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Show V - . : ; " . - . -v 2 f : O " ....',,' . -.'. , ;- v a'v. - . '- J v . - - : '. j . : -. - V t"' " ' " ' . . v, V' " ''-5 f '-'. ' - ' J - - . j- $ ' . V' . . .-. '.-; j . - . .,' .... . ...,..-'. ... .V . ' ! . . x 1 ' . l- -j . v. - v.' ' - " ' ' f v. -'v ' x 5 - : i '! . ' ' --.'. .' - --'"-(. :.' Vfc -.. - t. 'i , ' . .. A. J -v.; '..-'' '..;.'- . ..r -. " y,-L x f-v - t , . - r ;j MANY GOLFERS have kept their ball from Course, but they have also found the pond going out of bounds on the eft side of the which is on the right side of the number number one hole on the Dmaland Golf one hole. "I've played a lot of number one holes, but I think the number one hole on the Dinaland Golf Course is the toughest one in the state. There is a three foot sidewalk that many of the golfers hit and there is a fence by the green as well as a trap and a pond." Deb Casada's tee shot didn't go over the fence, land in the sand, hit the water and slam against the sidewalk, but he still had some problems. "It hit the front of the green on number one and went off to the right. I just hit a nine wood and tried to keep it low and hook it. I hooked it and hit the green and the wind blew it off. I just try to get close." A number of years ago a survey was taken and the toughest eighteen holes in the state of Utah were listed and one of the 18 was the number one hole on the Dinaland Golf Course. So golfers beware of the sand, the fence, the pond, the sidewalk, the wind, sloping greens and who knows what else. SPORTS FLASHBACKS Vernal baseballers pocket wins over Myton, Neola and Altamont A baseball story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on June 2, 1948. ASA JOHNSTON PITCHES RECORD GAME MONDAY Asa Johnston, all-around Jensen athlete, playing for the American Legion sponsored Vernal baseball team, struck out 14 Neola batters Monday Mon-day afternoon at the Jaycee park for a league record. Vernal won the contest con-test by the close score of 6-4. A member of the Uintah Basin baseball league, Vernal will go up against Ft. Duchesne next Sunday at 2 p.m. at Ft. Duchesne. Gene Tuckett will take the mound with both Johnston and Ross Case standing by for relief in case of difficulty. Cliff Caldwell will continue in the catcher's spot. Outstanding hitters for the local team were Jep Oaks, third baseman, who pounded out a homer in the first inning which netted two runs; catcher and team manager Caldwell who knocked a triple in the first of the 7th and a two bagger in the 8th and Vic Waite, field manager-first baseman, who hit a double in the 7th. Johnston's win Monday placed Vernal Ver-nal in a close race with Myton for top spot in the league with three wins against only one loss. Myton remains unbeaten, but will clash with Vernal in three weeks. Only one earned run was made against Johnston in the Monday game. The remaining Neola runs were garnered on errors. A baseball story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on June 9. 1948. FT. DUCHESNE DUMPS VERNAL BASEBALLERS. 13-12 Vernal's entry in the Uintah Baseball League suffered its second defeat of the season last Sunday when it was tripped by the Utes at Ft. Duchesne by a score of 13 to 12. The defeat knocked the team from a close contender for Myton's top spot to a lagging lag-ging second place and all but out of the race for first half honors. The game was a thriller from the start to finish requiring 10 innings to decide the winner after the Utes tied it all up in the ninth. It produced one of the most unusual plays seen in a long time when, in the ninth and with the winning run on third base for the Utes, their husky clean-up batter got a clean single through the Vernal infield. in-field. Instead of runnig to first base the batter, thinking the game was automatically over when the run was scored, stopped and began celebrating the victory. Cliff Caldwell, Vernal catcher, cat-cher, stormed over to first base and called for the ball which put the batter bat-ter out since he had not run out the play. In the extra inning however, Ft. Duchesne pounded over the run that won the ball game. Vernal will attempt to get back into the race this Sunday when they play host to Altamont at the Jaycee park at 2 p.m. Manager Cliff Caldwell says he plans to start a newcomer on the team. Jack Woodbury will be on the mound with Asa Johnston behind the bat. A Softball story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on June 9, 1948. VERNAL TEAM DEFEATS BONANZA MONDAY NIGHT Vernal baseball team got back into the winning ways last Sunday when they defeated visitors from Altamont by the score of 14 to 7 to keep them in second place in league standings. With Asa Johnston pitching five-hit ball through the seventh inning, the game was never in doubt as to the outcome out-come although Altamont put on a spirited ninth inning rally that netted three runs. Allred and Goodrich hurlers allowed 14 hits while Johnston and Tuckett of Vernal gave up seven. Leading hitter of the day was Oaks. Vernal third sacker, who collected four for five including a triple and double. dou-ble. Waite and Cliff Caldwell also got doubles while Fox. Woodbury and Caldwell got 2 for 5 each to aid in the hitting attack. For Altamont Goodrich was the only player able to get more than one hit. He got a single and a triple. A softball story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on June 16, 1948. ASHTON'S WIN Three hit pitching of Hugh Caldwell and home run hitting of Jack Woodbury Wood-bury paced the Ashton's entry in the Oil League to an 8-5 victory over Arter-sia Arter-sia Monday night at Jaycee park. Caldwell allowed only three hits. Remainder Re-mainder of the runs were pushed through on errors. A baseball story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on June 23, 1948. VERNAL TRIPS MYTON BASEBALL TEAM, 13-9 An underdog Vernal nine upset Myton 13-9 last Sunday at Myton to hand the defending champs their first loss of the season and bag a firm grip on second place as first half play ended. Although Vernal took an early lead scoring 5 runs in the first frame, the game was in doubt until the 9th when the locals pounded across five runs, one of which was a towering homer by Jack Woodbury, Vernal cleanup man with Manager Cliff Caldwell aboard. Myton also put on a spirited last ditch rally that netted them four runs but they were too far behind to profit by them. Oches, local third sacker, continued his fine hitting spree with a triple and two singles in six times up. Woodbury got a homer, double and single in six tries. Tassainer, Johnson and Caldwell each got two to contribute to the 14 hit total, which Mott and Monks were best for the champs with three and two respectively. Myton collected only seven hits off Asa Johnston but 13 Vernal errors couples with 9 free passes by Johnston kept the game very close until the last inning. A softball story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on June 23, 1948. UTAH MOTOR BEATS ASHTON'S IN COMEDY OF ERRORS It was a comedy of errors Friday night, funny to everyone but Ashton's softball team and its rooters. The underdog entry in the Oilers league, Utah Motor came out one run ahead, 16-15, on a last inning home run by catcher and manager, Cliff Caldwell. The more experienced Ashton's team made 10 runs in the first inning as members of the opposing team made about as many errors. Principal error markers in the play were shortstop short-stop Staley and second baseman Fox. Utah Motor players warmed up somewhat during the succeeding innings inn-ings and made some good catches and hit good balls. They were batting against the experienced pitching of Hugh Caldwell. With four runs ahead, Utah Motor's team took the field in the ninth inning. Ashton's pounded in their four runs to even the score. Caldwell of Utah Motor clouted out a home run with two outs between right and centerfield to win the game. A basketball story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on December 22. 1948. After six successive defeats the Uintah Uin-tah Utes broke into its winning column last Saturday against Craig High School here at the Uintah gym. The final score was 20-19 in favor of the Utes. The game was very closely played as Uintah took an early lead for the first half. Then Craig took over and held it until the last minute or two when Brent Feltch, Uintah center, tossed in the winning basket. Halstcad, Preece and Feltch carried the Utes. Avargas was high scorer for Craig and plaved a beautiful ball game. Uintah's starling lineup was Wayne Halstcad and Dick Hullingcr, forwards; for-wards; Urent Feltch, center; Ralph Bryson and Lowell Caldwell, guards. A hunting story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on December 2!), 1948. Eight-five percent of the state's elk hunters were successful this year, according ac-cording to D M. f Mike) Gaufin, supervisor super-visor of big game, Utah fish and game department. There were 910 hunters who went into the mountains this fall and 772 of them came back with their big game animals. |
