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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1953
Page
11
UCLA and USC opened PCC practice as the top two teams, both undefeated and untied. USC defeated UCLA 14 to 12 in the conference decider, with 22 lettermen returning for each school. Numerous players and lineups across California schools are listed as contenders for the season.
The article recalls a 16 hour day with a 9 inning pitching performance by a Cleveland Indians pitcher against the New York Yankees, followed by a tough six round bout at Tollywood Le Bion Stadium. It highlights the weary effort, late innings fatigue, and a near miss in an 18th victory scenario, with notes of training camp and a boxing interlude involving Jimmay Quinn and Kilfo Martinez.
Cleveland report notes Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams batting .447 with six home runs and 17 hits in 39 at bats. He drove in two runs and provided strong early season offensive output.
Milwaukee stars pace a massive six NL records with eight homers in a game and twelve in two games. Eddie Mathews belts three, Stan Musial extends consecutive 100-run seasons, and Brooklyn plates 12 in an inning as the run total climbs to 1008 for the NL season.
Wench IV captained by George Fileicz won the 1953 Pacific Coast star class sailing championship by one point in a three race series at outer harbor. LA Yacht Club boat edged North Star II by placing first, fourth and second to clinch the title. Vixen placed third, Yellow Jacket fourth, and Lecky and Toupee tied for fifth.
Bray and Jane Little defended their singles titles at the city championships held at Recreation Park on Sunday with straight set wins 6-2, 6-1 over Dan Walker and Mrs. Jack Ballack. George Palka won Class C singles from Walt Reggio 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Wendall MacCoby and Dave Ruderman beat Clint Evans and Bob Johnson 6-1 4-6 6-4 in Class B men's doubles.
Forest Hills February round two sees American Art Larsen Billy Talbert and Sid ney Schwartz challenge top Australian favorites Ken Rosewall Lew Head as Aussies push toward the third round. Rosewall Head glide into round three with decisive wins while Seixas Trabert Patty Brown also advance in a field of rising stars and upsets.
New Line on Magic Numbers reports the Brooklyn Dodgers need 15 wins and Milwaukee Braves defeats, while the New York Yankees require 17 setbacks by rivals to clinch the pennants. The Dodgers seek a second straight NL title and the Yankees aim for a fifth straight AL crown, with White Sox in the mix.
Lakewood Post won the eighth Anaheim Legion junior baseball tournament title at Las Palmas Park 5-4 over San Bernardino Sun. Trailing 4-3 in the ninth, Lakewood tied on walks and a squeeze bunt then won on Ted Smith scoring. MVP Gordon Seyfried and Lakewood’s Schuller earned honors amid wild pitching by Mel Nelson who stranded runners late.
LUCKPORT USA Sgt Walter Adelman has returned from 22 months in a Korean prison camp seeking a fresh start with the St Louis Cardinals. Once a 15 year old catcher hopeful, he shifted to softball in Korea and while a prisoner. Cardinal farm chief Joseph Mathes announced Adelman will get another chance, amid a trade talk involving the Forty-Niners.
In the Virginia Singles Classic and Boulevard Bowl Derby leaders held firm after weekend play. Sam Coto of San Diego topped the Virginia scratch total at 1588, with Jay Stall of Long Beach at 1553. Stall led Boulevard Bowl scratch with 1048, while other top names include Rey Seddon and Fred Stroh among the scorers.
Vic Seixas Hamilton Richardson and Budge Patty filed entries for the Pacific Southwest championships at the Los Angeles Tennis Club September 12 to 20. Richardson is national intercollegiate champion and Patty a Wimbledon past winner. Other entrants include Ken Rosewall Lew Hoad and Tony Trabert.
Pat McCormick of California defeated Paula Myers by 75.83 to 67.28 at the Far West Swimming Championships in San Francisco to avenge a prior loss. Multnomah Athletic Club won the women's title with 93 points, LAAC second, Santa Clara third. California Swim Club took the men’s title with 68 points.
Hollywoods Stars and Los Angeles Angels battled in a weekend set that drew a record 91,374 fans at Wrigley Field for an eight game stretch. Dale Long homered three times as the Stars split a Sunday twin bill, taking the nightcap 5-0 while the Angels won the opener 5-4 in 12 innings.
Baltimore Colts reshuffle seating for first home exhibition and Sept 20 date with Washington Redskins due to Memorial Stadium reconstruction. Officials asked ticket holders in eight sections to exchange for new seats as scaffolding and top deck work render current seats unusable.
Fragmented OCR lists baseball games with teams like San Diego Seattle New York Chicago Cleveland and Detroit. Entries show scores as scattered figures and notes about postponements or incomplete lines, reflecting a partial schedule snippet from a historical box score page.
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