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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1960
Page
11
A cluttered horse racing snippet lists bets and parlays with mentions of Charley M and Cardy to Me Shean. It highlights a late surge by ROB BOB, notes no scratches, and references clocker timing and ground conditions amid scattered forum-style phrases.
The Lakers announce their league home slate for Southern California in the first season. The schedule shows 25 games at the Sports Arena and two at Los Angeles State College, with teams, dates, and venues to be finalized.
Green Bay remains the NFL’s only undefeated untied team this exhibition season by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 35-14. McHan and Starr sparked the offense with multiple touchdowns and the defense contributed as the Packers built a comfortable lead in front of a home crowd.
Buck Baker of Spartanburg wins the Southern 500 after a multi car collision in the pits at Darlington. Two pit crew members Charles Sweatland and Paul McDhaffie and NASCAR official Joe Taylor die. four other mechanics are hospitalized after a crash involving Joe Lee Johnson and Elmo Langley. Rex White also from Spartanburg contends for second as the official result stands.
The collision involved Roy Tyner of Red Springs, North Carolina, and Bobby Johns of Miami, Florida. Johns' car slid on top, Tyner's flipped over the pit wall, killing two and marking the first fatalities in three years at the Southern 500. Jim Paschal placed third, Emmanuel Zervakis fourth, and Ned Jarrett fifth.
Foyt of Houston won the 100-mile feature at Du Quoin Speedway after a tire issue sidelined Packard. Bettenhausen finished second in the dirt mile event, with Al Farmer, Eddie Sachs, Packard, and Grim following in a tight field.
Fragmented text lists scores names and terms with many garbled phrases. It resembles an old puzzle or scoreboard snippet with odd spellings and stray numbers. The legible parts mention knights lords and a sword with scattered numeric values and phrases.
How Now, nearing the end of a brilliant career, won the Del Mar Handicap wire to wire before 18,538 fans. Johnny Longden was injured when Amarillo Speed spilled in the ninth race, breaking a water pipe and spraying the infield. Longden had two wins that day, boosting his total to 5,468. How Now set a new track record for a mile at 1:34 3/5 and paid 4.20 2.60 2.40.
Montreal Alouettes halfback George Dixon scored four touchdowns as Montreal defeated Ottawa Rough Riders in a Big Four clash Monday. A holiday crowd of 33,373 watched the action with Dixon delivering the scoring bursts to carry the Alouettes to victory.
Steve Jones and Cisco Carlos combined to hurl a 6-1 victory for the Western All-Stars over the Easterners in game one at Blair Field. The clubs now head to a decisive night as the best-of-five United States Amateur Baseball Federation Championship series continues.
Toronto Argonauts quarterback Rote threw two toehold down passes and two long touchdown tosses to defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Tiger-Cats remained winless after a fourth straight Big Four matchup loss.
Merlene Gee led Santa Clara Youth Village to victory in the one hour distance run at Long Beach State College. Bill Adams of New Mexico placed second with 10 miles 1,186 yards and Mal Robertson of Striders was third with 11 miles 1,055 yards. Santa Clara finished first as a team with San Diego second and the Striders third.
Verne Callison of the national public links circuit won his 7th state fair golf title with a two under par 214 total, finishing four holes over par at Sacramento. Stan Batting finished strong as a contender.
Sunrise 6 30 am Sunset 7 1 pm Moonrise 7 49 pm Moonset 8 46 am Tides high 11 15 am 5 6 ft low 5 05 am 0 2 ft 5 26 pm 0 6 ft Water temp 65 surf condition calm Coast and Geodetic Survey Long Beach Lifeguards report the day’s marine data and beach conditions.
The Saturday Evening Post announced support for Vice President Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge in the presidential campaign. It endorsed the Republican ticket, citing communism as the key issue and praising Nixon for maturity experience and toughness to meet the Communist challenge.
In Payallup Washington UPI report Carol Ann Lobbell 21 of Vancouver Washington won a race then died in a drag strip accident Monday. She finished the final heat and started across the track when her car skidded out of control leaving the strip at high speed, struck an embankment rolled over and hit a tree.
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