I grounded as some of his victori victories victories' r have ave been b r i 1 l. l lh 4 j k First he won lau lau- irant evans in the the annual playground tour tour- Dament Next he rose to championship championship champion champion- ship hip class in the high schools winning winning winning win win- ning both singles and doubles honors During the past year he has been beena a freshman at the University of Utah Utah's tennis stars have been beating beating beat beat- ing everything in sight with their heavy cannonading but their high and mighty reputations ions mean meant nothing noth noth- ing lag but a challenge to the youngster He took a firmer grip on his racquet and went to work vork in earnest Before the term vas was over he was a member of the championship squad had won both the and the open ope tournaments and contributed a lot toward Utah's vIctory over Colorado university for the mythical Rocky Rock Mountain conference title Grant Is not 18 so the university university sity shy finds Itself boasting a champion champion cham cham- pion who is not yet out of the junior elMS class With that player pla-er strong enough then to rank as one of the six or seven best players play play- ers era In the whole state It Is high time for the adult top op to take V warning of their new threat Such a a. capable player should also get ret the chance to develop develop develop de de- de- de further In tournaments tournament outside out out- side the state This state wilt will 55 send two or three of Its outstanding ding ing to the National A. A A. A U. U at Chicago o this summer Why then not send Grant to the national junior tennis tournament ment at Culver Ind hid Let Ld him Invade the middle west tong long tongS longi S i enough before the junior classic to get ret acclimated ted to the lower I. I altitude and to st study dy th the styles f of l play and d h he be undoubtedly would give a a commendable atI ac ac- account S I count of ot himself liI 5 lt |