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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1959

Page

5

Dodgers Confident in 1959 World Championship Return

In a vivid spring training report from Vero Beach Florida Dodgers officials players and fans express unwavering confidence in a second straight title. Roy Campanella recovering in a wheelchair hails the squad as brothers and the rookie Larry Sherry impresses on the mound as the team aims to carry momentum from the 1959 championship into the new season.

Fylik Holuaghorth Euroine Dodgers Vero Berkeley Wally Moon Chicago Vero Beach Fla Hank Hollingworth Hodges Duke Snider Gino Cimcli Sacha Roseboro Don Drysdéaie Clem Labine Carl Erskine Buzzie Bavasi Walt Alston Carl Furilla Hox Ron Long Beach Dodger Compton Duke Voled Gil Hodges Southland Aero Roy Campanella Aif Dinky Aero Camay Roy Los Angeles Don Drysdale Campy Vero Beath Larry Sherry Champio

Beverly Hills Trot Sparks Top Harness Field at Hollywood Park

Dar Safe, the world’s richest harness horse with 357 687 dollars in Hayes Fair Acres bank, headlines six in the Beverly Hills Trot at Hollywood Park today. Bold Colby Lumber Boy and Silver Song also compete in the featured race as Charming Barbara and others race from strong East and New York form. Jamin makes a first appearance in the program, a mile race between races one and two. Danny Lite won the Santa Monica Pace Friday in 12 05 5 for 1 mile 16.

Dar Safe Hayes Fair Acres Beverly Hills Hollywood Park Trader Horn Jean Laird Ting Dumber Boy Bold Colby Charming Barbara Eastern Shore iLumber Along Bailey Gallon Safety First Gladys Volo Tamburlaine Lumber Boy Silver Song New York Seas Eddie Wheeler Jamin Frank O'Mara Danny Lite Santa Monica

Diller Wins Kentucky Futurity in Straight Heat Sweep

Lexington reporting that Diller Hanover captured the Kentucky Futurity for 3 year old trotters in a straight-heat victory Friday. The win marked a third series triumph in the same circuit after earlier success in the Hamiltonian.

Lexington UPI Diller

Tribe Washington Clash Highlights Coast Grid State

Washingtons undefeated Huskies meet Stanford in Seattle in the first AAU West Coast conference game. Oregon State visits Ann Arbor, Washington State hosts College of the Pacific in Stockton. USC and UCLA have open dates. Washington beat Utah 51 to 6 behind 16 points by quarterback Bob Schlerech.

Washington Huskies West Coast Stanford Seattle Western University Oregon State Ann Arbor Washington State College of the Pacific Stockton Southern California UCLA Utah Bob Schlerech

College football picks large upsets loom this week

National previews show five of the top ten teams in a slate of games where even money favors several underdogs. Purdue, Navy, Syracuse, Army, and Texas face pivotal tests as top Eastern honors, Big Ten title hopes, and SEC clashes hinge on outcomes. LSU sits as a 21-point favorite over Miami, Northwestern eyes Minnesota, and Southern California hosts Oregon State amid a crowded early season.

Bob Jares Jack’ Baraxay Navy Boilermakers Syracuse Army Cay Penn State Wisconsin Ross Fiabe Ree Ance Louisiana State Miami Fla Northwestern Minnesota Cali

Bears Face Rams at Wrigley With Injuries

Bears hold a 715 underdog tag as they meet the Rams at Wrigley Field Sunday. Sid Gillman starts Tommy Wilson at halfback for Jon Amnett, and Ole Matson moves to fullback with B0 Wade at quarterback. Other games see Baltimore favored over Detroit by seven, New York over Cleveland 313, Eagles over Pittsburgh by two, and a Packers 49ers pick’em.

Avec Chicara Bears Wrigley Field Sid Gillman Bell Tommy Wilson Jon Amnett Ole Matson Wade Baltimore Detroit New York Cleveland Eagles Pittsburgh Cards Packers 49Ers

Iockey Results Deeratata and Suaeea Preederce

A brief note reports results from a recent hockey event featuring Deeratata and Suaeea, with two teams competing for top placement. Details are sparse but the outcome highlights the matchups and standings.

Ah Iockey Deeratata Preederce Bae

Lowry Seeks to Extend KO String in Toledo Card

Veteran welterweight Pat Lowry aims for his fourth straight knockout as he meets Reuben Stubbs in a 10 round main event at the Olympic Auditorium tonight. The July card features multiple bouts including Mik Coronado, Arie Fox, and a KTLA telecast at 8:30.

Pat Lowry Toledo Kayo Olympic Auditorium Reuben Stubbs Weks Lowry Joe Micelli Dillard Jackson Ee Varga Ll. State Pace Maurice Burke Cash Barbara Jim McCarter Andy Issac Mike Coronado Johnny Kistler Arie Fox Jeff Jones KTLA

Golden Gate Race Card Summary

The OCR lists race results and entries from Golden Gate with numerous misspellings and illegible tokens. It mentions first through eighth races, with horse names such as Mary Opln k and Aqsa Viror, and various nonstandard terms indicating placings, bets, and race details. The fragmentary text reads like a scrambled program and lacks clear outcomes or coherent results.

Aim Rence Barre — Mary Opl Targuet J WoPep Vara Aqsa Viror Ton Aa Tire Screcheseer Nce Con Dore Deai Ove Abatter Bart Dsumle Aimganty Ag Phila Matres Prams Socry Tata Wacov

Harness Results Met pater ce Mile Pace at the meet

A historic harness racing card includes multiple pace events with names like Breccia, Cortee, Timed Sh Scrached, and Gard Bene Eves. Races feature various horses such as One Mier, Victory Pix, and Mersey Terentia, with detailed placements and times noted across the program.

Pater Eroomsa Breccia Eoras S.n Daly Ceub Tirso Siee Berton Masese Serwenede Gory Lars Ben Baer Bhewer Mersey Terentia Pete Hare Beesrem Petry Mere

Checkers and Names Bridge Sparse Local Item

Fragmentary OCR notes list various names and terms like McGuire, Bek, Reta, Duger's, Lacy, Macravie, Bow, Dr tare, Steve, Jvie, Seed-Petres, Tread, Tia, Kine, Bunter, and 3. No clear event or context emerges.

McGuire Duger Ocarther Macravie Tare Wa Petres

Fragmented OCR Note on Gate Selections and Names

The readable text lists various unclear names and phrases such as Solden Gate Selections, ROY RETX JV, Ko Gur, TF Fun Svat Stuwre, Dorret phones Shaentco, Teasers Stat, Carpet, Prsers, Fl Gueve Freon, Teasers Stat. The content is garbled with many misspellings and no coherent event or date emerges.

Roy Shaentco Gene Cte Cetyar Vite Beaty SB Droten

Desperation pass clinches BU upset over West Virginia

A 19 yard desperation pass from Eno Di Nitto to Gene Prebola with 44 seconds left gave Boston University a 7-0 victory over West Virginia Mountaineers. BU Field crowd of about 8500 witnessed the lone scoring drive in the final three minutes Friday night.

Boston UPI Eno di Nitto Gene Prebola Boston’ University West Virginia Mountaineers Boston University BU Field

Round Table Seeks Fifth Manhattan Handicap Win

Round Table, famed for track records and earnings, seeks 132 pounds over one and five eighths miles in the $50,000 added Manhattan Handicap at New York. Willie Shoemaker rides the Kert Stable champion as 12 horses contest the event with Bald Eagle key rival at 122 pounds. Other entries include Admiral Vee Cross Channel Babu Whodunit Inside Tract Cotoneast Anisado Beau Diabie Reinzi and Nascmo Los.

New York UPI Round Table Manhattan Marathon Round Table Kert Sword Dancer I Hillsdale Willie Shoemaker I Round Table Cain Hay Stable Bald Eagle Manny Yecara Admiral Vee Cross Channel Babu Cotoneast Anisado Beau Diabie Reinzi Nascmo

Rodriguez and Clay Battle to Draw in 10 Round Heavyweight Fight

In Philadelphia on Friday night at the Arena the unranked California heavyweight Kid Sisto Rodriguez fought 10 rounds to a draw with the favored Von Chay of Philadelphia Both weighed 172 pounds The Filipino unknown is 20 years old and carried a record of 10 victories with knockouts and one draw while Clay entered as a 13 to 5 favorite and held a strong profile through the telecast

Philadelphia

Wilkerson Scores Twice as LA State Rout UCSB in1920s Style Blowout

Halfback Stan Wilkerson scored twice Friday night as Los Angeles State overwhelmed the University of California at Santa Barbara 130 to 0 with dominant offense and stout defense. (Note: OCR artifacts present)

Stan Wilkerson Los Angeles State University of California At Santa Barbara Ben Angeles

Mr. Eiffel Choice in Golden Gate Derby

A 133-year-old field was entered for today's $25,000 added Golden Gate Derby at a mile and a sixteenth. High‑weighted Mr. Eiffel, winner of the DeMar Derby, heads the field and will be ridden by George Taniguchi carrying 122 pounds.

Albany Mr. Eiffel George Taniguchi

Mouse and cat bargain over a barrel of wine

An odd tale describes a mouse in an open wine barrel. A house cat toys with the mouse and promises to lift him if the mouse acts as breakfast at eight the next morning. The next day the cat tries to eat him, revealing the bargain as a trap. The scene ends with a warning about never trusting a predator.

Clay Scar Bleize Larry- Medes Beach City

Betz' Best Most Probable Winner and Betsummary

Betz's Best Most Probable Winner Tamburlace in sixth place. Best Bet Saceharin Han over in the south. Best Money Prospect Eastern Shore in seventh. Win Parlay El De Ray in first to Petress Tryax in sixth. Longshot Special Silver Song in eighth.

Tamburlace Saceharin Hanover Sth Eastern Shore Win Parlay el de Ray Petress Tryax Ith Longshot Silver Song

Honolulu Rejects New York Bid for Continental League Berth

Honolulu rejected New York's bid for a berth in the Continental League on Friday. The decision ends speculative talks and marks a change in expansion plans affecting both cities and potential league formations.

New York Honolulu

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