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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1954
Page
11
A humor column recalling weeks away from sports writing, jokes about the Hollywood Stars, St. Louis Browns, Dodgers, and other baseball footnotes. The piece riffs on players, managers, and TV coverage with playful misspellings and local sports banter.
The Del Mar program lists multiple races with spoken entries and purses. Notable results include a third place for Chutney Longdeny and a 37.20 payout for Finylight Baay while other entries like Time-1 and Rob Fonerbuneh feature in timing data across the card.
Panhy Vein Dyken and Banrie, Likes combined for a 2 1 victory to push Marth Long Geach Linns toward the Nid Baseball Association title race. Legion Beaver suffered the loss as Vincin Aerinex and Jal. Tle contributed in a tight game. Dohimien and Mant Orken also featured for the winners.
Ernie Mason’s Race Track Specials show T-Free Country finishing sixth, CHANCE BEL-Harrego Boy second, TU PROBABLE WINNEL-Sword Trick seventh, PERRED PARLAY-Ara Khul to Free Bell eighth, and S Vik-Luck at Night first.
The report notes skating stars tied to the Tay Bribe ers and Aner Reaves, with Long Beach fans watching the Bombers and Hiraves battles in Los Angeles. A film reel shows Lang Berch's water skiers aged five to ten years old, and Glenn Debbs Cut HAMILTON. Doc Tulse l and U S pro teams are mentioned before Debbs Cut's release by Hamilton in the Big For Circuit.
Long Beach City College alumni prepare at Jordan High from 7 to 3 36 pm for a Sept 18 game against the Vikings. They seek to end a four game losing streak with star back Chick Holmes leading the offense and coach Merle Decker coordinating the efforts.
Ambiguities in the OCR text yield a fragmentary score card with names Dobb and Diekel, Richtiein Refloeg, Mexico, Ba con, Guedan and Siverr, Ford, Gresr and Gelrer. The readable items suggest a softball scoreboard with team names and inning totals but lack coherent formatting or complete details.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Johnny Antocelli Giants and players Beane Hebe and Braven with references to homers and threes. Lacks coherent event, date, or clear entities to form a proper summary.
The Long Beach Nitehawks, defending International Softball League champions, face tonight’s feature game seeking a second consecutive victory. In Monday action Dayton defeated Providence 7-0, New Briford beat Covington 2-1, and Lorenzo defeated Tusa 3-1.
The program centers on a Thursday wrestling lineup at Municipal Auditorium with Gene Kiniski, Warren Tom Rice, and Bolo versus Wilbur. Main event features Snyder Saider stake tag match, Joan Cratoria against Hardy, and Gena Leatherman in a separate bout. Officials previously added to calm control after last week’s disorder.
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