Show lION BROTHERS READY TO DEFEND EF Effi STATE TENNIS TES RUTH CROW DOT ANDERSON FAVORED IN WOMEN'S PLAY PLAY- Six Six Provo Players Officially Enter Galla- Galla I cher cher Duo Dangerous W I n. n formidable challenge challenge chal- chal lenge for the state singles tItle of ofEarl ofEarl Earl and the doubles cham cham- 1 held by the them them- se es n. n team or of six entries from the Garden City will definitely enter en- en tar ter tire the state tennIs tourney which opens on the clay courts or of Victory Recreation park Saturday This was made Sure Thursday when Provo sent Its names in to the local Those men who vho will represent the Garden City are Fred Ired Dixon Don Dixon Lee Buttle Robert nobert Goodell Hunter Manon Man Man- on and Paul Holt In the doubles double the Dixons wilt defend their combination combi- combi nation title Buttle will pair wIth Earl Peirce of Salt Lake and andIan Manson Man Ian son BOn and Goodell will defend the same side of the net INTEREST GREAT IN DOUBLES A great deal or of Interest Is expected expect expect- ed cd In the doubles tourney for this event generally gives n. n pretty good idea of which of Utah's teams willbe will be the strongest est contenders for tire intermountain sectional doubles title I and the annual trip east for the I national combination event A Utah team has lIas held the sectional chani- chani I for tor the past several years ears 10 1 It may be assumed that the win win- ncr ner of the state title will have more than an even chance at Denver later In the summer The Intermountain title Is held at present by Earl Peirce or of Salt Lake and Lee Buttle of Provo Fred and Don Dixon who defend state championship champions can expect ex- ex their chief opposition from the Buttle Peirce-Buttle combine but the an an- made Thursday that Mel Gallacher and Paul Holt or of Provo would probably combine makes an ther team formidable to the he defenders Gallacher Is one of the best doubles men In the state and ho he knows tho combInation game samo from A to Z Moses Rich Alton and G George orge are the only three Logan players to enter the tourney Lund Johnson who was expected to enter and pair with Mel Gallacher In the doubles has definitely decided not to enter 3 LOCAL DUOS ARE CONTENDERS Three other Salt Lake teams should make things interest interest- Ing The first Is the veteran combine corn com bine of Jim Hay and Cy Gallacher Both ot of these men have been playing play play- InS InS' fast tennis for years and will undoubtedly make UTe last rounds If Clare Bowman and Eliot Peterson hook up and It looks like they will another local conten contender er b made The third duo is the former Interscholastic champions Sam WhItney and Dave Freed While these the two boys did not do a gre great t deal In the recent city meet they are ImprovIng constantly The Manson Manson-Goodell combine of Provo Js is another strong tion while Paul Holt will pick up another player of strength A Ator for tor the doubles play NO OUTSIDERS CONTEST TITLE As yet no outside feminine pla play play- era have signIfied their Intention or of competing for the crown of Miss Ruth Crow of at Salt Lake Miss CroW can expect the stiffest battle froni Dorothy Anderson intermountain queen and n. n group or of Salt Lakers who have hav been prominent heren hereabouts here here- n bouts for several years Two o othe of the younger girls In tourney play who have been doing better recently are Miss Maurine and Miss Margaret Lee and either or both or of these players may upset some ot of the favorItes orItes |