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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1947
Page
6
Babe Ruth attends the playoffs at Gilmore Field as four national junior teams compete for the junior championship. The events run from Thursday to Sunday with Ford and Lincoln-Mercury dealer sponsorship guiding the Legion teams.
Shafter High football opens practice next Tuesday as school resumes with six returning lettermen and an eight-game schedule. Coach Dan Bledsoe aims to improve on last year’s 8-1 mark, focusing on building a stronger line while noting potential 150 pound averages but hopes to rise by game time. Returning players include Tom Fletcher Wayne Hill Arthur Palomo Bill Sharpe and Bob Scales with Steve Rodriguez moving to running guard. Wasco game looms as the marquee clash. Wasco defeated Shafter 16-6 last year.
The 1947 California State Fair in Sacramento runs August 28 to September 7 with $75,600 in purses. Notables such as Charles Howard and Bill Gilmore lead entries across running and harness divisions, including the $10,000 Governor’s Handicap on Governor’s Day and the Inaugural Handicap opening the meet.
Sherry Rodecker, 15, daughter of Frank Rodecker a former national aquaplane champion, applies to race in the 44 mile postwar renewal from Santa Catalina Island to California’s South Bay. Her father won the event in 1938, a world record finishing with a broken arm. Dale Carpenter bettered it in 1939.
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