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Show PANTHERS HAVE LOCAL DIVISION BASEBALL -TITLE WITHIN Gk w - - - - - 1 1 . .i , - 10 WINS Willi CIIJCHTIILE FORJEST Jordan Still Hat Chance to Retain State Championship ALT LAKB mYlAION. Teaea Maadlag. Wen. I-et. P f m-eet High T !. Jordan Hik 4 t Eurt Jllgh I 1 , l.. l a. High t . (Iranlte High I J3 I Murray lltgh t Taeadwr'a (tehedale. K P. a. at Beet. Urenlte at Wrst i Murray at Jordan. High'.' ' TnerUranVRerhave 'i" brig h t chance to cop the local division haeeball haee-ball title from the other five t-ma entered In the race and this Is raua-Ing raua-Ing much excitement around the Panther Pan-ther lair. 19l whs the lat time th Panthers rame out winner of the local title and t'okch Roy Mclntyre needa Juat two more wins to put this year's pennant on Ice. Ksat High Ieopsrda are out of place when they hold down third place honors. hon-ors. For atx veara straight the Leopards Leop-ards took the local and state title, but last year and thia year they hava failed to keep up with ths rent of the ! ma rf ii a in aom e unknown rea aon and consequently they are trailing the leaders. , , Thia afternoon Is the crucial game for ths Panthers. Although thev are playing a weak team, they are primed for a sough game. If the Panthers i i cop today'a game and Jordan loses to Mnrrav, which they are not doped to. ths Psnthers will come out winners of ths local tttls tonight. CHANCE FOB TEAMS TO Tlst. If Jordsn snd West wtn this sfter-noon, sfter-noon, then the game Thursday will decide the tnie. Providing the Panthers Pan-thers lose Thursday and the Beetdig-gera Beetdig-gera win. there la. a chance for the Jordan I tea to cop the bunting. Rut If the Panthers win today's and Thur- ! day's contest there will be no die- j pule for the hunting. Captain Bill Irvine of the Panther i crew has been ths main' cog In this rear's machine. The hurler has chucked hia mates to five wins in five gsmes. which Is a gord record for any t wirier. Besides Irvine. Coach Mc-Intyre Mc-Intyre has Jeff Rlrh. Rhodea and Story to work as relief pltrhers. Thia trio of relief men are strong hurlere and are able to hold their own with ths other first rata pitchers of the league. CAST HtOM TEAM WEAK. The Kast High tesm has ths pitching pitch-ing and catching stsff, but nothing else. The batting Is weak, the fielding field-ing Is below par and the brainy base-hell base-hell that the leopard teams have plryed In ths past Is lacking. Cnp-tsln Cnp-tsln 'Whttey Prouse oj the leopard crew hurls from the port side and hur's a mean brand of hall. He should I be able to send the Haints down ths! line In today's contest. I Ths Farmera should have an easy ; tl.ne taking the measure of the Mur- rav lade. Coach O. L. Ballard will 1 p-.it his best hurler In today'a game with the hope f keeping pace with; the Panthers. A loss for the Ksrmers ' will eliminate them from ihe race for the division title. 1 The winner of the local title as a i rule cops the stste title. There are two other divisions In the state that plsv ha c ha II hut In past year's these' teams have failed to come up to the' tandarl dismayed In this division. Ljist year Jordan copped the local di vision title and slso ths state. For j atx years preceding lest year the leopards took ths honors In the local section snd slso the state title. HO If the Panthers win the local title they are slated to oop the state title, the first aims ATI-ANT A, Ga, May The annua an-nua convention of the national tuberculosis tu-berculosis association will open here tonight. Mora than 100 dele-gstew dele-gstew from all sections of the country coun-try are expected to be In attend-,, |