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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1948
Page
23
Turk Edwards, famed Redskins coach and former hardnosed player, has never lost as East coach in five East West games. The piece recalls Edwards facing Sammy Baugh and highlights the intense, injury-prone history of the annual San Diego clash.
Primo Carnera and Joe Louis era legends dominate a lively scene at Wilmington Bowl and Tony’s gym. Da Preem touts mixed careers while discussing which global heavyweight title he aims to win, and Sharkey weighs in on fighters, era comparisons, and the state of boxing today.
Sidelined by a training camp injury Harry Gilmer cannot play in the sixth annual Washington Redskins East West All Star contest. Sammy Baugh will lead the West with Tommy Mont replacing Gilmer at quarterback in an aerial battle also featuring Iowa All American Tommy Farmer. Tickets available at the Press Telegram and Poly High box office opens game day.
Bruce McCormick shot a three under par 137 to top the field in the Southern California qualifying rounds for the national amateur golf championship at Memphis. Additional qualifiers included John W. Dawson Bobby Hardner Forest Tucker Bob Morefield Aubrey Duffey Louis Case Jack Robinson Judd Wilcox and Forrest Tucker who later withdrew and was replaced by Clarke Hardwicke.
Los Angeles Rams coach Bob Snyder announced four players were traded to the Detroit Lions and one was released. End Jack Pesek from Nebraska and halfbacks Jim Hunnicutt South Carolina Joe Latham Delaware and Wallace Matulich Mississippi State were transferred to Detroit. Pat Higgins Williams was released after waivers showed no claim.
Frankie Albert star turns in Pasadena, completing 17 of 21 passes for 263 yards and four scores as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Los Angeles Dons 42 to 24. Beals scores three times, Lillywhite adds a 41 yard run, and Gentry and Fenenbeck contribute in a high scoring exhibition benefiting a boys club before 58,207.
Babe Ruth will be buried today in a public funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral New York. Cardinal Spellman will preside with no eulogy and 300 patrolmen will guard the area as Gov. Dewey and mayors attend. The burial moves to Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Westchester with a family plot at the Hudson River site.
Joe Engel president of the Chattanooga Lookouts called for a national Babe Ruth cancer fund. He proposed that each organized baseball club stage a Babe Ruth Day annually and donate all proceeds to the fund in honor of the late slugger who died of cancer.
Bob Smith of Balboa Yacht Club won the second race and leads the five race international flatboat series with a total 27% points sailing Two-X.
Brooklyn earns a 1-0 win over Philadelphia as Rex Barney dazzles with a one hit gem. Giants crush Braves 8-2 in New York while Cardinals rally past Reds 4-3 in St Louis boosting their chase of Boston. Pirates come from behind to beat Cubs 7-4 in Chicago as box score highlights feature Caballero, Mize, and Gordon.
The report notes a favorable Davis Cup draw for the Czech team with a key pairing and potential matchups shaping their path. Strong entities include the Czech team and the Davis Cup event, with implications for their advancement.
In Brookline Massachusetts the two man Czech team gains favorable singles assignments as Jaroslav Drobny faces Billy Sidwell and Adrian Quist meets Vladimir Cernik in the Longwood matches.
Laddie Kempa, a 27 year old Stillwater Oklahoma college student, beat Alvin Everett of Rome Georgia 6 and 5 to reach the semi finals at French Lick. Kempa lost only one hole in the quarter finals of the National Left Handers golf tournament.
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