Show Utes Edge Cats on an Diamond I Cougar Netters Turn Tables Redskin Rally In Seventh Ices Contest By Jack Schroeder PROVO April 16 Utah 16 Utah university sity gave B BY BYU Y U a lesson in what to do with what ya got as the Redskins took advantage of every opportunity Friday afternoon to edge past the Cougars 5 4 in the opening game of the Skyline Six baseball season But the Utes had to come from behind to score two runs in the seventh inning inning- to put the game safely away They did this after leading up until the thc fifth frame by bya a 3 three-run three margin Despite some of the bobbles Inthe in inthe the field the game was well played w with th Utah collecting nine safe knocks and B BYU Y U making good for 11 George of the Cougars and Larry Wilcox of Utah locked up in a real hurlers' hurlers duel for or almost five innings when the Cats batted the Redskin curve ball artist from the mound Utes Start Fast Utah started strong and got a arun arun arun run in the second Inning and stretched its margin to three by getting g-etting two more in fourth Jimmy Brown slashed a single to center centerfield centerfield centerfield field that scored the two runs that put the Utes in m front But the Cougars finally got to the curving slants of Wilcox and drove him from the mound in the fifth frame The Utes had given him nm excellent support and on two occasions got the big hurler out of jams iams On one trip the Cats had the he bases ses loaded with only one out but the Utes got the side out without without without with with- out a run scoring Then in the fourth frame a snappy double play started by Brown got Wilcox out of another hole Good Charles Combe replaced Wilcox and did a highly commendable job from the fifth frame on The Cougars Cougars Cou Cou- gars gaza did get a run off Chuck to go gonto into nto a short lived 4 3 lead in the sixth only to have Utah come back and win the game in the seventh Cal Crump was the batting star of the day getting three hits and anda a walk in four times to the plate Two hits were good for two bases and the Cougar first base man had Utah hurlers trying vainly to hit the outside corner all an day For the Utes Barney Hafen clouted out two hits including the only extra base blow for the Red Red- skins Larry Palmer almer and Clyde Nichols each got two blows in four trips The box UTAH H YU AB H PO A Brown Broun 5 1 2 1 s sa 4 1 1 2 3 Boren If 5 0 1 0 Welser cf cC 4 1 2 0 Ol Olson on cf 5 0 6 1 Thiel c 5 2 6 1 Hafen Hairn Ib lb 5 2 5 0 Koller Holier If 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 Crump Ib lb 4 3 1 0 Nichols st u 4 2 2 3 Hillman If It 4 0 0 0 I Palmer rf 4 04 2 0 0 Jones 4 2 2 6 G c 3 1 8 1 A Aplanalp 2 0 0 1 Wilcox p 2 2001 0 0 i Sorensen p 4 0 3 4 Combs p JI 2 2102 1 0 2 Craven en 1 1112 1 1 2 K 2 0 1 0 x Kump x-Kump 0 0 0 0 01 Y 1 1000 0 0 0 Totals 40 0 9 0 27 10 Totals 38 11 27 17 11 s x Batted for Aplanalp Ap In Inning y Batted y-Batted Batted for Score by Innings R RUE RItE H E EUtah Utah 5 5 B BYU Y U 4 1 E E ThIel 2 2 Koller Aplanalp Hillman Hill Hill- man Olsen Oben Mullins K IC Nielsen Nichols Nich Nich- ole RBI RBI Wilcox P Palmer 2 ThIn Thiel Koller Crump p 2 Hafen Hafen Crump 2 2 Jones Thiel Bushore DP DP Brown Brown to Nichols to Hafen BB BB 3 Combe SO SOBy SOBy SOBy SO- SO By Sorensen 6 b. Wilcox 5 5 Combe 1 Nichols b by Sorensen Wild pitches Sor Sor Sorensen ensen Winning pitcher pitcher Combe- Combe Losing pitcher Umpires Umpires Dales Bates and en Time 2 28 |