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Show Baseball Leagues' Young Hopefuls Hard at Work at Play IF you think big league baseball base-ball scouts have trouble you should drop over to the Cedar City baseball diamond during the remainder of the week and see the problem that the civic clubs have in selecting Little League players. Approximately 150 young hopefuls, hope-fuls, between the ages of nine 'and 12 have been sending Saturday Sat-urday afternoons, Tuesday, Wednesday Wed-nesday and Thursday evenings showing their wares to managers manag-ers of the four civic clubs who before the league gets under way June 9. Managers of the Pony League don't have quite the problem because be-cause there is not nearly the turn out with only two age groups, 13 and 14, being able to participate in the league play. Each of the clubs, and businesses busi-nesses that is sponsoring either a Little or Pony League team is given points to bid on for players play-ers and through a system of bidding, teams will be chosen and the teams outfitted for league play under nationally established es-tablished rules. Those who do not make the Little or Pony League teams will not be left out in the cold, according ac-cording to city recreation director direct-or Cloo Petty. A "minor" league will be organized through the citv recreation department and advancement into the two bigger leagues can be made during the summer months, he stated, depending de-pending upon the ability of the youth. The overall summer program will involve the handling of well over 200 boys, it is estimated, and games will be played every day of the week, weather permitting. On June 9, the date set by the board of direcors of the two league organizations, as the opening date, a parade will be held on Cedar City's Main street featuring the teams in their newly new-ly acquired uniforms plus a local lo-cal band. The parade will move down Main street and end at the recreation park where two games will be played to open the season, sea-son, according to tentative plans. |
