Stanford Sets One Record in Track Meet with Discus Mark
Stanford University defeated California 45 to 15 in the annual intercollegiate relay. Stanford decathlon champ Beh Mathias set a new discus record with 150 feet 3 inches and led a Stanford trio to an aggregate discus distance of 552 feet 7 inches, surpassing California’s prior mark.
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Wikier
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Star Netuart
Preseason Transpacific hopefuls loom for Newport-Balboa race
Newport Balboa Yacht Club sets a blue water tune up with the Santa Barbara area’s Easter Regatta in view of the 1951 Transpacific race. Saturday’s San Clemente Island race will yield 13 already entered Honolulu race sailors, including Balboa and San Diego entries. Notable boats include Chiriqui, a 61-foot ketch from the Canal Zone, and the veteran Fair Weather, 62-foot yawl from the San Diego Yacht Club. A Chicago entrant, Gallen Bird, joined by Rear Adm Decker, adds further depth to the field alongside Electra owned by Robert Cretser, all aiming for the July 4 Long Beach start.
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Voyager's Yacht Club
San Clemente
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Transpacific Yacht Club
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Outer Long Beach
Los Angeles
Nealest
Transpacific
Panama
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Canal Zone
Yaelkt
Wilmington Boat Works
Tucker McClure
Fred J. Allen
San Diego
Clu
Chicago
Gallen Bird
Adm
B. W. Decker
Tokyo
iWilbo
Electra
Robert Cretser
Los Angeles Yacht Club
Cal Freshmen Cop Spike Meet Victory in Berkeley
The California freshman back and field team easily defeated three junior colleges in a guardyangular meet in Berkeley. California freshmen 10212 Sacramento 4825.1 Santa Rosa 27 and Contra Costa 1 Ricamond 1 2h. John Nelson of Stockton won the 3582 yard dash. Ruy Blackburn of Los Angeles won the 190 and 22h yard sashes in 41 and 22 seconds flat. Steve Turner of Glendale won the 220 yard hurdles and broad jump. Hir Wie won the 28 second mile hurdles. Hult Nocks led in the shot put with 47 feet 0a inches.
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Berkeley
Calif
California
Finior College
Osentes
Sacramento
Santa Rosa
Contra Costa
Ricamond
Bret
John Nelson
Stockton
Ruy Blackburn
Los Anelles
Prep
Steve Turner
Glendale
Sears
Wiz'ard Yacht Club Invites SCYA to First Annual Ladies Inviting
Wiz'ard Yacht Club on Redondo Breakwater hosts the first annual Ladies Inviting, a single elimination flinghy race for SCYA clubs. April 1 event features avi Sabots, no entry fee, boats provided, trophies, lunch, and a skipperettes quota of two per club with one accepted.
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Win'anl Yacht Club
Redondo
Southern California Yardling Association
SCYA
Redends Harbor
Winard Yacht Club
Villi
Wirward
Scya Club
Winard
Arch
Tahoston
Elit
Yankees aim to fix pitching as season opens
Sacramento March 24. World champion New York Yankees hope to solve pitching problems and go all the way again this year. Casey Stengel says the move is to evaluate pitchers during exhibitions. He notes catching is very strong and lists Taffell as steady Cutfield strong and Elting good enough.
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New York Yankees
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Stengel
Bronx
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Cutfield
Eltting
Fullerton Trackmen Host El Toro and LACC Meets
Fullerton track team competes at El Toro Marine Base on Tuesday and hosts Los Angeles City College at Fullerton on Friday with meets highlighting local college athletes and rivalries.
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el Toro
Fornets
Fullerton J. C
el Toro Marine Base
Los Angeles City College
City League Softball Entries Open April 2
Rod Ballard of the Recreation Commission announced entries for Long Beach summer softball will open April 2 with a cap of 180 teams. Practice periods begin at night on opening day, with diamonds at Recreation Park Park Avenue Field Houghton Park and Admiral Kidd Park used for the program. The league will adopt the 12 inch ball for 1958 play and use early rounds for classification, with final rounds counting toward playoffs over five months.
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Commission
Recreation Park
Park Ava Field
Houghton Park
Admiral Kidd Park
Southern California ‘Municipal Sports Federation
Preere
Long Beach
Recreation Commission
Hill to Open Troy Gridiron Spring Practice Wednesday
Hill launches Troy spring drills with over 125 candidates as he blends the single wing with the T formation for 1951. Expected key players include Gifford Carmichael Demirjian Fouch and Cannamela while personnel shifts and line rebuilds dominate early sessions.
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Troy
USC
Trojan
Jess Hill
Till
Walt Hargesheimer
Bill Fisk
Town U
Varsity
Dean Schneider
Ed Demirjian
Johnny Fouch
Sol Naum
Leon Sellers
Gifford
Carmichael
Demirjian
Fouch
Frojan
Hal Hatfield
Volney Peters
Paul * McMurtry
Bill Downs
Gene Bech
Mercer
Sacnes
Pat Cannamela
Charles Ane
Rod Dedeaux
McCormick Back Competes Friday in Southern California Meet
Pat Keller McCormick, Long Beach diving champion and Pas America Games tower diving winner, returns to local competition for the Southern California AAU Senior swimming and diving meet at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. She defends her one meter springboard title as eight senior championships are gathered under a new single-host plan. A large entry list is anticipated from Southland aquatic centers with programs starting nightly at 7 p.m.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Southland
Badminton Play Site Changed to Hughes Junior High Courts
The badminton program sponsored by the Recreation Commission will move from Jordan High gym to Hughes Junior High courts at Bixby Road and California Avenue starting Tuesday March 27. Play runs Tuesdays and Fridays 7 to 10 p.m. through April 20 before returning to Jordan High.
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Jordan High Gym
Hughes
Bixby Rd
California Ave
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Jordan's
Table Tennis Move to Poly High Gym Tonight
Table tennis play moving from Woodland Park club house to Poly High gym per Carl Bartlett. Sessions run Wednesdays 7 to 10 p m with public invited and no charge. Players must bring their own paddles.
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Poly High Gym
Carl Bartlett
Gannon and Smith to oppose national bowling champion
Dick Hoover, national match game bowling champion, will bowl three three game matches against local bowlers starting at 11 o'clock Wednesday night at Boulevard Bowl. Tom Gannon and Jack Smith will be Hoover's opponents, with Smith at a 195 average and Gannon at 170. The event follows a qualifying tournament for Hoover’s third foe.
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Boulevard
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College Regatta Set for April 14 at Balboa Harbor
California's first annual Intercollegiate Regatta will be held at Balboa Harbor on April 14 with eight oared racing. California Bears varsity crew meets Sanford USC and UCLA in history’s first shells from four universities racing together. To fit the regatta on the Bear schedule California interclass races moved to March 31 from April 14.
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Mirch Ewright
California
Balboa Harbor
Bears
Sanford
USC
UCLA
Tegatta
Ebright
Califfornia
Motorcycles Gather at Carrell Speedway Start of Season
Kings gather at Carrell Speedway next Sunday for the opening AM4 event of the season at the Gardena track. It’s the April Fool’s Day Sweep stakes program with a full card of fourteen events on the big half-mile track. More than seventy five riders will trek to Carrell for the opening of the spring season.
Cage Refs Pick Top City Players
Cage officials named top City players after the Clivo League season winds down. Louie Joseph, a former St. Anthony’s High cage coach now in the Army, was chosen as the standout player of first-round action and led as play-maker for Tex Miller Sporting Five. Juergins, former City College standout, averaged over 15 points per game in the third round and led Associated Telephone to the “B” crown. Sensi, who left the Aggies to join Long Beach City College, was the chief point maker of the runnerup “B” Icup squad in the second round. All three will receive awards from the Long Beach Sports Boosters Club.
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Jack Lenske
Ay Juergins
Clivo League
Basketeers
Mifs. Joseph
St. Anthony's
Louie
Tex Miller Sporting Five
Sensi
Aggies
Long Beach City College
Juergins
City College
Long Beach Sports, Boosters Club
Procita States Billiard Show At Paramount
Joe Procita of Los Angeles, Pacific Coast champion in pocket and three cushion billiards, will hold an exhibition at Paramount Billiards Parlor on American Ave. He faces local players in 33 point three cushion and 100 ball pocket games at 12:70 p.m. and 8 p.m. He placed second in a Chicago three cushion tournament and tied for third in the world tourney.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Paramount Billiards Parlor
American Ave
Chicago
Procita
United States
Stock Cars Race April 8 at Gardena Grand National event
NASCAR sanctions a 100 mile Grand National Stock Car championship at Gardena Speedway on Sunday afternoon April B. Entries must pass strict inspections before and after the race. Johnny Mantz, NASCAR western representative, said William France, national head of stock car speed group, will attend and head the inspection committee.
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National Association For
Johnny Mantz
William France
France
Bright Future Seen for 2 Bums in Rocky Bridges Baseball
In 1951 at Dodger camp in Miami, Lamar Bridges Jr. known as Rocky, battles for an infield spot. A slick glove man with a rough, scrappy streak, he aims for a major league berth, facing rivals Peewee Reese, Jackie Robinson, and Billy Cox while balancing minor league stints and a rugged offfield life.
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Rocky' Bridges
Iami
Fla
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Dodger
Bridges
John McGraw
Peewee Reese
Rocky
Dedger
Jackie Robinson
Billy Cox
Montreal
Long Beach
Scovil Defends Title as Vikings Open Busy Week
Scovil and the Vikings athletics schedule a busy return to action after a break. Baseball hosts Orange Coast at Recreation Park on Tuesday while LUCC and Harbor prepare league contests. Golfers face Bakersfield at Lakewood Tuesday and Santa Monica Friday. Tennis meets Glendale Tuesday on Viking courts.
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Los Angeles
Atc
Harbor Jayser
Metropoltal
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Orange Coast
Recreation Park
LUCC
ELA
Harbor
Bert Smith
Bakersfield
Lakewood
Santa Monica
Norse
Glendale Jaysee
Entries Open for Novice Netfest
Entries are being taken for the 18th annual Long Beach Junior Novice tennis tournament at Jordan Poly and Wilson High courts, starting Saturday April 7. Open to Long Beach juniors 18 and under except cavalry players or high school or City College lettermen, with no entry fee. Events include boys and girls singles for 13 and under, 13 to 23, 15 to 18, plus doubles and junior mixed doubles, with district rounds leading to city championships at Recreation Park courts.
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Long Beach
Jordan, Poly and Wilson
City College
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Recreation Park
Semipro Baseball Schedule With Local Dives Today
Semipro and independent baseball games listed for local diamonds at 2 p m unless noted. Matches include Wilding Inn double header at Highway Int and Sanford, Placentia Mere shints versus Wilmington Merchante, San PedroCard’s facies against San Pedro Indians, and Merchants versus Inglewood Buca at Montinella Park. Other games feature Gardena Giants versus Ramblers at Cressey Parl and Stars at Compton Biehlaed Park Ramblers.
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Wilding
Inn
Placentia
Wilmington Merchante
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AU Tih
Gaffey
San Pedro
Card’s Facies
San Pedro Indians
Montinella Park
Inglewood
San Pedro Merchants
Inglewood Buca
Normandie
Garena
Hare Ho Giants
Gardena Yankees
Crester Fark
Compton — Biehlaed Park
Garden Grove Hosts Trios In Orange League Meet
Garden Grove hosts Tustin and Laguna Beach in a triangle track and field meet as the league race could decide the dual meet title. The start gun fires at 3 p.m. Friday with the three teams competing for early advantage and standings implications.
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Garden Grove
Tustin
Laguna Beach
Sunset Loop Set For Three Sunset League Track Meets
Three dual meets are on the Sunset League schedule this week with Newport visiting Anaheim for a 3 p m feature. Orange travels to Fullerton and Santa Ana goes to Huntington Beach at the same hour.
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Anaheim
Orange
Fullerton
Santa Ana
Huntington Beach
Jalopies Return to Beach Oval for Racing Restart
Talbert Stadium in Huntington Beach hosts a California Jalopies Association program today at 2 pm with eight events. Featured drivers include Bob Stancliit, Andy Anderson, Bob Clegg, Warren Sorenson, Frenchie Hindeman, Bill Burggraf, Mario Ramos, and Joe Woody, president of the drivers group. Free parking on 30 surrounding acres is offered and youngsters under 12 enter free with a parent.
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Talbert
Price Named to Grid Staff at Kansas State
KNOXVILLE Tenn March 24 Royal Price former Tennessee Board was named today to the Kansas State football coaching staff Head Coach Billy Meek announced Price would join the State staff at Manhattan Kansas April 2 a day after the start of spring practice
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Royal Price
Tennessee Board
Kansas State
Billy Meek
Meek
Price
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Kansas
Badminton Ace Leaves Monday for Nationals
Thelma Scovil of Long Beach will depart by plane tomorrow for the national badminton championships in Dallas Texas opening Thursday. She will defend her doubles title with Janet Wright of San Francisco and compete in singles where she has been a finalist in three of the last four years. Ethel Marshall of Buffalo has won the singles crown the past four years. A 25 member California contingent will participate, with events climaxing Saturday night.
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Long Beach
Dallas
Texas
Ovil
Janet Wright
San Francisco
Ethel Marshall
Buffalo
N. Y
UCLA Grabs Santa Barbara Relays Title ANTA
UCLA Bruins won open division at the Santa Barbara relays with 57 points, defeating Occidental College and a field of teams including Pepperdine San Diego LA State Santa Barbara and more. Notable performances included a meet record in the four mile relay and fast anchor legs by Barnes and McMillen.
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Wilbur Cotte
Don Monroe
Bob McMillen
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