Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-21 | Page 19 | Backseat Driving

In Ii PRANK FRANK K BAKER BAKER- Proof that Herman Franks the Salt Laker is making mak mak- ing g good with Houston in the Texas league is supplied In the item that the Utahn will share the catching duties an star all game there Saturday July 25 T Franks was voted on the South Texas aggregation which will oppose pose the North Texas aces at Dallas and will alternate with Rizzo of Beaumont 4 The Utahn covered himself with spectacular glory a few days Ego with a ninth inning home run to give his club a 6 4 victory over San Antonio The Buffalos were two runs behind and there ere two men nen out when Franks strode to the plate with the bases loaded It was a glorious spot for a Frank Merrill performance arid ind Herman made the most of the opportunity with a prodigious blow l w over the fence Bruce Layer sports editor of the Houston Post described the thc blow as the best money moncy homer of the season Herman had belted out a double earlier in the game fame S S Sg t g Some of the most amusing incidents at a tennis match are arc the comments the players make to themselves during hectic moments of play Virtually all of the stars coach themselves on every important point and these sometimes filter into the stands as choice side- side of the matches Ross Sutton attempted to lob in the doubles final Sunday but realized the shot was short the moment he stroked the ball lit Oh nOh its it's short he cried half to l himself and half 1 to h his s partner I If K ny Youre oure right grinned Joe Bixler as he waited for forthe forthe the ball to come down a few feet over the net Whereon Where Where- on he bounced the ball over the backstop for a clear- clear ut it t kill Jack had an advantage on Charles Harris in he seventh game of the second set in their singles match lad Jad ad he scored another point then he would have been behind only 3 He double faulted however and as the cond service thundered across the net and missed the urt by b barely an inch Harris drawled f h Oh that's too bad Jack but boy how hov I Ie Ie e it 5 t The double f fault sent the game game- into deuce and Harris FIarris arris pulled out a win going into a commanding 5 2 k fed d. d U S S S SA 1 A year old track record fell in Colorado this spring Jimmy Duncan year old colored sprinter from Colo- Colo the route in seconds rado J. rado Springs Sprin s sped over oyer yard The former mark of 51 seconds was set in 1911 by Fred Ley then a student at Boulder Prep add arld now a state Ley then If was on hand to c congratulate his successor successor and and you can bet a alot alot lot Jot of college coaches were deeply interested in where the young planned to attend college g J t A world championship bowling tournament at att erlin as an Olympic games sideshow has drawn more entries t than the games Exactly 5 1 5 5 bowlers from rom 13 nations are arc entered in the pin tournament Forty Party bowling alleys of the different styles of all aU countries coun coun- are iries-are tries are being built for championship play The tourney tourneys s scheduled July 22