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Show Sports Here and There by Al Ablett The Jordan School Board has picked a successor to Sandy for the Bingham coaching job in the person of DelMar Schick, and a better choice couldn't have been made. I think that as big as the shoe is that he will have to fit, Del is the boy to do it. Sure there will be those that will say that he doesn't have the experience to fill the job. But they couldn't have gone out and got a man that has the confidence of the kids that Del has, and he has worked under Sandy long enough to know what it takes to win. And I am sure that they have picked a man that will do nothing noth-ing that will reflect on his tutor. Bingham has been indeed fortunate for-tunate in their choice of men that have had a part in building the character o fher boys, and in the case of Del, I think they have picked another winner. The Junior Jun-ior high school job hasn't been filled as yet but they have a number of good men to pick from, so I am sure they will come up with the right one. The American Legion team has gone on a trip through Montana. They play four games on the trip. This will be wonderful ex-i ex-i perience for the kids and they will come back ready to play the Salt Lake entry for the right to go to the state tournament. The state meet is being held in Smith-field Smith-field again this year. The Nevada State tournament is being held at Meumthis year startlng on the 28th of July. Charlie Bates and myself have been picked to umpire. The local entry in the Northwest North-west league won the first half and have a good start in the second sec-ond half. Boy isn't that a donnybroom in the American League. The Yankees have been going like mad winning 32 of their last 40 and they still haven't been able to take the lead away from the Indians. This is one year that Cleveland hasn't shown any signs of folding. In spite of losing key men like Rosen and Avilla for a number of games they keep on winning. There big three pitching pitch-ing has been getting some real help this year. Narleski, Houtte-man Houtte-man and the one and only Bob Feller have been shipping in well pitched games. Bullet Bob has a seven and one record at this writ ing and he is due to go today, Thursday. Bob has reached the first ten in all time wins and one must remember that he was in the navy four years that came in the prime of his pitching life. Only two men have more strikeouts strike-outs than the fabulous Iowa farm boy Walter Johnson and Young. Give Bob those four years and he would have been out in front all by himself. The last time Eddie Montague, the great Giant scout was here he was telling us about Bob Grove and comoaring the fast balls of the various speed merchants, mer-chants, Johnson, Feller and Grove and he told us of one time when Grove, pitching against his Cleveland Clev-eland club threw 18 straight strikes before a man got even as much as a foul ball and that Feller Fel-ler was on given days just as fast. The one thing that has eluded elud-ed Feller is a World Series win and I am pulling that he gets another an-other chance this year. The White Sox is the other team that will be in the thick of the fight right down to the wire, so hold your hats fans and come October we will see who will play the Giants. Back to the fight game in Utah. It seems that it has taken on new life. Marv Jenson put on a show at West Jordan that was a dandy from a financial standpoint at least. They drew over four thousand thous-and fans and along comes Tommy Tom-my Martin last Monday at the fairgrounds with the best card seen in Utah in many a day and it drew almost three thousand. So you can see if this keeps up the fans in Utah that have suffered suf-fered for so long might A long last be able to see some good cards. They have another on tap at West Jordan for July 29 that has all the earmarks of a great scrap. Gene Fullmer goes again and this alone tells you that it will be a fight. So if you haven't planned to take it in you better do so. AL |