Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-22 | Page 17 | Magna Needs Two Wins to Gain Place in Semipro Loop Playoff

Magna N Needs eds Two I Wins to Gain I Place in Semipro Loop Playoff I v Special to The Telegram MAGNA Aug 22 Needing 22 Needing two wins in its three remaining I games all at home Magna starts down the home stretch of the semipro Industrial baseball leagues league's second half race here Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- I against the the Provo team eam which is tied for second place with Pinney of Salt Lake City Provo took its first two encounters encounters en en- count counters rs this season over over Magna but has has' since dropped three of four to the Millers In those last four games Provo scored only 10 runs against Magnas Magna's 30 The Pinney club which took first half laurels and will face the second second sec see ond half winner for the league title it won last year will play here Sunday and again August 30 after a game at Salt SaIt Lake Monday with Gemmell Pinney beat M Magna gna 7 3 at the start of the season but the Millers have since won fo four r over the Salt Lakers although the latter won two of three in the first half play play- off The remainder of the second secona half chase means little to Pinney alrea already y certain of its place in the play-off play but Provo must win its remaining games including a a. a postponed postponed postponed post post- one with Pinney and a tie with Helper to tie Magna for the top if the Millers lose one Gemmell Gemmell Gem Gem- mell too must win all its remaIning remaining re re- re- re games four to figure figur in inthe inthe inthe the title picture A 5 1 S Randy of Magna and Ernie Jensen of Provo who are tied with Doty Bush of Gemmell for most triples In the semipro loop this season season each each with six will six will see action here her Wednesday while J Jack ck Smith of Gemmell leading two-base two hitter with 14 will be busy on the Copperton diamond at Bingham Harry of Pinney and Hy Facer of Magna each with five triples are crowding the leaders while Dee Matson of Pinney Pinney Pinney Pin Pin- ney has 11 U triples Bush 10 and andEra andErn andErn Ern Era Jensen Glen Berge of ot Provo and Joe Myers of Helper have nine each and LaVar LaVai Kump of Provo have eight each Al Shafer Magna fielder needs only one homer to tie Frank Zac- Zac Zaccaria Zaccaria caria cana of Gemmell for leadership in ply four-ply swatting Les Lcm Lemon n Earl Owen Wayne Tucker anc and Dee Matson of Pinney have three each as have Chet Smith anc and Manager John of Provo Zaccaria has led this department for the past five years