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Show BINGHAM-PROVO TANGLE FOR STATE BASEBALL TITLE Bingham Miners make their bid for a sixth Utah prep baseball base-ball championship at 3 p.m. today to-day (Friday) on the Provo Community Com-munity park diamond. The Miners, who have beaten teams of six of the largest Utah high schools and have won 10 straight games, will face the Provo Pro-vo Bulldogs, a strong team which raced unbeaten through their league schedule and drew a semifinal semi-final bye while the Miners went traveling. Tuesday Bingham defeated Ogden 10-6 for the right to play in the finals. Bingham outhit Ogden 10 to 7 and also stole nine bases to get in advantageous scoring scor-ing positions. Pitcher Don Poulsen fanned eight Ogden hitters. The Junction Junc-tion Pitv prpw U7pr fViarCTn urith six errors. Four hurlers were unable un-able to check the Miner attack as K. Nelson led the invaders with three swats in four tries. The Miners have previously won baseball titles in 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939 and 1940. Bingham has won state class B football crowns with teams under Santistevan's tutelage in 1939 and 1941. Provo has never gained a state baseball title, but has taken Utah prep track laurels' in 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1938. Provo played East high Monday Mon-day in a practice tilt, beating the Salt Lake school 11-5. |