Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-06 | Page 18 | Husky Catcher Hits Home Run

Husky Catcher Hits Home Run DENVER, Aug. W The battle bat-tle for the winner'a purse worth probably $5000 or more grew hotter hot-ter in the Denver Post baseball tourney with the two undefeated clubs clashing Friday night. These are the negro all stars from the Dominican republic and Huber Carbon of Borger, Texas. Each has won three games, the negroes holding hold-ing all three opponents acorelesa. Duncan, winner of the national semipro tournament crown at Wichita Wich-ita last year, stayed in the tournament tourna-ment yesterday, beaUng Denver Midgeta 4-3 when Otto Uutt, 250-pound 250-pound second string catcher, pounded pound-ed an inside the park home run with the score tied in the eighth inning. in-ning. Borger stayed In the undefeated class by handing the other Texas entrant, the Pampa Oilers, its first defeat last night, 7-5. The Oilers were handicapped by the loss of "Slinging Sammy" Baugh, sparkling shortstop and former Texas Christian Chris-tian football passing ace, who hurt his leg when a Borger runner slid into him. Borger mixed two singles, a walk, an error and a double steal for three runs in the eighth after Pampa bad run up a 4-1 lead. Catcher Frank Warren's sizzling two-base knock off Sammy Hale's glove with the bases full in the ninth broke up the game.