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Show Sports Here and There by Al Ablett I said last week that this column col-umn would be written to the men in the services, so here goes: Hi Fellows: There isn't much news around the old home town, but I guess anything that happens is news to you. Our high School basketball team had a fair year. They play Grantsville Grants-ville in their last game tonight. Grantsville has a good team, but they have been inconsistent. I pick the Miners to take this one one our home floor. Say, fellows, you all know Johnny Mazuran, he played for Gemmell the last couple of seasons. sea-sons. This year he was with Salt Lake Sheriffs and he was high point man in the state league and was chosen on the third team for all Rocky Mountain. Moun-tain. Not bad for a kid that never went to college. Well, everybody is waiting for the state high school tournament. You know the schools of Jordan district were divided this year into A and B class. Murray won the berth in this district in B division. Granite and Davis are fighting it out for the top spot in the A division. Murray has a swell team. They are big and fast. Unless there are some strong clubs that we haven't seen, they stand a good chance of coming home with the cup. Granite and Davis both have great teams. They have met twice and each have won a game. Will try and let you know who wins Bingham's M Men are in the Round Robin to see who represents repre-sents this division in the all-church all-church tournament. The boys have a good team. They beat Sandy Third Wednesday night. 32 to 28. and tonight (Thursday) they play Draper. They should win this one. Cecil Cox and a boy by the name of Knox from Rock Springs have been going great guns. Gordon Gor-don Jensen is having his best year. On the sixth of March the Utah Copper tournament starts. There are 12 teams entered, all of them from the hill. This has come to be an annual affair, and boy do they have fun. Some of the fellows fel-lows are a bit out of shape, but what they lack in finesse they make up in enthusiasm. Most of the fellows who 'aycd last year are in the service, so I guess they will be pulling for their teams. The Gemmell club Round Robin Bowling tournament started last Sunday with 30 men shooting. Larry Cotton had 748 from scratch for his first four games. George Sluga, Leo Brisk and Joe Brisk were over 700 from scratch. Joe Neglich had a good series and he has a good handicap which should put him high up on the list for the first round. They shoot their second round Saturday. Not much happening around town. We have had a couple of set tos down around the corner but nobody was hurt much. A few new faces in the Pan games. Big crowds at the club dances, but they sure miss you fellows. There are just a few of the Old Timers still around. And we will be here to Welcome you home,' if they don't need us before this is over. We have had plenty of snow the past month. To you fellows in the tropics that probably sounds good, but to the boys in the Aleutians Aleu-tians and Italy storms and cold sound like more of the same thing. But wherever you are, good luck and God speed. Remember, the ones at home are thinking of you. So until next week, a goodbye good-bye is a war bond. Al |