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Show NOTES FROM KEARNS Representing Utah in the National Nat-ional SemiPro baseball tourna-ment tourna-ment will be the Kearns Eagles of the AAP Overseas Replacement Replace-ment Depot. Opening. August 11 at Wichita, Kansas the meet will bring together to-gether some of the strongest nines from all parts of the country. coun-try. Kearns won the right to com-pete com-pete by winning the Utah semi-pro semi-pro crown with victories over Wendover Field, Salt Lake Pin-neys Pin-neys and a strong Market Inn team 'also of Salt Lake. Winners of 25 games in 26 starts the Kearns nine enters the national meet as one of the favorites. fav-orites. In tourney play the Eagles strong pitching staff of Pfc. La-manna, La-manna, Cpl. Bill Schubel and Sgt. Clarence (Hooks) Iott shoula prove to be a deciding advantage. Lamanna is a former Boston Braves pitcher, Schubel has been with the Chicago Cubs and Cleve land Indians while Iott hurled for the St. Louis Browns. Army nurses in the Overseas Replacement Depot hospital have given up their traditional . white work uniform. White has been the garb of Army nurses since the corps was founded in 1901 but now there is a new brown and white pin stripe seersucker uniform. Originally adopted for wear over seas it is now the standard in continental hospitals. It is easily laundred, has no buttons to be lost, does not wrinkle, does not require starching or pressing nor extensive alterations. Staff Sgt. Waldo Morse of Hol-laday, Hol-laday, Utah will be one of the back field coaches for the Overseas Over-seas Replacement Depot foot-ball foot-ball team it was announced here this week by Captain Chet Ches-ney. Ches-ney. Eagle coach. Football practice will start August 17 for the Kearns Eagles and a large squad is expected to take the field. A ten game scheduled sched-uled is being arranged. Among the players already on the roster are Private Charles Comstock who played with the Ft. Benning eleven last year, Private Bill Rowland, Louisana State, Sgt. Bill O'Neill, Duquesne, Pvt. Dick Wade, Auburn, Cpl. Howie Wedebrook, Ohio State and First Lieutenant Hal Yinger, Eastern Kentucky. |