| Show 1 S Sports orts Spoil Spotlight By Dy DON ROBINSON 4 Moab will be out to retain the I region championship In baseball tomorrow when they travel to Price for a game with Jack Kobes Kobe's Notre Dame Knights The Devils gained the right tight to meet the Ute northern northern nor norm thern them champs by virtue of two easy wins over Monticello Winner Win ner net of the Friday game will witt play Altamont of the Uintah basin to determine the quarterfinal win wine her tier Altamont dropped them from contention last year The haphazard scheduling of games rames and playoffs in this league does nothing for the game of baseball Baseball still seems to tobe tobe tobe be a mere fill in during the spring months With all alt the schools Inthis in inthis inthis this area growing it is expected I that the attitude toward Inter interschool inter inter- school competition wilt will grow also John Evans the ace of the Devil track team brought back loads of honors from the BYU Invitational John ran a sensational sensational sensational sensa sensa- to cop the class D B championship The fact that hewon hewon he hewon won over boys from irom four states b IJ of great credit Probably the most remarkable thing about the win was the fact that John Is still a sophomore and thus could have entered the Junior high school races Had he done so he be would have set a new record with the great time of Rusty Donoghue ran just ou out of the money in the and Dee Palmer qualified tot for the finals In Inthe Inthe Inthe the dashes for lor the other leading efforts Jim Burr Durr was doing welin well wel wellin in the hurdles until he hit a hurdie hur hut die and went down Misfortune also hit the relay team learn which would have placed ex except cent for a n dropped bat baton n. n The team made madea a good effort and should do better better better bet bet- ter in the regional meet on May 4 We have JUlve quite a B number of ol Inquiries regarding the effect the Glen canyon dam will wilt have on the Colorado river below here Boat enthusiasts growing in num number ber bet each year are curious to know the lake created by bythe bythe bythe the dam will have any great In Influence Influence influence In- In fluence on the Cataract canyon portion of the river Moab could become the center of a boating paradise Anyone possessing in information information In in- formation on the extent extort of th the e I ambitions to hold down lon an end post He lie spent the Ule season with his arm In a sling sting but came back to play a reserve roll toU on th the tho S basketball bas baa squad To go with his fine record in sports the youngster son of former former former for for- mer high school coach and now school teacher H. H B. B Evans has an outstanding scholastic standing Evans will have two more years to shoot at ut records and could possibly endanger them If it ithe he keeps up his present progress Coach brown hu has hn haH had John Jl h. h two n n u w years now and Is very ery pleased with his performance The time is very creditable for the state record Is May 4 will be the next test forthe for forthe forthe the track team when the region meet will vIII be held Evans will be going out to qualify for another chance to take top honors in the state I artificial lake to be created by the dam is invited to pass it onto on onto to tc us here at the Times Last week we lost our heads and predicted some happenings Inthe in inthe n the major leagues While up state I had a chance to see some of the players and teams in the predictions predictions pre pre- dictions with the result that all aU bets are called off The Yankees still look good as does Milwaukee The prediction on Don Larsen Larson although al- al although al though negative looks to be true Larsen got clouted to the showers shower in the second inning of his first start against the Red Sox He tie nearly did not survive the first Inning Micky Mantle went three for six to make that batting average look like a poor bet Don DonN N combe has been getting his I lumps as we said he would An Influx of population ing now how and a greater one expected ex petted gives rise to the eternal hope lope that some young monsters will transfer to the Moab school Before the next football and bas bas- basketball basketball basketball seasons are underway Sports have little from the Jie population growth We seem to have a distressing quality of attracting boys who are not in interested interested In in- in sports There will be lots of talent I out ut for football next year but no weight is in sight Last years year's team tam was so alike in size it appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap they had been run over overby overby by Jy a lawnmower Most of them wl will 1 be carrying extra pounds next year but there will be a decided decided decided de de- de- de scarcity of hunt bears with a whip linemen I Big linemen in any anyone one school run in a cycle For several years a team is blessed with giants then without reason they vanish vanish vanish van van- ish for a span of three of four years Moab is still in the span of cf little size but the end is in sight Some of the junior high school athletes dwarf the seniors already so the next few years should ld bring a change |
