Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-05-07 | Page 17 | Mehner, Hardy Clinch Match for Ute Team

I Clinch Match for Ute T Team earn earnt t Special to The Telegram PROVO PROVO Frank Frank Mehner and Allen Hardy No 1 doubles team of the University of Utah net team earn staged a great comeback here Wednesday to pull the winning winning win winning win win- ning point out o of the fire and give ive the Utes a 4 3 victory over Brigham Young university tennis team earn With just the No 1 doubles remaining the score was tied at three matches each and the Cougar duo of Linn Rockwood and nd Jim Hickey went right out and nd took the first set 7 5 from Mehner lehner and Hardy In a pleasing crowd-pleasing second set the he two teams battled back and forth orth breaking services as often as s holding them until finally the Ute pair won 14 12 to square the match Rockwood and Hickey made one last bid for the victory when with the score 5 3 against them hem in the final set they broke Mehner's serve to pull up to 5 4 on n Rockwood's serve But the Utes came through to to break reak the Cougar Stars Star's service winning the set 6 4 and with it ithe the he match The matches Wednesday were a continuation of those last Friday Friday Fri- Fri day ay rained out with the Utes leading ading 2 21 Besides the deciding match the Utes tes won the No 1 singles when Mehner defeated Rockwood 6 3 64 6 4 and the No 3 singles as Cleo Sinnard defeated Gee Jackson 6 0 6 0 0 last Friday Their other victory Wednesday came in the No 2 doubles where Jack Greenhalgh and nd Sinnard defeated Keith Wilon Wilson Wilson Wil- Wil son on and Hardy Roberts 7 5 6