Iron County Record | 1952-07-17 | Page 5 | Twelve Teams to Meet in Women's Softball Tourney Here next Week

Twelve Teams to Meet in Women's Softball Tourney Here Next Week Final arrangements for the t third annual Southern Utah Women's Wo-men's Softball tournament are nearing completion, announces Mrs. Fred Biederman, president of the organization. Dates have been set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 24, 25 and 26. A total of 12 teams will par-1 ticipate in the three-day affair with six of the Cedar City soft-ball soft-ball league taking part. Out of town teams invited to participate partici-pate include: Minersville, Mil-ford, Mil-ford, St. George, Pioche and Delta Del-ta to make up the remaining six. Trophies will be given to the first two teams in the tournament tourna-ment and an outstanding sportsmanship sports-manship trophy will also be given. gi-ven. An outstanding player will also be picked from the 12 participating par-ticipating teams and will be awarded a special gift at the climax cli-max of the tourney. The six teams participating from Cedar City will include: Biederman Hereford Ranch, Milt's Lounge, Peoples Market, Thornton Drug, Endsley's and Hunter Hardware. The tournament will be conducted con-ducted on a single elimination basis, Mrs. Biederman states, with one loss eliminating a team from the tournament. Only winners win-ners will continue from one night to the next. With the Cedar City teams more equalized than at the beginning be-ginning of the season and the out-of-town teams bringing in some stiff competition the tournament tour-nament promises to be one of the closest held in the annual affair. It is the largest one held by the women of this area in that it is the first time 12, teams have participated. In previous yt'ars the tourney has been limited lim-ited to six or eight contestants.