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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1961

Page

8

Embarrassing lull in Long Beach water ski prep

Long Beach hosts the world water ski championships next August but lacks practice facilities for champions like Vicki Van Hook and Mickey Amsbry. They must travel to Carlsbad or Stockton for training, risking national exposure as locals push for ocean or harber venues to be opened. City officials have delayed facility use citing liability fears, despite past coverage praising спортсменs.

Movis Hank Hollingworth L.B Long Beach Vicki van Hook Poly High Marneke Carlsbad Mickey Amsbry Orange Birmingham Aiz Amsbry Marine Stadium Davies Bridge Eiher San Diego Stockton Hinmingham Ocean Area Ed Wade Gerry Desmond Howard Jones BRI

Viking 9 Wins as Long Beach Stuns El Camino 8-1

Gary Brown homered in the first inning and Buck Michaels pitched eight effective frames as Viking 9 beat El Camino 8-1 to move to 5-1 in Metropolitan Conference. Roger Rhoades, Bill Gaynor, and Jim Herrick each had three hits, while Brown drove in the only run for the losers was unearned.

Gary Brown Long Beach City College el Camino Vikings Buck Michaels Bown Roger Rhoades Bill Gaynor Jim Herrick Lace Cami Berghuisiett

Dodgers Lose After Pirates’ Big Third Inning Surge

Pittsburgh jumped ahead in the third as Gibbon, Skinner, Groat, Clemente, Cimoli and Stuart pushed five on base with four scoring before Koufax exited. Cimoli drove in the final run after a Stuart hit. Sherry’s error and Palmquist wild pitch aided the Pirates, while Labine closed out as Perranoski finished. Drysdale and Friend were set to pitch tonight, leaving the Dodgers in a 10 loss and third place tied with Pittsburgh, 22–22, 114 games behind Cincinnati.

Bob Skinner Dick Groat Clemente Gino Cimoli Dick Stuart Cimoli Sherry Howard Palmquist Pirates Stuart Perranoski Groat Charlie Neal Dodgers Gil Hodges Labine Pittsburgh Cincinnati Don Drysdale Bob Friend

Downey Aquas sweep Moore League in swimming finals

Downey High swept all three divisions in the Moore League swimming meet Friday to finish the season. Lakewood defeated Wilson 53 to 24, Jordan beat Compton 20 to 0, and Millikan topped Lynwood. Downey hosts league prelims Tuesday at 3 15 and finals Friday at 7 30.

Downey High Poly Mikes Lakewood Wilson Jordan Compton Millikan Lynwood Varsity Dowkey Glgedan Leenyen Feiean Plymwens Leesan Nies Sane Gani

Saints win on Snow slam in Catholic League action

St Anthony High star Snow launched a grand slam in the fifth to lift the Saints to a 5-4 victory over Cathedral. Corcoran tossed a one-hitter for Millikan, as Poly tied for the lead with a 9-4 win over Lakewood. Wilson and Downey led Downey’s 10-1 twin bill win. Poly improves to 5-2.

St. Anthony High Dave Adlesh Cathedral Lou Varela Saints Snow Slam Jordan Corcoran Jack Jordan Millikan

Downey Ducks Rams in Moore League clash as Poly wins big

Downey rolled over Jordan 76 28 to stay unbeaten while Poly High defeated Millikan 59 9 10 to 44 1 10 setting up a tight Moore League race. Wilson beat Lakewood 57 47 and Notre Dame downed St. Anthony 67 35 in a day of district track and field action.

Poly High Cinderman Millikan Downey Jordan Vikings Panthers Poly Rams Wilson Lakewood St. Anthony Notre Dame LaMare Ols Bronchell NDI Ta Etwess Sakys Berke Nop Celeman Hutton Martin Ye Chare Raberly Thany Renen Momtiore Moy

LBCC track victory features Andrews Reese leads rout

Andrews and Reese starred as LBCC dominated El Camino in a 78 44 Metropolitan Conference track meet. Key performances included sprint vault and relay legs with multiple firsts across 10 events. Team members from LBCC and EC competed for top spots under strong showings from Brock, Brightman, and Carmichael.

Dee Andrews Brightman Troyemia Beach Jertin Bonn Sever City College Victore As Hansen Ehlerstory el Camino Thee Serene Peterson Owen Ian Inc Pahoa Breakenship Watfort Vikas Benen Fhaw el Cay

Wrestling Results at Municipal Auditorium

Lord Blears and Sharpe drew while Sam Berg defeated Del Mumberta. Mickey Bockwinkle beat Mr Motos Clessle Blas. Hans Herman defeated Yale in a separate bout at the Cathedral arena event.

Municipal Auditorium Lord Blears Ke Sharpe Sammy Berg Del Juan Mumberta Mickey Bockwinkle Mr. Motos Clessle Blas Yale Hans Herman

PCE Results and Scores Across Cities

A fragmented sports round up shows Rochester defeating Seattle 4 to 1, Spokane 1, and a Southern Association note cites Shreveport Birmingham Nashville 3. AM Shatranossia 12. The garbled lines suggest multiple city results and a prize amount indicated by a dollar sign.

Rochester Seattle Reno Spokane Southern Assn Shreveport Birminahatt Nashville Shatranossia

Gauchos Rally Past State In Lopsided Baseball Win

Santa Barbara bolted to a four-run second inning and held on to beat Long Beach State 83 in CCAA play. Zeke DeCreco delivered a bases loaded triple to spark the Gauchos offense as Neal Smith homered and Tony Carraeys added two doubles for Santa Barbara. The teams scheduled a doubleheader today on the Gaucho diamond.

Santa Barbara Uv Santa Barbara Low Beach State Zeke DeCreco LBSC Neal Smith Schomer Tony Carraeys 49Ers Gaucho Long Beach San Barba Carrasco Reynolds Frodeni Decken Hadman Piler Bwasnete Winn Ty Gunner Bydovch O Keenan the Smith Besennerse Yueie Oescarena Moon Foley TaRadingon Hancock Doo Grath — Cerrerco Bececo

Corsairs break LBCC title reign in Metro swim meet

Santa Monica Corsairs upset Long Beach City College 51 to 43 to end LBCC’s six year hold on the Metropolitan Conference swimming title. Fredericks sparked the win with a national junior college mark of 2:05.5 in the 200 yard butterfly, surpassing the 2:08.1 record set in 1958. The victory marked the first time since 1959 a Jaycee team has outscored coach Monty Nitzkowski’s Vikings.

Santa Monica Long Beach City College Vikings Corsairs LBCC Decry Fredericks Gary Henrichs Oakland Monty Nitz‘kowski Lay Trees Cn McElligot Mines Iy Achat Goverans MeeMiport Fraserie Ginnl Geovat Santa Monica Lowa

Hawks Lead Chicago Victory Over Red Wings

Stan Mikita and Murray Balfour each scored twice as the Chicago Black Hawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 Friday night. The win tied their Stanley Cup playoff series at three games to two.

Chicago Stan Mikita Murray Balfour Chicago Black Hawks Detroit Red Wings

Poly Golfers Wio Poly High Beat Montebello 34-2

Poly High golfers defeated Montebello 34 to 2 at Recreation Park. Terry Small was medalist with 34 strokes and Terry Hartshone fired a 36.

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