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Show Sunday in Provo. I am to be one of the umpires, some fun, eh boys? The Salt Lake boys in the Pio-1 Pio-1 neer league are afraid of an air raid and are heading for the cellar. cel-lar. Twin Falls is a cinch in that league. The Yankees are already tops in the American and I still like Cincinnati in the National. I am proud of a couple of my guesses at the start of the season. I picked the Yankees (who didn't) and also Cincinnati. Cincinna-ti. I told you Bob Feller would be one of the great pitchers of the year, and here he is leading the league in strike outs and one, two, three in earned run average, and has won 21 and lost 8. Picked Ted Williams of Boston to be the outstanding outstand-ing rookie and I will still take him until someone better comes along. He is leading both leagues lea-gues in runs driven in and has hit 25 home runs and is hitting for a .325 average. Bingham high school football team takes off the blankets Friday Fri-day against Spnngville. I haven't been down yet to see the boys workout, but they tell me they have a fine looking squad. If Santy has the material he will; make it tough for any of them. I still like Nova. Al. Sports Here and There by AL ABLETT The Galena Days fight card Will feature as headliners "Windmill" "Wind-mill" Pierce and Lee Robertson. I have refereed the two fights these boys have had, and I never hope to see any better scraps anywhere. Pierce is one of these boys who have dynamite in either eith-er hand. At times he looks like he Is as wide open as an old maid's ' arms, but he is tough, and when he is stung, look out! Went to Moab recently to referee a fight of his and I had to stop it in the fourth round. He had his man on the deck three times and a cut over his eye blurred his vision. Robertson is the boy who went so far as an amateur. He is a big, rugged boy who will take a couple of punches to land one. I think he has improved since he came back from the east. Looked a great deal better to me in his last bout. Pierce will be the favorite, but he is by no means a cinch. Nunley and Flake are down for six heats in the semi-wind-up. The lightweight title for Utah will be on the line and both boys will be taking their best shots. Nunley is fast as a streak and carries a fair punch in his left milt. His unorthodox style has caused all of his opponents op-ponents plenty of trouble. Flake is a jitterbug and is harder lo hit than a gnat at a hundred paces. When he is cornered it is just like running into a hornet's nest, and unless I miss my guess, Nunley will corner him. There will be three fine preliminaries to back the show up, so be there, boysl Baseball is on its way out after a good year. Locally, the high school team won the state championship, champ-ionship, as did the American Legion Le-gion team. Gemmell had a bad year, but 1940 is another year. Provo and Pinney are playing the final game in their series for the Industrial league pennant |