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Show Handball Champ Reveals Skill Joe Platak, husky Chicago handball hand-ball star and holder of the national aingles title, gave local handball fans a treat, and those whom he played a lesson, in a series of exhibition ex-hibition matches Thursday in the Deseret gym. Spotting his Salt Lake opponents several points, Platak went to work and subdued Renny Clawson and Bill Benson with scores of 21-14, 21-11 and 21-11, 21-8. Then, teaming with Bob Weiller. his doubles partner. Platak downed the local doubles teams of Benson and Ray Kldredge and Clawson and Clare Hancock. Bob Kendler, the third Invader, lost the only match of the day to a Salt Laker when he was defeated by Herb Hill with scorea of 21-11, 21-9. The exhibition, which was sponsored spon-sored by the Deseret gym and directed di-rected by H. C. Mortensen, gym manager, drew large crowds at both performancea. |