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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1954
Page
4
Dwain Esper notes Pacific Coast Conference championships underway in Seattle. He highlights standout sprinters and distance runners from coast schools, praises UCLA 1954 freshmen class, and asserts the Coast Conference leads in track and field with future champions likely from UCLA and other West Coast programs.
In Fort Worth Texas, youngsters challenge veteran stars at the Colonial National Invitational as Peter Thomson and Mike Souchak trail after three rounds. Thomson, 24, and Souchak, a former Duke football star turned golfer, seek their first Colonial title while leading contenders push to overtake them.
SAN LEANDRO Bay Area Gun club stages another bargain shoot at West margin area venue. Event starts 9 am with prizes for shooters including amateurs and pros. participants include Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson with a ten-target skeet and trap format.
Daily Review notes Swiekert among leaders in the Indianapolis 500 Classic after two weekends of hectic qualifying. The 33 car lineup averages about 338.6 mph, two mph faster than 1948 and three faster than 1949. Purse exceeds 250000 as final preparations roll in for the 500 mile race.
A compact score roundup shows Pacific Coast League standings with San Francisco and Seattle tied at 2 2 and Oakland clinging to hope while American League results include New York and Baltimore staying tight with several games noted. Key matchups feature San Diego Portland and Los Angeles in various regional ties and a brief note on National League action.
Indianapolis prepares for the 1954 Indianapolis 500 with thirty three top drivers led by Bob Sweikert from Wayward entering a race valued at a million dollars. Sweikert qualified at 60 mph and fans expect a new speed record as speeds top 130 mph. The annual event, first run in 1911, draws up to 200000 spectators to the Speedway where the track’s historic bricks witness the roar of race cars and memory of past legends.
Fragmented telecast guide lists events across multiple sports with team names and stations. Reads like a chaotic local schedule showing Brooklyn versus New York, California versus Stanford tennis, Sacramento wrestling and baseball matchups, and boxing with broad station references.
The San Leandro Vultures seminoral football independent club seeks prospective players for the 1954 season. Candidates may sign up at Bill's Sports Shop in Hayward. About 30 percent hail from Hayward, with all home games played at San Leandro High School field.
The Milwaukee Braves push to extend their streak as they edge past the St Louis Cardinals 3 2 in a rain delayed game. Lew Burdette pitched five hits over 10 innings to gain the win while Viechi chased a sixth straight victory before Joe Presko relieved him. The New York Yankees lost to Boston in a 10 9 clash as the league table tightens with the Giants blasting the Dodgers 17 6 highlighted by four homers and Whitey Lockman first innings homer. The Indians beat Detroit 3 0 with Early Wynn tossing a two hit shutout and Chicago White Sox defeated Baltimore twice 11 6 and 14 4 to move within nine percentage points of the leaders.
Emeryville Oaklords right handed batting order seeks improvement after a rare win. Veteran Herman Besse makes his first nine inning start in the opener while Bud Daley, a lefty, starts the seven inning game. Oakland counters with Harry Nicholas and Bob Murphy as Oakland faces Sacramento in a Sabbath doubleheader.
In a Pacific Coast League slate, Hollywood Stars beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 in 12 innings for their fourth win of the week and ninth in a row. Oakland edged Sacramento Solons 4-1 to seize sole second place, while Los Angeles downed Portland 6-3. San Francisco Seals split a doubleheader with Seattle Rainiers, losing 3-2 in the opener and winning 6-? in the nightcap as Manny Fernandez powered a Rainiers homer in the fourth to break a 3-2 tie and Tommy Byrne notched the win. Cal McLish went distance for the Cherubs, backed by Gene Mauch and Dixie Upright homers. Ponce earned his third straight win in another game as Widmer allowed nine hits in a tense late battle.
Tommy Hurricane Jackson beat Charley Norkus in the Garden by technical knockout at 2:29 of the fifth round. Jackson, 22, 192 pounds, earned a July bout in Madison Square Garden and a possible title challenge against Nino Valdes, Alsace of New York, Earl Walls, or James J. Parker. Both fighters bled from gashes above the brows. Jackson also split his nose as he produced a late flurry to seal the victory before 4139 fans and $13,205 in receipts.
In Indianapolis Indiana Joe Miceli with a slight edge meets Al Andrews in a 10 round welterweight bout at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum tonight. About 2000 fans expected for the nationally televised card via KGO channel 7 starting at 6 pm. Both fighters trained here this week and project to weigh around 133 pounds for the weigh in.
Powell, a former San Francisco Forty Niner, raised his heavyweight rating with a sixth straight knockout as he floored Buford in 1:37 of the second round before 3500 fans at the Coliseum.
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