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Show D 0 j 1 6 - J V7I J S R I G 1 3 T TO G 0 V P ETE- F 0 I C J T E El V 0 II C3 TA I J L A U R E L S Mrs. Robinson and Miss Tyler to Battle Today Garnett I Considered Likely Opponent for Dixon in Men's Singles Finals ; TODAY'S SCHEDULE MEN'S SINGLES CM. Game va. ill Merrill, t 'cleok, aamlflnal rr.atch. MEN'S DOUBLES Garnatt and G. Eoalea va. Cy Gsllaeher and E. Pierca, 1 a'aloch. Dava Coleman and Eliot Pataraan va. Jim Hayaa and Bo Offi- car, S a'eloak. .. c Mammand and Waalay Hawaii va. winner Colaman-Pataraon, Officer-Hayes match (secmfinal), 6 a 'dock. .John Smith and Frad Dixan va. winnar Gsllaoher-Plerea and GarneH-Eealee matoh (semifinal). S e'aloak. ' WOMEN'S SINGLES Mlaa Edya Tyiar va, Mra. Robin ton, 2 o'clook, finala watch. . WOMEN'S DOUBLES Mlaa Lucilla chsrtler and Mra. A obi neon va. Mlaa HanrletU J Stisfsi and Miaa J. Rude! I at. 4 a'etock, finala matoh. r By Dave Coleman BY .virtue Tf yesterday's play in the Intermountain tetrnft tournament being held on the courts of the Salt Lake Tennis club, Fred Dixon, the "Provo Firebrand," went into the finals of the men's singles and "Ned" Garnett, present titleholder. seemed assured of another chance to defend his ott and Ooorg. Eocloa. Oad.n ehamp. and arl Hl.rc. and Cy Unllachar, Salt Lako till, bold.ra and bftwrn Col.-man Col.-man and PotorKm and Offlcor and Haya. Tho wlnn.r of tho first eon te.t will clash with DLzoa and Bmlth whlltho rletora ta th. lattor encounter en-counter will Uka OA Hammond and' Mow.U. yestsrday'a rosults: Men' slnsloa rrod Dixon drfeat.d Wolby Kmma, f-l, 4-4, t-i, rrod IHxon d.f..I.d Art Minor. 4-1. (-1; B. M. Darnatt defeated Karl Pleroo. (-4, 4-4; BUI MarrlU d.faatod Illot Polaraoa, 4-1. 4-1. Men', doubles Gsrnott ana OMrfo Sccl.8 . defeated Wolby Kmma and Ueorao Hprenson. C-S. 4-S; John Smith and XMson defeated Hunter Maneon and Art Miller, 1-4, 1-7; Davo Coleman and Eliot Peterson defeated Harry Smith and Bill Hmlth, 4-0. 4-1; Jim Haya and Bob Ofrlcor defeated iJavo Barrett and Blak. Thorn... 4-2, 7-. 4-1; ry Hammond and-We.ley HOweU defeated Ueor.e Taylor and Orvml Adams, Ad-ams, 4-1. 4.4; Hammond and Howell defeated Sam Uranam and Phillip Klnf. 4-1. 4,1. . ' Women's slnalea Mrs. Gertrude X 'Roblneon defeated Winnie Ourney, 4-1, 4-0; Kdyth Tyler defeated Kale Keeley. 4-1,, 4-1. Women'a doublea Mra. Robinson and L.U0II1. Schottler defeated Lola Parroll and Winnie iiurney 4-0, 4-0; Henrietta Stl.fel and Joanett. Rudel-lat Rudel-lat defeated Katherlne Beau, and Dot nderaon. 4-1. .4-4. 4-1. laurels by his d.f.at of Earl Pierce. Ir the women's alarlea, Mr. O.r-trude O.r-trude Roblaaon of Idaho and Mlaa Kdyth. Tyler of Salt Lake wlU eon-. eon-. Lor ,n championship at t o clock thla afternoon. At 4 o'clock Miss Jeanette Rudelat and Miss Henrietta Stiefet will play Mra. Robinson and Miss Lucille Scbettler a the doublea finals, The feature , of the afternoon's 11 eonlncln and le-olslve le-olslve wa. In which Dlion. ata'e champ and picked by many to capture cap-ture the Intermounialn. sailed throa(h Art Miller, University of II. fj? "Jar and one of Id. ho', hopes, with the lots of but four iuiui in Art. study as tho proverbial pro-verbial elfht-day clock, met a man who waa a bit ateadler. Hie aoft drlvlna; and easy lobblna could not cope with the sharp, crisp chop-?JrlijMf chop-?JrlijMf ths "Provo Firebrand." If Miller had hit them barler, aa Sf wnen he wants to, there misTht have been a different atory. DIXON TRIM. Min, . Prior to the Miller match, without with-out a cloudy sky to bother him. Dlion wiped Weloy Emms off the tournament card In a 4-1 set Thursday. Thurs-day. The men were tied with a eet apiece, but ye.terd.ys play soon returned Dixon th. victor. ..." Oamett. present Intarmoun-taln Intarmoun-taln champion, did the most usual ,n'" his repertoire Thursday when he pulled out his match with Earl Pierce, city Champion, after hie opponent had . leal of 4-1. The match waa left unfinished yesterday yester-day when Garnett, after startlna; out .lowly, finauiy forced ahead and won t 1-4. . Teoterday's set waa Identical, Med winning- four ??,rlh' aamea and tha match. While O.rnett la perhaps not so accurate ac-curate aa he has been In other yeara. because of his lact of practise, prac-tise, his canny strategy and ma-rhlne-llke atrokea makes him the favorite to retain hla honor. To Co into the finala a.alnst Dixon, the doughty contender from Utah county. Oarnett mu.t vanquish "De-.'J1"0"'' "De-.'J1"0"'' Bl" Merrill today and Bill ha. at 'best but the flimsiest of ehancea to write hla name In local tetania hletory. But. aa Merrill Mer-rill aaya. "You never r. n t.u IMxob has tha untie! and voct-frroua voct-frroua support of John Bmlth. J. Will Knight Preston Peterson, lu- Mangum and athera of the Provo foAmgent who 'backed him so strongly In tha slate tournament at Logan. If ha should bsst Oarnett hg will accomplish something that has aot besn dons for many moons. BUI Merrill ,,lt arm I nation Bill" they call him In that land of buttermilk but-termilk and honey of which Logan ta tha canter and guiding Influence threw tha eat Into ths machln-ary machln-ary of tha tournament yssterrtay snd tn so doing completely ex tin - fulahd tha championship hopes at lllott Peterson, one of th fastest and cleverest players In the state. "Pete" fell Into that ststa of nonchalant non-chalant Indifference, which ha says attacks him at least once tn every tournament, at times turns! his rack an shots tnat he would ordinarily ordi-narily rstura with sasa. Psta lost tha first set, Determlna-tlon Determlna-tlon BUI," but recently dubbed "Pertinacity "Per-tinacity Bill." presented tha epectacle of a man outclassed In form and at roVea batting them back until hla opponent at last fell Into error. Bill waa everywhere, and tha word "die" was absolutely unknown to him. When "Petes famous loop shot took Its suddsn drop and landed on the line, tha pursuing "BUI" gritted hta teeth snd stabbed with his racquet Then upon Pets devolved ths nsceseUy of making another loop shot snd this time perhapa, tha ball fell just a bit beyond the chalk PKTK CAPTURES SIT. . Pet won tha second aet. remarking io himself with rigor and amphasis that ha waa a boob for losing the first. Then having demonstrated that he could trim Merrill if. ha tried ha alumpad again into hla debonair attitude at-titude of care lees noes, whereas BUI continued to plug along In the same drudging and determined fashion. In the sectional doubles John Hmlth and Fred IHson. runners up In the ststa tournament, found the going roug h and ard ueus w hen t hey met Art Miller and Hunter Manaon. winning; win-ning; after two hard-fought Beta, t-, t-7. Manaon played some of the pret-Ueat pret-Ueat tennis of tha day. with smashes that defied argument, and brilliant returns of difficult gets. On tha other band ha hit many easy shots into ths net and In the and it waa their smaller percentage of errors, the difficult chop of DUon and tha ateadiness of Smith that won for tha latter pair. Blake Tho mas Seamed with Csp-Dave Csp-Dave Barrett battled for three eet sgalnst Bob Officer and Jim Havs ' ta but llttl avail Officer and Hays hav the speediest ser-sa of any of tha tournament entries and It was perhapa thla part of their game that gav them tha adgs. Ail four Btan made hntltaat shots and equally aa dieoouragtng foozles. Blake Thomas was all over tha net with hta trusty port-side attack while Bob Officer and Haya shona equally with their hard smashes of lobs and their alg. sling forehands. "Cap" Barrett was thf heavy gun of tha quartet with hli booming drives. Cy Hammond and Wea Howell, state champs wore too speedy for the steady old-timers. George Taylor and Orvllle 1 Adams, wha played together for the I ft ret tlm in their careers defeating I them f-l. Peterson and Coleman aped through their two seta with Bin Bmlth, Exeter star, and hla brother Harry the double team with but tha loaa of a single gama. la tha doublea today stirring eon-teats eon-teats ara to be sipected beiweea Gam. |