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Show 1 rw ( ' " . " - i . V : ; - I: )) .. F " . - 13 P. '. ; n VERNAL BASEBALLERS, Bobby Fitts, right and JodyF-H tured first place titles in a Pitch, Hit & Run contest in 2 ings, Wyoming, Friday. r Vernal youngs pocfie crowns I 1- Bobby Fitts and Jody Fitts of Vernal p captured first place crowns in the Pitch. Pit-ch. Hit and Run competition held Fn-i Fn-i day at the Kiwams field in Rock Spr-f Spr-f ings. Wyoming. Bobby placed first in the 10 year old division with a score of 269 and Jody netted top honors in the 8 year old class w ith a score of 79 This is the first stage in the national Pitch. Hit and Run competition. Jody and Bobby excelled in the three Pitch. Hit and Run skills; pitching for accuracy, hitting for distance and running runn-ing against the clock to achieve the highest combined score of all y oungsters in their age groups The Pilch. Hit and Run contest was open to boys and girls from 8 to 13 vears old. More than l.ooo Pitch. Hit and Run competitions were conducted nationwide. nation-wide. Pitch. Hit and Run. the official youth program of Major League Baseball, is sponsored as a public service ser-vice by local Burger King restaurants The Pitch. Hit and Run program was developed in cooperation with the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Spoi ls Hobby and Jody are students at Ashley Elementary. Bobbv has won the Punl. Pass and Kick contest on the local level for the past two years. He also plays soccer, bowls, plays football and is a memlHT of the Dodgers baseball team in the Mustang League. Jodv plays soccer and bowls in the Bantam League. Pilch. Hit and Run local winners will compete in the district meet, which will be held in Ogden on July 26. D.stnct winners are eligible to compete in division divi-sion championships, which will bo held al eleven Major League Stadiums across the country. The division meet in this area w .llhe held in San Francisco Out of this field of w irt-the irt-the top twelve scores it " in each age group. TSs. will go on to co.T.xi HE Cooperetoun. New V n PL1 Baseball s Hall of receive their awards x-the x-the second game lv ffiET Series. IETV '-urr I lERh |