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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
9
Shafter's trotting horse owners return next week with bag and baggage and a few thousand dollars worth of famous horse flesh. The Shafter Press announces a series on harness racehorse breeding, care, equipment, and notable owners. The feature covers the big three in the sport and future plans.
A look at Shafter High School coaches: Lowell Todd leads varsity basketball and track after arriving in 1942, with a background in Modesto JC, San Jose State, and Columbia. Dan Bledsoe, since 1945, has led the Generals to five losses in four years as football and basketball coach. Ed Schacht, joining in 1946, coaches lightweight football and JV baseball after Navy service. Dusty Rhoades, since 1945, fronts the Generals’ line and track. Dick Herber, Bakersfield JC product, leads varsity baseball and assists lightweight football. Bob Gates, longtime tennis mentor since 1932, finishes a successful tennis season with a high county league finish.
Shafter's varsity basketball under Coach Lowell Todd travels to Bakersfield Friday for the Kern County Casaba Carnival at the KC gym. Todd notes a week of practice leaves the squad at a handicap against seasoned teams, with several veterans and a strong football-worn core to aid later improvement.
Sideline notes celebrate Shafter Generals football season and praise for sportsmanship from Kern Tulare Sierra League schools. As basketball looms, talk of town teams and upcoming December 12 football banquet fills local chatter.
Ballots from league coaches chose the All League selections in the Kern-Tulare-Sierra League. Commissioner J. P. Welhelmsen oversaw vote tallying. Honorable mention went to Shafter players Paul Cato and Vernon Edwards.
Athletic director Roy Farrell led 225 boys in a flag football interschool league at Richland Grammar School. Twenty four teams competed over ten weeks, with eight players per team. Notable graduates include Sen. Vossler Carl Beach quarterback Ken Smith Chuck Wright Billy Peters and Billy Higby. The Richland squad beat a high school flag team 18 to 6 and later tied 14 to 14 in a second contest.
A small group in Shafter organized a community gym with three weight sets two punching bags and a routine of exercises. They train three nights weekly from an hour and a half to two hours, inspired by Clyde Garrett’s service recovery and Y M C A workouts in Oakland.
Shafter's town team Neufeld's Auto Parts opens season December 10 at Wasco. Manager Elmer Anderson released the lineup, naming Merle Bartel Vicider Bob Sates Leland NG Andersen John Hahd Win and several ex HS stars. Neufeld's scrimmaged the Shaf-
Doyle Metheny Glyn Scales and Clayton Hutchings, co captains and starting seniors, survey college football options. Scales bound for Saint Marys. Hutchings undecided on future.
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