Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-09-01 | Page 33 | Railmen to Defend Title with Nephi at 8 P. M.; Realtors Play Fillmore

Railmen to Defend Title With Nephi at 8 P! M.; Realtors Play Fillmore The Rio Grande nine, defending champion, will begin defense de-fense of the state amateur baseball championship Friday night at 8 o'clock under the lighti of Community park, when it meeta f a hard-hitting aauad from Nephi. The rail crew ii the only club (n history to win the Salt Lake City amateur crown twice In a row ana a uuu ' of four timet. W o J bury Realty. Yunner-up Yunner-up in the city meet, la elated to play Fill-, Fill-, more at p. m. The latter part in thii contest, will be played under the area also. a Logan was to open the state meet by playing Ephraim at 1 p. m. Friday, and ' aa-W--1' f , that may hit the Rail ehuckers. but the defending champs are strongly favored. Fielding Team With one of the best , fielding teams In Utah, Woodbury is an odds-on favorite to win over Fillmore. Fill-more. The Realtors, however, are without Orvin (Oats) Emery, their regular shortstop. Emery twisted his knee' in a game about two weeks ago and will not be able to participate in the tourney. He will be replaced by Glen Holm-berg, Holm-berg, a pick-up from the Golden Glorv squad. Holmberg has been hitting at a ..197 clip and should be a good addition to the Realty iineriin Earl Simisler probably will be on the mound for Ihe Realtors against Fillmore's Brunson. A two-hour limit has been set on the tourney games, and umpires um-pires retain the right to call any co(T1 tit on even innings after that time provided the score is not tied. Second round play will be completed com-pleted Saturday, with the finals slated to be played Sunday, the games starting at 11:30 a. m.. one at 1:30 p. m. and 3:30 p. m. . ltcClanahan was M ssheduled loangTTwnfTCrescenT at 3 p. m. - Rio Grande Manager Roy Austin Aus-tin said he would pitch either l.oyal Bettrldge or Wilford Bauer. Bettridge has gone undefeated in league play this season, winning nine straight games. Austin picked up Bauer from the Bingham Bing-ham squad for use in the state's annual classic. Bauer hurled a four-hitter against the Railroaders . this season, but was defeated, 4-1, after a furious battle. It was In that game that the Railmen acquired respect for the mining chucker and consequently picked him up. . Les Taylor Is slated to chuck for the Nephl squad. The Nephites won the Central Utah league championship and are reported to have a powerful array of batters