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Show Roosevelv downs The game was tied at 3-3 after five complete innings of action, but the deadlock was cracked with the swing of a bat by Pete Jones as he sent the ball over the fence for a three run homer in the top of the sixth inning to guide the Roosevelt team to an 8 to 3 District Pony League Tournament win over the Vernal A team, Saturday in Roosevelt. Roosevelt went down one, two, three in the top of the first inning on strike outs by Greg Jaramillo, but Vernal gained a runner in the bottom of the first inning as Todd Shiner singled with two outs. He stole second base, but Brett Weldon struck out to end the inning. The Roosevelt crew jumped out to a 2- 0 lead in the top of the second inning. Bryan Ross singled and Tommy Olsen was hit by the pitcher. Ross was tagged tagg-ed out as he tried to advance to third base due to a good throw by Tommy Winters and Skeeter Kroeplin netted a single. Vernal faked a throw to third base with Olsen on the bag and then tossed the ball to second base, but it wasn't in time to nail Kroeplin. Jones gained a single when his base hit dropped drop-ped between three fielders and Olsen scored to give Roosevelt a 1-0 lead. Kroeplin scored to present a 2-0 lead to Roosevelt when the throw to first on a hit by Bobby Riding was low. Whitey Crozier flied out for the final out of the inning. Vernal had three base runners in the bottom of the second inning, but all three failed to score. David Murphy was walked with one out, but was tagged tagg-ed out at second base on a stealing attempt. at-tempt. Kenny Mohar singled and Winters gained a base hit. Mohar was tagged out when he tried to move from first to third base on the hit by Winters. Roosevelt was blanked in the top of the third inning, but Vernal was not as they scored two runs to tie up the game at 2-2. Tory Adams was hit by the pitcher pit-cher and Mike Schiller was walked. Adams advanced to second and third on wild pitches and scored Vernal's first run on a wild pitch. Shiner singled singl-ed and Brett Weldon delivered a shot over the outfielder's head for a double to drive in Schiller with the game tying ty-ing run at 2-2. Jaramillo grounded out to end the inning. The 2-2 tie was broken in the top of the fourth inning on one run by the Roosevelt team. Olsen reached second base on an error and Jones was walked walk-ed with one out. Both runners advanced advanc-ed on a wild pitch. Riding gained a bunt and Olsen scored to present a 3-2 advantage to Roosevelt. Vernal went down in order in the bottom of the fourth inning and Roosevelt was blanked one, two, three in the top of the fifth inning. Three of Vernal's batters in the bottom bot-tom of the fifth inning struck out, but Roosevelt's pitcher, Riding was hurt by a walk, balk, steal and wild pitch. Schiller was walked, stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch. Schiller scored on a balk to tie up the game at 3- 3. Olsen and Jeff Hanberg led off with singles in the top of the sixth inning and then Jones delivered the mighty blow as he blasted the baseball over the centerfield fence to place Roosevelt three runs ahead at 6-3. Crozier grounded out. The next batter failed to deliver a bunt on a suicide squeeze play, but Riding scored anyway as he crashed into the catcher and knocked the ball out of his mitt. Mike Davis singled and Ryan Eldredge ripped out a double to knock in Davis with an 8-3 lead. Ross struck out to end the inning. Vernal was blanked in the bottom of the sixth inning. inn-ing. The Roosevelt team was shutout in the top of the seventh inning. Mohar was out at first base in the bottom of the seventh inning as the throw was high to the bag, but the fielder got the ball in time for the first out. Larry Wiseman was walked with two outs, but Schiller flied out to end the inning. Vernal's A team advanced into the title game when they beat Vernal's B team, 10 to 4. Vernal's B team jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on two runs by Gordon Limb and Larry Murray. Vernal's A team scored one run in the bottom of the first inning on a counter by Schiller to cut the B team lead to one run at 2-1. The B crew increased its lead to three runs at 4-1 on runs by Murray and Oscarson in the top of the second inning. inn-ing. Vernal's A team gained two runs in the bottom of the second jnning on counters by Murphy and Mohar to cut the Vernal B team lead to one run at 4- 3. Vernal's A team outscored Vernal's B team in the rest of the game, 7-0, to win the game by the score of 10-4. Adams, Schiller and Shiner scored in the fifth inning and Mohar, Schiller, Taylor and Shiner scored counters in the sixth inning. Vernal's A team scored one run in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge Richfield, 7 to 6, Thursday in a District Pony league game in Roosevelt. Todd Shiner led off with a walk, but Brett Weldon struck out. Shiner stole second base and moved to third base when the throw to second darted into the outfield. out-field. Greg Jaramillo hit a fly ball into in-to left field and Shiner scored to give Vernal a one run win. Richfield jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Tune, Hansen and Olsen scored for the Richfield Crew. David Murphy scored for Vernal in the bottom of the second inning. Vernal's Shiner and Weldon scored in the bottom of the third inning inn-ing to tie up the game at 3-3. Greg Jaramillo doubled in the inning. The Richfield team scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning for a 6-3 lead on counters by Christensen, Moss and Henry. Henry and Tune doubled for Richfield. Vernal's Taylor, Shiner and Weldon scored in the bottom bot-tom of the fifth inning to tie up the game at 6-6. Vernal's A team was beaten by Roosevelt, 5 to 4, July 19 and beat South Sevier, 22 to 0, July 20. Roosevelt grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a run by Lynn Abplanalp, but Vernal tied up the game at 1-1 on a run by Bart Taylor in the fourth. Jaramillo and David Murphy singled in the inning. The Roosevelt team grabbed a 3-1 lead in the top of the fifth inning. Copeland got on the bases on an error and scored on a homer with two outs by Bobby Riding. The Vernal team scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to tie up the game at 3-3. Adams and Schiller scored for the Vernal Ver-nal team. Roosevelt broke the tie in the top of the seventh inning and nabbed a lead of 5-3. Kenny Atwood doubled and Ross singled and both runners crossed cross-ed home plate. Adams scored one run for the Vernal team in the bottom of the seventh inning and the final score was Roosevelt, 5, and Vernal, 4. Vernal's B team beat South Sevier and Richfield, but was downed by Roosevelt by the score of 15 to 1. Teams engage in contests Three teams have one loss each in-the in-the A League in the Vernal Women's Slowpitch Program. H. S. Sowards is 4-1. CRC BI-CO and the Crack'd Pot are 3-1. T & J Yamaha is 2-2. Gateway Lounge is 1-4 and T. R. Tanks is 0-4. American Gilsonite and Ben Franklin own 2-0 records in the B League. L. C. Pets is 3-1 and Parrish Oil is 2-1. Lamplighter is 2-2. Chevron is 1-2. Shade Tree and T.L.C. are 0-4. H. S. Sowards beat T & J Yamaha, 9 to 5 and the Crack'd Pot beat T. R. Tanks, 18 to 5. L.C. Pets beat Lamplighter, 10 to 2 and T.L.C, 11 to 2. The Crack'd Pot downed CRC BI-CO, BI-CO, 10 to 9 and H. S. Sowards edged Gateway Lounge, 6 to 5 and Lamplighter shined as they beat Chevron Resources, 13 to 8. American Gilsonite downed Chevron, 10 to 4 and H. S. Sowards beat Gateway Lounge, 17 to 5. " : I j. - - - . ROOSEVELT WINS the close battle for first base as first baseman, Skeeter Kroeplin holds on tightly to the ball and keeps his foot on the bag to cause Kenny Mohar of Vernal Abplanalp and back row, Pete Jones, Allan Bumgarner, Jeff Hanberg, Martin Locke, Bryan Ross, Ryan Eldredge, Skeeter Kroeplin and Bobby Riding. Coaches are Tim Davis, Danny Bryson and Cloyd Davis, left to right. : .. - v, v y - .' ". Mr, v v - , ' t- to commit an out. Roosevelt beat Vernal's A team, 8-3, in the District Pony League championship game, Saturday. it - , y ' THE RUNNER, Skeeter Kroeplin, right, digs up dirt and is called safe at the second base bag by the umpire. Roosevelt ? s r, 7 ' f - - - I ? . i ROOSEVELT GARNERED first place in the District Pony League Tournament, Saturday. Members of the team are: front row, left to right, Kenny Atwood, Whitey Crozier, Mike Davis, Guy Trowbridge, Ryan Curry, Tommy Olsen, Lynn VPPM'L NABBED second place in the .jtrict Pony League Tournament in Roosevelt. Members of the Vernal A team are: front row, left to right, Larry Wiseman, Clair Brock, David Murphy, Bill Rosette, Todd Shiner, Bart Taylor. Tory Adams and back row, Ted Taylor, head coach; Coi y Clark. Tom Winters, George Weldon, coach: Grep Jaramillo, Kenny Mohar, Brett Weldon. Mike Schiller, Gene Gurr, coach; Eric Morrill. defeated Vernal's A team, twice, in the District Pony League Tournament. |
