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Show HARRIS WINS IN TENNIS MATCH His Defeat of Johnson One of Surprises at Local Club Yesterday Surprises salorc featured tho final piny In the men's singli? and doubles on the courts of the Ogden Tenni club yesterday afternoon. In the men's singles Earl Harris sprang a real surprise when he defeated Edgar Johnxton. the favorite to win, in straight sous, the scores being 8-1, 6-0. and 6-3. In the men's doubles the Juhnston-M'iyes team won from the Jensen-Waugh aggregation. iut only after a stubborn battle, the scores bc-ling bc-ling 3-i'., 7-5. 6-3, 6-U. Tho finals for I the ladleH' singles were not plaod I yesterday. In the Harrls-John.iton match both 'men started off with speed galore, the I play of Harris easily outfeaturlng that of Johnston. Harris serves were ac curate and his returns speedy and well placed while thos-e of Johnston were in no way comparable to the winner Harris won the first net In rapid style, the count being 6-1. In the ,-c-ond set Harris even showed greater class blanking tho veteran Johnston by a score of 6-0. The final set was keenly contested. Johnston showing a revival of form, but he failed to live up to his standard and was forced to take the short end of a 6t3 score. In winning the singles title Harris wins a silver loving cup. Two doubles matches were pla.ye.1 vesterdav. the Jensen-Waugh team d-fe d-fe itintr the J. TUIey-H Tltley aggregation aggre-gation by scores of 0-3, 3-ti 6-3. and winning tho Tight to meet the John-ston-Moyes team In the finals. The final match was keenly contested contest-ed and was In every manner a flrst-clas.s flrst-clas.s conti-xl- The J-nsn-Waugh team started out in speedy style, copping cop-ping th- first set. 3-0. The second, third and fourth sets, however, were won by the Moyes-Johnston aggregation aggrega-tion Ik. cnrn hnlnu 7R (4-3 The second set in particular required an extra set to decide the winner. The play of the winner after the first set was the feature of the day, Johnston playing fur better ball than he played in tnt Mnfjles Kams with Harris The winners of the double. title will Mich receive a silver lolnft cup. The finals In the ladies' "single? will be played on the courts of the club this evening when Naudlne Eouu and lAngelino Koutz clash for honors. Bolhl young women are clever players and. (th" competition this evening Is cx-j peeled to be keen. |