Show r II I cs a r 2 L. L a a 1 W I MASER MAESER 2ND'S Dan Barlow blasts a hit Into the outfield during a IDS Region Softball battle bottle last lost Friday Maeser 2nd downed Vernal 21 to 9 for first place In the Senior division Vernal defeated Vernal 5 to 2 for first place In the Explorer class All four teams will compete In the Region Multi tourney In Provo Friday and Saturday f a d f f i ky fe f mr V VERNAL Kevin Jackson attempts to blast the ball above for a hit during IDS Region Softball action last week SPORTS FLASHBACKS I battle each I I I i t I II i I J I in other in in Uintah Uinta Bas Basin ir agtie l I A great deal is written about major league baseball teams but there are other other groups and individuals that play the game of baseball An article about baseball in Vernal follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on June 22 1939 VERNAL A TEAM WINS WHILE AND B TEAMS LOSE GAMES IES SUNDAY The Vernal As A's gave the Massadona l boys a set back of 5 10 Sunday on the latter's tatters diamond The score was close until the fifth inning The short hits were of no extra help in raising the score and the amount of homers made was too loo few to be counted TilE THE GAME was interrupted by a rather serious accident between two Vernal fielders As the ball was knocked out into the field the players rushed to recover it As they sped toward the ball Jimmie Bell and Harold Abplanalp collided giving the latter a badly kinked neck and the former a compound compound compound com com- pound fractured nose The Vernal team forfeited forfeited for for- the game scheduled for them at Due to the number of subs playing for the Vernal Bs B's Sunday the Fort Duchesne team gave them a good trouncing 16 6 The Bridgeland team is isnow isnow isnow now out of the league llague giving a abye abye abye bye next Sunday to Fort Duchesne Vernal As A's s will play Roosvelt at Roosevelt Vernal B n is matched against the Vernal here will play Massadona at Massadona Another baseball story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express June 29 1939 MASSADONA AND VERNAL TEAMS WIN SUNDAY BASEBALL nAMES GAMES Although both both teams made mademan man many errors the Massadona Mas Mas- sadona team pushed up their first victory Sunday at downing U 9 The fhe local team lost a rather lopsided game to the Vernal Junior 9 19 and the Vernal Seniors secured another win when Roosevelt forfeited the game Although a bad wind raged the Juniors with Shirley Price 0 on 1 the mound showed a type of playing which the boys were unable to compete with Jep Oaks made a homer with the bases full which raised the Juniors Junior's score four Thus far the Vernal Seniors and Ft Duchesne are tied for first the latter having one bye and three wins and Vernal securing 4 wins Sunday July 2 the Vernal Seniors will go to and the Vernal Juniors will have a abye bye The Vernal are scheduled to play Roosevelt and Ft Duchesne will clash with Massadona at the latter's diamond Another baseball story which was printed in the Vernal Express on June I 1 1939 follows TEAM DEFEATS JUNIORS IN MEMORIAL DAY GAME GAMEOn On Memorial day the local Junior baseball team met up with the boys from the Vernal camp in a close and interesting interesting interesting in in- game which ended 10 7 in favor of the House pitched for the Junior team until the fifth firth inning when Price took tool over the mound King Oaks Walker and Johnston did outstanding playing for lor forthe the Vernal team and were given one home run by Johnston but the could not be he outdone and they also hit out a homer At the annual Uintah Sportsman's Sportsmans Sportsmans Sportsman's Sport Sport- mans man's Riot Hiot on Sunday the Roosevelt Hoose sluggers gave the Vernal Junior team a little too still stiff competition with the game ending a lopsided score of 15 Birchell and Johnston of Vernal each lach secured a home run with th the latter doing some good hitting for lor th the V Th The Vernal Senior team gave gave the till Massadona a good shellacking in the game on Memoria I Day which left the latter with only one run and two hits but the Vernal sluggers secured 25 counters The first league games of the season sason will he be played June 4 4 The two V Vernal teams will play at th the fair grounds and Massadona l and Vernal scheduled for a game at the thes s same me place Roosevelt and Ft Duchesne will clash and Bridgeland camp will meet the team The latter two teams joined the league the part purt of this week making a total of eight light teams in the Uintah Basin League |