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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1955
Page
17
The Bay Meadows handicap feature is presented by ERNIE MASO with CALTE and KHANs listed among intended runners. Unclear OCR text shows racing notes and entries but details are fragmented and may omit official results or times.
Torrey Pines hosts a LeMans style six hour endurance race with nearly 70 entrants and six more races on Sunday starting at noon. San Diego plans to build two golf courses on the site beginning December as the sports car scene faces a long goodbye.
San Francisco State coach Little Joe Verducci targets facial masks after reports of players losing teeth or suffering injuries when masks trap the face. He urges the rules committee to consider mandatory mask use or elimination to reduce injuries. A column blends sports chatter with other notes from Hank Hollingworth.
Incomplete horse racing coverage lists multiple horses and drivers with scattered results and purses. Mentions include Vicki McKiyo Ralph Hodgin Lee Freeman Hanover and Freeman Hanover among others, with purses around 34 000 and 35 000, various contenders and pacing classes, but many names and actions are garbled.
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