Show 5 1 Sp Sports orth Spotlight By fly DON ROBINSON There is a great deal to be said for the practice of tC teaching b by example That philosophy hy Is Is' Is brought home forcibly when one one reads of such things as the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Giants and Cleveland Indians In tn exhibition game being played play I ed In Salt Lake while this column Is on the press One of the great factors behind the supremacy of the urban schools In this state Is the opportunity of the city boy boyto to see the game whatever it might be played by experts Youngsters from Irom Salt Lake and vicinity will see baseball played 1 by what Is recognized as the cream of the crop What coach wouldn't give his good right arm to have his hid boys coached by infielders in in- fielders Chico of the I Indians and Red of the Giants or by sluggers like Vic VIe Wertz and the fabulous Willie Willie Wil Wil- lie Mays Actually the exhibition game gamo tops the regularly scheduled contests contests con con- tests for lor value in coaching Fans will see the workouts of 01 the entire entire en en- tire squads getting a 1 good look at some of the promising new talent and watching the establish established ed major leaguers cavort for tor bat bat- batting batting ting and Il fielding u practice As old Dill Bill said Us a conn con con- devoutly to be wished Wishing was all that was left by last weekend as the game sold out completely Baseball Is only one of 01 the sports displaying top talent Inthe in inthe inthe the metropolitan centers this spring Dig Dill Bill Russell will lead the pro Doston Boston Celtics in two cage contests In Provo and Salt Lake City against a pro star all-star team and the Globetrotters will meet a picked college group In Logan Jogan gan A lot of young aspiring stars will learn a lot of tricks from the top stars when they ap ap- ap pear Moab is out In the cold coldor or heat as far as seeing the attractions attractions at at- tractions common to larger cities even college games Our kids miss it badly Distances though reduced by high speed autos remain remain remain re re- re- re main a deterrent to them ever seeing the greats unless we can attract some teams to Moab That may seem on the surface surface surface sur sur- face but actually Js is not We are in between major league training centers In Arizona and the larger cities of Ut Utah h and Colorado It ItIs ItIs Is II not impossible that we could prevail on some club to make a stopover here for tor a w workout Ballplayers Dall Ball players are just as curious as anyone and Moab remains a curIosity curiosity curiosity cur cur- known throughout the US U.S. since the boom boon Not all players are money hungry and many might like the opportunity of carrying the national pastime into the red rock country It Is something something something some some- thing to think of for next year The same can be said of football football football foot foot- ball and the colleges With the theAir theAir theAir Air Force Academy getting underway underway under under- way Moab Moth will be caught in the middle of western competition I With our population growth there will be some scouts in here beatt beating beat- beat I ling ing the brush for lor talent Two college col col- t lege col-lege Liege lege frosh games have already I been played in Grand Junction Why not Moab I II I Of course you cannot expect ta I a baseball team to risk an i t star on a converted cow pasture where I he could break a leg but butI I then we should not expect our ourI I kids to play on the same fIeldI field I either Much must be done It Iti has Ihas i not been proven impossible until it is tried I As was expected Carbon CarbonI I I tromped the Red Devils last Friday Friday Fri Fri- day but the score was misleading Two bad innings put Moab too far tar behind tt catch up after which the Devils played on fairly even terms Carbon brought twenty- twenty seven men and Interchanged teams with no apparent loss of strength Coach Jackson Jewkes has a junior JunIor junior jun Jun- and senior team Baseball there has been built up by a junior league program just as Moab Is reaping the benefits of a summer program Only the could practIce practice practice tice on the track field this week so the Devils will go to the Mesa invitational meet in Grand Junction Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion rusty and untried Dee Palmer Palmer Palmer Pal Pal- mer counted on for some points has been out of school for several da days day to hamper the team and Marlin Lance added to the woes by breaking an ankle ankie high jump- jump Ing Lance has had a tough year through sickness and injury The recreational aspects of the proposed Pack Creek project expounded expounded expounded ex ex- pounded to me by one of the many of its ardent backers are too to discuss in the short space we have Next week we will say more Let it suffice to say that the of that project project pro pro- would be the biggest st thing recreation wise that has ever happened hap to this country It merits the whole-hearted whole support of everyone who loves Joves the life of the sportsman and the development development development develop develop- ment of our natural sports para dise |