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Show Sports Here and There byAlAblctt Rex Layne didn't over stay his visa in Canada less than two minutes against Walls. The big 1 colored boy didn't waste any j time, at the bell he came out I swinging and never stopped until Layne was counted out. The tip off to Rex's condition was when j they announced his weight at ! 206. Rex it his best is at about 190 lbs. Nice boy this Layne fel-1 low, he never did like fighting but it was a fast way to make a buck, and he took it. He was tough and could punch but just never learned to protect himself. him-self. He didn't have the speed to make up for it, so the result 1 nn.... U; was he was just too easy 10 nu. Marv Jenson kept him up there and as late as last month he was in seventh place in the Ring Magazine rating. I suppose after this Walls thinks he will be rateo just below totals. Don't know what he and Jenson have planned but I hope it is a nice farm. These two have done all right in a rough tough business. We have another local boy who next spring will start up the baseball ladder that we hope some day will lead to fame and . fortune. Marion Cowdcll has signed with the New York Giants Gi-ants and I am sure that barring any trouble he will in the not too distant future be pitching in the Polo Grounds in New York City. He will go to the Giants' training base in Sanford, Fla., next spring, where he will be under some of the best coaches in the baseball business. So this corner wishes Marion luck and we will be following him in the box scores. The local American Legion team and the BDAA entry are both going along at a fast clip. The Legion looks like a cinch for a tournament berth unless they have a let down, and the BDAA entry in the Northwest Semi Pro league will be tough to take in this second half. Provo won the first half pennant pen-nant in the storm tossed Industrial Indus-trial League, beating Helper in a wild and woolly game at Provo last Sunday 9 to 8. But Helper is having financial troubles and I the board members told me that j unless the players cooperate they . will have to fold. The players say they can't take a cut because of the long trip and the hours they have to put in to play a game. So both sides have a point and the decision will be made later this week. American Fork is having the same trouble. Their players were asked to take a cut. Don't know the results, but I know some of them will quit. That old monster TV has raised its head in American Am-erican Fork because on Wednesday Wednes-day night which is fight night on TV they just don't draw. I say the solution is in leagues like the Northwest Semi Pro. Develop your home town talent, and have young hustling clubs. Provo is the best example a young club that hustles every minute. The Bees are on the up swing. Gassaway, their new skipper, has them running and his hitters are coming through for him. They opened a long home stay last night, Thursday. Now is the time to make their move. See you next week. AL O |