Show MANTI 1 HITS ITS PLENTY BUT FAILS AT SCORING The Manti baseball team picked picked picked pick pick- ed up eleven hits off young Kay Rigby last Sunday but could make them count for only one Fairview to 8 run as won an game at Fairview Rigby one of the better young pitchers in the league gave up upa I a goodly number of hits but it was only in the fifth inning I when Manti 1 made three h hits hit i t s that they could score Fairview jumped off to a quick lead with two runs in inthe inthe inthe the first inning and just kept piling up the counters as as' the game went on Their biggest inning was the seventh when they got four runs on five hits Q Que u e Christensen managed best against Rigby getting three hits in five tries Dean Lund Dale Blackburn a and and l Carl Carpenter Carpenter Carpenter Car Car- penter each got two hits The teams team's leading hitters Cecil Cox and Dale Lund failed to hit i the balls being offered by Rig- Rig by This Sundays Sunday's game will see seethe seethe seethe the second-place second Moroni team tied for second at Manti The Hill City boys have been doing very well this season and al always always al- al ways put on a good baseball show Lots of Baseball Some very good baseball has been played in the Sanpete area this past week The Sanpete I Stars All-Stars played an star all-star team from the Sevier league at Mt Pleasant last Friday night Ephraim and Moroni l then tied for first place played last Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day and the Sanpete Stars All-Stars North teams vs South played at Manti 1 Thursday The rains last Friday threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened the Sevier Sanpete-Sevier game but they sprayed the infield with gasoline and burned it off to dry it and then ignored a drizzle drizzle drizzle driz driz- for the first few innings of play The game did not get started until almost be because because because be- be cause of the rain and many fans either didn't go because of the rains or left the park before the game started when the rain ram kept coming from time to time The game saw many outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing ball players and saw them pull some great plays and make some nice hits Sanpete won the game 8 to 6 with much thanks for the victory due Leo of Levan lie He hit two home runs and pitched scoreless scoreless scoreless score score- less ball after being called in into into into to pitch in the seventh In the eighth inning he struck out 3 men straight with two men on base Cecil Cox Dean Lund and Que Christensen were the only Manti 1 players picked for the game and all appeared for a afew afew afew few innings Ephraim On Top The rest of the league games were started early Sunday to permit Ephraim and Moroni to draw a bigger crowd at the regular regular regular reg reg- ular 3 p p. p pm p.m. m m. starting time lime The two were tied for first place and were playing at Moroni This game was Ephraim's all the way as Wayne Vayne Graser pitched pitch pitch- ed cd an outstanding game Graser threw with a mechanical precision precision precision preci preci- sion the Moroni l hitters couldn't i master to any extent and he got good support from his team I Continued on last page MANTI l MAN ALAN NAMED MANAGER OF K S V C CFrank CFrank CFrank Frank Peacock son of Mr Air and Mrs 1 Calvin Peacock of ManU Manti was recently named manager manager manager man man- ager of Radio Station K S V Cin C I in Richfield Mr Air Peacock has I been employed at that station I since it was first st established and prior to that time was working working working work work- ing at in Salt Lake City Cily Frank The Bird has been beene e engaged n gag e d primarily in script writing program arranging and microphone He may not be heard so often on the air in inthe inthe inthe the future since his new duties will be of a different nature Mr Peacock formerly attended attend attend- ed the Univ University of Utah and Snow College where he tic won a scholarship to Dramatic School at Plymouth Massachusetts He lie studied at Northwestern University University University sity in Chicago majoring in ra radio radio radio ra- ra dio and journalism He lie spent three years in military military military mili mili- tary service during World War Val II his llis duties taking him Hint to England England England Eng Eng- land France and Germany Frank married Carol Crawford Crawford Crawford Craw Craw- ford of anti Manti and they have havea a young son Scott |