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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1970
Page
13
Santa Anita hosts a St. Patrick Day racing party with free grandstand admission for authenticated Irish names. A green ink program and a Sierra Madre Handicap on turf headline the day, with a path to the San Juan Capistrano and San Luis Rey events for standout older grass horses.
The page covers multiple sports blurbs including a Rancho Cenega Stadium soccer league listing Argentino O Machven O Valiny Gerranns 0 Vontebella Armenians vs LA, plus Los Angeles SC Yugoslav 1 and Santa Barbara 3. It also details horse races at various tracks with jockeys like Wongyron and Reavels, noting scratches, odds, and results across the first to twelfth races.
A fragmented preview lists Chet big track invitational and Southern Counties meet in Huntington Beach. It notes six schools idle next week for spring vacation with diverse prep baseball and track events across the area. Names and places are fragmented in OCR, but Huntington Beach and Servite are mentioned among others.
Pete Maravich, LSU star, was voted college basketball player of the year by UPI. He set a major college scoring record and won the award decisively with 487 votes amid a season marked by LSU’s turnaround.
Bob Lanier of St Bonaventure led with 37 points and Purdue's Rick Mount added 13 in a poll showing top scorers. In boxing, Jerry Quarry returns to Los Angeles for a 10 round non title bout at the Olympic Auditorium. Two Utah freshmen were killed in Salt Lake City in a car crash. Lanier, 6 11, is recovering from knee surgery. Quickens Tree aims for the San Juan Capistrano Derby after Santa Anita Handicap attempt.
In the first round NIT, LSU and Pete Maravich edged Georgetown 82 to 82 despite Maravich scoring a season-low 20 points. After a slow start, Maravich scored 11 in the second half and made key shots in the final seconds, though he lamented a relaxed performance.
A garbled fishing tally lists numerous anglers and catches across locations such as San Diego, Geaonside, Redonda Beach, Piemount Landing, Jet's Landing, Daver'e Locker, Star Beach, Pacific Landing, and Coast Nu ced. Totals include barracuda, rockfish, bass, halibut, bonita, and mackerel among others with hundreds of miscellaneous catches.
Cal State Long Beach hosts a busy weekend as baseball welcomes USC Friday at 7 30 p m with a doubleheader against Utah Saturday. Volleyball attends the Pacific Coast Club Open all day Saturday while the track team hosts San Diego State at 1 46 p m. Tennis and golf see lighter action earlier in the weekend.
Sophomores Jim Ginay Mike Davis and Glen Berberet were chosen as tri captains for Long Beach City College defending state champion baseball. Coach Joe Hicks said the trio covers catcher shortstop and center field. The Vikings, third in the Metropolitan Conference after opening splits, host Santa Monica at Blair Field with Larry Vondercheek starting. They travel Friday with Dave Salg slated to star.
Long Beach City College spring squads push ahead this week as the defending state champion gymnastics team under coach John Draghi begins Metropolitan Conference dual meet action by traveling to Sala Monica. Other entries include naval station style notes and scattered military era references.
In a 13 to 3 rout over Pistea, CO notches their first complete-game win of the season. Wondercheck is slated to start Saturday in a key matchup at Balersfleald while Ulicks comments hint at race strategies.
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