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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1958
Page
17
LBCC ace fires 71 as Pinky and six other LB golfers advance from Peeble Beach Qualifying. By Jerry Wynn the qualifying scores highlight the toughest moments of the four tour Championship in California.
Pinky Steverson of Recreation Part Tuesday in Illinois led a 36 hole qualifying with a 71 at Pebble Beach earning fourth place and a framed plaque as one of three in the field of 300 to break par. The piece also links boxing idol Joe Brown and a Long Beach group, plus the first American starting gate sent to Ireland and Mexico football oddities.
New York, Oct 1 1957 The Yankees are 7 to 5 favorites in World Series betting against the Milwaukee Braves after a late season slump. The opener in Milwaukee is expected as a pick em affair with the series dates yet to be set.
Fragmentary sports note mentions boxing and routine events with unclear names and scores. Readers see partial team or athlete references and route mentions, but details, dates, and outcomes are unreadable.
San Francisco State and Long Beach State meet at Cox Stadium in San Francisco for a 4 kickoff game to avenge last year’s 33 0 loss at Veterans Stadium. Don Reed enters as new head coach guiding a unit led by Larry Manly Roger Bulk Don Raffire and Gordon Henderson. Jim Sochor anchors SF State at quarterback as Joe Verducci fills out a veteran lineup.
New Orleans UPI reports baseball broadcaster Leo Dulpcher, former major league manager, says the major leagues will eventually have to pick up the tab for minor league teams to keep them in business.
Millikan High football, a graduation depleted club, faces a tough Moore League season after a last place finish. Coach Tom Kinkade emphasizes rebuilding with a passing attack led by Gary Tekeley while juggling injuries and new lineups as players adapt.
Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Dodgers in both ends of a Tuesday doubleheader, with Smokey Burgess belting a 10th inning pinch homer to seal a 7-5 win in the nightcap and give Cincinnati a sweep. Earlier, Jerry Lynch Pete Whisenant and Dutch Dotterer homered to power a 5-3 opener victory that dropped Los Angeles to near the bottom of the second division. Snider left the game after a line-drive to the ear, ending his Stark postwar streaks as he neared milestone home runs and had his 300th RBI and 700th extra-base hit in the nightcap. The Dodgers now trail the first-place Reds by six games and face Chicago in a three-game set starting Friday.
The Hesperia Golf Open gears up with a $17,000 purse as Thursday play begins. A quirky note recalls last year when Franke Strana of Toledo quit after 46 holes due to his wife Ann giving birth, and this year Art Waller of Pocono Manor left the event when his wife Dean expected their fourth child.
HITTV debuts a new sports feature called Rams-Highlights hosted by IPT columnist Bob Kelley. This week airs key Ram plays from last Friday including a dramatic 80 yard run by Jon Arnett and standout punts and passes.
Gaspar Ortega, 146, top welterweight challenger, faces Don Jordan, 141, in tonight's televised feature at Portland. Jordan, an 8 July Los Angeles fighter, beat Isaac Logart by decision and holds 41 wins 11 defeats. Ortega carries 48 wins 11 defeats and two draws.
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