Bruins Lee Alhambra Tonight in El Monte Clash
Wilson High faces El Monte High Lions at Moor Field Alhambra for a Pacific League game. Bruins seek a win to move above .500 after a 6 0 start while El Monte seeks momentum after a 28 0 opener loss.
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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1947
Page
8
Wilson High faces El Monte High Lions at Moor Field Alhambra for a Pacific League game. Bruins seek a win to move above .500 after a 6 0 start while El Monte seeks momentum after a 28 0 opener loss.
Larry MacPhail says his resignation as president and GM of the New York Yankees was not influenced by Commissioner Chandler or others. He explains the sale of his one third stake to Dan Topping and Del Webb, effective Sept. 18, and cites heavy taxes on profits as the prompting factor. He shows banked $2,000,000 from the stock sale and notes his past year’s compensation around $250,000.
Harold Dade a Negro bantam from Los Angeles outpointed Speedy Caba née la in a ten round bout at Rizal Stadium Manila before 10 000 fans. The crowd saw a slow contest but Dade secured the decision in the colorful city with a decisive scoring edge.
A 170 pound male deer leaped into a bar smashing windows and bottles then charged through a garage and another bar before being shot by a patrolman. Bartender John Moss felled it with a baseball bat before hospital plans to serve venison. The origin of the animal remains unknown.
Hollywood October 18 — A preliminary hearing is set for Friday for Paul Behrman former business manager for movie celebrities accused of failing to repay 10000 borrowed from a wealthy Burbank widow. Behrman used the name Anne Nichols to obtain the money, claiming it would be repaid when the play Abie's Irish Rose was filmed.
Tommy Garland 187 of Santa Monica defeated Gene Felton 185 of Los Angeles by kayo in the eighth round after a close first five rounds. Garland landed a decisive right hand to finish off Felton, who lasted through a long seventh before the knockout. Referee Benny Whitman waved off the count.
New York boxing card at St Nicholas Arena featured Eddy Demarco of Brooklyn outpointing Panny Bartfield of New York and Hartimars-Terry Noora defeating Mattimara. Reno Pulmnrie and Kevn Ankh battled Tony Matis with a close decision in Philadelphia.
The Boulevard 750 league saw 750 gallon rolls and 20 500 series events with Mary Neute boom’s 23 584 for Foothill Cocktails. The write up lists many bowlers including Lona Clark Fern Phillips Lee Patterson and Mary Neute among a large field in a fast paced circuit.
Wilson High junior varsity defeated El Monte 26 to 7 at Stephens Field. Don Rafferty scored three touchdowns and ran 90 yards, with Agnew contributing the other Bruin touchdown in the steady win.
One of two Navy bombers reported overdue on a routine flight from San Diego to Biggs Field Elo Paso crash landed near Agua Nueva, Mexico about 150 miles south of the border. The other bomber landed near Pecos, Texas. Both pilots uninjured and unnamed.
Rams and Cardinals collide in the airicas biggest game of the week as Los Angeles hosts Chicago in a Western division showdown. Officials hope for 70 000 plus attendance to top the NFL record set at a Rams Bears game last November.
San Jose State College defeated Santa Barbara College 39 to 0 in Fresno boosting its Raisin Bowl bid. The Spartans, defending CCAA champions, accumulated 347 rushing yards as five San Jose State backs reached the Santa Barbara 10-yard line in the fourth period.
Lakewood's revived men's club outlines major tournaments before the November 19 election of officers. The Presidents and Vice Presidents Trophy runs Oct 25 to Nov 16 as a 5¢ handicap event. A 54 hole low gross trophy is also planned. A mixed Scotch foursome is set for Sunday Nov 23 open to Southern California golfers.
Ajax, a 13 year old Australian stallion, was purchased by Charles 8 Howard for 125000 and moved to the Ukiah ranch. The chestnut horse, 16 hands high, won 36 of 47 starts in Australia and has an impressive stud record including Magnificent Havoc Chayevone Lady Ajax Laurette Tad and My Hero. He arrived in San Francisco after sailing aboard the S S Boolingens in good condition.
Mildred Habe Zaharias of Denver captured the $1250 first prize at the Hardscrabble Country Club Women’s Open in Fort Smith Arkansas finishing with a five stroke lead. Her 293 total for 72 holes set a new women’s course record surpassing the former 295 mark.
Worley brings in a five point and a two point deer from the Edgmountains area. The event is described as an annual stag party for friends of the bench and bar and press. Worley personally hunts and serves the deer, a fall social highlight.
LR and M. Pettris a Tulsa restaurant owner says high grocery prices force him to close his business on Friday Saturday and Sunday each week.
The Nazi gold hoard, found by U S troops, will aid France Austria and Italy through winter. A three power commission distributed 330 million dollars of seized gold with Belgium Luxembourg and The Netherlands receiving 104 150 250 dollars to repay France for borrowed gold. Austria gets 29 460 375 and Italy 4 280 625 as portions.
Two suspected members of a large southwestern narcotics syndicate were arrested in Los Angeles on charges of trafficking in illicit drugs. Paul O. Torres, 27, and Ray Rice, 22, were found with 150 dollars worth of marijuana and opium. Police say they admitted bringing narcotics from Texas and that they had contacts in Santa Monica. Authorities believe they were part of a syndicate smuggling drugs across the border.
NASHVILLE Tenn Oct 18 Chief a 1 year old seeing eye dog which guided his master to a college education and received an honorary degree himself was buried after dying of natural causes The German shepherd was awarded the bachelor of faithfulness degree in 1943 at Middle Tennessee State College when his master J E Wilkes of Nashville earned his B S He had led Wilkes through Martin Junior College Pulaski Tenn and aided him during graduate work at Vanderbilt University Funeral services were held at Wilkes home with more than a dozen relatives and neighbors in attendance as Chief was laid to rest in a specially made poplar box coffin
Kansas City October 18 Up a western flavored two hour parade through downtown marked the official opening of the 49th annual American Royal Livestock and Horse Show Horsemen and cattle breeders entered the largest prize stock in the Royal history with about 6500 animals and a 100000 dollar competitive stake. attendance swelled by about 10000 Future Farmers of America members joined visiting youths for the eight day event held with the royal show.
In Pontianak, Borneo, on October 18, Japanese Vice Admiral Kameda Michiaki was executed by a Dutch firing squad for ordering the 1944 decapitation of about 1500 West Borneo natives alleged to plot against Japanese rule.
A stray black and white calf rode a Chicago streetcar for seven miles after hopping from a cattle truck. Motorman William Elwood parked the car at a barn and the calf was taken to Shakespeare Avenue police station to await the Anticruelty Society or an owner claimant.
Matt Regiis, a young widower with two young children, prepared to place his son Matt Jr and daughter Mary Ann for adoption after 24 hours, hoping for a stable home. Steve Agosta, owner of the Dearborn Hotel, persuaded him to stay, offering temporary room and promising a hotel stay as long as needed while Regits seeks a boarding home to continue the boy’s schooling.
New York reports the demolition of Charles M. Schwab’s Riverside Drive granite mansion by Prudential Insurance. The cornerstone’s contents, speculated for 421 years, may reveal historical items once cached during the 42 year old house’s construction. Schwab, Bethlehem Steel chairman, died September 18 1939.
Deer hunter Richard Sandburg killed an eight point buck after a chaotic pursuit in Gillette Wyoming. Otto Badner confronted the wounded animal with a knife but was thwarted as the deer struggled. Sandburg then finished the buck with a bullet just below the antlers.
From Bucharest dated October 18 the oil field workers union adopted a resolution denouncing Anglo American oil companies for alleged sabotage of oil production. The measure calls for intensified output and gasoline rationing to build export stocks so equipment can be imported.
G James Milholland a Pittsburgh attorney was named acting president of the Pennsylvania State College in STATE COLLEGE Pa He will serve until a permanent president is elected to fill the post created by the death of Ralph Dorn Hetzel on Oct 3
Blurred by fog the British liner Queen Elizabeth remains at her New York pier delaying departure to Southampton at least until the afternoon.
In Byron New York an auction of 20 000 dollars worth of farm equipment home goods and vehicles raised about 1127 for charity. The event used 16 cultivated acres with 200 participants and borrowed gear producing meals clothing eggs bread and other items for relief groups including United Jewish Appeal Catholic Welfare Association and the Restoration Fund.
Robert Parrotte 24, of Greenville Mississippi faces a October 30 hearing on kidnapping robbery and identity theft charges in Glendale. Prosecutors allege he seized Mrs Maria Charles 22 as she left a Methodist Church slugged her with a gun butt drove off in her new car and dumped her in the desert before capture in San Bernardino County.
Arthur M Hyde, aged 70, former Missouri governor and Agriculture Secretary under Herbert Hoover, died yesterday in New York after a battle with cancer. He served in President Hoover's cabinet during the early 1930s.
Baltimore man resisted seizure as sheriff and two garages moved his car by force to a dealer through a writ of replevin. The car was towed to a garage then handed to the dealer. the occupant fled on foot after the trip and a $133 repair bill was claimed by the dealer.
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