Show SPORTS FLASHBACKS l I I Altamont and Roosevelt base baseball b rik 4 tf 1 a teams defeat Vernal squad the items that remind Ix x popl orP l c of America are hot dogs dugs apple PI pie pil and nd baseball An article about hout baseball II which was is as printed in the Vernal press Express on July 14 1955 follows M 1 i E It H I C A N I. I 11 LEGION E 11 i ION N SEB B TEAM SHOWS snows FINE INE FORM OHM TIll The Vernal American Legion Junior Baseball nine lost a thrilling extra inning game to Altamont by Iy a score of 14 JI to 13 11 at t Altamont Wednesday a at- at 1 Allamont's pitching ace came through with his usual sterling performance allowing only nine hits in the eight innings innings innings in in- and striking out 15 His fast breaking curve and smoking fast ball were just too much for lor the Vernal hitters Abegglen Vernal's starting southpaw pitched flawless ball for lor six innings but was reached for lor seven hits hit in the disastrous seventh and had to be he replaced by Bryson Bryson couldn't rind find the plate with his pitches and alter walking three men was replaced by hy Cutshaw who turn turned ll in a beautiful exhibition of ol pitching for one inning by striking out the first three men mento mento mento to lace fall himI him I TillS MIS FORCED D the game into extra innings all tied up at 13 11 all II and nd alter Iter Larry Lee the lead off man for Vernal 1 reached I after being hit by hy a pitched lull kill lorg settled down and md andi i retired dired the next three men in order Altamont came cam up for their first turn at al bat in the last lastor of or the eighth lighth and after their first man l Denver reached first on an hit the game ame was ended with with a sharp drive over second base by hy K K Ralph which scored stored Denver Vernal's starting starling pitcher Abegglen pitched six full innings innings in in- pings striking out 8 and giving up seven hits The losing pitcher pit pit- her cher Cutshaw faced only 5 hatters butters and struck out three of them The winners scattered their hits throughout their batting hatting order with lorg forg Stevenson and Thacker getting two each ach For the losing Vernal nine Bryson was the outstanding outstanding out out- standing man at the place getting a u home run to score three runs in the fin first t Inning and then reached first on a Ii single in the eighth Larry Lee and Jerry rr Cutshaw also came u up p with ith two hits each adl one of ol I Ip Jerrys Jerry's Jerr s 's being heing a triple which dro drove in ill a run in ill the third inning in in- ning lIing Vernal pla plays s 's s again gain at 2 p pm m when they place plan host to 10 th the Roosevelt lt nine here hlll Another American Legion article which was printed in th the Vernal i Express on July 21 1935 1 follows lO IT T WINS DISTRICT I. I t EC ION It B AS S E EH B ALL 1 I. I I. I PLAYOFF 11 OFF Allamont's Altamont's American Legion Junior Bs Baseball team earned arned the right to represent this district in the area ura playoffs to tolie lie he held in th the near nar future by winning inning their final linal game against Ft FL Duchesne Tuesday al Altamont's Ul ace pitcher lorg was the Ihl big deciding factor in Altamont's copping lopping the district trophy turning in a seasons season's record of ol live five w wins ins and one loss lossIN IN Tilt THE other final of the I loops Coops play Roosevelt ran away with Vernal at Roosevelt with a lopsided score of twenty two to four lour Roosevelt's two pitchers Benson and Gary McDonald teamed up in the hitting hilling department lt to lead their team to as each of III them a homo i run un and und a single Benson Roosevelt's e hs h's starting pitcher gave ga up I three runs on lour hits before belore he heas heUs was as relieved by b h hGan Gir Gan Gary McDonald I in the third inning hining I McDonald went on to pitch his way wa to victory victor allowing only one hit and und one run during his liis tour lour innings on the mound Jimmy Abegglen starting pitcher wr for Vernal held Roosevelt to four lour runs in the first three innings but huh ran into trouble Roosevelt's batters and the high winds that started in inthe inthe inthe the fourth and md after alter giving up six home runs was replaced by Cutshaw The wind dust and hatters batters also gan ganged ed up lip on Cutshaw and und his teammates to score twelve more more runs in the final linal two frames For Vernal McCarrel I 1 Carrel Case Morgan Lee Cutshaw and und Workman each round lound the Roosevelt pitchers for forone forone forone one hit with Cutshaw's triple being the only extra base show The linal standings in the Duchesne Uintah-Duchesne District are Altamont Allamont first 51 5 Roosevelt second 4 2 Vernal third 4 2 and Ft Fl Duchesne fourth 1 15 |