Show Netters Win Second At 4 m m mi i convi Y P Tourney y D 1 r S Sr r f e N Templar netters are proud of the trophies they won woo last weekend at the state tennis teMis meet in Salt Lake City when the Manti school captured second place Shown above are front row left to right Richard Nelson Leland Thompson and Coach Wilbur T. T Braithwaite Braith- Braith waite walte back row LaMar Barton Ted Christensen and Terry Keller Cowboys are used to the tha scorching desert and dusty plains and the Grantsville Cowboys Cowboys Cowboys Cow Cow- boys won won a duel in jn the sun from the Manti Saturdays The weapons were not six shoot ers or Deadly but tennis teMis rackets Going into the final inal round of action at pm p.m. both poth teams were deadlocked at six po points each which simply means that players for each team had won wona Won Wona a total of six matches Blonde Leland Thompson had two big wins over Bruce Nelson of Uintah Uintah Uin- Uin tah tab and St. St Marks Mark's talented veteran vet vet- vet veteran eran Ronnie ROMie Ranger This tooka took tooka a total of four hours of play in 80 degree temperature to His Grantsville counterpart counterpart counterpart counter counter- r part Glade Gamble had a de default default default de- de fault win the first round and then defeated DeVon Vickers in a a. a routine 6 2 6 3 match Meanwhile teammate Ted Christensen tallied another two points with a 6 0 win over over over- t Ned Hall of Uintah and a 7 5 I 6 4 win Brian Bush of over Dug- Dug way His final opponent was I Grantsville's Charles Walk I In doubles the young duo of i Te Terry ry Keller and LaMar Barton pushed into the finals with victories victories vic vie tories over Barry Hatch-Bill Hatch of Uintah 6 3 8 6 and a strong win over Newman Duncan and Stan Parry of Cedar i City 6 1 1 6 Their final opponents opponents were Marc Mattsen and Chuck Watkins of Richfield With the stage thus set Leland Leland Leland Le Le- Le- Le land Thompson Thomps n downed Glade Gamble in the first set 6 4 and looked to be a sure winner As the mat match h progressed however the tenacious Gamble retrieved everything within sprinting reach and gradually wore wor the already b weary battle Templar down After a gallant struggle j Leland finally went down to a 6 4 7 5 7 final two-set two defeat Ted Christensen lost the first set 6 0 to Wa Walk k but came back In in the second to enjoy a 7 6 40 love ove lead only to see it melt away and finally lost 9 11 in a hard fought match Likewise se the doubles team faltered faltered fal fal- fal after enjoying two set points against the Richfield tan tandem tan oem deco 6 3 6 64 A blow to hopes for the title came when the luck of th the draw matched Richard Nelson against Duncan Gilmour of St. St Marks Mark's in the first round The Salt Laker had previously proved tough in iri season play and true to form to down dawn Nelson 9 7 6 0 and 6 l. He had little trouble trouble- in going from there on and even tu Grantsville's Steve 6 2 6 64 Thus the two strongest players in this division no doubt met the first round Thus in inthe the crucial first and second singles it was a private Salt Lake school St. St Marks Mark's that set up for their region counterparts Grantsville |