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Show t TTFTfT'FTTT f'l M 0 Sttttos-Neui- H Father Brands His Son, 24, As Thief in Crowded Courtroom NEPHI NEWS Mi. Lilly Wright Correspondent - Phone 30J Section Thursday, May 6th, 1948 2 Page Baseball In Nephi Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Latimer and daughter Lynne Adele returned to their home in Pocatello Idaho Sunday from a week end visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wright. Mrs. Jos. G. Irons and Mrs. A. G. Irons were in Salt Lake City last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. S perry spent last week with their families in Sajt Lake City and Woods-cros- s. a Vri-'v- Mr. and Mrs. Barrus Jenkins in Kirkland, who have resided Washington have returned to Nephi to make their home. Kenneth Stephenson cnlled at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Stephenson, from a Soil Conservation tour through Southern Utah. Jack Vickers. a student at the University of Utah was a vveek-n- d visitor at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester B. WW3Sst EL ' "-I- r - sjr.- 1 NEW YORK. As tears streamed from his eyes, a father stood In a crowded courtroom and pressed a grand larceny charge against his son whom on six previous occasions he had saved from a possible Jail sentence by making good on money allegedly stolen by the youth. The latter, Thomas Sexton, 24, North Bergen, N. J., stole two of his mother's coats, a mink coat valued at $2,700, the other a $350 fur He had been arraigned In j;ket felony court as a fugitive from justice and then brought to a higher court for extradition proceedings after his father. William, signed a complaint alleging the theft of his wife's apparel. Arraigned before Judge John A. Mullen, the youth was said to have been arrested repeatedly since 1941. In 1941 he was sentenced to five years for grand larceny but execution of sentence was suspended after his father had made restitution for the money stolen Other offenses his record showed, included passing worthless checks and stealing mail from mail boxes As they stood side by side before Judge Mullen the father turned to his son and asked: "Why won't you be a good boy?" "1 will if you'H give me just one more chance." he replied The tu ;her remained mute and Judge Mulleii put the youth in the custody of tne North Bergen police. Two frames nw;iv frr.m k will start the Central Utah league for Nephi's base- uan 9th sunaay, May the Nephi boys will travel to Hel- per where they will meet the new league entry and on Wednesday May 12th the will play at Eureka Watch this scores of the two games and for in Automobile Crash, a big announcement of the oDen- - Injured Girl Marries Beoo in Hosp'tal incr- Hair os4i.ri4-:AcnviLitra nere. . ic-a- ELKTON. Front: Fred Chapman, Earl Sparks, Jack Hague, Jude Pexton. BASEBALL in Nephi 45 years ago Back row: Lot Pexton, Pete Anderson, Charlie Strong, Roy Batchelor, Andrew Nielson. Article below: (Editor's Note: The following article has been submitted for publication, together with the photograph on this page. The writer says "it is my wish to He also remain, anonymous. wants to remain anonymous in the donation of $20.00 to help Nephi's baseball situation, and the check is being turned over to local baseball to help purchase officials equipment. As far as we can tell you, the gentleman is a sincere Nephi booster, and always has been. We can't tell you his name, but we use this means of saying THANKS from the baseball fans and players for his generous contribution, and THANKS from this newspaper for his fine article below. ) positions of some of these sterling players. However, the nucleus and the principal players are included in the above roster of what. I consider Nephi's greatest ball team of all time. This may seem a statement of bigotry to some, considering the rapid advancement in sports, playing equipment, grounds, coaches, and all the modern et ceteras to build and promote our great American pastime. Despite the many advantages in this, our stream-line- d age, has ? d Is the love of the game as apparent as in those days of yore? Would the players of today face the handicaps that beset those rugged boys of the Eighties and Nineties? No fanfare. Little community support, if any. Homemade uniforms. Many players without gloves. Balls, bats, masks hard to obtain. Evening practice after a hard day in the hay fields, or behind a hand plow. No glamor in those overalls and demin shirt grimy with sweat and soiled with the sod they so assidously tilled ,yet they always responded to the call PLAY BALL. Seemingly have forgotten the "Umps", yet, Jack Sidwell was one of them. Lots of arguments, but I never saw any fisticuffs at those great games. They played for the lve of playing, played hard and earned the plaudits from the few. Lack of fanfare never dismayed their spirits. Other teams followed3 medicore to this great team, yet up to the average of small ability-'improve- As far back as I can remember, a ball team. Nephi always had And what a team was the first one I recall: Hugh Park pitcher. Tom Bailey, catcher, with, unless I err, Langley Bailey Jr. relief catcher and first base. "Bill'' Shimmins, second and what a second baseman he was. High 'jumpin' Smimmins, They had to they called him. or "put em high" over his head he'd snag 'em down. Tom Bellis-toI believe played third. Jim Bigler short. 'Oliver Wilson center field. Owen Boswell right. Will Bowles, left. After an elapse of so many, years, I may have overlooked or misplaced the playing n, town baseball teams of that period. I played in several of them and our goal was to be as good as Tom and Langley Bailey, Parks, Belliston, Bowles," Bigler, Wilson, Boswell Shimmins and others, but we never quite made the grade. Guess those chaps had the "baseball heart'' and the heart for baseball which made them tops during the Eighties and gay Nineties. Practice of Bibliomancy The early practice of bibliomancy was the receiving of divination by means of opening the Bible and noting the first passage which the eys lit upon. This was believed to have been a direct message to the person who opened the Bible. Another method was for a person entering a church to note the first words of the Bible which were heard. They also were believed to have carried a special message. The practice was in extensive practice for centuries, especially in the case of the election MD - An old-time- rs . 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Mrs F.va Binge man, a broken jaw in the accident They ae in neighboring beds in the Union hospital That's where the wedding took place with gifts THE OLD RED SOCKS I I Slecfriical automobile Like their Pioneer Parents they had what it takes to play the of bishops. game in the wilderness as their forebearers were endowed with SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSrSSSSSSSS the courage to blaze the trail and hew out a home in the wilderness and make the desert bloom. Along with this article I enclose a photo of one of the ball teams that folShould be lowed the Nonpareils. of interest to some of the in Nephi and perhaps an incentive to the fine young players in today's Nephi team. Would be interesting if some of the "oldsters" in good old Nephi would follow through with a perhaps more authentic story and correct me on "what player on what base'1 I hope they can. Incidently, I notice with pleasure, that through the years of athletics, the family namNYLON es of the above players have been SHOES HOUSE SHOES prominent and have been carrying on traditionally. Keep up the SLIPS HOSE NIGHTGOWNS good work, boys, strive to be as a as and good sport your player BED JACKETS TABLE CLOTHS Dad and Grand dad. Come on. Batter Up! PLAY BALL AND I 7 BATTERY SPECIAL 3.00 TRADE IN FOR YOUR OLD BATTERY ON THE PURCHASE OF A NEW FORD BATTERY SmiTH-HflELUg- H moTOR co P $1 I |
