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Show PLAYGROUND NEWS B. J. Santistevan, Area Recreational Director Bingham American Legion defeated Bennion post No. 83 of Salt Lake City 7-2 to defeat the last of the three city teams. This team was made up of East high school boys. This puts the Bingham Bing-ham team leading the Metropolitan Metropoli-tan league. Tuesday we defeated Murray Legion post 9-0 on the Murray field. Philip Montoya pitched his first complete game against Bennion Ben-nion post and did a masterful job, striking out 11 and allowing but 3 hits. Jack Knudsen also pitched a fine game when he blanked Murray 9-0. Cal Crump has returned to the Bingham Legion Le-gion lineup after a brief illness-Highland illness-Highland Boy is back on the playground with a fine team. In Bobby Edvick and Matt Pazell they have a good battery. Paul Smilanich, Robert Allen, Paddy Ortego and Pete Massa are their heavy hitters. The Copperfield Pewees are out in front in their league. Chris Katis has a good hitting and fielding club. In Gilbert Burke he has the top pitcher in the league. John Dee Mitchell, Marion Cowdell, Howard Grant, Gary ! LaComb, Junior Streator and Don Diederich are the mainstays of the Copperton Yanks. Dale Crump is improving daily as in-fielder in-fielder for the seniors in the senior league. The Carr Fork Eagles have signed Keith Deakin, Louis Sal-divar Sal-divar and Joseph Nichols and are playing hustling to try and stay on top in the junior league-The league-The Pop Eye club members have ! received new caps and sweat shirts from their sponsor and are leading the Popsicle league. Dick Carter, Mac Stocks and i Henry Galvan are the leading hitters for the Frogtown Pirates. Ronald Huntsman and Clare Ra-ger Ra-ger are also good fielders for this club. The McGill, Nev., Junior Baseball Base-ball club has challenged the Bingham club and the two clubs may again have a series. We played this club in a two-game series last year on Labor day at j Ely and McGill, Nev. This same! club was met in the Western j Sectional tournament at Denver1 by the Bingham team last year. Larry Stillman, John Landen-berger, Landen-berger, Dick Houghton and Grant Pullan are good hitters and fielders for the Copperton Cubs. Val Sutherland, Joseph Anderson, Jimmy Wilson and Phil Downs are the mainstays for the Copperton Cadets. Junior Herrera has organized a new team in Carr Fork which is to be known as the Carr Fork Commandos. The Bingham Dod-i Dod-i gers are the leading club in the Junior league. In Sammy Robi-son, Robi-son, Bob Sanchez, Dean Lipsey and Dick Roblez they have a ! fine bunch of ball players. |