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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1947
Page
11
Entries for the Del Mar Handicap show Weilnenlay and Westher among the contenders for the August 13 card. Post time is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. local.
Len Rumsey and E E Bush Buisseret were elected to the Long Beach Bowling Association board at Boulevard Bowl. They succeed Lloyd Wasson and Frank White who resigned. The Boulevard Bowl won the California State Tournament to be held next May, based on Ora Forman’s cooperation with local officials. Directors will represent 23 local sanctioned houses and work on league issues.
Cochran tops Coch Delles in a Sunday Be Le Mont softball clash. Opal Hitchine paced scoring with 483, Ines Aubrey and Kay Pridden added key outputs. Multiple players and teams named across a dense, error-filled OCR with rosters and contacts. action centers on Cochran victory and upcoming Saturday game details.
Coast coaches accept action by major league officers on college player Lloyd Merriman. Stanford football coach Marchie Schwartz says Merriman chose professional baseball and no pact was broken. Ed McKeever of San Francisco questions education loss. Chandler notes talks with leagues about restricting signings, to be discussed at December meeting.
Riverside won 5-1 over El Centro last night at El Centro behind Bob Mineo who allowed four hits and struck out 11. Elmer Critchlow led the Dons with three hits including a double as Reno rolled past Ontario 5-3 on their home field.
The narrator recalls a day at Del Mar with friends Kathy Martha and Charlotte near Betty Grable and Gregory Peck in attendance. Charlotte bets on Lucky Showers and wins nearly $200, while the group admires stars Harry James and Gregory Feck and comments on fashion, luck, and future outings.
Ventura August 12 Football's 1947 coming out party will be held tonight under lights at the Ventura Junior College Stadium. The Los Angeles Dons major league squad, led by quarterbacks Charlie O Rourke and Angelo Bertelli, meet intrasquad action coached by Ted Shipkey and Nel Helin. Beverly Rosser will flip the coin with captains O Rourke and Bertelli. Ben Agajanian will kick off the season with the toed punt in the middle of the field as the 1947 campaign opens, following intra-squad results from last year.
The Junior Legion nines advance to the semifinals with Anaheim and Carthay meeting at 7 p m in Anaheim La Palma Park. Arcadia faces Highland Park in the other semifinal. Last night Fullerton beat Hollywood Canteen 4 0 and Morningside defeated Ontario 4 2.
A fire at Hollywood Park stables in Inglewood yesterday consumed loose hay and refuse, sending up thick clouds of smoke and causing damage to nearby areas. No injuries are reported, and investigators are assessing the scene.
Abstracted from a noisy 1940s league page listing team records by region. Key lines show Atlanta and Knoxville areas with win totals and recent game notes, plus California and Pacific Coast results including Stockton and Modesto standings.
Fragmented OCR text lists scores and cities including Newark Montreal Baltimore and Rochester with numeric codes and partial team names. The garbled lines suggest a sports or standings snippet from a larger international bulletin, lacking coherent context or complete nouns.
John Thomas faces Arturo Barron in the main event at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. This is Thomas first bout since losing the state lightweight title to Enrique Bolanas. Thomas comes in as the favorite, having previously stopped Barron in four heats last year.
Vance Thurston, star pitcher for Wilson High who led the Southern California prep title run, signed with the Seattle Rainiers last night. He traveled with the team to Seattle today for a Sacramento series. Thurston, 18, may enroll at Loyola after the season and is kept with Seattle for the balance of the year. The Yankees also sought his services in recent weeks.
Lopez a former world title claimant meets Emil Dusek in a three fall feature at Wilmington Bowl as part of a four bout card Promoter Johnny Doyle also has George Becker versus Jules Strongbow in a rematch and other bouts include Brother Frank versus Bobby Becker and Mike Mazurki against Hans Schultz in a wrestling evening marked by recent losses on Lopez’s side and Dusek led rivalries
Barnett, a Long Beach amateur welterweight champion, signed yesterday to meet Twardy, a promising Los Angeles 147-pounder, in the feature of a double bill at Municipal Auditorium. The card opens with Joe Quinlan versus Tiger Mills in a rematch, a bout many felt could have ended in a draw. Barnett’s clash with Twardy, a Villaflor protege, could be his last amateur fight if he loses and turns pro. Local favorites Bobby Busken, Johnny Turner, and Art Brown are slated for supporting bouts.
Race results list multiple horses and times across seven races. Names include Asian Novela Man, Count Carlos, Up, Sha-Aar, Ton Charge, Auntie Mar Mar and Lookout Lover with associated trainers and payouts. The event shows times around 1:08 to 1:14 and various place finishes across six to eight furlong heats.
Unbested Allpy Die craft captured an 8 to 3 win in the Torrance semipro tournament last night. Line scores credited Plagas Batterie, Forter and Swartz with solid performances.
Whittier defeated Joe Rodgers Long Beach Drillers 12-7 in a National Niteball League game at Whittier. Taylor pitched two innings for Whittier, Innes earned the win, and Chandinas drove in key runs. Reed Roberts and Beare starred in the field as Long Beach scratched for runs with notable hits from Kill and Chandler.
Frank Krause of Long Beach California defeated Bob Arnold of Dallas Texas in the opening round of the American Rogue Association national tournament championship playoffs in Wichita Kansas last night by a 32 to 0 score.
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