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Show TENNIS"Parm," the graduate manager who matches to see who will buy the cokes, is also somewhat spectacular in the field of his first love-tennis. And Theron S. Parmelee's net squads have also become something of a tradition at the University of Utah-for winning, that is. In 30 years of tennis history, Parm's boys have captured 21 Western Division crowns and four conference titles. And Intercollegiate champions from Utah are nothing new under Parm's tutelage.The 1953 Tennis machine that ground to a conference championship over powerful Wyoming and BYU surprised nearly everyone but Parm. With undefeated Jerry Glade leading the way by single-handedly disposing of the big tennis powers, the rest of the team garnered enough wins to bring home the blue ribbon. Winning three meets while losing their only two to the Cougars from Brigham Young during the '53 season, the conference meet saw the development of such frosh stars as Don Tisdel and Steve Matheson.Rebuilding from a team that lost five regulars or semi-regulars was the big task facing Parm in 1954. Gone with Glade were Luis DeRidder, Burton Smith, Wendell Winegar and Byron Vance. But returning lettermen Gus Teseros, Steve Matheson, Ralph Stevens, Monty Lee, Bob Smith, and Gil Warner provided material that no coach in the conference but Parm would cry about. Starting their defense of the cup on their own courts, the Redskin racket men carved out a 9-0 victory over Montana. Journeying to Provo the next week, Parm's netters played inspired games to take a close 5-4 win from the highly-touted BYU Cougars. Another match with Montana saw the Utes garner an 8-1 win.Tisdel and Teseros were "up." Matheson and Stevens had caught fire. And Utah's tennis fortunes were still on the plane that left conference foes unhappy about another Utah team.Gill WarnerSteve Matheson175 |
