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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1948
Page
11
In a Southwest conference preview, Texas figures as the strongest contender for back-to-back crowns with Doak Walker and Kyle Rote highlighted for SMU and a host of returning stars for Texas. The piece weighs Rice and TCU as top challengers and notes looming schedules and key players as the season nears.
Del Mar schedules a full race card for Wednesday August 25 with first post at 2 P M Weather is clear and track is fast The big six races include the Jr League Handicap purse two thousand dollars for three year olds and up Names such as Warra Nymph Pay Me and Sir War appear among the entries plus several others with varying weights and odds for the eighth race and other events, reflecting a busy day of competition across multiple class levels.
Homer Martin won the seniors tournament final defeating Bill Breeden four and three with a near 77. The item notes local golf scene at Lakewood with mentions of Jimmy Thompson's Reno Open plans, Vic Baker's driving range plans, new pro staff member Ken Welty, and other prize winners and event dates such as Publinx Scotch Mixed Foursome at Willowwick and Lakewood Women's Publinx events.
Lee Bastajian lists picks for Del Mar on Wednesday August 24 with selections by race including Red Count and Listening Post. Bets favor Red Count in race one and Skootumpah as a longshot in race two with numerous horse names across the card.
Racing notes from Del Mar list results for races one through seven with winner names, payouts, and betting odds. Several entries show scratches including Anne, Bar of Wood, and Best Judg, plus times for some races and a mix of favorable and long-shot payouts.
The Seals face the Sacramento Solons in a critical Pacific Coast League set, a home-and-home style clash starting tonight as San Francisco aims to stay atop the standings. Oakland trails by four games and meets the Seattle Rainiers as seven straight wins lift Seattle. The Padres visit the Los Angeles Angels and Portland goes to Gilmore Field to face the Hollywood Stars.
Ambling Alp Carnera teams with Szabo against Hans Schnabel and Ted Christy in a tag bout at Wilmington Bowl. The bout marks Carnera’s first tag appearance and his impending departure to South America. Bouts include Vic Holbrook versus Vic Christy and Kole Stasiak versus Dave Levin in the 8:30 opener.
New York aug 24 Bucky Harris praised the Yankees after an 11 1 victory over the White Sox their seventh straight win He cited Charlie Keller back in form driving in 10 runs in four games and noted Porterfield Raschi Reynolds and Lopat sharing the mound wins The manager credited lineup changes for improved run production and stronger defense saying Yogi Berra and Tommy Henrich contributed while Gus Nairhos Snuffy Stirnweiss and Phil Rizzuto raised their hitting.
Chubasco sailed by W L Stewart Jr wins the Bob Carlson trophy as 12-boat fleet on San Clemente Island suffers mass retirements. Branta led by Dr Don Barber finishes second. Bolero places third. Velez II captained by Dickie Deaver wins Metcalf Memorial series at outer harbor with 7596 points to 7055 for Don Ayres Jr. in Aloha.
West gate of the Marine Stadium is closed as workers resurface the road. Works include removing 4000 old rowing grandstand seats to clear the speed boat course. Grandstands will be split and moved to flank the motorboat judges' stand, which itself shifts about 100 yards east. The improvements aim to be ready for Labor Day regatta.
San Diego reports star Jack Graham prepared to return to the lineup if needed as a pinch hitter or possibly tonight. He has been out two months after being struck by Red Adams of Los Angeles on July 25, inches toward the 60 home run mark once held by Tony Lazzeri. Regular return may wait until next week with five weeks left in the season.
A 10 event road running motorcycle show will feature Floyd Emde of San Diego winner at Daytona Beach along with top Southern California drivers such as Win Young Ed Kretz Lee Potter Ray Tanner Ernie Roccio and Bert Brundage. Qualifying starts at 7 pm with the 20 lap main event and several semimains and heats on the program at Carson Speedway Gardena.
The San Diego Junior American Legion team defeated Brigham City 7 to 2 in Salt Lake City to move undefeated into the Region 12 semifinals. Reno beat Maui Island 9 to ? removing Hawaii from the tourney as Brigham City eyes the Reno Phoenix winner.
Veteran Carlos Chavez makes his lightweight debut against Alfredo Escobar in the 10 round main event at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Chavez has rarely been knocked out and has suffered only four defeats in a long featherweight run. He fights tonight without former manager Johnny Forbes.
The Green Streaks travel to La Palma Park for game six against the Anaheim Lions in the National Nite ball League Shaughnessy Playoffs. Anaheim leads 3 to 2. Streaks aim to rebound after a 4-1 loss last Friday with Al DeWeese on mound against Stan Beauchamp.
Readable fragments show teams like First Lutheran Bethany Baptist Parkie and Horace Mann facing Central Ch of Christ and First United Presbyterian. Batteries listed include Meyer Luhrsen Finkel Ryan and others. results show varied inning scores, with several 1s 0s and late-inning bats in a chaotic scorecard.
Seventy one University of Washington players were notified to report for fall practice on September 1. Coach Howard Odell expected 18 lettermen, the smallest turnout in years, with possible losses of center Bill McGovern and end Hank Melusky due to study pressures.
At the Auditorium in Oakland, Tom Campbell from Chicago faces Art Aragon of Los Angeles in the main event. The winner earns a possible shot at Enrique Bolanos' state lightweight title.
Compton College faces the University of Mexico in an international contest on Sept. 18 in Mexico City. The Tartars fly out Sept. 16 and return by air on Sept. 19 making Compton the first junior college to travel by air for an away game and the first to play internationally.
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