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Show i Sports Here and There By AI Ablett I, - jfr 'H" f -' -V " ; r The Industrial league race has tightened up. Before the season is over it will make a Scotchman look like a spendthrift. Gemmell woifone and lost one the current week, Pinney beating beat-ing us 9 to 4 and Gemmell taking tak-ing Magna 4 to 2 Wednesday. Gemmell has been in a batting slump and their average has gone down like a thermometer in an ice house. But woe to the pitchers pitch-ers when the clubmen finally snap out of it! Defensively they have been one of the best in the league. The Magna game Wednesday was a thriller from start to finish. Bass and Erickson hooked hook-ed up in an old-fashioned pitching pitch-ing duel. Magna was on the long end of a 2-1 score going into the ninth. Valcheck, who got three for four, led off for Gemmell with a single. On a hit and run play Sluga singled through the infield putting two on with nobody out. Zac-caria Zac-caria layed down a bunt and Erickson hit him with the ball, making the play to first base. Sumnicht fouled out. Robertson Robert-son hit a swinging bunt down the third base line and the throw to home was late, with all hands safe. LaComb, pinch-hitting, pinch-hitting, was walked, forcing Sluga in from third. Zac was out on an attempted squeeze play. Bass beat out an infield hit, scoring another run. The next man up was out, ending the inning. Gemmell led 4-2, and in the last half Bass bore down, forcing the first two men to ground out and striking out Walbeck, who was pinch hitting, for the final out. Gemmell defeated Provo on Memorial day by a score of 12-2. The Yankees are coming, and to the rest of the American league lea-gue that sounds as bad as it did to the German in 1917. But Joe Cronin is still doing a swell job with the pitching he has been getting. Cleveland with Bob Feller Fel-ler will be plenty lough. The Brooklyn Dodgers have been staying right up there and Durocher has a fighting ball club. Walters of Cincinnati has won eight straight. I still think the Reds have what it takes over a long haul. Boy, the Gemmell club Amateur Ama-teur team has been going great, tied for second place, and they play Henagers for that spot today to-day (Thursday). The Amateurs beat C.Y.O. 5-4 Thursday. The Copperton playground woll stait on June 4 in the new high school stadium. This is one of the most worthy projects in the state. Bailey Bail-ey Santistevan, the supervisor, has an average of over 250 youngsters out every day and the environment of clean sportsmanship sports-manship is the greatest experience exper-ience the boys could have. More power to the playground and to (Continued on page eight) SPORTS HERE AND THERE By Al Ablett (Continued From Page One) those people who are responsible for its being here, namely the American Legion post No. 30 and the Jordan school district. Just heard Pee Wee Bass tore a cartilage loose in his leg at Magna Wednesday. He will probably pro-bably be out of the line-up for 10 days or two weeks. Boy! our crew sure has been busy this wei'k playing five games from Sunday to Sunday. Well, I must be off to Provo. So long. |