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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1960
Page
11
Don Bragg, top pole vaulter, predicts 15 feet 2 inches will win Olympic gold in Rome. He says about 60 vaulters will contest the event and the competition will last all day, noting the U.S. must avoid a sweep to avoid seismic shock.
A brisk preview of the Olympic Trials pole vault field at Stanford notes Bragg predicting a ceiling near 16 feet, with contenders Gutowski Martin Graham Dumas Thomas and others aiming for higher marks. Potential breakthroughs by fiberglass-pole vaulters like Aubrey Dooley are considered, as top Americans prep for the contest.
Park golfers led qualifying for the 36th Long Beach City Golf Championship at Skylinks with low scores and a 78 15 63. Art Pacheco of Recreation Pack posted the lowest round of 7 under par. First round match play begins Sunday at Skylinks with pairings listed in bracket order and multiple matches including Reneau, Carmody, and Foster among contenders.
Former racing secretary Frank E Kilroe will become director of racing at Santa Anita, moving from New York to lift a stalled program. Kilroe, 48, will finish this season in New York as racing secretary and director before heading west to shape policy and hire top jockeys, aiming to restore Santa Anitas leadership in American racing.
Hollywood Park action features La Plume making a comeback in the fillies and mares six-furlong headliner. Evhoic, last year’s Hollywood Juvenile Champion, returns in a field including Witch Night Sabot Der Stepped Up and Sabot D’orix, making her debut for Maj. Lawrence Gardiner.
To a bold scientific quest, astronomers seek contact with intelligent beings on other planets as the West Virginia radio telescope attempts to listen and eyes peer 70 trillion miles distant. Readers Digest issue detail and price included.
Compton College announces an IS60 ten game football schedule. The Tar Tars travel to Arizona on Sept. 24 and to Colorado to close the regular season with Musa College on Thanksgiving Day. A homecoming game against the Broncos of the College of Southern Utah is set for Nov. 18. Schedule also lists Sept. 4 Phoenix San Ber.
Hilltop High of San Diego led a CIF individual golf championship at Rancho Santa Fe course as Lon g Beach players trailed. Vint Rheim and Cano ybell of Hilltop each shot 70 with Rheim winning after a playoff. Poly’s Dave Elder shot 78 to lead Long Beach entrants.
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