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Show Sprfag wife teste for dktriti V. ' V,r fc r''V. Eight teams represent four states 1 One of the biggest sporting events of the year will be held here all next week in the form of the Pony League district 6 baseball tournament which will be staged at Memorial Park field August 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Because of the importance of the event here, Mayor J. Em-mett Em-mett Bird has proclaimed August Aug-ust 2 to 6 as Pony League Tournament Week in Springvilie Spring-vilie and asks the citizens to do everything necessary to make visiting teams welcome during their week's stay here. Over 120 boys will be in Springvilie vieing in the 8 team double elimination meet which will crown its winner Saturday, August 6. This winner win-ner will go to the regional tournament at Richland, Wash, to vie for the title and then on to the finals at Washington, Pa. Dr. Kenneth Creer is directing di-recting the meet here. The tournament will be kicked kick-ed off Monday night, Aug. 1, with a players' banquet at 8 p.m. at the Springvilie Junior High School with Edgel Old-royd Old-royd chairmaning the event. Special dignitaries, including These ball players will represent Springvilie Spring-vilie in the Pony League tournament which opens here Tuesday. They have been selected se-lected as all-star players from the six teams, representing some 90 players. Front left to right, Jim Ratos, asst. manager; Ronald Earley, Tommy Jackson, Gerald Althouse, Roger Reid, Mark Fitzgerald, Tony Gonzales, Myron (Bill) Carter, mgr.; Back row: George Althouse, David Poul-sen, Poul-sen, Kent Creer, Douglas Strong, Richard Thorpe, Steven Mock, John McKenzie, Terry Frost and Niel Strong. the Mayor will be in attendance. attend-ance. Speaker will be Glen Berge of Provo. Approximately Approximat-ely 200 participants will be in attendance. The banquet will be handled by the Jaycee Wives organization: ' -- - The tournament will begin at 1 p.m. Aug. 2. Springville's team will play the winner of the Carbon County area at 8 p.m. A schedule of the opening open-ing day's play will be found on the sports page of today's paper. |
