Show Sports Flashbacks t Uintah Utes Uintah Ute base bailers garner state tournament crown Baseball has always been one of the favorite spring sports in the Uintah Basin An article about baseball follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on May 25 1967 UTES PLAY FOR CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY The Uintah High School Utes meet Richfield on the Vernal field today Thursday at 2 pm p.m. to determine which of the two teams will be State Class B Champions for 1967 The Uintah team has never before in history held the state baseball crown Ted Taylors Taylor's Utes are looking for a win to climax a short but busy and mighty successful season Coach Taylor urges the community to fill the spectator stands at Thursdays Thursday's game Likewise the Vernal Chamber in its meeting Tuesday urged community support of the team effort and encouraged encouraged encouraged en en- local business houses to close if possible so that the fans can watch the game Play is slated to begin at 2 pm p.m. on the Uintah High School baseball diamond Recapping the season record the Utes have won nine and lost three to date dale A pair of victories over Union High clinched the Northern Division title for the Utes qualifying them for a trip to Helper and a crack at atI atthe the Region Six title The Utes dumped I Moab by a score of 3 2 in play in the state semi May 18 18 Thursday saw the Utes tes lined up against Cedar City on the Cedar City field Coach Taylor said his boys were out outto outto outto to win that game from the first inning against a team that had an 8 0 undefeated season record The Cedar High nine were also playing as Region Eight champions for the com com- year Cedar City's Wynn Isom thought to be the best pitcher in State B play took the mount against the Ute team Uintah scored a run in the first inning inning inning inn inn- ing sparked by a single off the bat of Duane Hanberg and followed through with a single by Eddy Johnson and another single by Roberg Walker scoring scoring scoring ing Hanberg across the plate Jim Malone Uintah ace hurler gathered in n the win when the final tally showed Uintah leading 5 59 Malone allowed six hits struck out eight men and walked nobody in the seven inn inn- ings Wynn Isom yielded nine hits to Uintah Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah batters before the games game's end Coach Taylor credits his club with a strong desire to win and allows his bench of reserves gives the Ute nine extra extra extra ex ex- tra bit bil of support which make victories out of tough games I believe half of the credit for our last four wins should go to the nine boys on the bench affirmed affirmed af af- af firmed Taylor While passing out credits the coach expressed thanks to the local people who have worked hard for organized baseball in Vernal He noted that those in Little Litlie League and up to the city team including coaches umpires and contributing contributing con con- businessmen can be proud of the young men now playing on the high school team Lets all corr cone e out and support the boys in their championship game Thursday he concluded The outcome of that stale shamp championship championship cham cham- game follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express June 1 1967 UTES WIN FIRST B BASEBALL CROWN Ted Taylors Taylor's Uintah Utes ran away with the Utah State Stale B baseball crown Thursday of last week as they defeated Richfield on the Vernal field by a lopsided lopsided lopsided lop lop- sided 10 Jim Malone Ute pitching sensation struck out 15 Richfield batters allowing allow ng only four hits in the seven-inning seven game Only a junior Malone ran his total of strikeouts to 77 for six games He walked walked walk walk- ed only two men in six games both passes coming in Thursdays Thursday's play Eight Uintah batters scored hits against Richfield hurlers Malone tagged tagged tagged ed the ball for two hits only man in the Utes lineup to do so Mott Hawkins Wilkins Hanberg Jensen Johnson and Walker got one hit Errors hurt the badly shaken Richfield team which booted the ball for six mistakes giving Uintah extra bases and runs across home plate on several occasions Uintah scored two runs in the first inning inning inning in in- ning two more in the third one in the fourth inning three in the fifth and two in the sixth inning to tally the 10 points Coach Taylor looks forward to all but three of his top lop men returning to the diamond next season Doug Jensen R. R Walker and Dennis Mott Molt graduated the day after the championship game The Utes often started with as many manyas as five sophomores filling diamond positions this season so Coach Taylor looks for a stronger more experienced team back next year with wilh Malone on the mound again Malone has great things coming for him his coach noted Hes just out there throwing now with wilh some more work hell he'll be a great pitcher Could be that the Utes have an eye on another B trophy next year |