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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1970
Page
11
Railback, UCLA student, arrived in Japan and finished a distant second in a pole vault event. Kusighira-Tnone matched 16 feet, Be Jivhes cleared 16-4, and Railback failed at 17-1 after attempting 16-5 and 16-4 on Sunday.
The field for the state junior college basketball championships narrows to eight as Long Beach City College hosts a three day series. Hartnell College of Salinas, led by coach Lute Olson, meets the Vikings in the opening night cap as Compton and Contra Costa also vie for the title. Tournament director Del Walker to finalize game times.
The Long Beach City College hosted state championship tourney headlines the Viking sports week. Vikings baseball opens defense Tuesday at Blsir Field against Valley and Saturday at Fierce. Also featured are gymnastics title defense Friday at Santa Monica and basketball state championship rounds at LACE.
The Moore League starts its league activity this week with six high schools on the slate. Openers include Jordan vs Poly at Blair, Wilson at Millikan, Lakewood at El Rancho, and El Rancho vs St. Anthony in Wardrow Park. Track events feature Centennial at Poly and Millikan at Whalers, with a Wilson at Blair meet and other city contests.
Four Long Beach youths Diane Desfor George Hardie Joe Beles and Mike Edles advanced to the 14th annual Long Beach Junior Tennis Championships quarterfinals after posting two victories each. Matches continued at Lakewood Country Club LBCC and Cerritos College with finals set for next Sunday.
Army, Air Force, Marine and Navy basketball champions will be feted tonight at 6 30 with a banquet before the Interservice Basketball Championships open Tuesday at Long Beach Naval Station. The series round robin features games at 6 and 7 50 nightly in the Station Gym. Army defends its title and is favored. Tickets are open to the public. Jim Hardy, general manager of the ABA's Stars, will speak at the Chiefs' Club.
World lightweight champion Ismael Laguna offered Pedro Carrasco a rematch price of 140000 dollars through Madrid. Carrasco’s manager Heino CaKned said Madrid would back a fight but Laguna demands payment. In Oakland, Athletics owner Janley says contract talks with Heogle Tacksen hit an impasse over 45000. Oyama in critical condition after sparring incident. Golf figures seek fair treatment as petition supported by Joe Carr and Mayer signed at Citrus Open. Teo laments press coverage while predicting little impact from critics.
A garbled sequence of horse racing results lists several races with horse names and odds. It mentions scratches in places, payouts for exacta and trifecta bets, and notes on daily double and quinella wagers along with several unidentified or misspelled entries. The fragment lacks coherent narrative or clear event dates.
Society II, aiming for a first U.S. stakes win, leads a field in the $25,000-added Camino Real Handicap at Santa Anita. Highweight at 120 pounds, he seeks to reverse a recent San Luis Obispo Cup finish while Makar, trained by Charlie Whitlingham, carries weight and a past Camino Real triumph, and Queale makes his American debut for Bob Wheeler with Fernando Alarcon riding.
JJelmut Weiss scored all three goals as Los Angeles Crostiz beat Beattie Vikings 3 to 2 in U S National Open Cup play. The report blends multiple sports blurbs with scattered unreadable lines about USC baseball and other events.
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