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Show J Baseball Team To Battle S Mesa College Saturday J" " aft " FRANK KING . . . returning letterman ' University of Utah baseball 0tts team faces Mesa College this Sat-3e Sat-3e urday at Grand Junction, Colorado. Although, the Utes have only four ""i wins against five losses, the team has done well considering the competition. com-petition. Its games were with teams in southern California that fi had the advantage of playing in ' good weather for weeks, f The Utes have had solid hitting and good defense, but the pitching Hay has been inconsistent. Dick Hardy : of has been throwing well, but his est record is 0-3 because he has not 111! been getting the runs needed to win. The doubleheader at Mesa will probably see Hardy and Mark Di-j01 Di-j01 Giosio, a junior from Pittsburg, in starting roles and John Nordquist jjj, . and John Landures relieving. ras , Starters nts u. The starting infield will prober, prob-er, ably be George Theodore, John et Hunter, Jack Gerke and Tom Kil-gore. Kil-gore. Gary Cleverly, Jim Whiteley, in. Dave Edmonds wil start in the outre out-re field. The catching role will be re handled by Scott Mayne and Frank to King. Reserves to see action will n. be Steve Mellow and Randy Bayer. f- Utah demonstrated that they have e quite an offensive punch. The teams returned from the coast with Na .273 team batting average, with , five home runs. Two freshmen, r tandy Bayer and Steve Mellow, hesad the club in batting with .429 ipa-ind .313 averages respectively. fa The team defense is also outstand- ing with a .946 fielding average for the first nine games. Local Talent Utah is dominated by local talent. State high schools produced the ; backbone of the pitching staff with ; . Dick Hardy, John Landures, John Nordquist, Dan Prock, and Alan s Axtell. Starting catchers Frank (. King and Scott Mayne are both il from the Salt Lake area. The en-s en-s tire starting infield is local talent, j with Theodore, Hunter, Gehrke, and Kilgore. Two of the three j starting outfielders, Gary Clevery and Dave Edmonds are Utah pro-- pro-- ducts. Ute fans will have a chance to see the team in action with the next home game against BYU on April 12. i ; - '., mi I I ?' -i - -Q ' j GEORGE THEODORE . . . first baseman |