San Joaquin Tractor Clinches League Title By Forfeit
The San Joaquin Tractor team clinched the Sportsman minor league championship last Tuesday night with a four point forfeit over the Santa Fe Gayazge. Harry Mayes led the winners with a 209 541 high score, while Dick Booker topped the Santa Fe with a 191 544 high series. Shafter Merchants took second by defeating Bennett and Taylor 3-1 as two weeks remained in the winter season.
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Sportsman
San Joaquin Tractor
Santa Fe Gayazge
Harry Mayes
Dick Booker
Santa Fe
Shafter Merchants
Benett
Taylor
Les Reeves
Merchants
Ed Wagner
Wagner
Los Angeles
Tiny Holmes
Wasco Lions
Tiny
Lions
John Dalke
Ben Stoller
Mockers Red Rams
Shafter Firemen
al Arranqui
Brother Fords Webster
Mel Parrett
Floys Trent
Frank Barker
Sportsmans Cafe
Bennett and Taylor
Generalettes Split Match With Exeter
In Exeter and Shafter, the girls tennis teams tied 2-2. Nancy Schlegel beat June Thompson 6-3 6-2 for Shafter in first singles while Mary De Vincenzo won over Mary Dungan 6-3 6-1. First doubles Melissa Haycox Betty Snodgrass won 6-2 6-0. Shafter’s Maria Franco Jerrene Bradshaw won 6-1 6-1 over Naomi Thornburgh Sharon Bergman.
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Shafter Exeter
Exeter
Shafter Girls
Nancy Schlegel
Shafterite
June Thompson
Mary de Vincenzo
Mary Dungan
Generallettes
Melissa Haycox
Betty Snodgrass
Mary Gates
Barbara Maup
Shafter Nine First League Victory Over Corcoran Panthers
The Shafter Generals beat the Corcoran Panthers 4 to 3 in seven innings to claim their first league win. Danny Contreras delivered the winning run on a wild pitch in the seventh after a Corcoran rally tied the game. Larson earned the win with eight strikeouts as Prendez and Mouser provided early offense for Shafter.
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Danny Contreras
Generals
Corcoran
Panthers
Danny
George Larson
John Palomo
Glen Morris
Jim Rice
Larson
Armenia
Morris
Rudy Prendez
Prendez
Hugh Mouser
Shafter
Hugh
Harold Gladden
Mouser
Gladden
Mou
Shafter Brothers Reunite in Yokohama Japan
Two Shafter brothers, Cpl Stanley J Holman and Pfe Bernice C Holman, were reunited in Yokohama while on eight day leave from Korea. Their father is Mrs Al Reich of 209 Euclid Ave Shafter. Holman earned the Purple Heart for wounds on Heartbreak Ridge in July 1953 and serves with Yokohama Engineering Depot. Bernice is a machine gunner with the 31st Regiment of the 7th Infantry Division at Camp Casey Korea. Both trained at Fort Ord before going overseas.
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Shafter
Yokohama
Japan
Korea
Cpl
Stanley J. Holman
Pfe
Bernice C. Holman
al Reich
Euclid Avenue
Holman
Heartbreak Ridge
Bernice
Camp Casey
31St Regiment
7Th Infantry Division
Tide Sheet Lets Shafter Fishermen Track Tides
A monthly tide sheet from Pismo Beach will be posted in Central Market window through an arrangement by Emil Kirschenmann owner of the market and K L Phillips and Son of Pismo.
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Shafter
Pismo Beach
Emil Kirschenmann
K. L. Phillips
Pismo
GoRNER Prose on the Box Score Baseball
A short column extols the newspaper box score as the best baseball innovation. It explains common abbreviations such as AB H R E PO and clarifies how assists, putouts, and errors reflect player contributions. It notes extra base hits, RBIs, double plays, stolen bases, sacrifices, and men left on base for evaluating outcomes.
Shafter Team Signs On In Kern County Baseball League
First meeting of sponsors and team managers held at the County Parks and Recreation Office outlined plans for a seven team league this year with new entrants Taft McFarland and Bakersfield Cubs. Schedule calls for opening at Wasco May 20 21 and games at Sam Lynn Park May 22. Bakersfield Elks softball will freelance inviting top teams nationwide to play in Bakersfield and Kern County.
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Kern County Baseball League
Bill Carpenter
Taft
McFarland
Bakersfield Cubs
di Giorgio Farms
Wasco Dens
Shafter Merchants
Delano
Carpenter
Wasco
Sam Lynn Park
Bakersfield Elks
Stanley Cook
Elks
Bakersfield
Kern County
Ree
Bill Woop
E. Gregory
Ray Fredrick
Bob Fernando
Bob Purvis
al Correll
Bill Hanes
C. O. Crawford
Shafter
Bill
Otis Gladden
DiGorgio
L. T. Lackey
J. Marquez
Bob Ritchey
M. M. Moore
Herbert J
Tigers Deliver Six-Run Inning To Beat Shafter Generals
Wasco Tigers overcame a 2-1 first inning deficit with a six-run second inning en route to an 11-5 victory over the Shafter Generals. Wasco added two in the sixth and one in the seventh as Myers led the scoring with four runs and Napier contributed two for Shafter. Deason pitched seven innings for Wasco, while Larson relieved for the Generals amid costly errors.
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Danny Contreras
Shafter
Generals
Wasco
Myers
Napier
Dan Contreras
Jim Rice
Rudy Prender
Hugh Mouser
Harold Gladden
Gladden
Deason
John Thompson
Larson
Donald Bender
Shafter Net Squad Dominates McFarland 5–0
Shafter netters, short-handed among top players, defeated McFarland 5–0. John DeVincenzo recovered from illness to win 6-0 6-1 over Warren Carter in a tight match. Milwee, Wilson, and doubles teams Robbins–Warkentine and Hanson–Baker posted straight-set wins as Shafter moved to 11–0 on the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Robbins
Bob Pate
Dwayne Bowman
Eric Hanson
Truman Baker
Ronnie Cowart
Richard Whistler
Shafter Netters
Richland Pool Opens For Public Weekend Hours
Roy Farrell the Richland School director of athletics says the pool will be open to the public Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. weather permitting. Paradise Glacier in Mount Rainier National Park shows melt water moraines polished rocks cirques and blue ice in a broken crevassed expanse.
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Richland School
Roy Farrell
Paradise Glacier
Mount Rainier National Park
Shafter City Clerk Candidate Endorsement
Due to health and age T will not seek re election as City Clerk of Shafter in the April 13 1954 municipal election. The voters are urged to support William H. Bill Johnston for the City Clerk position.
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City of Shafter
William H
Bill Johnston
City of
Shafter
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Bob Merritt
Dick Hussey
Arlo Roskam
Buck McKimmey
Pyrenees Cafe
Sumner Street
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Corcoran Panthers
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Gomez
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Palomo
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Cen Ea
Service
Fort Ord
POST
Southern California Gas Company
Noes Gaffers & Pood
Sports Gorner
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Senate
K.C. Baseball League
Confab
Deanna Jensen
Richland
Tigers
Wasco Tigers
Richland Pool
Frank G. Shaw
Glenn’ S. Nay
Kirk Fitzpatrick
Fresnd State College
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