Stars Suds Pre Season Picks Double Bill Set at San Diego
The Pacific Coast League kicks off Tuesday with a four–front schedule. San Diego hosts Hollywood in a two game double header at 2:00 and 3:15 PM while Sacramento hosts San Francisco at 2:39 PM, and Portland plays Los Angeles with Seattle at Oakland in night games at 8:35 PM. Open classification marks a first in the league, with new managers Bobby Bragan at Hollywood Gene Desautels at Sacramento and Augie Galan at Oakland. The season tests the new system as Coast League eyes its future and shifts away from major league draft and option rules.
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Hollywood Stars
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San Francisco
Portland
Los Angeles
Seattle
Oakland
Tars
John Lindell
Mike Sandlock
Carlos Bernier
Dick Cole
Rainiers
Bobby Bragan
Hollywood
Gene Desautels
Augie Galan
Clarence Rowland
Rowland
Red Munger
Mel Queen
Bob Kerrigan
Bill Thomas
Jack Salveson
Eddie Chandler
Red Adams
Steve Nagy
al Gettel
Smokey Singletan
Marino Pioretti
Jim Thorpe Funeral Service Still Pending
LOMITA UP Funeral arrangements were still pending today for Jim Thorpe the big Indian who won sports fame that never dimmed during his lifetime but who tasted bitter disappointment almost from the moment he reached greatness. Thorpe 64 died Saturday of a heart attack in LOMITA. He had a career spanning football baseball track and field and was named the greatest athlete of the half century in a 1930s poll. He was stripped of his Olympic medals years after he competed in Stockholm. He is survived by three daughters from his first wife and four sons from a second marriage. The report also touches on baseball eligibility and broader sports commentary of the era.
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Jim Thorpe
Thorpe
Stockholm
Sports Writers
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Steve Him
Vikings Retire Big Cub Trophy In Azusa Triumph
Long Beach City College Vikings, led by coach Joe Hicks, won the Southern California Junior College Baseball Tournament with a 6 3 victory over El Camino. Two gold trophies and a prized Cubs perpetual award were brought home, marking the Vikings' third overall title and second Azusa triumph since 1950. Players Marian Coughtry, Danny Springer, Dave Samuel, and Jerry Mitchell starred as Hicks lauded the team’s spirit and sportsmanship.
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San Dimas
Shellacking Harbor
Ading Valley
Danny Springer
Springer
Joe
Dave Samuel
Dave
Valley
el Camino
Ben Souders
Jerry Mitchell
Viking
Jerry
Marbor
Hamer
Ares
Samuel
Phil Baker
Harbor
Bot Selser
Mike Paine
Jimmy Lee
Dick Rountree
Rusty Fairly
Sandy McLeod
Rountree
Bob Mehren
Marian Coughtry
Bob Selsor
Chuck Lehmkuhl
Rowntree
Ben Sanders
Jack Quinn
Don Bloss
Doug Stanley
City College
Long Beach
Ezzard Charles Faces Rex Layne In San Francisco Rubber
Ezzard Charles, 9-5 favorite, seeks a seventh straight win over Rex Layne in a 10 round bout at Winterland San Francisco Wednesday night. The pair are 1-1 in their series and the winner moves closer to a shot at Marciano. Telecast by DuMont at 1 pm PST.
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Ezzard Charles
Rex Layne
San Francisco
Winterland
Ezzy
Layne
Jane Walcott
France
Pierre Langlais
Rusty Jimmy Beau Jok
New Canaan
Conn
Brooklyn
Eastern Parkway Arena
Rocky Castellani
Bobby Dykes
DuMont
Ex Tribe Owner's Body En Route to Cleveland
The body of Alva Bradley former owner of the Cleveland Indians is being transported to Cleveland for funeral services. He died at 69 after a heart attack suffered Saturday night while on vacation. Bradley sold his stake to Bill Veeck in 1946 and had connections to an Oakland California attendee, Virgil Akins.
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Gonsalvez
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Virgil Akins
St. Louis
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Slick Califar
Indians
ABC
Bill Veeck
Hudsons Sweep Phoenix Stock Car Championship
Teague of Daytona Beach Fla won the 190 mile Phoenix AAA stock car race in 2 hours 0 minutes 2 seconds earning $1000. McGrath of Sadena placed second and Yoder of Goshen finished third all driving 1953 Hudsons. The duel between Teague and McGrath included a brush with the fence on lap 98 and a three second gap late in the race.
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CPI
Maryshall
McGrath
Sports on Radio TV Capable Clituon's Race at 5:45 p.m
Television listings show wrestling at Typecn Legion Stadium with channels 31 and 123. Coverage includes matchups featuring KRED and Wralise Clot, details unclear due to OCR.
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Bum Rookie Vet at 24 in Spring with Gilliam
Sarasota dispatch says 24 year old James Junior Gilliam, a Nashville Negro outfield prospect fresh from the Montreal farm, is challenging Jackie Robinson for second base. Manager Charley Dressen notes hitting as the question but praises Gilliam’s speed and arm. Gilliam batted .301 last year in the International League and has Negro league roots dating to age 16.
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London Promoter Sets World Middleweight Title Bout
Promoter Jack Solomons announced Randolph Turpin of Great Britain will fight Charles Homez of France for the world middleweight crown June 9 at White City Stadium London. The title, vacated by Sugar Ray Robinson, has sparked an international bout dispute.
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Boba) Olsen
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Trotters Bow to All-Stars in Madison Square Garden
Harlem Globetrotters lose their 304 game win streak as the All-Stars win 66-65 to even the doubleheader in New York. Crowd 36,944 witnessed the day night games. Trotters had led the first game 70-62 before the All-Stars surged late to take the second.
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Detroit
Four Pro Golfers Tie In Greensboro Open Playoff
Sammy Snead Doug Ford Art Wall and Hart Stewart tied at 275 after 72 holes in the Greensboro open, forcing a playoff for the top four prizes in the $10,000 event. The tie echoes Houston open action earlier in March when Cary Middiscoil edged four rivals in a similar playoff.
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Doug Ford
Art Wall
Hart Stewart
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Leach
Houston
Texas
Cary Middiscoil
Stewart
Exhibition Games and Line Scores from New York Showdown
Exhibition games feature players including Podras, Bark, Campanella, Mee Donald, Hegan, Easter, Hoskins, and Wilhelm. Notable pitchers include Brecheen and Alsma with various line scores for Detroit, Cleveland, New York, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Washington.
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Hoskins
O Brien twins join Pirates camp in Havana
Johnny and Eddie O Brien, the only twins to jump from college to the majors, arrive in Pirates camp in Havana. The 22-year-olds, basketball standouts at Seattle U, discuss their jump to baseball, bench time fears, and desire for two years in the minors to develop.
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Joe Garagiola
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Johnny
Eddie
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