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Show I LOGAN SIGNS FAST PLAYERS I FOR NEW LOOP Smithfield Has Good Team In Togs Also; Expect Keen Race (Special Dispatch) Hjl LOGAN. April 22. Tho Collegians will be In the field with a snappy aggregation ag-gregation of ball toshers when the i- Northern Utah loop opens May 17. Manager Falck Is quite sure of seven players. He Is In touch with a num-ber num-ber of others and out of tho lot will i bunch together In three more weeks that will bo able to hold their 1 j H own. Logan'fl pitching staff consists of Hal Dlmmoek. stellar left bander, who hurled last year, and Andy Phll- Ups. a 1920 Collegian who was not In this section last year. No catcher is yet In lino, hut If two or throe prospective receivers now being sought are not landed Falck will leave It up to Phillips to bring one with him from Sun Jose California, v.-hef he has been playing. This week Falck signed up Floyd Trohern to play third base Trahern la not entirely an unknown quantity In this section, having played third - baee for St. Anthony in the Yellowstone Yellow-stone league. Slnco that time he has flayed In the San Joacquln Valley league and was last season with an Independent team In Grand Rapids. Michigan. Trahern can be used In any Infield position. He hits over LfDll -300. NLLSO.V AT SnORT. Alongside Trahern In the infield will bo Norm Kelson at short. Nelson has played consistent ball the past three years and the Loganltes look for steady Improvement In his work Chat Squires, hard hitting catcher who was hurt two years ago so that he had to forsake the backstop Job for first base, may got In line and play the first sack. This depends ! upon his business duties. For the l,iga.n club Falck and Jarvls are the, only two outfielders signed to date but another will be listed shortly Taking things as a whole the Logan Lo-gan fans think th;t Falck will have a club that sizes up sell In tho circuit. Up In Smithfield Manager Bill Mclvor Mc-lvor has Just completed a terrific siege upon prospective players In many parts until ho has linod up what he thinks Is going to be a pennant pen-nant contender. "Mac " has been silent si-lent until Just yesterday when he broke loose and announced an almost complete team. CLASSY INFDZLD The Summits' Infield is well known to the league, being tho same as last year. Mclvor himself will be on first base when he Is not pitching, with Louie Balilf at weonJ; Percy Hanson at short and Paul "Swede" Dorlus on third. Ae this will bo the third year In succession that this combination has been together It should prove to be a wonder worker. In the outfield Mclvor has llnel up Martin Roskeliey, a home man, who "play t with the I )il In 1019 and 1920. He has been capable of breaking break-ing up ball games and should be In form this season. Brig Johnson, last year with Lwiston. Is going to hold down the left garden. Brig hit .313 in 87 games last year and fielded well, which Indicates that he will bo strong again this season. C i . . flold will be held down by Sklvlngton, a former University of Ohio athlete, who played In collego three yearn. He Is now at Porthlll, Idaho, and Is well recommended on his outflcldlng King, a former Pacific International Interna-tional pitcher, Is going to hoip Mclvor Mc-lvor with the mound work. King Is recommended highly by Manager Tealy Raymond of the Tacoma club nd besides being a sweet right handed hand-ed pitcher can swat the bsJL Smlthfleld's catcher win be Joe Kn-ney. Kn-ney. who worked out with tho Salt 1 ; l..i.ko Bees this nprlnx. Duffy Jewls recommesfBed this player highly ;o Mclvor and Mac thinks he will be the leading catcher of the circuit. Mclvor will have his men at prac-i prac-i ticc very shortly and tho .Summits will be in Ogden May 17 with s well bal-1 bal-1 anced ball club. |