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Show fNever Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Canl)o Today I SBfc CHAMPS FAIL TO DEFEApER FRIDAY AND' iE PENNANT FOR 1922 ' - ( It looked to bo an easy thig for tho American Pork Champs to tako tho, pennant after winning tho first two games of tho series, but they fell dowind lost tho last thrco, and by so doing gave the Hober Eagleiltho pennant for the Central Utah League, 1922 Beason. Tlic scoro was 6-6 at tho beginning be-ginning of tho 9th inniugs, whew Heioor touched tho locals for 5 tallies, making a final scoro -f 11-C, as tho Champs got no farther than 3rd basoin tho lastlbalf. The scoro by innings waa:$j Hebor 0 OfrM 2 2 10 0 5 Am. Fork 1 40 000100 Garrlck wag touched for' 18 hits; struck out 6 Heber men. The Champs got but 11 hits from Murdrock, wkw struck out 7 men, ' The game was close and exciting all through, and a bk Attendance front all over thocounty was present. Wednesday's Game Tho fourth game of the series at Heber Wednesday was also captured by Heber, the score being 11.8 which gavo each team two games each. Shelley Shel-ley startod tho game and was not pulled in tho third until 7 runs were made. The Champs came back In the ninth and got 4 runs and it looked like a big rally, but' tho lead was too big. ' Monday's Game The American Fork ball team had all tho encouragoment they asked for in the way of attendance at their tfall game Labor Day in the City Parky4t was pehaps tho second or third tar. gest turnout that ever witnessed a ball game in our city, and then tsw'j Champs hadto go and'losVlU 8Ull tVwasvk4ntbr'eUng gamevtrom. start to finish, and all who turned out got tho full worth ot their money, Tho scoro wbb 6.5 in favor of Hebor and it wns a disappointed "bunch" ot local lo-cal fans who lott the grounds otter tho gomo. Wo lost tho gamo on account of errors, but tho official record docs not show this, but the majority ot fans present feel that that was tho cause ot our defeat Garrlck doing mound duty for tho locals Monday did vory well. Ho struck out C of tho Hober men, whllo Murdock got but four of the locals. Heber touched Garrlck for nine hits, taud tho Champs got but 7 from Mur. dock. ' Tho featuro of tho game was a , homo run hit by Happy HolmBtcad a tho first Innings. Ho was tho first 'man at bat, and hit tho first ball j thrown, for a home run. Durrant also al-so scored on a hit by Snow In this Innings. Snow knocked a big three bnso hit In tho third, but ho was touched out at home In attempting to mako a home run out of it. Snow' was high man, gottlng 2 hits out of 4 times at bat. Tho official scoro gives Hobor 5 errors and tho locals 1, and that waa made by Laursen. Tho score by innings was: Am, Fork 2. 0 0 020100 Hobor 000202011 Tho locals held the lead through. out most otjthe game, getting two in the firsrt. The scoro waa tied in tho fourth, when Hober made 2. Tho locals came back In tho fifth and took two moro. In the sixth, Heber again tied the scoro, making it 4-4. In the seventh tho locals took the lead again but the score was again tied In the eighth by Hober. In the nln. th Hober made one run and hold the locals scoreless, thUB winning tho gamo. Friday's Game nt Heer Tho game Friday of last week, at Hobor was jwon by the Champs by the second Innings. They got 6 runs in the flrrst. innings, 3 in tho second and 1 In tho third. AH this time, Shorrill held the Eagles scoreless. The final score was 12-6 with the s Champs victorious. The game was am exceptional ono, and some fine flays and plenty of errors were mado. VfTho score by innings was: Kebor 00040020 'Am. Fork 531002010 The locals made 7 errors, a number ef them costly, whllo Hober made 6. |