Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-08-05 | Page 1 | Telegram Ball Team Wins Regional Title in Series at Denver

r- r TELEGRAM BALL TEAM WINS REGIONAL TITLE IN SERIES AT A T DEN VER Local Nine Takes 7 to 6 Game From New Mexico Club DENVER Cob Colo Aug Led 4 by the brilliant hurling of Dick Perkins Perkins Per Per- kins The Salt Lak Lake Telegram boys boys' baseball team nosed out a 7 to 6 Victory over Albuquerque here this afternoon and annexed the junior championship of the Rocky mountain moun- moun tam tain region The Halt balt Lake team whIch represented represented rep rep- resented American legion p post st No 2 boarded a train tonight for home In high spirits over Its victory Steadiness in the pinches was largel responsible for the sectional title going to Utah As was the case yesterday when the Salt Lakers knocked off Jack Payment the refused to get excited when the going looked tough Spectacular pitching and heavy hitting hitting hit hit- ting featured the championship game The New Mexico team played a much improved game over Its Friday performance but beat itself by costly errors in the fourth frame when Salt Lake scored three times EARLY ARLY LEAD The Albuquerque kids got away to an early lead but blew up corn com in the fourth A trio of errors coupled with some timely hitting gave The Telegram a lead It never relinquished although the New Mexicans threatened constantly con con- C Captain Scott Barnes and Perkins Per Per- kins were the big guns for the new champlon f F t Wen t. t the strikeout nH ing at opportune moments moments- Barnes is without a a. doubt th best amateur ball player ever seen here GOOD THROW Morrs Morr's great throw to the plate from centerfield saved the Salt Lakers from being tied in the eighth It was just another case of steadiness In pinches by the I newspaper team Albuquerque had the same chance in the fourth and had the Albuquerque Albuquerque Albu- Albu querque players been equal to the occasion the game ml might ht have been beena a different story However in both cases the New Mexico catcher muffed the throw in and the Salt Lakers scored Parenti of Albuquerque contributed contributed con con- the most sensational play Continued on page 05 9 0 5 i gram Ball Team Wins dins Regional I Title rifle in Series at Denver C Continued from page 1 1 I I when he cut off a aIL rc IL ke rally with the bases full fuU ho eighth with a one hand handed Lo i Morrs Morr's liner led the assault for the tem team with three hits id ng a triple and home I can n. n a so fielded faultlessly at third h Salt Lake te term n will return e ver er the tho latter part ot of this to to make mke a bid bidd f for r honors in merican legion tournament to tod d deb the championship of theten the thet t ten n half of the United States ills hIS tourney wm will be staged ane un- un Ulie e auspices ces of the news news- e ers rs' rs and wilt bring to Denver outstanding kid Idd talent from froma a a to Mexico and from the to the Pacific coast C I Payment of Denver won the elation game defeating Che Chey- Chey o Elks 18 h Salt Lake team Is scheduled rr 11 ye ve home Sunda Sunday afternoon at over the Union Pacific route a score ALBUQUERQUE AB R. R H. H O. O A A. A E. E If p 5 5 0 0 3 1 1 o 5 3 3 1 1 0 c ch cf 5 1 1 12 3 0 0 ss s 0 3 1 0 0 4 2 I 4 1 2 10 1 3 rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 o lb 3 0 1 6 0 0 h Baa l. l b 4 0 1 1 1 0 p 1 If f 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ot Js 36 6 10 2410 7 batted for tor Lopez in SALT LAKE LAIE AB R. R H. H O. O A El nes lb 4 0 1 6 6 0 0 f 4 0 1 1 o 0 oce ce ss 4 1 0 0 3 1 u s s. s cf 4 1 2 0 j b 4 1 2 11 1 s b 3 1 1 1 1 0 O. O rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 J c c 3 2 2 15 1 1 1 J HIP a 33 33 7 7 3 3 CORE ORE BY I INNINGS NI GS I RHE RH o 6 10 7 ko 7 11 3 r SUMMARY base W-base base o-base hits Beach Buzukis les aes Three base Kozlow hits ay Home run ice hit Stolen bases J z Gooch Be Beach ch 2 Lonce Lo Lo- nce Buzukis Da Day Sperry 2 2 IS as Struck out out-By Perkins Brown 6 by Parenti 1 Bases a Is Off Perkins 2 off Brown Left Cert On bases Albuquerque G 6 ke 8 Umpires Umpires-Newhouse c Lna ay Pollock and BUrns