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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1951
Page
26
A garbled OCR style listing shows numerous football clubs, players, and results. Teams include Queens Park Rangers, Coventry, Leeds United, Manchester United, Newcastle, and Norwich, with scattered scores and match notes across leagues and counties. The fragment preserves team names and partial results but lacks coherent narrative or dates.
Southern California's annual open badminton championships awarded to Long Beach and set for February 23 to 25 at Jordan High. Entrants exceed 200 across six divisions with national stars vying for singles doubles and mixed titles led by Joe Alston and Thelma Leovil.
Leone Baron Michele Leone returns to Municipal Auditorium this Thursday to face challenger Roger Mackay in the main event. Mackay, a Salt Lake sensation, aims to dethrone Leone who has never lost here and holds two diamond jeweled belts as junior heavy and world heavyweight champion.
The Outboard Boating Club of Long Beach announces a predicted log race on Sunday February 11 starting 9 30 am at the Golden Avenue launching ramp. Entrants must submit estimated times, with rewards for closest guesses. No firing devices on board. Leonard Woodman chairs the event. A chili and bean lunch will be served at noon.
Salt Lake City February 3. The Salt Lake City Bees announce today the signing of Emery Petty an outfielder from Van Nuys California. Eddie Leishman president of the club said Petty was assigned to the Bees by the Philadelphia Phillies. Petty played with Medford Oregon in the Far West League in 1949 but was out of organized baseball last year due to an injury.
San Diego State College wrestling team edged San Jose State 18 to 14 in a Northern California tour stop. It was the Aztecs third straight victory, after beating Cal Poly and San Francisco State on the trip.
Sulit Bend Indiana February 3 Frances Mauri Rose three time winner of the Indianapolis 500 mile race was sued for divorce today by his second wife They were married January 14 1948 Mrs Rose the former Ruth E Wentworth of South Bend charged cruelty in the suit filed in St Joseph Circuit Court Rose has two children from his first marriage.
Boston confirms first baseman Walt Dropo, American League 1950 rookie of the year, has signed for the 1951 season. Dropo of Moosup Connecticut hit 180 as and 34 homers with 144 RBIs in his stellar rookie year.
The ninth annual midwinter fishing and bait casting tournament arrives February 17 and 18, drawing California casters with out-of-state entrants possible. Long Beach Casting Club president Wally Stolz expects a new record turnout as events open at 10 a.m. with registration and lunch, followed by distance and accuracy contests on Sunday morning with a luncheon and team events in the afternoon.
McKnight toppled the 641 set mark with 208 220 213 in the Major Recreation 850 Classic, leading a field of scorers that included Kemp, Anderson, and Muren. The meet featured high singles and series across divisions with team standings and league leaders noted, including Virginian and Ward Auto Wash highlights.
Bill Feistner’s Long Beach Rockets resume Sunday Feb 11 at Recreation Park facing Glendale Thunderbolts in a Southland Triple-A League clash. Expected to rejoin are Eddie Green Lamar Bridges Dave Rush Red Messrs Bill MecCawley Frank Followell Bud Dailey Al Bigelman and others. Rockets play Feb 18 then idle Feb 25 for the Southland benefit game at Wrigley Field LA with two all star minor league clubs. Hollywood Stars Fred Haney may manage one side and Stan Hack of the Angels could lead the other.
Championship finals in all flights of the annual Mid-Cities Tennis Association tournament begin at 10 am at City College courts Lakewood. Long Beach duo Ray Palyner and Jim Russell of Silverado Park Club are in the Class E men’s doubles final at noon. trophies to be awarded at the South Gate association banquet next month.
Long Beach figures Smith and Mantz were named to Speed Age All America of racing. Clay Smith credited as outstanding mechanic of the year and Johnny Mantz named leading stock car driver. Henry Banks of Compton also honored as outstanding auto racing driver.
Basketball league action resumes with women’s teams in triple headers on Tuesday and Thursday nights at Steph ens de. High and Jordan High gyms. Proctor and key starters named, with schedules posted and ready for play.
Frosh team climbs back into the Eastern Conference chase after a bye week. They invade Westwood Village gym on Friday for a practice game with the UCLA frosh, setting up a key early season showcase.
Baron Leone the "Little Dictator" meets Don Arnold a 22 year old San Diego muscle fighter in Wilmington. Arnold has climbed from prelims to main event swiftly and seeks to prove readiness against Leone and rivals like the Davises and Duseks. Antoni Leone teams with Baron against Roger Mackay as Mackay debuts, showing promise as a future boxing figure.
The Recreation Commission and city schools announce free badminton gym time at Jordan High starting Feb 9 and Wilson High starting Feb 13. Sessions run Tuesdays and Fridays at Jordan and Tuesdays and Thursdays at Wilson from 7 to 9 PM, with players bringing their own gear and wearing tennis or soft-soled shoes.
A doubleheader soccer program at Daniels Field in San Pedro opens the Metropolitan League's second half. San Pedro draws a bye. Magyars meet Viking A. C. at 12:30, and Los Angeles faces the Victorians at 2:30.
Doubleheaders headline semipro action by Rec reation Commission City League today at Wilson High and Park Ave Field. Schedule lists Cavaliers versus Moore's Hardware and Engle facing Monarche, with start time noon and venue details from local league sources.
El Camino J.C. five game two appearances this week in the Metro Ipolitan Conference. Tuesday night they entertain Bakersfield J.C. and Friday face Long Beach City College at Jordan.
Long Beach City College cagers begin the Metropolitan Conference second round traveling to Harbor JC Tuesday night. Bob Smith leads scoring as star guards push to an improving finish.
Honolulu Race heads a busy 1951 sail program with at least three distant yachts slated to compete in the 2250 mile Transpacific to Honolulu. Tokyo entries and a 60 foot ketch Chitiquel are noted among early contenders as the biennial event opens July 4 from Long Beach.
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