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Show raaa Wyoming Invades Ute Tepee By REECE STEIN Chronicle Assoc Sport Editor Wyoming University brings in a rather impressive looking baseball club with an unimpressive unimpres-sive record today as the Western jerry Marion put on quite showTgain5tColoradoend the Air Academy to beowe the Sand-out on the team Battmg 412 he leads the squad m eignt categories: at bats fll runs C27), hits (47), total bases (78), trioles (6), home runs (5), runs ffi in (24) and stolen bases 24. Three other Pokes axe hitting hit-ting In the J00 rea- Don Cadman and Tom Wood-mansee Wood-mansee are two fine pitchers and will undoubtedly pitch back to back in Monday's double bill. Cadman leads the squad with a fine 2.62 earned run average with five complete games, 28 strike outs and a 4-4 record. Woodmansee is second in strike outs with 26, has a 3.05 ERA and has snared a 6-2 record to lead the team in wins. He has completed three of six starts. AS A TEAM the Cowboys are hitting .284 and their pitchers have held the 30 opponents to a .259 B.A. Probable starting pitchers today to-day for the Redskins will be Dave Varvel and sophomore John 'Noriega. Athletic Conference diamond wars resume. Utah will meet the Cowboys twice today beginning at 1:00 and once more on Tuesday at 2:30. It Is the first of six scheduled leagues games between be-tween the two clubs. In action last Thursday, the Redskins split a douHeheader with Vtah State, dropping the first game, 7-6, and copping the nightcap, 10-6. BATTING HEROICS were performed per-formed by Craig McKay and Vic Johansen who went 5-for-9 and 4-for-9, respectively and first baseman Duane Freeman who poled two home runs for the afternoon one worth three runs. The Utes were slated to play Weber State in a day-night doublebill Friday but bowed m favor of the weather rain, mow, etc. UTAH CURRENTLY leading Che northern division with a 3-1 record all against .Brigham Young will get its firstlook at the Cowboys who were dumped twice by Brigham Young Friday, Fri-day, 14-0 and 3-1. Wyoming has completed 32 ball games to rack up a 14-18 overall record. The Cowboys dropped three games to each Arizona and Arizona Ari-zona State and knocked New Mexico off three times in preseason pre-season action with southern division di-vision clubs. Arizona was runner-up in the 'NCAA world series last year and general feelings feel-ings say the conference title will be determined following the ASU-Arizona series. FRED BRIGHAM, a junior short stop leads the Pokes with an amazing .425 batting average in 106 at bats. He leads the squad in doubles with seven and has 18 RBrs and three home runs. |