Show I O 0 Bliss Hoover to Pilot Provos Provo's Diamond Crew Otto OUo tto Birk Chief of Police Pollee Resigns as Manager 1 of Championship Combine Because of f His Official Duties Hoover on Second on ond b sta p it M Th The ce na ea ch Pr fr ca OJ of hi him hi his PROVO May 2 Bliss 2 Bliss Hoover second seed sec see d baseman on the Provo T Timp mp baseball club will be manager of ot the state te league ons t this S season c 1 was announced Monday evening I IThe 1 e club had bad xe- xe ie-I ie I the l nation of Otto Birk I r earlier In the day f f Birk Bit who is Ls A chief of police pollee in t Provo ovo resigned fj r from om the club because be be- n li 1 L cause use management tb the e te team took x- x U tl m awa away from s official al d duties s 4 n too much x t L. L J the Provo police force working on a 8 minimum person person- B.- B. Hoover Hoover nd nel Chief Birk said Monday that It was impossible for him to devote the time necessary to traveling for away away- from from home home games and for tor the other necessary ary managing duties Although the lose a valuable valuable ble man in Birk a Birk-a a man who has hafl 30 years of constant service on base basc ball teams they teams they g gain gam in inan an outstanding lea leader er in H over SIXTH SEASON Although but a youngster Bliss is 15 entering hl his sixth year of playing with St State te league and Central Utah league baseball He has been an outstanding outstanding out out- standing hitter ever since he stepped out of the sandl ts arid Off t the thc Brigham Brigham Brig Brig- ham Young university football team to don a baseball uniform Bliss hit last season his poor poor- poorest poor est t since he started playing in the league and was a D league leader in two-base two hits He is a 8 steady fielder He was graduated from the B. B Y U. U iii 1032 where he W was s a D atar star ar triple triple- threat man on Coach Ott OtC Romneys Romney's football teams for several years This year Bliss BUssis is holding down second sec ond cad base bue again With his former foot foot- ball teammate Burle Rob sop son stationed on first base the vet vet- eran Wally Walbeck at shortstop and Lob Collins at third base the have a fast infield again this year Collins was wa brought in from rom right field to take third base position this year car and has been making good at atthe atthe atthe the sack Bun Bennett sacrifice hitter hitter hit hit- ter de held the position last year Collins was brought in to play third because he lived in Provo and had more opportunity to practice with the rest of ot the infield The held a batting practice under their new manager Monday night on the newly renovated Timp park grounds |