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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1948
Page
15
The column reports California led the nation in holiday hunting fatalities with 18 killed and 32 injured, urging stricter gun handling exams. It lists careless acts such as carrying loaded guns in streetcars and autos, looking down a muzzle, and firing from vehicles. The piece also notes club news and early 1948 hunting incidents.
In a match between Santa Ana and Recreation Park Lawn Bowling Clubs players Longfield Frank Furman and Artine McMahon led Recreation Park to a 25 to 21 victory on the Santa Ana greens.
Cincinnati January 22 AP reports Baseball Commissioner Chandler favors a peace treaty with the reform Mexican League. Conferences in Mexico City between Walter Mallerry and Alejandro Aguilar Reyes aim to restore relations, potentially allowing suspended players to return without full five year penalties.
Followers of prep basketball travel this week with Poly High facing an away game at Catalina Island for a practice match. Wilson visits Avalon and St Anthony’s goes to Cathedral for Catholic League action. Class B prelims at Poly with 3 p.m. tip, later two Wilson and St Anthony’s 7 p.m. games.
San Pedro boxing idol Tony Grich headlines the double main event against Tommy Harrig of Pomona at Wilmington tomorrow night. First preliminaries start at 8:30 p.m. Howard Shinit of Wong Beach meets Glenn Smith of Inglewood in a rematch of last week’s draw. Terry Schnar of Dondo Beach faces Tiger Milk of Pomona in the prelims.
Race by race results list seven events with horses like Pine Sad Homing and Sixfel: winners Neves and Bay QAO, times and payouts, scratches noted for each race, three others including Durby D-Day and One Alone. The document records place, odds and involved jockeys across six races with final results and wagering details.
Alice Hassett posts a 630 trio in the Women's 600 Traveling League at the Virginia venue, helping Gal lagher's Galley and facing strong competition from Long Beach rivals. Other lanes showed mixed results with several teams prevailing by narrow margins as Pacific Radio and Margaret's Bowling shirts highlighted the day’s bowling action.
Boxing promoter Cal Eaton, who runs the largest arena in the West, announced auditing shows for 1947 with nearly 50 events. Attendance topped 340,320 and gate receipts grossed 830,961 dollars, signaling a strong year and expectations for continued growth.
Unclear OCR text lists scattered names and places including New York and Juarez with numeric fragments. The readable items show partial mentions of people such as Manuel and Ray, plus locations like Oakland and Juarez, but no coherent event or story emerges.
Grandpere carries 126 pounds in the $50,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday the seven furlong race drawing 20 rivals. The field includes Roman In May Reward Solidarity with drills and sealed assignments for riders led by Johnny Longden and Johnny Gilbert.
Wilbur Johns UCLAs athletic director led a hoop panel praising eastern officiating as most consistent and best. He noted differences in rule interpretation between regions and cited dribbling rulings from Pacific Coast Conference play offs. The event honored Long Beach athletes and introduced several sports figures.
Bert Lytell of New York defeated Billy Smith in Oakland in a 10 round decision marking Lytell’s successful return to his former home town. Smith is a former California light heavyweight champion.
San Francisco reports Ann Curtis, holder of American and world records, has turned down a spring tour of Europe under the Danish Amateur Swimming Federation. The itinerary included Copenhagen Paris Brussels and Monte Carlo but Curtis cites numerous U.S. swimming commitments as the reason.
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