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Show THi nEAL DOPE y Ml COITMN P flu I Sports fans are quick to get enthused over something new and that is the one big reason why Brlgham Young university officials ara looking for one of the biggest opening crowds in history Saturday aight at the Cougar stadium .... j While Chick Atkinson is ths new part of the B Y U setup this fall, soma of ths old-timers must bo given fancy assist if tho crowd turns out as expected. There's absolutely nothing also to do Saturday Bight but ge to Prove for the gams. "So the ela-ti avers, tho echedule makers who brought la tho ' eahrftti Weston Texas team aa a aight after tho Vtet and Aggies : both have finished playing afternoon gaasea away tram hesee, rate a Bed as s httls kit clever ta raring folks through tho turnstiles, j Last year this Texas baach beat tho Cougari by soma score Hke SJO, and. if they esa put on another scoring parade ilka that the customers cus-tomers will go home happy and willing to come back next week. It wouldn't bo surprising if tho game did go about like that The Cougar Una isn't capable of stopping any good team for a full game and those Cat backs ara too fast to bottlo up for a full game. So both aides should score quits a bit Tho Annual Ovosslng Oamw Just far tho record, well start tho annual sports writer's folly picking tho winners. - It is tough enough in our owa little Isagua, so wall stick with games of tho Skyline Six teams. . Washington ever Utah by six points. Washington State over Utah State by 11 points. Westers Texas over. Brlgham Young by U points. Denver over Colorado Mines by 30 points. Colorado A. and M. over Colorado coll age by 11 points. Wyoming over Idaho State by XI points. , We Hope) VownWvllle' at Dooel We've been bearing quite few complaints about ths antics of tho Bees and tho Ogdaa Bads la that final league game of tho year in Darks field ... tho game that turned into a farce in too late inninxs with tho umpires playing and the players umpiring, etc. . Sack taiags m this de the league as good. That staff la strictly far the bashes and well bet that bath tho Boas and ths Bads ara warry bow they did it Probably such antics will never bo seen la tho fetors and tho real baseball fans, tho folks who pay tho freight day after day, wUl be happy. j rtnt day of the season or the last, they bought their tickets to are a ball game, not a vaudeville act by professional baseball players who rather obviously are amateur acton. Jisrnny Just Com'!' Stay Up - Jimmy Noverini has had his ups and downs in tho past couple of years at Derks field, but ho reached tho highest and tho lowest levels : in lees thaa a week at ths end of the season. One day Jimmy was tho most popular player and he received a war bond to prove tt. Everyone loved little Jimmy. But then he booted a vital play la the first playoff game with Billings only a couple of days later. Bo had to anaak out of tho park after the gams. . And when wo Mended the fan was pays bis money to see ball gaasea, net vaudeville acta, we cant def end tho faa who takes advantage ad-vantage ef ale safe spat la tho bleachers sr tho stands and calls Jlnuny everything bat gentleman for numiag that greuader. k . " Sure, it was aa easy -loo king chance and he booted TT But it burl him a lot mors thaa it hurt anyone else and there is no excuse for the riding (soma of it highly personal and having nothing to do with baseball) that Jimmy took after that inning. Wo hope that the likeable kid from Chicago goes long way la baseball. Possibly he wont, but if all ball players loved tho game ; like he noes and triad like he does, it would be s better world. 1 |