Show : kl r Sunday 3Iorning- - -- Held House Goes I p The huge steel girders that will form the framework for1 the University of Utah’s new field house will be hoisted into place this week and for the first time followers of Utah "U” sports will have the opportunity to - really visualize th structure which is expected to start a new era of athletic prosperity at the hilltop school The work on the building is going ahead unusually fast The foundation cement work has been finished and the huge direct floor has been leveled There remains no doubt now that the field house will be ready in plenty of time for use next fall University of Utah official still have the problem on their hands of furnishing the hiding when it is completed— but those arrangements will be met because the huge building cannot be left idle and vacant onca it is completed Industrial Circuit Tedcsco Sets First Local illilll Drill Sunday i- In the spring a young man’s fancy turns to— you've guessed It— base- University of Utah athletic leader are getting a big kick out of o every step made In the new plant They are so happy about tha prospects for next year that they have been able to completely forget the dismal track outlook’ which Is staring them in the face right now for the coming ath-letl- i! Tribune campaign Freshmen Shore Ability ball The only thing wrong about the foregoing statement is that the turning is not restricted to young men But a hurried Jaunt over the state via the telephone reveals that a lot of ambitous and ambidextrous old men are counting the hours until the cry “Play ball!’’ is heard over the state for the 1939 campaign From the northern end to the southern end of the state ambitious amateur and semipro players are getting ready for campaigns in some six or eight different leagues leaders approach the Baseball coming campaign with confidence They expect several leagues which have been out of existence to resume the art of plunking a pitched ball to some spot The Utah Industrial league en tering its sixth year of existence will go into action with thSsame six clubs which finished the 1938 campaign— but after that the resemblance to last year’s campaign ends far-dista- For a coach who is losing four of five basketball regulars Coach Va-dPeterson is downright opti mistic over the 1940 hoop season But it looks like Mentor Peterson has a reason His freshmen played such fancy basketball in an exhibition game with the Negro Ghosts the other night that they completely stole the show from New President al rs six-cl- ld n Magna-Garfiel- ri’Hfe - v Oakland Hollywood Han Franc Uco Portland Fan Diefo Lnfl Angela Heattla Hacramanto Lost 0 0 1 1 Intermountain The little Pet non A A U wm ’E i of red-hea- d a® ft® r e Pori land 010 000 000 — 1 Sacramento 000 000 OOO — O Thomas and Mouzo Fnetas and Headquarters for the Salt Lake Softball association have been established in the city and county building end Wendell Jones executive secretary has started the task of organizing the six night leagues Most of last year’s entries are back in the fold end there is a host of others applying for franchises The Columbia league has six strong clubs Associated Oil last year's state champ Lang Welding Pinney Beverage Optical Shop Mutual Creamery and Utah Oil which was a member of the United league last year are definitely in Zinik Sporting Goods and Exchange Club are the only members of the Metropolitan league that are certainties for the campaign Utah Poultry may b back but It is not definite ft 1 4 2 rfi'l -- j t 'is® 1 iii lr‘ V iss® SIS N 1 xl MU VW Si®i -1 ! jf t - ? - P r 4 - If Ken Gardner A A U champ showed up too late to get his picture with the rest of the senior champs the other night but The Tribune photographer got him marking the spot where he would have been “Next time I'll be on time” said Ken ht came to Salt Lake City and tuckedvand in 1937 was on the Afton North away title honors In the middle- ward hoop team In the "Line” then a stu- meet In the Deseret gym weight class a shy dent at B Y U Is now coach at The Cowley Wyo His ring deeds gave retiring lad hopes to gain national Ken something to work for and honors in the meet at San Frandaily he trained for an appearance cisco After that— “I don’t know” ha says but he is determined to go In the local meet In 1936 Ken graduated from high on and get an education “The task school and started to work so that is a stiff one but well worth tha fare In 1935 and 1930 Lincoln Gard- he could go on to school He found effort” la his way of delivering hi ner a really fine amateur fighter recreation in basketball and boxing outlook on gaining an education P i hed-hea- d PEND AYS DYCIU Get out of the rut of habit I Make This Test I Newcomers to this circuit and also to softball are the Police the Democratic Club McClanahan’s and the Republican Club Diamond Oil last year in the Columbia will like ly round out this league There are six sure “starters” In the United league all of which were members last season They are Barnett & Weiss Brewer Tire Club Modern Woodmen Quality Press and N O Nelson There are several firms applying for entrance two of which will be chosen to complete the circuit The Industrial league is intact with one possible exception Moun tain Fuel Supply is seeking a berth Jri the Employes’ circuit The teams entered are Utah Power Ardc 20-3- 0 Dairy Electrical Products General Electric Supply Beneficial Life C M I and Postal Employes Com mercial Artists will fill the spot left vacant if the gas house gang is transferred to the Employee league Bennett Glass Sc Paint Deseret News A S Sc K and Cudahy's well known to Salt are certain members of tha Em- aU-ti- Ute Poloisls Begin Drill players will be Lake fans Armand (Hoppy) Card ncr a ballhawk who can really go get ’em being signed to a contract Sanders is banking on lining up a young club and he has several promising ball players signed at the present time Last in Fold Boisa— Idaho's capital city was the last in the fold of the new circuity but fans up Boise way will tell you the team won’t be in this spot In the forthcoming raceAndy Harrington a speedy second sacker for several coast league clubs in the past five years will be manager of the Braves Boise will get several young players from coast league clubs and Harrington is confident his crew will be in the thick of the race Twin Falls— Last but by no means least come the Cowboys of Twin Falls Owner Bill Ulrich and Manager Eddie Leishman are depending on several players from the Seattle Rainiers to aid them in the 1939 title campaign Eddie a hustling infielder will count on young players in th debut in th Pioneer league A new ball perk new players ample capital and considerable interest on the part of the fans is a good recipe for a banner campaign— and they have all of these BERKELEY Cal April 1 (UP) University of California’s track nd field team in an impressive strength won 33SlLdisplay bf 13 out of 35 events Saturday to de mS Fxl feat University of California at Los 8 at Edwards Angeles 104 3 to 26 istadium at Twin Falls 3 1 M ' IT of Southern California furnishing the opposition The Redskins gained much experience in the relatively new sport at tha Utah school last year and should have one of their best teams Almost all of last year's team has returned along with several 'outstanding new prospects The outstanding team candidates are Captain Richard Williams Pat Fenton Allan Pixton Lawrence Dobson David Boles Eugene Moss and “Cowboy" Jensen Jensen played at tha "U" several years back but did not compete last year Games have been tentatively arranged with the University of Wyoming here on May 13 and Stanford here on May 25 and 27 Others will likely he scheduled later Won ' ht UPi-Up- ward Tim-panog- Bears Triumph d Pacific Coast league Mini s University Ten years ago a smiling faced youngster Jumped from his seat on the endgat of a wagon dashed into a small gym In Afton Wyo drew on a pair of ancient boxing gloves and let fly at a punching bag And with this sock was started the amateur ring career of a lad who last ThuradRy night scaled the title heights in the division in the annual i if Price-Help- Under direction of Captain W E Watters the University of Utah pololsts are hard at work preparing for their new season which is scheduled to open here May 6 with the Champ Trods Tough Road To Intermountain Fistic Glory Cliamjw Lose First Game to Ducks By 1 to 0 Count Pioneer Loop Softball Loops Form for Prepares For Opening ’39 Campaign d iAU A ranks ten years 000 ! o 1000 ago was Kenneth Gardner Just -- N— — 1 ooo plain Ken to his friends 0 family 1 ’ 000 Hie story Is 1 000 and ring followers 1 000 one of fighting against odds to 1 000 achieve a goal and it makes an Inv SAN FRANCISCO April 1 teresting one Gardner a brother of Lincoln of 40000 t the 'baseball Gardner Intermountain A A U faithful turned out at four Pacific middleweight champ of 1935 and Coast league ball parks Saturday as 1936 has climbed the ring ladder the clubs blew the ltd off th 1939 slowly but surely since that far campaign with two tight pitchers’ off day when his father the late battles and a pair of wild and Brigham D Gardner told him to wooly trussles “hop to it son but stick with It If The Sacramento Solons winners you hop to get anywhere” Ken's ff of the play-olast year atarted dad passed away two years ago but off the campaign the wrong way the Gardner boyi all five of them dropping a 1 to 0 decision to the and the Gardner girls seven in Portland Beavers number learned the lesson of per The prejeason favorites to tuck severance from their father Their away the crown before the cam- mother also has guided them in paign even opened the Angels of their fights for posts on athletic Los Angeles found themselves on teams in quest of higher educathe short end of a 10-- 9 score against tions and in the battle of life the Hollywood Stars Ken following his initial appear A home run by Mike Christoff ance In a ring tourney while a fleet center fielder with Pitcher student In the eighth grade at the Jack Salveson on the paths gave Star Valley high school in Afton Oakland a 0 victory over the San put himself under the direction of Diego Padres before more than 7000 Newell Peterson at that time high fans at San Diego Howard Crag-hea- d school coach there and went on hurled for the Padres to win titles in every division above The San Francisco Seals enter- the cIrss in school ring tained more than 12000 opening day meets Ken still smiles when he fans with a barrage of base hits allows that “Newell certainly had as they walloped Seattle 13 to 2 the patience of Job when he atThe scores: to make a fighter out of tempted At Fan Diego: R H E me” Oakland 002 000 000 — 2 ft San Diego 000 000 OOO — 0 7 In high school Ken despite the Faheaon And Conroy Craghead and fact he had to work on the family farm before and after school hours At Loi Angeles: R H E found time to win letters In foot 300 120 310—10 It 4 Hollywood Loa Angeles He played cenloft 000 Oil— 0 W 2 ball and basketball Brandt (3) Ardliola ifli and ter on the high school hoop team ‘v Chapman Brensel: Thomaa Berry (5) Lieber and was an end In the grid sport In Fred Tedesco Popular Pinney Beverage pilot will look and Collins the Interim he kept on growing and 11 1939 a season's at Ban At in K drill R Francisco: H over first ni crop Sunday 000 000 310— 2 8 7 with each year he advanced a bit flattie 2 in 121 lift Olx — 13 14 Francisco at Community park Tedesco succeeds Claude Engberg SanBarrett boxing skill School and interWebber (5) Bndaick (6) and school meets found him gaining as Pinney pilot Campbell Gibsou and Fprinz for Star Valley in ring warAt Sacramento: R H F points the barnstormers who are noted for their ability The frosh The semiproe have a new presi ran up a lead over the Ghosts dent Bob Bullock veteran Provo in the first quarter gave way to enthusiast replacing Harvey Gar-rit- y of Magna as the prexy of the some reserves and then stepped in circuit Bob knows to win the game in an extra period speedy baseball from A to Z and he eats it This team is due to bring a title breakfast dinner and supper— unor two home to Utah before It ends less he misses a meal to sit through three years at the hilltop school a game Three of the clubs— Pin-ne- y and Beverage Magna-GarfieProvo — will start off the ’39 race Tough on Defense with new pilots Before we pass up the 1939 court Fred Tedesco scrappy third base-masucceeds Claude Engberg as campaign for good it is interesting to look over some statistics which manager of the Pinney clan John were uncovered in the state high Philipy veteran receiver will take school meet over the managerial job at Provo The rule officials are supposed replacing Reed (Lob) Collins Col to have made an attempt to take lins howeverwill sti!l be with the some pressure off the defense but club but his duties as recreation they have failed The prep tourney director in the Garden city take showed that an average of 242 fouls much of his time and he had to Lief were made per game and 234 of give up piloting the Timps these were called on the defensive Erickson former major league players It is really an astounding southpaw will take over the mansuctrend yvhen less than one out of ager's job at (Continued from Preceding Pace) every 24 fouls is called on the of- ceeding Hy Facer veteran first fensive player Under the present sacker Al Ablett again will boss of the Junction City entry skipper rules the defensive player has no Gemmell club and George (Red) leaguer Fans up Ogden way are united In right on the floor he must get out Peery another of the way and let the offensive will be in charge again at Dividend their efforts to provide a winner man dribble in or shoot or he is in Helper has taken over the Several players will be picked up franchise and a manager from Utah-Idah- o danger of being called for fouling clubs and others If there is one phase of the hoop will be appointed shortly will be sent to Ogden from the parrules that need adjustment for 1940 Start Sunday ent club the Cincinnati entry in it is this tendency to call fouls only Tedesco will have his charges out the National league With the Reds on the defense for a drill Sunday at 11 a m at the Ogden club fans upWhether this is a trend followed Community park Fred hopes to backing rest assured that'they will can state common or have a large turnout and he states by local officials through the country will be de- that all young ball players will get have ample opportunity of seeing a cided at the national high school every chance to make the club number of proficient young men in Selection of umpires adoption of meeting next year but coaches action be a schedule and selection of the basehope that the difficulties will naball to be used will be the next item Backed by Cards Ironed out either locally or tionally before the next season-open- of business on the Industrial league Pocatello — The Cardinals backed calendar' Team managers and representatives will meet Wednesday by tha St Louis Cardinals of the April 12 at 8 p m at the Provo fire National league have a Bouquet for McNeil hall to transact further business pilot husky Tom Robello a Harold McNeil chairman of the Grant S Neath president of the A A U boxing committee la de- Davis County Farm Bureau league first sacker who haa performed in serving of a bouquet for the manner announced Saturday that the an- the National American association nual election and schedule meeting and Three-Ey- a in which he staged the recent leagues and Tom amateur tournament of this circuit will be held Wednes- will have the of a ball club backing built up the day at 8 p m in the Kayaville city It is McNeil who has more controls minor league which outhaH A A U fight game Into the Farm bureau leagues in Westanding feature of the local ama- ber Cache and Salt Lake counties teams than any other club in the teur sports program His show last also will get started shortly majors week was a standout from start to The Utah-Idah- o Central Utah should be an ideal one The set-u- p finish and conducted with a smooth- Sanpete-Sevie- r Millard Already the Cards have practically ness that kept the fans interested county Southwestern Utah all the time There was never a and several other leagues a full team ready for delivery Inwill be ready for action within a terest in the Gate City is at fever minute of unnecessary waiting McNeil has spent a lot of time month The Salt Lake Federation Fans in Pocatello are and effort on the A A U fighters of Amateur Baseball and the strong pitch to see organized ball for the anxious iContinued on Following Pfigf) Salt Lake Independent Baseball association also are marking time first time since the palmy days of until the curtain rises on a cam- 1927 and 1928 paign which is expected to reach an Iewiston— Don’t sell th chances high In popularity of this little Idaho city short Herb Sanders overoam a lot of obstacles which appeared insurmountable in bringing the Pioneer league Into He will do just as much existence work at developing a winner for One of the Lewiston Lewiston 23-- 4 are 40000 Fans - c3 April 2 1939 P C L Opens Race Before New Leaders Chosen m By Jimmy Hodgson 4? Salt £akc ah Baseball Leagues From the Press Box i Uljc ' ployes’ league Safeway Htore have “bought” Weatern States Grocery's franchise and will have the majority of that club's players Telephone Company and U P Boosters are still doubtfuls but Ketchum Builders Supplies and International Harvesters are desirous of Joining if a place Is available tStrevell-I’aterso- n Five clubs have definitely joined the Girls’ league The strong Shamrock Club bust year’s state title winner will play under the name of Footprinters’ Shamrocks Murray City Parks American Linen Supply and Covey Garage paying as the L D S Nurses and Heinz Drug complete the list American Fur is not fully decided and may play for a new sponsor if the Fur team gives up Its franchise At a recent meeting th asaocia-tio- n decided to abolish a softball manual or handbook for the coming season After combing the city for a soft-ba- ll field during the past winter the THIRD DAT Tou find you can site appear to be between one of mokf is many Van Dyck two places either Luca field or you like without gelling tired Ensign flats A public hearing is of them ou y: 'Mere a verbeing held Wednesday and the ixncllf to my tsilf!” dict will probably be reached at that ngar Vnu re mild on Van Dyck for time Work must start on the new life! hurt your 3 day tew today! field immediately however or it will 1914 C tonal Gr Co Inc not be ready for th coming season Copt r |