Show 1 FRANK K BAKER BAKER- Night softball an auspicious start in Salt Lak thi with the dedication of the newly lights lighte cry Gity this week vl field at park where an interesting program w wa staged by the Salt Lake Softball ass association with the co i operation of the city recreation department Blessed equipment for the first time th 4 softball enthusiasts are making fine headway toward establishing fishing lishing a permanent contribution to the community's t program V Night play has been tried before in the state but not wit the pleasing prospect that awaited the endeavors at S. S r because the facilities on previous occasions were vere far too lo provide satisfactory conditions Games Ganie under the thc lights at Fairmont are arc re bound to prove p popular pu ar because they tIcy come conic at a time when many people who are arc unable to attend daylight attractions attractions' can turn out ut for diversion The lights visible from many vantage points in iii the trie city will lure ninny families there when they go out iV for an evenings evening's ride in the automobile and a great man many i other individuals are arc softball so ball enthusiasts who would scale f mountain if if f need heed be to see their heir favorite pastime I I r I It is unfortunate that the city in its attempt to install the th plant as economically as p did not set up two more pole poles along the outfield so soth that t the power lines wouldn't have to cross cros playing lg territory as they now now nos' do From poles close to first and third bases respectively the thc Wires ires arc are stretched diagonally across the foul lines to the I light po posts ts be behind nd rig right t and left fields The outfield poles oles are beyond I the e range of fly b balls s but ut the wires are not occasionally y being In Inthe n j the l e way of high flies along the f foul ul lines I In time when permanent bleachers and s some me of the other necessities are are re provided authorities will be e wise to move the poles a few feet farther away from first and third bases and extend the he wires parallel with the foul lines to an extra pole before leading them to to the lights around the outfield Such an n. n arrangement will the keep keep the thew w wires r s entirely out of range of-range range of fly balls F Feminine players have demonstrated a surprisingly fine fin ability y l to hit and throw but were woefully weak inthe in the ti field especially esp on the first of the two night dedication program Little or orno no real effort was made by cither either team to keep fr runners close to their bases ases an and once a girl became a runS runner run run- 1 S D ncr ner she advanced almost at will A runner on first base baseS S virtually meant an easy r run nJ for she was more apt to score t. t than not I f Its It's a 2 wonder wonder though that the girls played as well as asi i they th y did Nearly every father brother husband or boy boyfriend 5 friend of the girls tried to make himself a committee of One ne to o coach th the te team m As a it result a great grea group roup ro p of these masculine me master minds overflowed the players players' bench and S. S crowded crowd d toward the playing territory each shouting Dg iri- iri I S st amazing ing fo for their th r lack of unity in thought thought-i until the girls must mus have gotten a pretty good idea of 5 how a a. politician fe feels feds ls in trying to satisfy everybody who t. t says say's he i voted for him t S The hotter the game grew the more th these se self ap pointed coaches exhorted Im I'm quite sure ure its it's time the themen theS themen men en learned to it o on the sidelines and let the he girls work S out their own salvation I If they want some masculine masculin it advice all al well and f fine hie but I dont don't believe they want coaches by the he bun bunches hes Wi fr An inquiring Telegram sports reporter found some interest interest- f S Ing mg c the g game e. e He Ie sought the reactions of 34 people Tonly two of th folks he knew Twenty one said they they liked liked S. S hard baseball better but that softball had an appeal to them bec because use it was being played in the evenings when they were 5 free ee to Attend Twelve were s seeing eing their first softball game and enjoyed the novelty of it Six were undecided as to how they would r rate te it with regulation ball seven had seen the lights and were ere S curious about abou ill all the noise T r. r Fo Four our thought softball has hardball beat from every angle a and 4 three tiree e girls two of them em players thought um men n and boys h had d no business trying frying to play softball unless they couldn't L afford afford the better game ganie of baseball or weren't physically capable ofa ot a mans man's game I Me le You would ask that Well Veil I never did id think Id I'd Idt t- t be bc able to o swim up over Niagara Falls Softball will last I longer than miniature golf olf but it will never thrill me like Ji J bonafide ball game il S Its It's an excell excellent nt recreation tion though and when 2000 people can get excited enough over ever it to stay until nearly 11 i to watch to watch it the activity is worthy of r oel k at nig night it attention 4 I never will f forget t the e g good od country butter we used to toi i l get down on the thc farm but since we cant can't get that n now wt I 5 Jave have to be Ia satisfied fi d with the next best thing |