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Show Cubs and Phillies Tied for Little League Top Team The Cubs and the Phillies remained re-mained deadlocked for the lead in the Pleasant Grove Little League Lea-gue race after a hectic wenk which saw both of the leaders come from behind to win. The Cubs were given the scare of their lives Friday in a game against the underdog Pirates. The Pirates held a 13 to 5 lead in the fifth inning and appeared on their way to pulling the upset of the season when the Cubs rallied. Mike Radmall knocked in the winning run with one out in the sixth inning to give the Cubs the game 14 to 13. The Phillies won a hard-fought encounter from the Lindon Utes Monday 8 to 7 in another game that was decided in the last inning. inn-ing. The Utes lead 5 to 1 at one point, only to see the Phillies go ahead 7 to 5. In the top half of the sixth the Utes rallied to tie up the ball game 7 to 7. When the Phillies came to bat in their half of the sixth, Ronald Houtz was safe on first as a result of an eiTor. He then proceeded to steal second, third and home to bring in the winning run. Huck Johnson and Wes Duvall struck out 13 men for the winners. The loss was a major blow to the chances of the Utes of repeating as the champions. In another game Monday the Pirates cut the Dodgers winning streak at six straight by handing them a 10 to 7 defeat which dropped drop-ped them into third place tie with Cards. The game was highlighted by a spectacular catch by Glen Phillips of the Dodgers "in only the second game he has played. The winless Tigers showed tremendous tre-mendous improvement in losing a close game to their fellow townsmen, the Utes, Friday, 12 to 11. The Utes pushed across a run in the bottom of the sixth to squeak through. The results of other games were: Phillies 19,. Bmves 11; Cards 6, Giants 0 (forfeit) ; Dodgers 16, Braves 4; Braves 23, Tigers 14. Games scheduled for the coming com-ing week: Thursday, July 23 Pirates vs. Tigers at Chrisville. Monday, July 27 Tigers vs. Pirates at Lindon Giants vs. Phillies at Park-.-Braves vs. Dodgers at Campus Wednesday, July 29 Utes vs. Cards at Campus Phillies vs. Cubs at Park The Standings: Won Lost Pet. Cubs 9 2 .818 Phillies 9 2 .818 Cards 7 3 .700 Dodgers 7 3 .700 Utes 6 5 .545 Pirates 5 5 .500 Braves 3 8 .273 Giants : 1 9 .100 Tigers 0 10 .000 |