Show MM NINE NINE N EDGES BINGHAM IN KIDS KIDS' SERIES S RIES 7 6 Helps Astle- Astle Take Game By Steve stee Salt Lake City City's little world series opened at Derks field Wednesday with all the thrills and color of or a big league series as four kids' kids baseball teams presented fans with two well played opening games sames Not only were the ceremonies and program of or big league caliber but so was the play playas as two close games were pla played edIn ed In the major Iea league ue attraction th the highly favored nine of the city league leacue grabbed a 7 6 win over an underdog underdog un un- un Canyon Motor club of oC Bing- Bing ham The opening game found the Elks Boys' Boys club pounding out a 4 10 win over the Sandy team in a contest contest con con- test which was closer than the score indicated Not even given a n chance to compare compare compare com com- pare with the classy Coffee CoHee club the Bingham lads gave av the champs a big scare as they batted It out on even terms with the victors only to Jet let lady victory frown Crown upon them A few costly mi miscues cues in the early frames spelled the difference for the visitors l Looks Gt Great at However not taking anything away from the club they played great baseball to gain a deserving victory They came through when the chips were down which is characterIstic characteristic characteristic char char- of or their fine ball club In the first t frame the let it be known that they were out outto outto outto to gain a win when hen Bob Moose Sanc Sanchez z doubled for Cor the only extra base hit of or the game After this it was close all the way with the team finally coming out on top Four hits good for four runs in the second frame spurred the city boys to a big 4 0 lead Hits Tom Viani Glen Dick Allam and Bud White together with a stolen base and three Motor errors errors paved the wa way for tor the run scoring The victors vIctor scored a again aln in the third when they pushed across two markers on nary a hit hlL It wasn't until the fifth inning that the losers lasers were able to garner some runs But when they did they did a complete Job lob as they chased starter Nell Neil Astle from the mound Sanchez's second hit of ot the game and another blow by Don Gust did the trick as they scored three markers in the fifth Two more followed in the sixth when bingles by Sanchez and Gust again to together ether with a punch single by Max and Roy Montoya's Montoyas Montoyas Montoya's Montoyas Montoya's Mon- Mon toya's second hit of oC the game chased two runs across the plate Bingham Rally Fizzles In the sixth Don Nelson and Bob Hill collaborated to bring in the run which proved to be the margin of or victory A Bingham run crossed Inthe in inthe inthe the last frame but they fell tell short as their raIl rally fizzled with the bags loaded Astle gained credit for the win although being relieved by Warren Cotton went the the route for tor the losers limiting the hard hitting to but six sl hIts I all of or the single-base single variety In the minor lea league ue contest the root roof fell tell in on the Sandy lads In a fatal tatal sixth inning as the Elks boys pulled away to a decisive victory Elks took a 3 0 lead In the initial frame added two more In the fourth and finished with five lve game clinching runs In the sixth The losers tallied three In the fourth and a final run in the fifth frame Curtis Jensen went the distance for tor the losers although he gave e a up but three hits Jerry Anderson and Ronald shared mound duly duty for tor the victors with Anderson gainIn gaining gain gain- In ing credit for tor the win Darrell Bateman and Donald Sund- Sund ber berg led the Sandy club at the plate while Doyle Hedgepeth and Jack Rainier wielded big bats for far the vic vic- tors The same clubs resume series play Thursday night with Canyon Motor and Sandy the home clubs Canyon CDOn AB H O 0 A 1 J B AB H O 0 A AK K Kastellic as ss s 4 0 1 1 VI ann I 33 ss 4 1 1 0 0 Ga Nelson 3 0 a 0 Ib c cf 3 1 2 0 Sanchez 4 1 3 3 1 Hill Hili cf if It 2 2110 1 1 0 Gnat cf ct 4 I 2 1 0 1 If p 3 1 0 0 Ballamis o c 4 of 0 0 9 1 Allam c 3 1 1140 14 0 Sty Lipsey Ib lb 4 0 3 3 1 Goddard 3 0 1 2 Monto Montoya a If It 2 2 0 0 r rf 2 0 2 0 it rl 1 1100 1 0 0 White 3 1 1 0 r rf rt 1 1000 0 0 0 lb Ib 1 0 0 0 p 3 0 1 2 p 2 0 0 0 Totals 30 10 8 18 IS 6 Totals 26 6 11 21 2 Canyon Motor 1 6 1 6 1 M 1 J B C Coffee 12 0 X x 7 7 Sandy A AB B H II O 0 A Kiln Elki 11 Roy Boys O AB II H 0 O A Peterson ss S 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 Sandberg If It 2 1 1 1 Anderson p 2 0 1 0 Jensen p 3 0 0 2 rH NI hJlma p 1 0 1 2 Morris II lb 4 0 5 0 Stor Story I 4 0 5 0 Ranier c 3 1170 J 1 7 U 0 2 2022 0 2 2 01 McDevitt M ss 1 0 0 fi It 4 0 1 2 1 1 Ib lb b 2 0 5 0 rf rt 3 2 0 0 Phillips It If 3 0 0 0 Wright c 2 2063 0 6 3 Harwood HarwOO cf of 4 1 2 0 Staple cf ct 4 1 1 0 Chinn rf 3 0 0 0 Totals 28 4 18 11 Totals 24 3 1 21 9 Sandy 0 0 4 0 4 Elks Boy x x 10 10 |