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Show SOFTBALL SEASON OPENS t WITH A BANG : 'i By A. H. Gibbons '-rj - ,.. That Cache Valley fans will see1 7tt: a faster, better type of soft ball . this season was evidenced Sunday afternoon when Grant's Bike took the Hyrum Lions Into camp to the tune of a seven to one score. While Clarks Auto painting ten ..j was measuring the Wellsville No. team by a nine to three tally. ,7 It seems evident that the aboli- - tion of the age limit by he val-', val-', ' ( ley league will produce a faster , ., type of ball than has as yet been seen. Be that as it may Grant's Bike with almost a new- line up, had the Hyrum outfit practically han-f han-f . dcuf fed after the ' first frame. .; John Broberg, almost the only one r held over from last year had the (..'Hyrum; batters eating out of his hand after a bad start in which' r- the first man up hit a two bag- ' ger and then scored. Hardly a '(man reached second after that. In r the meantime the bicycle men not v only gave the pitcher almost fault-r fault-r less support but found the first .-, Tyrum pitcher for seven runs in-? in-? eluding four homers. Watson, elongated basket ball star, not ., only covered first like a blanket (. but also knocked three home runs ( .in three times up to enjoy a per- - feet day at bat. Even the fact . that he neglected to touch second , on the third trip around did not L detract from the honor of the occasion. With this new lineup -.Grant should be among the leaders lead-ers when the final windup rolls around. ... Though the Auto painting outfit did not look quite so polished as did the Pedalers still they completely com-pletely outclassed the Wellsville team who showed a need of further fur-ther seasoning. Up until the fifth inning Jorgenson, Clarks new pitcher, pit-cher, held the Wellsvilleites scoreless. score-less. In the fifth they pushed over a run and added two more the next inning. Clarks new back- stod, Nelson, of the Junior high and Link McClennan in shortfield look especially good. At any rate it seems safe to venture that the Painters will not be among the tail enders this year. . It s to be hoped that before the season is over some bleachers will be provided for the fans that turned out in goodly numbers to witness the games. It's all right to sit in a car and witness the errors and other interesting bits of play, but when some ultra rigid fan parks his six feet of' anatomy in front of your windshield wind-shield it does make observation': rather difficult. Lcn Paul looked j good umpiring the game for tils j t-ainters and ti" V.cilsviue peo.j, pie. It is to be hoped thai aii ( : tne umpires this season will do ajj; good as only two or three did! last summer. |