Uintah Basin Standard | 1959-08-13 | Page 6 | Sportsmanship Trophy Goes to Fort Duchesne

Sportsmanship Trophy goes To Fort Duchesne Fort Duchesne American Legion Post has just right to be proud of their 1959 junior baseball team which won the title in Division 9 by beating Roosevelt in a playoff to enter the state After dropping the 1st game in 1 the tournament to Holliday Post I team the Ute kids went on to g win honors and the I highly coveted team sportsman- g The Fort youngsters became fi the tourney's favorites as they I battled a talented Holliday team t all the way in a thrill-packed contest 4 to The Salt Lake was composed of Granite High School The second day the Utes met and defeated 9 to to advance to the third day when they met a team of West High School kids who were playing under the sponsorship of the Bonneville In another thriller Fort Du chesne dropped the salt which gave them consolation or fifth The Bonneville team carried an undefeated season record into the When the trophies and awards were passed out Saturday evening of last following the end of the it was the Fort Duchesne team that was cheered as they were announced the winner of the Don team sportsmanship which annually goes to the team showing the best during the i 1 I g I g fi I t WENT TO Pictured arc the top Little League players who vied with championship teams in the recent tournament in Ricky Don Keith Keith Middle Gordon m i m i i m 1 jj John Brown Joh Rudy Front row Marion Dusty Mcchan and John Paul Not Coaching the team and the program was Ken Benson i i