Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-07-01 | Page 4 | Peirce-Christensen Win Place in Doubles Final at Deseret

PEIRCE-CHRISTENSEN PEIRCE WIN PLACE IN DOUBLES FINAL AT DESERET G SA I TuLAn MA MATCH ICU SCHEDULED I c Tr Gs TODAY r i J Gallacher Blevins-Gallacher Oppose t V Crone Irvine in theD the t. t D Semifinal f ft t Earl fearl rl Peirce recently an annex annexed annexed an- an nex d the singles honors at the Deseret Deser t gymnasium invitational t tourney tuney has more h honors nors within his Js' Js grasp grasp as s. s he and Allen Christensen Chrls- Chrls tenen have reached the final round of the the doubles tourney The veteran Peirce Peirce p. p and ChrIstensen defeated Eliot Peterson and and Clarence B Bowman Bow Bow- w- w man In a thrilling set five match matoh yesterday afternoon by scores of ot 4 6 6 6 2 6 6 1 6 2 6 63 The other finalists finalists' have haV not been determined as one more semifinal game has to tobe b be played r a and ld Christensen lost the first two sets yesterday but both boh bothI I may played eyed d brilliant t ball from then then thenon on on tz tai tr take ui the next three sets and the match Bowman and Peterson took the first two Iwo with sweeping drives pierced the defense of the win win- r duo However in the third sot sat the ultimate losers weakened to I Ilet let the determined Peterson Peirce-Peterson I duo come through with a 6 1 win fter f After the defeat in the third set p Peterson terson and Bowman could not get back k into the stride that they ther displayed displayed dis dis- dis played laed in the early games Peirce i slid arid P Peterson terson showed a lot of ot fight t t take the final two sets Peirce used his powerful backhand shots tei good to-good good advantage during the game while J ile Christensen excelled In pow- pow ul er drives The rhe opponents of Peirce and Christensen will be determined tv en Mel Gallacher and Chick evins evin's meet Linden Crone and Jack Irvine Irrine Crone and Irvine defeated l P Py Pi- Wright and G G. Paine in the fourth rb rb match yesterday afternoon 8 O. O 6 1 D. D Freed and S. S Whitney defaulted to Gallacher and Blevins The final match Is slated to be played at following the semi- semi tf 4 ial al contest for which no definite tune has been set