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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1959
Page
13
In a spirited, wide-ranging column, football and baseball lore mix with Rams internal squabbles, Don Drysdale antics, and Don Clark of Southern California. The piece riffs on team cliques, notable coaches, and a barbecued memory lane from Redlands to Long Beach, ending with Clark’s season hopes.
Greta Andersen a 30 year old Danish born Long Beach housewife abandoned her bid for a two way crossing of the English Channel after finishing seventh in the mass start race. Argentine Alfredo Camastero won in 11 hours 43 minutes 26 seconds. Miss Andersen was pulled from the water about 50 minutes after reentering at Dover. Myra Thompson of Long Beach finished close second in the women’s race, ten minutes behind Greta with 15 hours 35 minutes.
The Holloman Air Force Base Rockets of New Mexico, coached by Capt. Jay D. Smith, enter the International Softball Congress World Tournament in Long Beach as strong contenders. They bring a 545 batting average by Bill Doyle and 40 strikeouts by Bill Lingle after a stellar New Mexico season. Eighteen teams from the US and abroad compete in a nine day double elimination event, including entrants from Mexico and Canada.
CHICAGO reliever Barry Latman held Boston to one run as the White Sox defeated the Red Sox 5-1 Thursday. Ted Williams hit a ninth inning homer, his 11th of the season, spoiling Latman’s shutout bid. Latman fell to seven wins and five losses as Staley closed the game with two strikeouts.
Jim OToale, a 22-year-old rookie lefty, limited the Cubs to five hits and fanned 10 as Cincinnati beat Chicago 5-0. The game opened with a protest by Cubs manager Bob Scheffing over an umpire ruling that a Ceccarelli balked, allowing a Reds run to score. The protest centered on whether the pitch should have been ruled a wild pitch.
Former Rice quarterbacks Frank Ryan and King Hill, who shared the No 1 and No 2 roles from 1954 to 1958, meet as rivals Saturday night when the Los Angeles Rams face the Chicago Cardinals. Ryan, pursuing a mathematics PhD at UCLA, and Hill both started at Rice, and this game rekindles a long standing debate over who was the true leader of Rice’s offense.
In Boulder, Frank Ryan recounts sharing quarterback duties with King Hill at Rice and later competition with Bill Wade in the NFL. He recalls injuries, rivalries, and how Eddie Kotal’s Rams gamble led to a shot at the starting job. Ryan credits Hill’s confidence and all around talent while noting his own growth through watching predecessors.
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