Show Sports Mirror By John Mooney oon Telegram Sports Editor Edior J t War contributes to sports de- de r. r Out of the last war came came million dollar boxing gates big name football and baseball As soon eoon as the conflict subsides men trained to high pressure living in inthe the combat areas need something fast and furious in sports to keep them satisfied i Hence we can expect another Golden Era Kra In athletics in a very few years But something else might come out of the war which few people have realized the possibilities pos- pos of as a sports vehicle vehicle- the much publicized jeep This thought came to this il writer last week as he bounced painfully along atop a horse on the rugged slopes elopes of Beaver er ea and Boulder mountains Why not a Jeep for postwar hunting and fishing trips The Idea may sound fanciful at first and Alan C. C Handle Randle of the fish and game department and Jack Osborne game warden thought we were jesting when we popped the suggestion Well Vell In one way we wo were But Monday Monday Mon lon day morning over a cup of coffee coffee cof cof- cof- cof fee tee Morris l broached I Ithe the same idea Consider for a moment the pos- pos of such a conveyance Right now the hardest part of deer hunting is packing in to the huntIng huntIng hunting hunt- hunt Ing area and then getting the deer back o out t. t A Jeep so It Is reported can go Just about any place a horse can climb So you load up your party In a Jeep and hit for the tall tim tIm- ber When you arrive at your base Instead of taking to the horses the party climbs aboard the Jeep and takes to the hills When the hunting site has been rea reached hed the hunters disband and go their various various var var- ious bus ways But when the sun starts to drop beneath the horion horizon horizon hori hori- zon on the Jeep is driven as close to the hanging deer as possible and the load Is carri carried carrid d down the moun moun- tain tam Since thousands of jeeps will willbe he be placed on the inactive list shortly after the close of the war there ther should be many of them actually unfit for civilian needs but which could be fixed fi up into a first rate hunting car with a little exp expense nse Personally speaking as the worlds world's worst duck hunter we want vant a jeep intact after the war With one of those antiaIrcraft antiaircraft craft guns mounted and firing full blast we might be able to bring home a limit of ducks Salt Lake PInney baseball fans somewhat in the doldrums after the slump which dropped the club from a contenders contender's position to third place in the Utah Industrial league race have found new enCouragement encouragement encouragement en en- in the sudden n lease on life that the club has picked up After dropping two games to Provo and one to Magna Garfield the Pinneys cant can't win the first half halt title but they have shown enough promise to make the second second sec sec- sec sec- ond end half picture appear more promising A club which will bear watchIng watch- watch I lIng Ing the second half is Brigham City The Peaches have played two good games within swithin the last week losing to Salt Lake Pinney PInney Pinney PIn Pin- ney Thursday night In a a. good goodgame goodgame I game and beating Provo Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day In the steel city The Peaches started slowly and didn't really get the hang of m matters until last week However however How how- ever er from this corner it appears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears that the Peaches cant can't be forgotten as easily in the second half which gets under way In a a. afew few days das Looking over the rest of the league it appears that Provo might be a little weaker the second second second sec- sec ond half with Outfielder Alva Jensen being called to active duty with the navy Magna-Garfield Magna will line up about the same and still boasts the best offensive and defensive de de- de- de infield in the league Salt Lake Pinney fInney in the opinion opinion opinion ion of Manager Fred Tedesco has found its combination and should be exceedingly tough with better hitting pitching and fielding Gemmell club figures to be ab about ut the same same dangerous dangerous but not a title possibility Brigham City will willbe be better Ogden Its It's a cinch the Reds cant can't be any worse Manager Bill McCorry has promised to offer offer offer of- of fer something in the way of a ball team the second half It is hoped Brother Bill isn't just boiling on the back burner |