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Show Utah Parks Pony Team Emerges As Season Champs Last place team at the end of the first half of play, the Utah Parks Company of the Cedar City Pony League, came back strong in the second half and came on to win the 19GI league championship. champion-ship. California-Pacific Utility won the first half and Parks won second half honors. To determine deter-mine the league title, the two teams met Thursday evening in a win or lose battle and the Parks came out on top 5 to 2 in an exciting extra inning contest. A strong pitcher's battle developed de-veloped in the first seven innings in-nings of play with Fred Ksplin on the mound for Power and Martin Skougard chucking for Parks. EspMn, in seven innings, allowed al-lowed only on hit and Skougard allowed two hits. Esplin collected collec-ted 14 strikeouts and Skougard was credited with 12. Big hit of the entire game came in the extra inning when, with no outs and bases loaded. John Rollo of Utah Parks belted a ball over the center field fence for a grand slam home run. Two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases to set up the game for the game winning hit the second se-cond hit of the game for the Parks. In the bottom half of the inning, in-ning, Power bounced back wilh one run scoring behind Dennis Whittikiend's second hit of the game, but it was not enough. Whittikiend, who came to the mound, following Esplin, was charged with the pitching Jo.ss and Kim 1-eigh, who followed Skougard for Parks, was credited with the pitching win. Parks drew first blood in the contest scoring David Myers, the leadoff man nn nn nrrnr Pmior did not tie the gome until the1 last half of the seventh, when Wesley Roberts walked, stole second se-cond base and scored on a wild throw to third base. Utah Construction, defending Pony League champions, were out of the playoff, even though they were the winningest team in the league, finishing in second se-cond place in both halfs of the split season. The two top teams playing off I for the championship had nh won a half of the second and in the opposite half. In both cases, had finished in the cellar. |