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Show Playground Activities By Bailey Saniisitvan, Director Bingham pott No. 30, American Amer-ican Legion Junior baseball team defeated Magna 18 to 4 Monday at Magna and the Stockton-Tooele learn at Stockton Stock-ton 17 to 1. These two victories victor-ies clinched Bingham's right to represent this district at the annual state American Legion tournament at Brigham City's Rees Pioneer park Friday, Saturday and Sunday. August 1, 2 and 3. Monday's two games were both in the afternoon, and it made a long day for the boys. Bobby Overson pitched at Magna and Kenneth Ray at Stockton. In the Stockton game Ray held that team to one hit. American Legion's team has drawn Provo, one of the best teams in the tourney, as their first team to meet in the Legion Le-gion tournament, and will play at 12:30 p. m. today (Friday). Six of the Provo players were on their last year's team, which we beat 8 to 4 in the opening game of the 1940 tournament. In regards to our chances at the tournament, they appear slim. We have a very small, inexperienced in-experienced outfield, whose hitting hit-ting power is not up to that of former teams. Our pitching is also a problem, as we haven't a pitcher who is in shape and has good control. Bobby Overson is inexperienced, and we do not know how he will look against tough competition. Jack Thurmond, Thur-mond, our other pitcher, is not in shape, as he has worked all summer and has pitched but three innings for us. (Continued on page eight) O PLAYGROUND ACTIVITIES By Bailey Santistevan (Continued from page one) Our infield, composed of Don Crump at third, K. Nelson at short, Carl Barrett at second and Glen Sheen at first, should be as good as any in the tourney. Benny Culbertson should do a good job at the catching post, but his hitting is a question. However, I believe if we get a few "breaks" we may win at least one game. A group of smaller boys and future American Legion players accompanied the team to Magna Mondav and played a game with boys of their age and size from Magna. The Copperton playground play-ground boys emerged winners 26 to 4 in a six-inning ball game. Heber was to play here Tuesday Tues-day but their team did not show up. An intersquad game was played. Copperfield juniors playing for Union Drug won the third quarter quar-ter play in the Junior league. CYO Midgets won the Popsi-cle Popsi-cle league for the third successive success-ive quarter. Lark Peewees won the third quarter championship of the Peewee league by defeating Mar-illvn Mar-illvn cafe 6-5 Wednesday. Next week many of the boys on the playground will be at Camp Steiner with Boy Scout troops, but playground work will go on for those who remain at home- , . Winners of the Brigham City meet will enter the 1941 regional tournament for state champions of Utah, California, Nevada and Arizona at Stockton, Cal., August Aug-ust 15-17. I O |