Show Praised For Work With Little League Some parents have phoned in expressing great groat appreciation for forthe forthe forthe the work Phil Anderson is do doing doing doing do- do ing with the Little League baseball baseball baseball base base- ball boys also with the Pony League a slightly older group of boys They have asked that thata a BABE be given to Phil but since the writers of the Build A Better Ephraim column long since stopped that activity it is not known if they have any BABEs lying around Phil says some 34 boys are coming out regularly to the Little League practices and for forthe forthe forthe the last while he has had to handle them largely alone with Mont Jacobson giving a welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come helping hand whenever he can It is recommended he says that three adults be assigned each team as coaches and managers managers managers man man- agers and that it is impossible to give the boys the individual attention they deserve He would surely like the help of others in keeping the boys interested and helping them obtain the proper development The boys have uniforms now but more funds are arc needed to pay for them Contributions have been made to Phil for this purpose but he would be very happy to receive some more Besides the 34 Little Leaguers Phil now has 18 going strong in inthe inthe inthe the Pony League These also need more coaching help Anyone Anyone Anyone Any Any- one who knows knows a bit about baseball baseball base ball and can spare a few minutes in the afternoons and evenings evenings' is asked to get in touch with Phil The Little League boys seem to be affected a lot by stage fright during the early innings and th then n th they y really settle down and nd play ball For instance they played Salina here on Tuesday At the end of the second inning the score was 12 0 for Salina and then the Ephraim boys found themselves so the final score was 13 The boys will play Little League stars all-stars from Nephi at 6 p. p m. m on August 9 just before the champion championship hip game of the Snow College Scholarship Tournament Tournament Tour Tour- sponsored by the Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim Lions club The Little Leaguers are to play two games at Salina on the and two at Nephi on the of August the o 0 only n I 1 y games scheduled at present Phil states He lists new players since the thelast thelast thelast last list was published as Hal Cherry Jimmie Nelson and Steven Steven Steven Ste Ste- ven Goble of Ephraim and Kim Gilliland of Nebraska |