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Show mmi kito mem mn mm m& . m Honor Club Packs Real --SwatPunch- By TOMMIE FORTES New face outnumtMr th eld in th Iinup of Th Tlram'i ninth annual all atar baacball aquad, ae lected by a vota of 3d manaceri, umpires and acoreri from teama in th two amateur federation leagues. Elghf players win places on th honor hon-or roll for the first time this year, and of the remaining seven, four are appearing for th second time in th atar lineup. Th 137 team, representing six of th federation's 10 teams, boasta an exceptionally fin batting average aver-age and is well balanced and steady on defense. These stare will form th nucleus nu-cleus of th feeder at lvn1 asmasi quad to perform Sunday morning, morn-ing, August S, against th semi-pro semi-pro Pioney dub. Salt Lak City' representative In th l'tah Industrial Indus-trial league, in the fourth annual gam for th benefit f Injured player. In this gam Roy Austin, veteran of th squad, will manage, sine he gained that right by piloting Rio Grand to th city championship last season. Two assistant managers will be named this week by the Federation Fed-eration board of control. Austin is named on the honor roll for the third time, having been selected se-lected in 1931 and 1936, and is considered con-sidered one of the coolest receivers in the state. Because of his duties as manager. Boy will not catch in th atar game, but will start Sid Kramer of Crescent a newcomer to the atar lineup. Excepting for his own vote as Rio Grande manager, Roy's selection was unanimous. Two new stars. Lei Kramer of Moos and Jo Tsxalc of Rio Grande, share pitching honors for Th Telegram's Tele-gram's squad with a pair of veterans, veter-ans, Loyal Bettridge (1933-35-36) and Norman Baird (1934-35-36). Balrd la leading all federation pitcher in strikeouts with 77, and Kramer is neat with 73. Bettridge haa won six games with no defeata and Teaalc haa seven wins against on lose, allowing only t.( earned runs per nine Innings. In-nings. Bettridg haa yielded nly S.1 run for his nine-inning aver-age. aver-age. Orvill Schafbuck of Woodbury, Jo Banks of Thirty-eighth Infantry and Pete Larson of Sugar ho use were close behind the first four stars in tha popular vote. Baird was second only to Austin in the ballot, receiving 23 votes, while Bettridge had 22. Alt Gunn, sturdy little Woodbury first sacker, appears in the star roster ros-ter for the first) time, having nosed out Clare Evans of Rio Grande who made the role in 1932-33 by a single vote. Johnny Vaughaa of C. Y. O. was just behind these wo leaders. Gunn, noted particularly for his "hustle" and fine fielding despite de-spite lack of stature. Is hitting at a better than .400 clip. Lomasney Second John Lomasney, manager of Thirty-eighth Infantry, who last year captured the amateur batting championship cham-pionship with a .457avrsg and who haa been hitting well above that figure in an effort to be th first to repeat as champion, is the fourth (Continued on Paso Eljchtoen) Eight New Players Gain Posts ; On Telegram's 1937 Star Team Cw tea tied frees Peso Pourteea) 'Soldisr playsr to plac oa ths star ' rcstsr. Hs sdf d out Roldo Call of Rio 'Grands, shortstop (or ths 193t all ' star tseun, but Call In turn bat out ' his tvammau, Tom Marsh a star "of IMS and Jerry Rugf of Cres-' Cres-' csnt for ths lnfisld utility post Both 'Call and Lomasney "hustls" all the 'time and field unusually well, but 'ths tatter bad a decided edge In bitting. The third bass assignment goes for (hs second straight season to Bill Cowley, husky Crescent star. Jimmy Gilbert of Woodbury and Johnny Pignataro of Moose placed second and third to the heavy hit- ting Crescent fielder. Fine) Defenslr Play ' Louis Teiak. who with his brother 'cams from the Industrial league to 'Rio Grande this season. Is in the 1 star lineup for the first time after nosing out Tom Anderson of Cres- cent. TexaJc's brilliant defensive play has been a big factor la the long string of victorias compiled by the Railroader squad this season. Jim Herrick of Thirty-eighth Infantry placed third In the balloting for this post, although handicapped by a late start In the season's race. Danny Soiomoa of Crescent and Prank Campaaa of C T. O, both 1 newcomers to the honor squad, 1 share outfield duties with Gene I Frants of Rio Grande, chosen at i first base on the 1938 star lineup, 1 while Art Gardner of Rio Crande, ,1 member of last year's s'- -.i. is , named utility outfielder. Although , aet a heavy hitter, Gardner's fleet- Bees and ball snagging ability makes him a good bet in any field. Solomon, who fields hia position remarkably well for a small man, has been hitting over J00 nearly all season, while Frantc, performing equally well In the field or at first base, has been battling for the hitting hit-ting lead with an average around the .400 mark. Frants leads the tars In runs batted In with 15. Campana in homers and Call In stolen bases. Campana has a great tnrowlng arm and has repeatedly cut off runs by his fine fielding. Gardner, a southpaw. Is rated one of the best outer gardeners seen In the amateur race in several seasons. Chauncey Eikrem, Telephone outfielder out-fielder who has been up among the hitting leaders all aeason with a .430 or better average: Eddie Given, dusky Barnett A Weiss fly chaser; Len Olson, rangy Sugarhouse star, and Ernest Bailey, hard hitting Crescent fielder, staged a good race for places in the star lineup, and are given honorable mention. None has ever been named In the honor lineup. Those who voted Managers: George Beckstead, Crescent; Roy i Austin. Rio Grande; Frank Gilbert, Moose: Henry McGean, C Y. O.; John Lomasney, Thirty-eighth Infantry; In-fantry; Herb Gilberg, Utah Power; G. W. Shepherd, Woodbury; Lin Pe-, Pe-, terson, Barnett A Weiss; Hal La-i La-i Belle, Telephone; Ping Nyberg, Su-. Su-. garhouse. . Umpires: Brin Barber, Ernie Beaumont, Francis Decker. Marlow Peacock, Joe Barney, Len 1 Olson. Cal Woolley. Lott Ewing. Ray Don. M. J. Scanlon. Scorers: Mas Creer. Ben Harvey. George Whitley, 1 B. Young, V. Young. |
