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Industrial League Leaders Play Crucial Games in Provo, Bingham League leading Utah Industrial league teams will see action ia Sun-day Sun-day contests and bofore th day's Will Relieve Ab a. ','- -activities are completed at least two of th four club still In ths race for th second half will be in the ranks of th "also rans." Gemmell Club of Bingham will encounter Plnney (or Salt Lak at th Copperton ball yard at B o'clock and Magna -Garfield, first half and dsfending leagu champion, will ln-vads ln-vads Provo for a contest at 2:30 o'clock. Gemmell spurted in recent weeks to reach a ti for first plac and th Clubmen, with only three games left to play, are bent on turning back Claude Engberg's hustling charges and further strengthen their hopes of the title. Th Provo club has been th surprise sur-prise ef th second half race. After a mediocre showing in th first half campaign, th Timps have notched up eight triumphs in th final drive against four setbacks and a victory over th Millmen will keep them in th thick of th title race. Champs Take Wild Game From' Miners BINGHAM, Aug. 21 Magna-Garflsld Magna-Garflsld remained In th running for th second half Utah Industrial leagu title by defeating th hapless hap-less U. & Mine crew, 11-10, here Friday. Th Millers, defending league champ and winners of ths first half title this season, loomed into an early lead and kept it throughout against ths local crew. The Miners scored two runs in th ninth, but th rally waa cut i short in tim to pull th gam out J of th fin. f Bab Stapp. . . , This genial southerner who served as Ab Jenkins Jen-kins relief driver haa been selected se-lected again by th Utah speed demon to help him with th driving driv-ing assignments during his forthcoming forth-coming 2aV-hour run on th Bonneville Bonne-ville salt flats. Stapp was en rout hare from California Saturday. Sat-urday. Ab hope to start his run Wednesday in an effort t break his own world's record of 153 m p. h but must await better aalt conditions. Moisture drawn up through th aalt by th aun has kept the course too slippery for nearly three weeks. |