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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1976

Page

15

Smooth Me Wins Shoe Fly Stakes at Los Alamitos

Smooth Me a 415,000 claim turned top handicap star overcame a stumble and carried 124 pounds to win the Shoe Fly Stakes at Los Alamitos. James Brooks rode the 3-year-old son of Smooth Mage to a 4 head victory in 17.85 seconds, boosting earnings to 3,590 after seven starts.

Smooth Me Los Alamitos Smooth Mage James Brooks Maskeo Lad Bay Meadows Toneigh Alamitos Bar

Unclear race card items from Los Alamitos session

The readable lines show a dirt track program with race titles and horse names such as Lord Demi h and Gontsy Teed plus distances like 360 yards and 400 yards. Payouts or times are partially visible amid garbled OCR text, indicating multiple races and entrants without clear results.

Lord Demi H Gontsy Los Alamitos

Chicago owned colt scratched from Selmont Stakes

Elocutionist, the upset winner of the Preakness, did not run in Saturday's Selmont Stakes due to a slight filling and swelling in the right front leg, owner Eugene Cashman said Monday.

Chicago Elocurionist Pall Eugene Cashman Cashman

Unclear OCR summary of horse race and sports figures

Fragmented text lists names and numbers related to Ascot results and racing participants, including figures like $672.20 and a sedan reference. Contains multiple disjoint items with no coherent event or outcome and several illegible fragments.

Babashoff nets six wins in three days at Belmont Pool

Shirley Babashoff of Mission Viejo won two events to close the Western Olympic Development meet at Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool, giving her six victories across the three days of competition. Casey Converse, 18, also of Mission Viejo, won the men’s 100 free on the same day, posting the second fastest time in the world this year.

Shirley Babeshoff Mission Viejo Belmont Plaza Casey Converse

Dahlia Triumphs in Invita tional Turf Handicap at Hollywood

Dahlia, the six year old mare owned by Nelson B Hunt, won the $200,000 Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap over Caucasus and Pass The Glass in 2 26 4/5 on a Memorial Day crowd of 56,806. Shoemaker guided the Kentucky bred to victory earning $120,000, boosting career earnings to $1,520,639.

Dahlia Nelson B. Hunt Dallas Oil Family England France Bill Shoemaker Shoemaker Caucasus Pass the Glass Marco Castaneda Castenada Hunt Dehlia Avatar

Life's Hope Wins Jersey Derby After Cojak Disqualification

Harbor View Farm's Life's Hope defeated Cojak by a nose after a stewards’ objection cost Cojak the win. Rivera steered Life's Hope to seize the lead in the stretch, with Life's Hope finishing the 1 1/16 miles in 1:53 3/5 and paying $8.40 $4.60 $4.20. Cojak paid $4.60 and $4.65. Strawberry Landing paid $7 as a longshot. Forego won Belmont Park's Metropolitan Handicap, the first leg of the handicap series, paying $4.20 $2.60 $2.29 after a late surge past Master Derby in front of 47,078 fans.

Cherry Hill N.J Harbor View Farm Garden State Park Cojak Soja Oteny Agnello L Ife Hope Miguel Rivera Aboant Life's Hope Life's Hope Laz Ba Strawberry Landing New York Belmont Park

Cypress Hawks win Memorial softball title at Joe Rodgers Park

Cypress led by VerSteeg in the Memorial Day tourney finals edged Long Beach as Rick Owens won on the other side to force a rematch. Hawk centerfielder Huss earned MVP honors while VerSteeg was top pitcher as Cypress swept through five games in the Pac Coast Softball League event at Joe Rodgers Park.

Bob VerSteeg Cypress Hawks Joe Duhem Joe Rodgers Park Long Beach Rick Owens Cypress la Fluane Williams Owens la Flor Fidel's Solano Beach Hawks Hawk Jerry Huss Ver Steeg

Comets win women s AAU track title in San Diego

Long Beach Comets captured the state AAU senior women’s track championship at Balboa Stadium with 71 points, defeating Los Angeles Track Club and L.A. Mercurettes. Kathy Jewell led in 3000 meters, Patty Cape excelled in hurdles, while Janice Smith and Diane Harrell posted notable sprint and middle distance wins.

San Diego Kathy Jewell Patty Cape Long Beach Comets Balboa Stadium Comets Los Angeles Track Club L.A. Mercurettes Lakewood International T.C Rene Bowen Lakewood Janice Smith Diane Harrell

Unclear race results with disqualification in Boats event

Fragmentary OCR text reports second heat winner Wayne Wood with a close time and a disqualification for Clung in a feud themed incident. Mentions flatbottom boats and several illegible names and times, providing minimal verifiable details.

Wayne Wood Clung

Camarillo Tops Forum Rodeo Money Winners

Camarillo, California rider Leo Camarillo earned the top prize in Forum Championship Rodeo, losing the Match of Champions to Tom Ferguson of Miami Oklahoma. Camarillo won 2987 dollars to Ferguson’s 2778 and rose from ninth to second in season earnings with 14362 dollars while Ferguson leads with 35089 dollars.

Leo Camarillo Clements Calif Tom Ferguson Miami Okla Camarillo Ferguson Fergigon

Masters Team Seethes Over Postseason Honors

Sandefur and Shondell condemn the Masters for only two first team selections after an unbeaten run. Stone balks at MVP, Glenn honored but not present, Montague accepts. Long Beach teams face travel, funding, and sanctioning disputes affecting awards and eligibility.

Sandefur Shondell Glenn Prugh Presto Stone Jim Montague San Diego Randy Missouri Shondefl Long Beach City College

Vista Triumphs Over Huntington Park in Jets Tourney

Vista defeated Huntington Park 4 2 Sunday night to win the Lakewood Jets Memorial Day Softball Tournament at Mayfair Park. Huntington Park advanced from the losers bracket by beating the host Jets 3 2 Fresno 14 and Vista 41 before losing to Vista in the finals. Jets beat Maniits Barons 3 0 led by Hice Stiles two homers. Sparrow of Huntington Park named outstanding pitcher and Regas of Vista MVP.

Vista Huntington Park Lakewood Jets Mayfair Park Jets Fresno Maniit Barons of Lakewood Hice Stiles Guy Sparrow Dan Regas

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