Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-07-05 | Page 8 | Favorites Win in State Net Tourney

WIN I IN STATE STAn t NET H TOURNEY R Rain in Plays Playa Havoc With Tennis Classic at L ProVo i PROVO July 5 Rainy c Rainy weather played havoc with the playing schedule of ot the state tennis tourney tourney tour- tour ney ey being held here when several of the first round doubles and second second sec sec- ond round singles matches were forced to be postponed due to Intermittent Intermittent in intermittent In- In storms that swept over this city yesterday Some of ot the matches were ere played between showers show show- ers while others were halted soon after Arter starting Play will be resumed today tOda- however with weather conditions conditions conditions con con- much more favorable I The matches scheduled to be played yesterday morning were all an postponed until later in the da day and in some instances were postponed postponed postponed post post- until today This will n necessitate giving one more day to complete the second round of ot the singles and doubles while the women's women's women's wo wo- wo- wo mens men's tourney went on unmolested as Its Ruth Crow and Alene Manson were ere the only pl players scheduled to get et into action The former took the tilt 6 6 Earl Peirce Dick Lusch Fred n and Le Lee Buttle came through with Ith apparently easy victories over their opponents nt in the second round matches The defending champion Peirce defeated Greenwood Grenwood 6 1 6 displaying his hi regular tourney form PeIrce lost but one gam game in the first set but let down own In the second Set Iet t to drop four tOUr games Greenwood lacked the experience of the vet vet- eran Fred Dixon one of et It the favorites in the to tourney urn e trounced Manson Janson 6 64 4 6 64 Dixon is on his bis game and according to all the dope should advance far into the tour tour- ney Dick Lusch of California Is furnishing fur tur the spectators spectator some flash flashy tennis and looks very ery good to show up a a. great many of the Utah stars This player is one of ot the most dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- In the tourney if first and second matches have on any bearing at all He downed Mangum 6 3 6 61 Lee Buttle Buttie used a a. smashing drive to defeat Clarence Bowman Boman 6 1 6 6 of S Salt Lake in the fourth singles match of ot the day Bowman was unable to return the hit hard-hit drives of the Garden City athlete In the doubles competition Lusch und arid nd Bowman defeated Mangum and Holt Hoit 4 6 6 8 6 in a thrilling match The ultimate losers took the first game but could not withstand the attack of the Lusch Mangum combination in the next two sets although the third set required fourteen fourteen fourteen four four- teen games ames to decide the set and I match The fast combination of Dixon and Dixon trounced Jenkins and I Jenkins Jr 6 6 Snow and Snow defeated Fran Franpton and Tay Tay- lor br 6 63 6 3 and Peirce and Buttle won by default from Levan Levari and I Greenwood Th The results Mens Men's Singles Second Round Peirce defeated Grenwood 6 1 6 Lusch defeated Mangum 6 3 6 S-I. Fred Dixon d defeated Manson 6 4 62 6 Buttle defeated ted Bowman 6 1 6 Mens Men's Doubles Lusch and Bowman defeated Mangum and Holt 4 6 6 2 8 S Dixon and Dixon defeated Jenkins and arid Jenkins 6 1 6 Snow and Snow defeated Frampton Framp- Framp ton and Taylor 6 3 6 Peirce and Buttle defeated Levan and Greenwood default Women's Singles Ruth Crow def defeated Alene Manson Manson Man Man- Ianson son 6 4 6 Today's Schedule 1 I o'clock o'clock Gallacher and Blevins vs John and Hedquist 1 Blevins 30 vs Holt Molt Gallacher vs VB J Jr 2 o'clock o'clock vs Crone Ruth fluth Crow vs Francis Van Winkle 3 o'clock Manson o'clock Manson and Crone vs s Markham and Baddley 4 o'clock o'clock Dolly Dolly Evans vs s Miss Hotter Kotter Dorothy Anderson vs s Frances Frances Frances Fran Fran- ces Collier CoUler 5 Ii o'clock Christensen o'clock-Christensen and Goodell vs Smith and Johnson Kay ICay Beattie Beattle vs Viola Morris 6 o'clock o'clock-D. o'clock D. D Dixon Dixons vs s P. P Snow Brinley Linebaugh vs Pardoe and Greenwood