Show Women's Softball Tournament Lady Sluggers Start Play opens in Vernal Friday for the two day state women's softball tournament hosted here for the first time Four utah Class A teams members of the Amateur Soft Soft- Softball ball Association of America will compete for state honors including the Vernal Dinahs the Salt Lake City tes the Salt Lake City Sham Sham- Shamrocks Shamrocks rocks and the Salt Lake City defending state champions GAME TIMES are pm and 9 pm Friday 10 am 1130 am and pm Satur Satur- Saturday day The final game to decide the championship will be play play- played ed at 8 pm Saturday evening evening The tournament is sponsored locally by the Vernal Lions Club which made game ar and conducted ticket sales Last game for the member 13 Vernal Dinahs was July 6 when they met the of Salt Lake City in Vernal THE VERNAL Dinahs have played ten games this season in independent scheduling six in Salt Lake City two in Provo and two games at home The Salt Lake finished in first place in a Lo Lo- Lo Logan gan tournament July 9 13 competing with Class A teams from Salt Lake City Ogden and Logan The Vernal tournament was scheduled for two weekends of play but four teams dropped out cutting play to one weekend THE GAME schedule and team lineup is as follows pm Friday Salt Lake Shamrocks vs Vernal Dinahs 9 pm Friday Salt Lake vs Salt Lake Sham Sham- 10 am Saturday loser of I first Friday game vs loser of o Friday game 1130 am winners of Fri day games pm of 30 10 am game vs loser of 1130 game 8 pm winner of game d j r ti r a J 4 J 1 d 1 4 4 w diS a Asti ar r f t 4 al r rt t r ir ry kr 4 rr i arr 1 t B a q VERNAL DINAHS are ready for tournament play Friday and Saturday Dixie Akelund center Jeanne Gross umpire and Diane Mecham show that they are set for the two two- day state contest Staff photo vs winner of 1130 game If the winner of the 1130 game is defeated at the 8 pm 1 championship playoff the two teams will play an additional game in a double elimination series Glade Vernal Lions organizer for the women's tour tour- tournament tournament said the Salt LaKe teams are among the best of the states state's 15 women's teams and he looks forward to a keen round of competition in the tournament |