Show CALIFORNIANS RULE NET MEET MEET- All AU Utah Contenders Eliminated from Mens Men's Singles Competition By JOHN MOONEY Any hopes Utah fans may have had lad of seeing a native son capture the state open tennis title at Forest Forest Forest For For- est Dale simmered away like a raindrop on Main street Thursday as the top flight California trio of Ted Gene Smith and Jack continued its triumphal march over the last local hopes Dave Freed champion in 1938 and Grant Evans intermountain ting king were the last victims to be sacrificed to the coast stars and both fell before the talented in invaders invaders invaders in- in Thursday in hard-fought hard matches Smith who hails from Piedmont Cal was pressed to the hilt in eliminating Evans 9 11 6 4 in a match which rivaled the blistering rays of the sun in intensity while rallied to trim Freed 6 3 6 3 6 Fourth Match Friday a husky lad with a world of stuff on the ball bail eliminated eliminated eliminated Al Davis the tourney dark- dark horse lorse from Portland Ore 6 2 6 3 in the third quarterfinal clash The fourth entry in the bracket was expected to be decided Friday in the Doug Woodbury-Jack Woodbury Tunnell match Woodbury favorite to win this tourney after th the withdrawal of Defending Champion Dave Freeman Freeman Freeman Free Free- man trimmed H Harold Hsrold rold Forsberg of Salt Lake City in a second round tilt 6 1 6 3 but bt received a postponement postponement postponement post post- of his third round match with Tunnell until Friday when he turned up with a painful leg boil He immediately withdrew from the doubles competition and it was extremely extremely ex ex- doubtful if he would be beable beable beable able to go Friday Only one Salt Laker was still in inthe inthe inthe the running for the singles title Allen Hardy and he was to oppose oppose op op- pose either Tunnell Tunnel or Woodbury in a quarterfinal match Friday Same In Women's omens Division The California d domination a 0 m I n a t I Ion on doesn't end with the mens men's singles either since four Los Angeles women women women wo wo- wo- wo men are listed in the semifinal bracket of the women's singles play Dr Esther Bartosh the favorite favorite fa fa- a- a was slated to oppose Patricia Patricia Patricia Pa Pa- tricia Hover and Billy Anna Niland Niland Niland Ni- Ni land was set to oppose Pearl Harland Harland Harland Har- Har land in Fridays Friday's schedule for the right to enter the women's finals i In the junior singles Salt Lake City and Utah had a c chance ance to score with the highly talented Richard Warner and Cleo Sinnard still in the running THURSDAYS THURSDAY'S R RESULTS Men's Mens Dou Doug Woodbury Los Angeles d. d Harold Harold Har Har- old Forsberg 6 i. 63 6 Gene Smith Piedmont Cal d. d Bob Falkenburg Los Lo Angeles 6 62 6 60 Allen Hardy d. d Jack Ah arn 2 6 6 6 61 Ted Santa Monica Monies Cal d. d Al AI Davis Portland Ore 6 62 6 63 Gene Piedmont Cal d. d Grant Evans Evan 11 6 64 Jack Los Lo Angeles n a. a I. I Dave Freed 3 63 6 6 62 Men's Mens Double Cleo Sinnard Warner d. d Don Dixon Provo-Bob Provo Goodell 9 7 Dave Freed Dan Freed d. d Gene Eardley Eardley- Ita Harold rold Barker 6 6 Jack Irving Tunnell Chappel Los Lon Angeles An An- geles gelee d. d Grant Ross Evans Sutton 6 6 Harry James Conway e a Dearden d. d Jack fI fIa Ah George Ahern-George Fluid 6 1 l 6 Ted Santa Monica Ronald Edwards Edward San Jose Joe Cal Cat a. a Bob Falken Falken- Bobby burs Los Lo An Angeles eles 6 1 79 9 11 Jack Los Lo An Gene Angeles Gene eles-Gene Smith Piedmont Cal Cat d. d Hal Lamb Omer Morn Morris 6 61 6 62 omens Women's Double Joan Van Sarah Nort-Sarah McChrystal d. d MaurIne Howard Portland Portland-Marilynn Groes Groes- beck 64 6 6 Dr Esther Billy Bartosh Anna Niland Los Lou Angeles d. d Donna Hurzeler Noma Rob Rob- erta 6 6 Patricia Pearl Hover Harland Los Lou Angeles d. d Annis Carlson Maxine Thomason Thomason Thoma Thoma- son 6 1 6 Mickey Falkenburg Los Lou Angeles Lor name raine Thomason won first find set from Ethel Willie Norton-Willie Myrtle Young San Antonio Texas 8 6 match to be completed Friday Junior Doubles Tom Bob Los Angeles Angelen d. d C Cleo Richard Warner 4 7 7 s. 6 4 semifinal m Jack Tunnell Irvinc Chappel Los Angeles An An- geles teles eien d d. d Billy Koch-Allen Koch Hardy 6 9 geles d. d Billy BUly Koch-Allen Koch Hardy Handy 6 1 97 9 semifinal Junior Girls' Girls Single Donna Hurzeler d. d Helen Whiting 6 2 6 0 |