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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1973
Page
9
Long Beach State earned its first Southern California Intercollegiate Association volleyball crown by sweeping San Diego State three games to none at UC Irvine. The 49ers secured an NCAA finals berth May 25 and 26 in San Diego after the playoff win, joining UCLA USC and UC Santa Barbara in the Western Regionals at Pauley Pavilion.
Top seeds Matt Kelly and Harry Packer won second round open singles at the Queen Mary International handball event held at Long Beach Athletic Club. The page shows match results with several players including Steve Grace Dan Chamberlain and Mike Kogan, along with bracket notations and scores amid a crowded, partially garbled listing.
Fragmented OCR listing shows various teams and scores such as Cardinals, Braves, Angels, Mets, Tigers, and others with scattered results. Mentions places like Lakewood, Nob, and Os Altos along with player names and probable game outcomes, but no coherent single game report.
Long Beach City College third baseman Rick Hamblin, a 14 year old freshman, leads by example with a .342 season batting mark and unselfish play. Co captain and future firefighter, he values teamwork over stats while eyeing regional clashes with Los Angeles City College and Cerritos.
Reggie Jackson again tailed Wilbur Wood as the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1. Jackson hit a three run homer in the first and added a sacrifice fly in the eighth, backing Ken Holtzman’s four hit effort. Wood had won seven straight but faltered against Oakland.
Rams struggle over a no trade contract for Gabriel after a July deal with Stobert Irsay that left him in limbo as Hadl joined from San Diego. Rentzel appeals his marijuana case while aiming to play this season, and other AL games feature Angels, Red Sox, Indians, Tigers, and Rangers wins as a busy day unfolds.
The NHL chief and the league president denied a report that a Flames Soviet series was arranged. Sherbrooke reports two Russian teams and eight NHL clubs might meet later this year, with no final agreement reached.
Campbell, 23, of Balboa YC, repairs a Tempest and climbs to a 2-1 score in day two as the Tempest North American championships near the halfway mark. A three way tie for first emerges with Jim and John Linville and W Allan Clark Jr after two races in light winds.
A. J. Foyt, three time Indy 500 winner, says he may withdraw from this year’s race due to engine troubles and weak qualifying. He’s eighth in the field, car 23 of 33, after a 108.927 mph qualifying run. He notes multiple engine changes and uncertain fixes before attempting to qualify his second car.
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