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Show Salt Lake Captures Fourr Of Its Six Games Before Departing on Road Trip By FRANK K. BAKES -Telegram Sparta Editor : After winning four out of their six home games, the Salt Lake Bees were en route to Pocatello Friday to resume their rivalry with, the Pioneer league-leading Cardinala in three more games, Fri day and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon. I i t i " i i I i : The Bees took the deciding game of their home eerlee with the lead-era lead-era Thursday night 11-1 before a women's day crowd of !7M after dividing di-viding the first two games.' Get 11 Hits As a result the Salt Lakere are only three gamee out of first place and could tie for the top If they should sweep their eeriee at Idaho's Gate City this week end. All other teams in the league were Idle Thureday, Thure-day, but a full schedule Is slated aaaia Friday night, with Twin Falls playing at Boise la an attempt to improve Its grip on second place and Ogden Invading Lewiston. The Beee supported Southpaw Verne Johnson's eix-hlt pitching Thureday with 11 timely blowa They lost the leed temporarily in the fourth Inning when Pocatello forged out in front t-1, but they came up with three runs of their own In the fourth to recover the lead and they were never headed thereafter. Having already beaten the Cardinala Car-dinala twice with southpaw pitching, pitch-ing, Manager Eddie Mulllgea eaid he probably would eend another left bandar against them Friday night, namely Jack Andrews, the new pitcher Just acquired from Oakland. He hed planned to use him here Thursday, but decided the newcomer new-comer should havs anotber day's workout In this rarifled atmosphere before going into a game. Byrd to Pitch George Byrd, the new right bander, band-er, will probably get a call in either the second or third game, while Pocatello la expected to use Paul Berndt the right header who holds the league strikeout record at Is, against the Beee Friday night Neal Arlett singled and .was forced as Don Trower hit into a double play here la the first Inning In-ning Thursday, but Bob Price singled, sin-gled, stole second and came home when Escal Burnett threw poorly In hendling Ed Botelho's grounder. Johnson got himself Into a Jam in the third when Jack Murphy got Pocatello's Initial hit and movec Gene Klley . . . He 'gets two Mewe la Bee victory one a line drive ever the Infield with the bags loaded In the eeventh Inning. self la the very next inning, though, with a double to soore Joha Lar-rieu Lar-rieu and Ray Alvee. And be came home himself when the Cards erred in trying to trap him off second and hobbled again in trying to halt him at third.- . - Get Severn Buna The Bees picked up seven more rune in the sixth and seventh. Gene Klley's line single with the baaea loaded and none out in the eeventh touching off the Bee fireworks. 1 Larrieu followed by - doubling I against the left field wall and Alvee tripled to right center to keep the ' attack rolling. . r Trower made a great play en , Henry Bellinger's grounder In the . seventh and Larrieu came up with , a sweet catch of Malone's Texas leaguer deep behind second base la ' the fifth. Two fine plays by Alvee et first base kept the Salt Lake partisans In a happy mood. to second when the pitcher thought two men were out and passed up a cinch double play when he got Pitcher Eddie Owens' roller to Um box. The Cards finally put runners on second and third, but Alslvin Cabral lined out te Botelbo to retire re-tire the aide. Klrke Hits Triple Pocatello broke through for Its i 3-1 lead in the fourth, when Bud 1 Malone struck out, but got a Ufa because the ball eluded the catcher. ; Johnson rushed In, trying te make the throw to first In time for the putout, and flung the ball Into right field, whereupon Malone moved te second base. Then Judson Klrke walked up to the plate and tripled and was eafe when Myers dropped the throw In. The stocky catcher redeemed hlm- |