Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-21 | Page 10 | Auerbach's Girls Take City Softball Laurels

Auerbach's Girls Take City Softball Laurels Auerbach's feminine softballers are the Salt Lake City champions cham-pions in the Girls' league following their 8-3 conquest of Pyke (iris Friday evening at White park before nearly 1000 fans. . Pyke' made a battle of th game for four innings, during which time they took a 2-1 lead, but loose fielding which contributed to Auerbach's Auer-bach's seven runs In the fifth and sixth Inning, brought about the challenger' chal-lenger' downfall just as It did In th first game of the aeries at Falrmount park Thursday night when Auerbach's won, 24-3. Leah Parry's two single led to Pyke'a first two run. She singled sin-gled in th first Inning, advanced when Bachael Engelke walked and earn horn on .Mickey Dev ereU'e single. Auerbach's tied the scor in their hsif of th first inning when Phyl- . lis Peck singled and raced all the way home from first when an error was made on Ruth Hob be. In the third, Leah Parry's second single, a walk to Florence Engelke and a fielder's choics on Rachael Engelke's roller aet the stage for another Pyke run, Edna Parry driving driv-ing It horn with a single. Both teams were blanked in the fourth, but Auerbach's broke loose with four runs in the fifth to assum a commanding lead. Mildred Cragun limited tha losers to six hits and her mates came up with sparkling support in the pinches. Miss Rupp waa touched for 12 safeties. Merit Hatters won a post In the state tournament when they turned back Yale A. C S-t, In a mound duel between the Hatters' Nick Morgan and th Vale team' Roy Howard. In two exhibition contests, Wolfe's of Salt Lake City pounded out a 12-4 win over Minora' Merc of Bingham Bing-ham and West Furniture, another Bingham club, turned back th U. P. Shops' ten, 17-13. Th scores: JL H. E Pyke Manutecturlac 3 S 3 AufrWh S 12 1 Ida Rupp end It. Euselke; stUdred. Cra-Biia Cra-Biia and Ruth Hnbbe.