| OCR Text |
Show ngt a . . WAC Baseball Enters Stretch i season. Three games in Laramie 3 wind up the regular season wit - the playoff between northern f and southern division champs - will come later. i By RJEZCE STEIN Chronic! Assoc. Sports Editor Werther permitting" has been the theme of the Ute baseball base-ball team in 1964 conference action, ac-tion, but K appears the storms may have been a big asset WITH UTAH leading th northern division at 4-2, chance; are improving for the champion ship. With the cancellation o last week's Utah-Wyoming con test, the WAC offices revisec the northern division schedule knocking one Utah-BYU gamt off, too. Now, instead of meet-the meet-the Pokes and Cougars six times each, they will clash in only five contests. Utah has stopped the Cougars, defending champs, three of four times and will meet Tuesday on a neutral field in a crucial clash. The Cougars were also washed out of a game with Wyoming.- BYU stopped Wyoming Wyo-ming twice while the Utes were allowed only a split BYU is second sec-ond in the north at 3-3 while Wyoming follows at 1-3. A win against the Cougars next week and two against Wyoming Wy-oming when the Utes travel to Laramie on May and 16 would give tfiero the division championship. champion-ship. Strong slugging and tough ..pitching has been the key to constantly improving baseball situation. Craig MacKay, last year's northern division leader, along with Duane Freeman, Doug Wasko, Jack White, Louie Bracket and Alan Jenldnson are the power behind be-hind the Redskin bats. f - iJbj-Mi mil DUANE FREEMAN ... Has hit three home-rum. Wasko is having a tremendous tremen-dous year hitting over .350. Freeman, Utah's southpaw first sacker is. hitting around .280 with three home runs. He is coming on strong in recent games with two home runs against Utah State and a crucial hit against the Pokes over the weekend. MACKAY went 4-for-4 with a homer to lead Utah to a 4-3 win in the first game of Monday's Mon-day's twin bill with the Cowboys. Cow-boys. Gary Sleby, Vic Johansen and Wasko also got hits. 6a ve Varvel picked up his first conference win after starting start-ing four. He allowed the Cowboys Cow-boys only three scattered hits. Dermis Udy dropped his first WAC game in, the 4-2 night cap bringing his conference record to 3JI. . Tuesday's contest wKh BYU will close out the Redskin home |
