Show Boys Baseball Tournament Rundown Bountiful Boys Boys' Baseball wound up tournament play last week with probably some of the most exciting ball games ever everI I seen in this area I boys took first place in the I II tournament against some very tough competition Val Verda took second place BOTH TEA TEAMS IS are now eligible eligible eligi- eligi ble to play in region tournament tournament ment competition to be held in inVernal inVernal Vernal starting Wednesday Aug 3 when Bountiful will play Val Verda as the first game of the tournament The championship game between between be- be tween Bountiful l and Val Verda kept the fans standing in the bleachers throughout most of the game The ball park was HUed filled to capacity with three extra bleachers full and the crowd overflowing 0 onto n to the grass on the base lines I BOUNTIFUL scored the first run iq the second inning when Mark Willey got a single and Calder brought him in on a sin sin- gle Then in the third inn inning i n g Bountiful stretched its lead by 4 more runs Dan Acord the first man up got on first by byan byan an error the second man drew drewa a walk both men were brought in by Rick Hinds who hit a double double dou- dou ble Rick in turn came in on an error by the catcher Mark Willey got a double and was brought in by a single by Bruce Curtis In the top of the fourth Val ValVerda ValVerda Verda retaliated with four runs scored by Miller with a single Lythe Hamilton and Thomas all scored on errors ful The game from here tightened tightened tight tight- ened up and no runs were scored until the bottom of the when Bountiful racked up four more runs by Acord Calder Orchard and Hinds In the top of the Bountiful pitching held the game i with three strikeouts in a row by Craig Rees flees relief pitcher I Ifor Acord The for Dan I Iscore score was 9 i iI I BOUNTIFUL having won two games in a row against Salt SaIl Lake and now Val Verda was in first place with two other contenders contenders con con- tenders having lost one game and Brigham eliminated by two I losses Val Verda and Salt Lake both having lost one game must now play playoff off for second place in this tournament and also wins a spot in the region competition in Vernal SALT LAKE pitcher White did an outstanding job by striking striking ing out 11 batters but somehow just could not win the game The first run was scored by Salt Lake in the second inning when Tolman got a triple and was brought in by a sacrifice fly to right field by White In the third inning Val Verda came back to tie the score with one run by Miller who got on first by a fielders fielder's choice and anda a throw to second and then scored b by an error by the third base base- man THE SCORE remained until the sixth inning when Val ValVerda's ValVerda's Verdas Verda's Lythe got a single and was brought in by a single by Parish In the bottom of the Salt Lake retaliated with three runs Tolman got on first by an error and was hit in by a single by White Bushman got on by byan an error and scored by a hit by Anderson which brought in not only Bushman but White Allen came up to bat and sacrificed a hit to bring Bushman in At Atthe Atthe the top of the seventh Salt Lake and Val Verda were tied 4 In the top ot of the seventh Val ValVerda ValVerda Verda came up to bat and Miller Miller Mil Mil- ler got a single and was brought in by a triple by R. R A. A Miller Lythe the next man up singled and brought in R R. R A. A Miller I I Another sin single g 1 e by Bullock brought in Lythe Then Thomas I came up to bat and got a triple and brought to In Bullock BY GOOD fielding Val Verda held Salt Lake in the bottom of the seventh to win the second spot in this tournament 8 |