Veteran Cougars Ready For E B Blades Opener
McFarland High School opens the 1947 48 season Friday afternoon against East Bakersfield High School in the East High gym. Coach Dick Moordale brings back four regulars and adds a recruit from the previous lightweight squad to start. Center George Whitaker joins forwards Junior Moore and Doyle Peebles and guards Glen Campbell and Carl Gretlein, all regulars last year, to face the Blades after a 9 14 record and a Sierra League second place tie last season.
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McFarland High School
East Bakersfield High School Blades
East High
Dick Moordale
Cougars
McFarland
Cougar
Geo. Whitaker
Junior Moore
Doyle Peebles
Glen Campbell
Carl Gretlein
The
Blades
Forge Connor aims for pro basketball after Notre Dame career
Notre Dame captain Forge Connor, expected to lead an undefeated season, will graduate in February and pursue professional basketball. George Forge foresees a longer, less lucrative pro career. The piece also notes Joe Page as potential MVP, the Orange Bowl sold out, Wally Driver's 509 ft 3 in fungo record, US Olympic food plans, and assorted bits on racing tattoos and Navy V 12 basketball toughness.
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Forge Connor
Notre Dame
George
Miami
Wally Driver
United States
Europe
U. S
Drillers Face Fresno In Valley Semi Final Clash
Bakersfield High School ready for a Valley semi final with Fresno High, aiming to advance to next week’s final. Injuries eased, key players cleared to start, including Stahl Kirkland and Gif ford.
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Drillers
Fresno
Bakersfield High School
Fresno High School
Warriors
Roosevelt
Tulare
Driller Eleven
Willis Cross
Ted McElroy
Allen Stahl
Austin Fuller
Ted Kirkland
Bakersfield
Tea Cakes for Parties from Joe's Topper Bakery
Joe's Topper Bakery advertises tea cakes baked for parties. The brief notice highlights ready-made treats suitable for gatherings.
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Joe’s Topper Bakery
Joe's Topper Bakery
Renegade Basketball Opens Season Against Visalia Tartars
Bakersfield College Renegades start the season facing Visalia College Tartars in Visalia. Coach Victor Robinson works with limited practice as leading players miss time due to football. Returning lettermen include Paul Goodrich Jack Ross Charley Sarver and others like Al Wheelan Leroy Stegmiller Melton McClanahan and Paul Baldwin.
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Bakersfield College
Visalia College Tartars
Visalia
Victor “Bert” Robinson
Paul Goodrich
Jack Ross
Charley Sarver
al .Wheelan
Leroy Stegmiller
Melton McClanahan
Paul Baldwin
Salmon and Steelhead Taken Near Dos Rios
A large number of salmon and a fair number of steelhead are being taken from the Eel River near Dos Rios in Mendocino County.
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Eel River
Dos _Rios
Mendocino County
Opening Kern County game season shows good pheasant and quail shooting
Pheasant and quail shooting opened well in Kern County with strong pheasant hunts in Greenfield and Buena Vista Lake area. Bears were reportedly seen in Evans Flat and Jack Ranch areas.
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Kern County
Greenfield
Buena Vista Lake
Evans Flat
Jack Ranch
National Tuberculosis Association Organized in 1904
A group of physicians and laymen formed the National Tuberculosis Association in 1904 to wage a nationwide campaign against the public health menace of tuberculosis.
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The
National Tuberculosis Association
Shafter Eyes Coalinga Woodlake Tiff Tomorrow
The Shafter Generals prep for a semi final playoff against Coalinga Horned Toads and Woodlake Tigers to decide who advances to meet Shafter on December 13 for the Valley Championship. Coalinga, Woodlake and Shafter enter the playoffs undefeated with strong records and home-field plans.
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Shafter Eyes
Coalinga
Woodlake
Dan Bledsoe
Shafter High School Generals
Exeter
Lish
Shafter Generals
Wasco
Generals
Bledsoe
Dusty Rhoads
Shafter Colonels
Ed Schacht
Don Bolt
Cross
Los Banos
Carruthers
Kerman
Central Union
Washington Union
Fresno High Braves
Avenal
Chowchilla
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Ted Michel
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Jerry Smith
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