Show TO DEFEND championship 7 TC alches enroll for r Compe lillon in ht 1925 series for honors inquiries being bein receded daily from parts of tile hie west avest I 1 parco arco may ne be contender brigham city intermountain baseball champions of 1924 will defend their title in the second annual tourney to be held at ogden august 23 to september 8 inclusive the poaches peaches informed the tournament committee recently that they would enter the tourney lou ruey brigham was the dark horse ot of the classic last season given only an outside chance to gain the flag by critics and fans the peaches came through with flying colors they won a hotly contested game to open the tourney 7 to 6 in the closing contest they faced the touted sacramento club and won handily 4 to 1 back of the sterling pitching of ken murphy this season the peaches algot oft off to a poor start in tile the utah idaho league in the second half ot of the schedule dule how ever they are fighting tor for honors and are one ot of the pennant contenders with a few new faces needed to patch up the weak spots the peaches will be serious contenders to repeat lloyd keller chick heywood lefty wadman and ken murphy are the checkers chuc kers on the peach staff these chaps should be able to lend plenty ot of strength to the champions to date 10 teams have officially entered the tourney entries close tor for the big series on august 10 parco and evanston Evan stan in wyoming pocatello and caldwell in idaho Calien Calie atta tta and mcgill in nevada and hollywood and sacramento in california Cali tornia are some ot of the out state teams that have written in asking for or information on the series the crack U S feul team ot of salt lake considered one of the strongest semipro semi pro teams in the state will be enrolled in the series ray don manager entered the western opt icalas in the series last season magna is perhaps one ot of the strong est clubs that will tight fight tor for the flag the copper leaguers will have one ot of tite the best balanced teams in the state in harness and will have plenty ot of backers on hand to lend aid ogden today signed boob burrows to twirl lor for the balance of the season the locals will also secure the service of 0 two additional infield erg ere burrows twirled tor for devils slide against sacramento in the tournament last year although he had a weak team back of 0 lim he managed to retire 17 men on strikes in seven and one third innings this is a tournament record the big right hander has been twirl ing splendid ball for the utah apex in the copper league he has a world ot of stuff has a good knowledge of the game and is also a snappy hitter manager in signing burrows added the name of a star of the first water and a chap that should cut some figures in the coming ament standard |