Show SPORTS FLASHBACKS t t n 1 t I Vernal softball squads conclude league action The sport of Softball has always been a popular summer activity and the summer of 1949 was no different Three softball articles which were printed in the Vernal Express on August 24 1949 follow UTAH MOTOR TEAM WINS HONORS Utah M Motor t tor finally copped honors in the Commercial softball league after a year four-year chase as they closed the season by losing to Western Auto after cinching the title by winning from the Golden Nuggets The score in the final game was 20 18 Although close and exciting most of the way the game was raggedly played with 18 errors being committed by each club Halstead gave up only six safeties however while the winners were pounding g Dick Jacobson for 13 DEWEY CALDWELL was the heavy sticker with two homers but Arnie Lewis led the assault with three safeties including two doubles Buddy Jacobson led the losers with a pair of hits The game brought to an end the summers summer's schedule for the themen themen themen men with an star all-star aggregation to meet the new champs in an star all-star game Cliff Caldwell is manager of Utah Motors Motor's team tE-am the ine Commercial Leagues League's final standing for the second half was Utah Motor first 3 1 western Auto second 2 22 and Golden Nuggets third 13 1 PIEDMONT LADIES TAKE LEAGUE HACK Piedmont Dairy lady softball sluggers Monday night at Jaycee park outplayed the Ashley Valley Market team in fn a playoff for second half honors Piedmont also won the first half crown The Milk Maids collected 18 hits only two more than their opponents but bounced them sufficiently to allow 14 runs Although they got the 16 hits Ashley Valley Market girls were able to push sh across arross only seven runs The two teams made six and four errors respectively The Ladies' Ladies League ended last week with Ashley Valley Market and Piedmont Dairy tied up The needed only to defeat Thomas Lumber on the final night of play to take the second half but failed to tomake tomake tomake make good TilE THE LUMBERMEN'S eight- eight run first inning proved to be too big an obstacle to overcome as Whitaker Merrell and Winward each banged out three hits to protect the big lead Grace McKeachnie's four for four took the spotlight however as she led the losers in their unsuccessful unsuccessful un un- successful attempt to overtake a fighting Lumber team Other games saw Piedmont Dairy win twice defeating Vernal Drug 3 10 and Tridell 20 2 Ashley Valley Market swamped Davis 7 34 Vernal Drug edged Naples in the final inning 13 12 and Thomas Lumber fell before a battling Tridell nine 13 JUNIOR LEAGUE SOFTBALL WINNERS TOLD Superior hitting and pitching- pitching in spite of 19 walks-gave walks the Stagg Plumbing team in the Junior Softball league championship championship championship cham cham- honors Monday night as they defeated the Bank of Vernal entry 23 Bryce Caldwell promising young pitcher went all the way for the Stagg team allowing the 19 walks He lie and his teammates collected 17 hits and five errors BANK OF VERNAL players had difficulty getting a working battery F F. F Hatch D Barr and P P. P Phillips all put in time on the mound Although they gave seven walks their teammates made seven errors They got 12 hits The stars all-stars battled Utah Motor in 1949 The story which was printed in the Vernal Express on August 31 1949 19 follows STAR ALL TEAM TROUNCES LEAGUE CHAMPS The curtain rang down on play in Uintah's Commercial league last Tuesday evening as an star all team composed of players from the Golden Nuggets and Western Auto downed the champion Utah Motor nine 14 to 7 in a game that was rained out after four innings of play The Stars' Stars hit 17 barrage was too much for the losers as they collected six safeties off Wayne Halstead for seven tallies BRYCE CALDWELL with one home run and Dewey Caldwell with two were the Stars power hitters But it was Donnie Barr and Ned Lee who led the attack with three hits each Asa Johnson was best for Utah Motor with a pair including including including in in- a triple |