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Show B.D.A.A. FLASHES by Jim Abplanalp Baseball Banter Here we go again! With a few hours of sunshine betwixt the incessent snow flurries our spirits spir-its start perkin up and we begin thinking of that old ball diamond again. Yep, in the spring the young (and some not so young) man's fancy turns to thoughts of baseball. Although the grand old national pastime did not originate origin-ate in Bingham, many old-timers of this locality would argue that the sport improved vastly by being be-ing played here. Not so many years ago, kids from Highland Boy and Copperfield used to thumb rides or just walk all the way to Copperton and take chances on getting inside the ball park. Even after successfully squeezing squeez-ing through a loose board in the fence or being squashed by the overflow crowd, we suffered untold un-told agonies of the soul before the game was over. Our souls, we should say, were more likely to be just young stomachs, but what greater agony is there than that devastating aroma of hot-dogs hot-dogs and soda pop when a kid hasn't got a dime in his pocket? Do We Need Baseball? Of course we people of Bingham Bing-ham and neighboring districts want baseball, and what is much more important, we need the benefits that this sport can give us. Besides the physical and moral mor-al development of our youth, the recreation and relaxation for the fans, baseball has an intrinsic virtue of knitting together the social aspects of ihe entire community. com-munity. We sincerely believe a sound program of sports, based on the principle of community benefit, can be improved locally. The BDAA, in striving to sponsor spon-sor and promote baseball, is trying try-ing to enlist the aid of all whom can see the value of better youth environment, as well as those who enjoy the entertainment. Why All The Noise? No doubt you have been wondering won-dering what all the above bally-1 bally-1 hoo has been leading to, and at the present we cannot answer all the questions you may have in mind. But we feel sure that a finer baseball program will be in store for you along with the regular sports program. Chances are very promising of having better facilities for both softball and baseball. Next week we hope we can announce definite def-inite plans of our vast sport program. pro-gram. Remember, you softball players play-ers and managers, its not too early to start getting organized. In just a few weeks, we hope to have a fine league ready to begin be-gin play. ALLEY ANGLES BDAA Keglers Lose To Skids At Temple Lanes Last week the BDAA Travelers Travel-ers dropped a close 3 to 1 decision decis-ion to Skids Hat Shop, to drop into a tie for 4th position in the fast Major league. With only 3 more rounds of play left, the locals lo-cals will have to win nearly all their remaining games to finish in the number 2 spot. Mullett-Kelly Mullett-Kelly won the league championship champion-ship several weeks ago, and the other squads have been battling for second position. Gemmell club finished their league race last week in third place, as Bill Ward's Comet Inn five overcome the field to win the trophy in the last few weeks. In the state championship tourney at Ogden, the local keglers keg-lers finished in the money in both singles and doubles events. : Team play found the alleys very tough and an Ogden entry won this event with a very low score. F. Zaccaria and Al Ablett finished fin-ished well up in the money in singles competition. This week end the Mock Ritz Classic, a handicap singles tourney, tour-ney, will be held at the Ritz lanes, lan-es, and just a week later the famed Ritz Classic will be held on the same alleys. Several local keglers are entered in both meets 'along with some of the nation's best. This tourney draws a lot of interest and if you want to see some topnotch keglers in action here is the time and place to see it. The Ritz Classic will be held April 8-9-10, just a week after jthe Mock tourney. |
