Roosevelt Standard | 1956-04-12 | Page 1 | Junior Baseball for Basin to Include Four Posts

Junior Baseball Fsr Basin I ircSude Fear Pests The American Legion Junior Baseball program in the Uintah Basin willl again be a four-team set-up with Altamont, Fort Duchesne, Du-chesne, Roosevelt and Vernal posts sponsoring teams. This decision was reached at a meeting held at Fort Duchesne Tuesday' night by representatives of the four communities. com-munities. June Hacking, Vernal, District 9 commander, presided over the meeting which approved 1956 bylaws by-laws and a tentative schedule for the' current year. Present plans call for the opening games to be played on Saturday, June 2. and all games will be played at 3 p.m. on Saturdays, with the exception of the final round, which will be on Friday, July 6. Altamont won the title - last year in the' Basin, and reports from the upper country indicate Ross Iorg will have another tough gang of kids who intend to repeat. The Roosevelt program will be under the direction of the post athletic officer, who will be appointed ap-pointed following the election of new officers tonight. Orlando Rachele will again be the team coach and manager, and announces announ-ces the first call for practice will be on Saturday afternoon, April 28. Time will be announced later.