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Show field, which was destroyed by fire last fall, is being rebuilt, but, lack ?of material, labor difficulties have held up the work. MAHONEY seaTHE lid of a new baseball to be son is pried off, it seems ..about time that Ford Frick, presiand Will dent of the National league, of the American president Barridge. about the league, did something umpire situation. are referring to the matter of As all-tim- e champion OF HARNESS .RONG, SET-1WORLD RECORDS DURING HIS PRIME. HIS RECORD OF 1155 ON A MILE TRACK STILL STANDS Valley League We "BOB (teAOE FORMER HOCKEY STAR AND NOW BOSS OF THE HOLLYWOOD SEXTET, DONNED SKATES IN AN EMERGENCY LAST SEASON, IMMEDIATLY SCORED A GOAL AND FELL FLAT ON HIS lor ness. We agree 100 per cent with Wilbur Wood, sportswriter, that such actions in the future sup-presse- ,8V 6 umpire baiting including profanity, from invective and shouted insults too many too many managers, end as alibis players, who use umpires their own mistakes or dumb- should be Track Meet at Provo The final dual track meet of the colleges in Utah will be held Saturday when Utah Aggies and Brigahm Young university tangle at Provo. The Farmers are favored to win by reason of their victory over University of Utah, who in turn defeated the Cougars but both are strong m the same department field events. Also slated this week is a tennis match between BYU and Utah Aggies at Logan Friday, and Utah and BYU golf tussle at FACE FROM EXHAUSTION. d under dras- - tic penalties. It has been said that umpire baiting has a big crowd ap- peal and that it is now an accepted addition to the na- ii'ETTER THAN .130 We tional game. don't believe this is true, have its appeal to a few, inclined to the mucker side, but not to the mass of spectators, who go out to get their thrills from a hard fought battle on the field, not to hear a salvo of billingsgate directed at some man in blue. If this has become a tradition, then it is a tradition that should be ended. Fight and aggressiveness are a big part of the game, but they should be directed against the opposing team, not against an able arbiter, whose average of ability Is too often well above the average of the ball players skill. Umpires today ai;e carefully selected and well trained. Their record for honesty in the last 40 years surpasses any other record in sport. 1 MILLION FANS ATTENDED SOFTBALL GAMES LAST SEASON.FAR AND AWAY THE BIGGEST CROWDS OF . With the collegiate track sea- God-fredso- - No umpire ever heard Walter a pitch that almost split the plate a hall against Walter Johnson, Billy Evans told me. Johnson never even frowned. I apologized later for my mistake. Yes, I knew it was a strike, Johnson said, but we all make mistakes. I was sitting on the bench with Ted Williams. He went to bat with two on and took a third strike. No Thats the way baseball should be. Jhe great majority of the big names n the game are that way. They dont have to throw their alibis at tiie umpire. Cy Young, Mathewson, Alexander, Johnson four of the greatest of all pitchers, never had Suy umpire trouble. H ball players want to show their aggressiveness, why not score from first on a single to center to win world series, as Country Slaughter did? Or run bases as the Cardi-nal- s run bases? What fun can a crowd get from eemg a swarm of players surround fm umPire, holding up the game, owling about a decision that nd cant be changed? They ee wont dont anything like this happen in foot-u- , an even more rugged competi-- e sport They see it in any other game. rarely Umpire baiting isnt aggressive-thS- S la 8 -- ften 3 ls cowardice, and Soea tor the stands, where odds afe only 30,000 to 1. m.Pire can take care of him- Beuig human, he will make mistakes on d 3 split-secon- !rjpkt-inc- h decisions. 1940, signeda contract with Logan Senior High School. Poole replaces Marvin Bell at the Grizzly school who resigned to join the USAC coaching staff. 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 s Sports fans will be interested in seeing a free showing of tho film taken of the basketball game between the University and Kentucky to be shown at the Richmond Community theatre un der the sponsorship of the Richmond Lions Club. Coaches Vadal Peterson Ike Armstrong will also be ent. and pres- Do You Know-- What Managers Won Pennants in Their Debuts os Major League Pilots? . . . Who Led All O. B. Batters in 1946? What Pitcher Won 22 Gaines Without a Loss Last Year? . . . How Many Farm Clubs and Scouts Are Listed by Each Major League Club? . . . What Player Stole 1 1 0 Bases in 1946? What Players Were Named to the Hall of Fame Last Year? When Were Yankee Stadium, Polo Grounds, Briggs Stadium, etc.. Opened? Answers to These and Thousands of Other Ques-tion- s, as Well as Official 1946 Averages of 44 Major, and Minor Leagues, Official Playing Rules aud Inter A: Result field. ... The Bees walked off the It is expected that the matt- er will be cleared up by league officials before the state baseball meet in Salt Lake City later this month. ... N. K bt, .fivN ' V Regional Meet Today At U S A C With the BYU relays, North and South Cache invitational meets out of the way, Cache countys three high schools are gearing themselves for the regional meet which is being held today in Utah Aggie Stadium. This brings together Weber, Box Elder, Bear River, Logan, North and South Cache High Schools, and is a preliminary to the annual state meeting in Salt Lake City May 16 and 17. From appearances some keen competition will be provided at the meet today, with the winners gaining the spotlight in the state ... pretations Will Be Found In OFFICIAL BASEBALL GUIDE AND RECORD BOOK at Newsstands All First-Clas- s or Sent for $1 Postage Paid - - C. C. Spink & Son, St. Louis 3, Mo. Now on Sale meet. Trout Fishing at Bear Lake Trout fishing has opened on Bear Lake with little success being reported by local, anglers. Regular fishing season in the state opens on June 14 while new licenses are being mailed out to all parts of the state. FishTeam Walks Off Field Looming as a major obstacle ermen must have their 1947 licin determining the Region One enses on or after May 13, the High School baseball champion- state fish and game commission ship is the decision made last announces week in the game between Box Elder and N. Cache high schools. Bees Look Good The Bees, at the time were leadWith the opening of two weeks ing the loop, and incidentally of the Pioneer League tucked 0 in the away, the Salt Lake Bees show leading the game ninth inning when the decision indications of becoming a serious was made which caused the Bees contender to repeat the chamto walk off the field. Because of pionship this year. In the first this officials ruled the game for- weeks, play, the Bees made a clean sweep' of six feited to North Cache High. straight games It all happened when a North over the Ogden Reds, and tihs Cache player in the ninth inn- week are continuing their "blasting walked, stole second and on ing ways at Pocatello. a play from short stop to third The Bees are known base was declared out by the base out the Pioneer circuit throughas the homeless wonders as umpire, only to have the decishave they ion reversed by the plate umpire. no park to play in as yet. Derks 1-- CAM YOU Mr. Pedestrian- iifWAlK - SAFELY STOP ON A D CtOSS AT CtOSSINOS SI WITH IME? Every violation of the center line of safety is a potential prelude to accident. Crossing into the danger zone can occur at the approach to the top of a hill on a curve going into an underpass, or even on the straight highway. Thats reckless, dangerous driving! Accident records show thai about one half of all fatal traffic accidents result from bad driving habits such as these. Its your responsibility to yourself, your family and to others who share the road to avoid these where lurk injury and death. Dont let impatient driving tag your conscience with being one of those who contributed to the maiming or death of the hundreds of thousands who will be auto accident victims this year. You can be a safe driver if you will Its up to you. Pass-Pocke- LIVE LONGER ts IIOHT DONT SHP OUT FROM ININ PARKID CARS ON HIOHWATS ALWAYS WAW PACINO TRAFFIC Rare in Other Games South Cache High School this week lost their coach when Cliff Poole, who has been there since inside of Signals IMzks 16 Major Bali Parks L squawk. Was that a good one? I asked him. "Yes," Ted said. It cut the outside corner by an inch. It fooled e. It was a swell pitch. 0 0 By Bob Holden - Johnson make any sort of kick. In a sudden lapse, I called Logan High A successor to Poole is expected to be named Friday by the Cache County School Board. Pbole attained his heights In his coaching career in 1944 when three of his teams, football, basFairview 2. ketball and track, swept first follThis Saturdays schedule in Smith-fiel- d places Region One competitat Franklin; ows: Cornish For ion. his coaching collthis at at North Logan; Trenton named him honor coach eagues at Weston Southwest Lewiston; the of year. Clarkston; Lewiston at Hyde Park; Newton at Fairview. FREE SHOWING OF BALL GAME BY U OF U COACHES LEAGUE STANDINGS AT RICHMOND NEXT TUES. CACHE VALLEY SPORTS DiGEST ? Neither Southworth nor Dyer will stand for any such rowdy tactics. And whjjt team has been the most aggressive outfit in baseball for the 10 years? You know the answer. The Cardinals. But they take out their aggressiveness in hustle and scrappiness on the field. "Their opponents are the other teams not the umpires. money-maker- Prepared by the Utah State Pres Association, and the National Conservation Bureau as e public service. 7 Poole Goes to -- son nearing its end, Utahns are looking forward to the state They have an amazing pride in meet which will be held in a their work, in calling each play as couple of .weeks between the Utthey see it. Pride in their profesah Aggies, University of Utah mannot all sion is something that anf Brigham Young University. agers and ball players have. Many The conference meet of the Big have but too many do not. OtherSeven is slated for Denver on would wise, many more ball players be in far better physical shape both May 23 and 24 according to last before and during the baseball reports. Utah barely nosed Brigham season. , last week in a dual meet, Young The managerial or player squawk . is usually an alibi, either for lack while the week previously the for Aggies won over Utah. The Agof physical skill or a cover-u- p r missing brain cylinders. No smart gies appear strong in the field fan ever falls for this corny hokum, events and distance races, but weak in the sprints. The dual this attempt to shift the blame. The umpires decision is final. A meet between the Farmers and wees should dozen profane Babels cant change the Cougars this it. Bight or wrong, it is the way he prove interesting as the Cougars saw it. And the umpire is in the claim strength in the same despot to see it better than anyone partments as the Aggies. else. He is certainly in a far betn, Ralph Maughan and Art ter spot than howling fans, 150 to both of whom set new 200 feet from the play, looking on at state records in the hammer deceptive angles. throw and shot put respectively, A short while back, we asked sevagainst Utah, will be pitted ageral National league umpires what ainst the renowned Brady Walkmanagers and what teams gave er, who excells in these events them the least amount of trouble. along with the javelin. All in all , The vote came for Billy the track season for the Utah formerly of the Cardinals is proving very now directing the Braves, and Ed- - colleges die Dyer of the Cardinals. Cardinals Dont Argue MAMl Tlie Want Ads are Proud of Profession South-worth- Take Crown The North Cache High baseball team won the regional baseball Softball Coming Up crown when they defeated Logan Within the next week softball 14 to 6 in the final game. schedules in the Cache Valley The team has been undefeated league and Logan City Commer- during the season, winning five cial League will be started). Al- games in alL ready teams, are being formed and are practising while officials of both leagues are meeting this week to draw up schedules. From the present status of things Results of last weeks Cache games in Logan will be played CrimValley baseball league follows: at Central Park instead of 0; 3, Trenton son Field, as the latter field is North Logan Hyde 2; Franklin, 25, Smithfield renovaa complete undergoing tion. However, this field should Park 11, Newton, 4; Clarkston Lewbe ready in about 60 days. Geo 14, Lewiston 6: Southwest Cornish 16, 2; Weston iston 5, Bowen, city commissioner, V the South Cache Courier May 9, 194T THIS IS UTAHS CENTNNIAU-KEE- P IT SAFE FOR OURSELVES AND FOR OUR Inspection Deadline Avoid the CUEfll I June 15 Last-Minu- te Rush Motorists: Utah Law requires that the official inspection sticker be displayed on your automobile from June 15th September 15th. Your service man or Garage can do a better SAFER job if you take your car ih for adjustment and inspection NOW. Stato Road Commission of Utah |