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Show SALT LAKERS TO BE STRONG Moose Boast Good Prospects In State League Ball Race. The Salt Lake Moose club, Utah state baseball league champions in 1931, and the Provo Timps switched switch-ed a couple of good men this year. Provo has secured the services of Joe Barney, clever left-hander who was the star pitcher on the Salt Lake club last year, while the Salt Lake team has retained big Bob Howard, catcher and first sacker, for the coming season. Salt Lake will have a ffood team Peterson Market in the last season are regarded as possibilities, Howard will probably be used on first base a good deal of the time, alternating with Claude Engberg in the catching position. Pete Dow, batman "extraordinaire" will be in t'!;: outfield again, along with Rube Wilbur and Ping Ny-berg, Ny-berg, utility on the last year's nquad. Bobby Evans, who played with the Grand Junction, Colo., team last year will probably be on third base; Occie Evans will take the second sack and Frannie Cowan will stop the fast ones at short. Evans is a formed Copper leaguer. Kaufman is expecting a fast outfit out-fit in spite of the fact that he has lost Barney and Johnny Tadevicli. Tadevich is now on the coast. A practice game is in store for the Salt Lake club Friday, in addition to the workout fhey are receiving today. of "stout-fellas" to hang onto their championship with and expect to turn out even a better team than they had last year. The competition competi-tion for them this year, however, will be plenty stiff stiffer than last year. That's what the boys , on the Provo squad are saying, at any rate. Good Line Up - Bill Kaufman, manager, has a good looking Imeup on the mound despite the adsence -of Barney. Daka Davis, Mel Scott and Dick Michaels are returning from the last year team and a young Miss-issipian Miss-issipian right-hander by the name of McDougall is being tried also. Sammy Ol.-ver, Murray high moundman, and "Lefty" Baird from South high, who pitched for |