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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1956

Page

6

California recruits focus on academic standards for athletes

Since World War II California has seen 152 cities contribute lettermen to UC Berkeley, led by San Francisco with 73 and Berkeley with 63. The survey by Dr. Arthur Gallon shows only four players south of the Tehachapis, and proposes earlier outreach to junior high and high school students to stress required subjects and grades for admission. Cal’s teams have strong records in football, baseball, basketball, and other sports, with emphasis on improving scholastic achievement among athletic recruits.

University of California Golden Bear California Herkeley Gallon Cal Stux

Unclear baseball box score data with multiple player notes

A fragmented box score recounts Boston Washington game details with errors and scattered player credits. It lists pitchers Chakales Delock and Hurley with runs batted in, fielding notes, substitutions, and assorted batting markers, interwoven with garbled names and stray statistics.

Onsen Eireailce Cnakaleny Zauchin Pan Willams Strick Goodman Oth Maeton Wishioxton Oravelz Rai—Lemon Delock Ger Rert Zunnels Olson Shyce Runnels Yost Buddin Courtney Sae Gernert Sac Hurd So—Chakales iDelock Hurt

Phillies and Cardinals consider weekend infield swap and more

The Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals may swap infielders over the weekend after Friday's five pitcher deal sending Dickson and Wehmeier to St Louis for Haddix, Miller and Flowers. Both GMs expect to gain from the move as Haddix shores up the rotation while Hatton joins as pinch hitter.

Philadelphia Ufi Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals Roy Hamey Phillies St. Louis Frank Lane Hamey Lane Harey Murry Dickson Herman Wehmeier Cardinals Harvey Haddix Stu Miler Ben Flowers G.ms Leavenworth Kan Wehmeier Cincinnati Philadelphia Grady Hatton Boston Hatton Herm Wehmeier Murray Dickson Philadelphia Pithhers Associated Press

Bahama Extends Victory Streak by Outboxing Smallwood

Bahama of Bimini earned his 222nd straight win with a unanimous decision over Hardy Smallwood in a nationally televised middleweight bout. Yama Bahama used fast left jabs, hooks and uppercuts to dominate 10 rounds, with Smallwood failing to land clear knockdowns. Referee Barney Fell scored for Bahama amid close exchanges as judges conflicted on the final tally.

Syracuse Yama Bahama Hardy Smallwood Bahama Bimini Smallwood Yama Smallie Barney Fell Richie Fazio Paul Cum‘Bahama Smallwoood Associated Press Yuma Alhout Banama

$30 000 Agajanian Special Stirs Indy Eyebrows

J C Agajanian sails a $30,000 Special into Indianapolis with a radical design by Ed Kuama and Frank WieGurk. The low 1700 pound racer features an oil tank outside the Jet, four exhaust pipes, dual brake sets, a left-tilted Meyer-Drake engine, and driver Johnnie Parsons seated near the right edge three inches off the ground to aid left turns.

J. C. Agajanian Aggie Indianapolis Speedway Tar Yacer Ed Kuama Inglewood Frank WieGurk Los Angeles Meyer-Drake Johnnie Parsons van Nuys

New Trend in Sports Car Race at Gardena Stadium

Foreign and domestic sports cars totaling nearly 150000 compete in six events at Gardena Stadium tonight. Races start 8:30 with 16 over 1500cc and 2 under 1500cc entries. The evening features a 30 lap big-bore main and a slapper for smaller autos, as roster size may exceed 40 cars.

Gardena Stadium

Sports Calendar Oddities From City Arenas

A compact listing of sports events across TonMaWT venues including Devine Hellywoot Legion Stadium and Gardena Stadium. Notable items include baseball at Wrigley Field in San Francisco and a Jalopy Derby at Gardena with times 1 31 and 2 20.

Tonmawt Devine Hellywoot Legion Stadium Ramponl Ve ‘Tscazenar Mances Gardena Stadium

Angels Tie PCL Mark In 6-5 Wrigley Field Tilt

Angels beat the San Francisco Seals 6-5 in a Pacific Coast League game at Wrigley Field. Three LA pitchers combined for 19 strikeouts, tying a league record set by Charlie Shields in 1905, while allowing 14 hits. Dick Crott started, fanned 14, and was followed by Merino Pieretti and Bob Anderson. Marty Keough went 0 for 3 with three strikeouts in his Seals debut.

Des Moines Amarillo Gold Sox Gold Sox Sacramento Yve Chuck Stevens Harry Perkowski San Francisco San Diego Seattle Portland Hollywood Vancouver Dick Crott Seal Merino Pieretti Bob Anderson Marty Keough Boston Red Sox PolMona Seals San Francises

TED SMITH SHINES AS VIKINGS BEAT SANTA MONICA FOR CROWN

Ted Smith pitched nine innings and earned the win on three hits as City College Vikings defeated Santa Monica 4-1 to capture the Metropolitan Conference title. Smith struck out eight, aided by timely hitting from Dennis Cormack Hop Campbell and Dave Herbeck, with LBCC scoring twice in the fifth and again in the seventh.

Ted Smith Vikings City College Santa Monica Smith Joop LBCC Dennis Cormack Hop Campbell Dave Herbeck Vikes

National League Box Score Summary in Fragmented OCR

In a garbled National League box score, players and stats are partially readable. Names such as Cimoli, Amors, Craig, Gomez, White, Reece, Hodges, Ridzik, Burdette, and Jablonski appear amid scattered inning, line score, and RBI data. The text hints at Milwaukee and New York teams with errors noted in seventh, unresolved substitutions, and pitching lines. full details are obscured by OCR.

Iissom Gomez Aldzik Nork Stocklyre Cimoli White Ai—Camparella Faith May Soredom Dra Amorss Amoos Grillem Amoros Hr—Katt Comez-White Craig-Reese-Hodges iliam-Reese Hodges New York Rooklyn Bb—Craig So—Craig Ridzik Ssom Ho—Gomez Craig Wp—Craig U-—Finelli Donateldl

Sime Busts Patton World 220 Mark

Duke sprinter Dave Sime seeks a 9.3 second 100 and aims at Patton s 20.2 220 world record after breaking Patton s 20.2 in the 220 at ACC meet and setting conference marks in three events including the 100 and 220 hurdles.

Sime Patton Durham N. C Barrison Dillard

Vic Marasco Faces Court On Third Degree Pre assault Charge

Vic Marasco Richmond Virginians gutfielder pleaded innocent in Rochester N Y to a third degree pre assault charge from a scuffle with bleacher fans at Red Wing Stadium during a Rochester Richmond International League game. Edward Ertie and his brother John Ertie said Marasco and other Richmond players roughed them after a baseball went into the bleachers. Marasco previously played for Los Angeles two years earlier.

Rochester N. Y Vic Marasco Richmond Virginians Red Wing Stadium Edward Ertie John Marasco Richmond

Landy Aims to Break Four Minutes at Fresno Relays

Australian miler John Landy seeks a sub four minute mile at the West Coast Relays in Fresno on a fast, dried track that locals call the best in the country. Irish star Ron Delany from Villanova looms as a major threat after a close Saturday loss to Landy in Los Angeles.

Fresno John Landy Sandy Landy United States Ron Delany Villanova Los Angeles Jim Bailey Bailey

Radio and TV Sports Review Highlights Mismatched Cards

Radio TV listings show scattered sports features including Vancouver-KFWB and San Francisco-EALPC games, Park re-creations, Red Box vs Senators, and Roller Derby on KTLA. Pitches and time slots vary across stations, with notes on program stakes and hosts.

Sports Review Lil Pam Vancouver KFWB Lanetier San Francisco EALPC Ealbrmna Park NBG Monitor ZMPC Red Box Senators KMES EWRT Bee Tiscareno

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