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Show Capt. Freed Forsberg TENNIS legiate race but served to determine the champion individual player as well as the best doubles combination. Th crop of Freshmen entering the University will considerably brighten Utah's prospects for the coming years. Chief among these is Harry Guss, Utah State junior singles and doubles champion; Ross Sutton, former Santa Monica high school star; Bill Dick Weiler, Warren Wattis, and John Talmadge, former high school luminaries. With such a crop of first-year men, Utah looms to be a dangerous contender for the state honors in coming years. Several matches have been arranged by Coach Parmelee for the first-year men in order to give them all the experience possible. Ray Forsberg, teaming with Captain Freed, has come through in every match with flying colors. The husky all-around athlete has proved to be a nemesis to all opposing players when he is at the net. Forsberg has acquired the knack of following well-placed shots to the net from where he reels off many placements. Wallace Stegner, playing his third year on the team, improved his game considerably as the year went on. Stegner is the possessor of a forehand loop drive which finds the corners of the court with unerring accuracy. Harold Smith, after a slow beginning, developed into one of the best players on the squad as the year progressed. Smith's lobbing was in a large way responsible for Utah's success in the doubles matches. Wallace Woodard and Art Crow were ruled ineligible at the middle of the season. Woodard was playing stellar tennis and would, no doubt, have made the first team. University of Utah is aiding in materially developing tennis in the Rocky Mountain States. Many graduates have held top rankng positions in this section of the country. Chief among these is Mel Gallacher, former "U" champion and Chick Blevins, inter-collegiate champions for the Rocky Mountain states. Both Gallacher and Blevins have achieved great honors. Jack Irvine, last year's captain, Dave Freed, Harry Guss, and Wallace Stegner loom as possible champions in the near future. The University netters completely trounced the B. Y. U. team in a return engagement held in Salt Lake on May 9. Coach Parmelee's netters won all five matches, the first time such a feat has been accomplished in several years, Dave Freed and Ray Forsberg defeated Paul Holt and Wes Porter in five sets and Freed later trimmed Holt in straight sets. Wallace Stegner and Flarold Smith defeated Eldon Brinley and Ken Johnson in five sets and Smith defeated Johnson in two sets. Harry Guss made it a clean sweep for Utah by defeating Clayton Jenkins in three straight sets. John Christensen of Utah State Agricultural College won the state inter-collegiate singles title by defeating Dave Freed of Utah in five sets in Logan on May 17. Christensen teaming with Glade Linebaugh of the Aggies, annexed the doubles crown by turning back Joe Cowley and Hy Cannon of the Aggies in four sets. '... ' .' jLi,, i» i "¦¦¦¦ Sutton Guss Stegner M Page 231 |
