Show I Bees e es Profit ro by His Knowledge e o of Baseball I I t x L 1 r V ij I r k r f 3 y cia Claude de Engberg genial secretary sec set of the Salt Lake Bees b baseball club as he appears t today day above about and as he looked a few v y years ago g C 4 aa right when he was one of the Be better amateur and semipro semi semi- semi semi- theo pro iro o catchers in in the vicinity Claude not only caught for his team but he also managed man- man a. a a aged several clubs in in Utah Utah I Industrial l league circuits y y a l x HERE WRE ARE THEY NOW Claude Engberg Forsakes Mask Maski i fo To 0 Devote Time to Bank Work I f Editors Editor's note This note This Is another bi fa m. a series of articles appearing from front time tim to time In fn The Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- g gram gram in recalling exploits of former Utah athletes and revealing where they are today B WINTHROP CADY ln fn In summer mid-summer 1938 the outlook outlook outlook out out- look was dismal for Manager Claude Engberg and his Pinney Beverage team Despite a up line-up b boasting many well known players play play- ers r the Salt Lake entrant in the Utah Industrial semipro baseball league fell out of the running in inthe inthe the the first half and lost three of their four first games in the second second second sec sec- ond half But with the hustle for which he was noted during his 14 years of playing in Salt Lake amateur and semipro leagues Manager Engberg pulled his team together to go on to the championship The familiar figure of Mr Engberg Engberg Engberg Eng Eng- berg will be seen at Community park when the baseball season opens in a few weeks but as inthe in inthe inthe the past four years he will be without his mask chest protector and catchers catcher's mit mil After Arter retiring from actual playing playing playing play play- ing in 1936 he managed Pinney from the bench until 1939 when he gave up his duties with the to become secretary of the Salt Lake Bees a position he still holds Among memories of his playing days Mr Engberg now manager of the installment loan department department department depart depart- ment of Walker Bank Trust company recalls the state amateur amateur amateur ama ama- championship game of 1929 as one of the most exciting It was in the ninth inning and the Walker Walker Bank Bank team which I Iwas Iwas Iwas was managing was one run be behind behind behind be- be hind Eastern Hatters Two men were out and runners were on second and third bases when Infielder Infielder Infielder In- In fielder Bus Brown came carne to bat for usHe usHe us He hit a tremendous drive to center field the runners came carne i home and the crowd began leaving the stands thinking we had won But when the smoke and shouting had cleared away Pete Dow running running running run run- ning like a wild man had caught the ball to retire our side and win the title for the Hatters Hatters Another game with with witha a more happy ending for him also is a standout in Mr Engberg's mem mem- ories He tells it like this In the first half of the ninth inning we the we-the the Pinney club were leading 2 1 but when Ma Magna Mag- Mag na came carne to bat they scored six runs It had been such a tight game the spectators spectator went home convinced we had l lost st st. But the first eight men up for Pinney hit singles Before the inning was over we had scored six runs with only one man out |