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Show , LEGION WILL AGAIN -SUPPORXJUNIOR BALL Local Trams Will Be Selected and Practice Will Start April 1st. The local post of the American Lei'ion will again support a junior league baseball team this year and preliminary plans are now being worked out. The St. George team will be sponsored by the Washington Washing-ton County News with the cooperation coop-eration of the Legion and a coach and assistants to take charge of the teams will be selected soon. The plan which worked to good ndvantnge last year, that of form-four form-four teams for local competition, competi-tion, each under a different manner, man-ner, will be followed again this 'w. The oustanding players of t-e'e (cams will be given berths cn tlie regular team which will compete in the district, and if successful, in the state meet at tVden in August. Last year St. 1 George boys were successful in J t;ie district and won fourth place ;" the state meet in Provo. " ".lit a million boys under the of 17 will participate in the Junior baseb.ill program of the American Legion during 1931. according ac-cording to Russell Cook, director ,,f Americanism of the Legion, ";'.o was in Salt Lake recently go- over plans with the Utah of- I "'wis for the baseball program :;'s year. Director Cook was on a j i "r of the Legion posts and dr- I M"nicnts of the west. The basebsll program of the Le-f'on Le-f'on will be extended this year 'ugh playgrounds and commer- ''ream-rations, he stated. There 1 pi'v:v,'s a crowing interest in this p ef activity ell over the conn- ! :v- hp declared. ; While in Utah Mr. Cook said he ouM recommend that Ordcn be , ''""rt the four-state regional tour- ' """'"it this yc:r. Tins meet will t''Tlc' state champions of v Nevada. California and Ari- "'..Y |