Show 1 MORGAN FARM BUREAU SPONSORS SOFTBALL LEAGUE I 1 on may 2nd and leaders of the mor i 1 gan county farm bureau together with milton county recreation supervisor met with the morgan county commissioners to discuss the possibilities of a county baseball league after some discussion it was decided that a baseball 1 league would be impractical in the I 1 county for this season inasmuch as i there were only two diamonds avail able of sufficient size to play base ball on softball was suggested as a possible alternative and mr was appointed to contact the var lous ious towns to find their attitude toj ward a league of this kind this suggestion was received with enthusiasm thusia sm in practically every tawni town in the county and promises were received from seven town teams which together with a team from the S C S made an eight team league some of the towns in addition to furnishing a senior team I 1 also wanted to have a junior team teama i for boys under seventeen ana also a girls team I 1 after receiving this information I 1 I 1 the commissioners voted bously to give the league financial support to the extent of furnishing the balls to play with and helping each team purchase a limited num J ber of bats and catchers equipment 1 mr met with team leaders saturday and a schedule was drawn up this schedule calls for a game every saturday through the summer with the exception of two weeks off during the height of the pea canning season the schedule will consist of a first half and a second half with the possibility of the winners of each halt half meeting at the county fair for the championship ion ship it is planned that the junior games and girls games will be played in connection with the senior and will use the same schedule inasmuch as there are not as many junior teams or girls teams as therel there are senior teams these bamm will be idle part of the schedule playing only when the opposing team also has a junior team or a girls team or both as the case may be the time for the games will be 5 p in tor for the senior games when the junior teams and girls teams play in addition to the senior the games will start at 3 p in when I 1 only two games are scheduled for the afternoon the f first will start at I 1 j 4 p in I 1 mr will be the supervisor of the league to keep things run i ning smoothly and to see that each team is supplied with the necessary equipment from time to time |