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Show Al Ablctt Says- The game at Provo last Sunday Sun-day between Provo and Gem-mell, Gem-mell, which Gemmell won 5-2, was as fine an exhibition of baseball base-ball a3 any fan could possible ask. Gemmell went into the game to win and to tie Magna for the league lead. Provo was desperately desper-ately bidding for a first victory. Bob Detmers was on the hill for Gemmell, while Shepherd was handling the same chore for the Timps. For seven innings the two fastball right handers locked lock-ed horns in one of the prettiest pitchers' battles seen in this league lea-gue in many a moon. At the end of the seventh the score read 0 to 0, favor of nobody, and the fans began to lay bets as to which team would crack first. In the eighth inning the break came. The first two hitters for Provo were easy outs and Lee Brooks, a new man for Provo, Pro-vo, came to the plate. Bob blazed blaz-ed two strikes past him and on the third pitch, a curve ball that really exploded, Brooks threw his bat at the ball, which hit the ground and then took off on a bad hop. A man that had struck out in what should have meant that the side retired, was safely perched on first base. If Brooks can do nothing else, he can run; he stole second. The situation did not seem dangerous as Shepherd, who hadn't given Detmers any trouble at bat, came up to hit a ringing single into left center after two strikes. Brooks came home for the first run of the game. Provo's lead was short lived. In the next inning LaComb got on Sluga, moved him along with a bunt and "Rabbit" Babcock, Gemmell's new shortstop, beat out an infield tap. Provo's board of strategy decided to walk Bass for a force play. Big Darrell Robertson, Ro-bertson, the club's catcher, made that move look bad as he took hold of Shepherd's fast ball and rode it into left field for a double, doub-le, scoring two runs. Provo tied the score in the ninth. Berge, their shortstop, got a bat handle hit into right field, scoring Bliss Hoover. The teams went into the eleventh with a 2-2 deadlock, In. the first half of the eleventh the Bombardiers of Bingham found the range. With one out Frank Zaccaria, left fielder field-er for Gemmell, found one of outpuciua uueiiiigs iu ins lining. He swung; the fans saw that little lit-tle white sphere disappearing over the left field fence. Arne Velcheck followed him and "Muscles" took careful aim and the ball lit in the laps of the non-paying customers sitting behind be-hind the left center field fence. Before the smoke cleared away LaComb, Sluga and Babcock had put two more hits and a fly together to-gether to score another run, making mak-ing three in one inning and a total of 5 for our side. In the last half of the inning Provo got two men on with two out. Then Velcheck took Baum's fast hopper and touched third for the final out of a swell ball game. HIGH LIGHTS: Velcheck played play-ed a great game at third for Gemmell. Gem-mell. He handled nine chances like a big leaguer and got three for five. A sharp single beat one I out and hit one over. Robertson A. 1- A - A. A. 1.1 was as lougn 10 put oui as me Chicago fire. He hit that ball right on the seam. They gave him only one hit, but he got two besides his double; he hit one past second base so fast that the second baseman asked a waiver on it. Tommy Pazell made a catch in center field that was a honey. Going far to his left he took a line drive right off his shoe tops. Zaccaria looked like the Zac of old. Besides his home run he hit one into left for a single and two over the fence that were fouls by inches. George Sluga, Gemmell's first baseman, is one of the hardest players in the league, a great team man and a scrapper. Detmers showed enough stuff to be pitching in AA ball. His fast ball was blazing and his control con-trol of his curve really something to watch. proved with Berge on short and Bliss Hoover in the outfield. They will be much tougher from here on out. Shepherd looked awfully good Sunday. 1 Ossie Swinehart again ran his team in good shape. His judgment judg-ment was put to the test a couple of times Sunday. "Ossie" will do all right and the Gemmell fans have a team of which they can be proud. See you at the game next Sunday, .when Gemmell plays Magna on the Copperton field. AL |