Show fI q p FRANK K K BAKER TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR seeing Far baseball men are beginning to believe that v S. S the C C C camps may become one of the best diamond I cradles the national pastime has ever had War department department depart depart- ment figures show that more than boys in the civilian camps last summer played baseball and it is expected ex- ex that the traveling baseball school operated in connection connection con con- with the national semipro tournament held annually annually an- an in Wichita Kan will include the various camps in 9 t 9 its educational tour next season It is s therefore not Unk unreasonable un- un k reasonable to believe that this government agency may ultimately become a rich farm for baseball talent If i i England turf fans recently saw the unusual happen Ij when a race horse survived a broken neck to compete again c- c cAnd And it all came about because Ben Warner Varner didn't have the theP P 6 heart to have Henris Henri's Choice destroyed as most horsemen would when the animal fell feU and broke its neck in a 1935 race ace He Ho put the animal in charge of a veterinarian ian and the f recovered Henris Henri's Choice recently won at Alexandra Park for the owner who had so much faith xi tI II t c in in him What promises to be one of the best independent basketball t squads ever assembled locally will play under the thel Goodyear 9 I. I banner here this winter and represent such outstanding talent as 1 Sid Kramer Ralph Crowton Royal Jensen Bill P Pendleton anc and i Sherm Clark The team will be notable because of its background backi back back- i ground many of the players having had their first casaba experience ex cx- cx at Granite high school And it will take on additional color because of the fact that Cecil Baker who coached many manyk k of the boys in their high school days will again be their mentor mentors Men like Crowton Clark and Kramer have havo been standouts in college Crowton for example was one of the leading basket i shooters in the last winter while performing at B. B Y Y U. U where he still has another year of eligibility should he ever 5 decide to e enter ter college again and make up a few scholastic requirements requirements re- re 2 he missed by d dropping opping out of school to accept work n I j in Denver Denyer during puring the past year In addition to the me men already named the squad will willS S include Harvey brilliant performer on Granites Granite's state championship aggregation last spring Ken Taylor another another an an- other member of the title combination at Granite Tom t Steele and Mel Jensen H. H M. M Ruch Rueh who is handling the teams team's business already arranged a holiday trip to the coast for the players t featuring a game December 27 with the Universal Pictures team of Olympic fame The club expects to engage Dixie junior college college col col- lege at St. St George January 2 en route home hopie and will play several several sev sev- eral foes besides Un Universal versal on the coast by way of tuning up for forthe forthe the local campaign and the ultimate trip to the national A. A A A. Ue U. U v. v tournament ment at Denver |