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Show Rotary Rangers Set Sights on Championship; Kiwanis Kubs Move Into Fast Tie for Second TKAM STANDINGS Rotary 6 1 .7"8 Kiwanis 5 3 .623 Lions 5 3 .(25 Milne 1 1 .500 Klks 3 5 .375 Columbia 0 7 .000 With only one more week left in the Cedar City Little League baseball schedule the Rotary Rangers have aimed themselves for the second half title, which would give them the championship champion-ship this year. They have only three remaining games and two wins would assure them of the title again this year. They must face Columbia, Milne and Lions, in that order. During the past week's play the Kiwanis Club has moved up the ladder to go into a tie with ithe Lions Club for second place I honors. Three victories have been 'credited to the Kubs this wek, over Rotary, Lions and Elks to move i hem from fifth to a tie for second. The only defeat .this half for the Rotary Rangers came last Thursday evening when the Kiwanis Ki-wanis Kubs scored a 9 to 1 win over the league leaders. In the absence of all-star players from both teams the Kubs scored in I every inning but one to rack up the victory. j Lions Defeat Columbia j Friday evening, the Lion Tampers Tam-pers took the Columbia Miners to jthe tune of 16 to 5. Twelve of the Lions runs came in the bottom bot-tom half of the second inning when they pounded the ball all over the park and were aided in their effort with several costly (errors in the field. Columbia scored all five of their runs in the fifth inning. The Elks Rulers gave the Rotary Ro-tary Rangers the "thrill of a lifetime" last Saturday afternoon when they scored seven runs in the last of the sixth to come within one run of tipping the league leaders. Score of the game was 9 to 8. Rotary had rolled to a 9 to 1 lead in the first five and one-half innings of play but the slugging Rulers got started in the bottom of the sixth, ine, tying and winning runs were on base when the Rotarians made, scored seven runs in that frame. Nip and Tuck The Elks Club had the tables reversed completely when they had posted a 13 to 7 lead over Milne going into the bottom of the sixth. Milne's rally in the bottom of the last inning, how-; ever, was sufficient to give them a H to 12 victory when they scored seven runs in that fram. Kiwanis and Lions fought an even battle last Tuesday evening eve-ning right down the line, another an-other victory determined in the last half of the final inning vvith the Kiwanis putting on the final steam. Score of the game was 10 to 9. The Lions scored the first run in the second and the Kiwanis retaliated in the second I with two. In the third, however, the Tamers pushed in six runs to I hold a 7 to 2 lead. Kiw anis came I back in the fourth with two and with five in the fifth to go ahead 9 to 7. Lions topped the ninth I with two tallies, but the Kiwanis 'came back in the bottom of the final inning, scoring the runs on a line drive by Steven Corry that went for ;m automatic double. Kiwanis and Elks met Wednesday Wed-nesday evening and the Kiwanis 'took the Rulers 8 to 7, scoring '2 runs in the fifth and sixth innings inn-ings after trailing 7 to 4 for the first four innings. The game, I although played, was a forfeited 'game to the Kiwanis because of a pitching eligibility rule that I left the Elks w ithout an eligible i pitcher for the evening. I Wednesday evening Steven Cahoon Ca-hoon of th? Lions allowed two jhits in the second inning against I Milne Truck Line, but held them scoreless for a 7 to 0 shut-out. I The two scratch singles in the second inning were the only two Cahoon allowed. He recorded 10 strikeouts in the six inning go. League play will end next ! Wednesday evening w hen the Rotary and Lions tangle to complete com-plete the Little League season. |