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Show PLAYGROUND NEWS by B. J. Santistevan The Bingham Air Force in the Pewee league defeated the Pop-eye Pop-eye club 22-14 Monday. It was the first defeat of the season for the Popeye club. Roy Gallegos, Ronnie Burke and Felix Bedont were the batteries that turned the trick. Bingham Yanks continue their winning ways. Howard Otteson, Johnny and Tommy Garahana, Jim Mathis and Don Lipsey are playing great ball. Copperton club has added Marvin Mar-vin Pullan to their lineup. They are really fighting for the lead in the Junior league. Rudy Pino, Brig Knudsen, Kent Christensen, Ed Gaythwaite and Bob Jenkins are the mainstays. Pancho Hurtado has obtained his release from the last five clubs he has played with and is now dickering to play in some minor league. He hopes to be sold to Peoria. Kendall Timothy is doing a fine job of catching for the Copperton Cop-perton Seabees. Robert Sanchez is one of the hardest hitters in the Pewee league. lea-gue. He pitches for the Popeye club. Chris Katis and Gilbert Burke are turning in sensational plays in the Popsicle league for the Copperfield Midgets. Pat Montoya, Mickey Culleton and Rudy Epis have joined the Frogtown club in the Junior league lea-gue and have aided this club in its climb to near the top. Neil Congdon and Larry West are turning in sensational performances per-formances for the Frogtown club. Philip Montoya is now pitching for the Frogtown pirates. Boyd Stoddard and Gerald Haskell are the heavy hitters for the Copperton Juniors. Sam Robison, Steve Petraca, Sonny Robertson and Johnny Cortez are slamming the horse-hide horse-hide to all four corners of the ball park. They play for the Bingham Bing-ham Air Force. Goose Leon and John Xanthos, along with Buddy Goris, are the reasons why the Bingham Alley Cats are tough to beat in the Junior league. In spite of the fact that fishing fish-ing season opened this week, our plavground has held up attendance attend-ance The first quarter will end Friday and Monday all teams will start with a clean slate. Cal Nelson, Wayne Ray, Billy Wells, "Rukus" Cowdell, Cal Crump, Kenneth Hall, Earl De-Col De-Col took their cuts this week, playing with the seniors. The American Legion team worked out Monday and Tuesday of this week. We are trying to get in shape for a game with the Provo Legion nine. Marvin Pullan Don Gust, Amadeo Pino, Gary LaComb, 1 Mochizuki, Philip Montoya Mon-toya and Tommy Garahana are the Home Run Hitters of their "Sy'Edvfck, Louie Cortez and Kenneth Mattson are really hustlmg ball players. They are playing with the Bingham Alley CaTommy Moore and Dean Coomb are having their headaches head-aches keep ng their ball club together to-gether These two boys share the resDonsibility and in spite of S trials and tribulations are keeping their club in there. |