Shafter Ball Team Edged 1 0 by Green Acres in Extra Innings
Green Acres beats Shafter 1 to 0 in eight innings as Lawrence Ruby drives in the lone run with a double after an error. Billy Boyd hurls a two hit effort for Shafter with ten strikeouts, while Green Acres pitcher limits Shafter to three hits. Shafter fielding mistakes and timely hitting decide the season opener at Richland Primary diamond.
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Green Acres
Richland
Lawrence Ruby
Billy Boyd
Boyd
Sterling
Ruby
Peters
Glynn Scales
Red Trent
Bob Peters
Sum Rice
Weimer
Local baseball team enters hot Delano tourney
Shafter high varsity team travels to Delano for the annual invitational with 23 central California high schools. The eight-diamond, elimination tournament runs today and tomorrow with games at 9 30 11 30 and 1 30. Roosevelt Fresno is favored to win, with Bakersfield Delano Visalia among top contenders.
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Delano
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Roosevelt High School
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Bakersfield High School
Visalia
Press
McFarland
Carl Gretlein
Tulare
Merced
Shafter
Rem Cabinet Clinches Mixed Bowling Title by One Game
The Shafter Mixed Bowling League ends with Rem Cabinet ahead of The Trotters by one game to win the pennant. Ed Gaede leads the men’s standings as Evelyn Tiberghen tops the women’s race with strong showings from Al Thompson and Harvey Neuman. Team trophies go to Rem Cabinet and The Trotters, with Shafter Academy earning a cup and remaining clubs receiving medals.
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Shafter Radio
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al Thompson
Ed Gaede
Helen Branner
Evelyn Tiberghen
Dial Cleaners
Remo Cabinet
Harvey Neuman
Alice Vannatta
the Trotters
Boots Perry
Bob Neuman
Jerry Unruh
Dave Unruh
Harry Vannatta
Eudell Smith
Floyd Mitchell
Mildred Clements
Chuck Clements
Johnny Branner
Gunnarson’s
Nita Gunnarson
Bill Gunnarson
Orin Mettler
Juanita Thompson
Spud Cafe
Lea Self
Bill Clements
Dorothy Gaede
Bess Mettler
Elmer Mettler
Lottie Liles
al Reich
Pat Neuman
Maxine Mettler
Bob Mettler
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Renegade Track Squad Heads South For Big J C Relays
Bakersfield Renegades travel to Glendale for the first annual Southern California junior college relays with 22 team members and 12 individuals. The meet draws 21 schools and 400 plus athletes with heats morning through 2 10 p m finals. The mile relay squad and 440 880 entrants highlight a day expecting strong opposition from Compton Glendale Santa Monica and others.
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Glendale College Oval
Southern California Junior College
Los Angeles
Riverside
Compton
Pasadena
Don Palmer
Jim Perkins
Leroy Wigginton
James Frazier
Archie Parks
Glendale
Santa Monica
Palmer
Perkins
Bob Devlin
Cruz Ybanez
West's Service Clinches Minor League Bowling Title
West's Service of Wasco won the league crown by one point with 53 wins and 31 losses, edging Rotary at 52-32 and Navy Oil at 48-36. Rotary defeated Neuman & Sons 4-0, Navy Oil beat Kiwanis 4-0, West's Motel toppled Richland Chevrolet 4-0, and West's Service beat Wasco Firemen 3-1 as a postponed game was settled 2-2. Joe Cosgrove rolled a 247 high game. top average pending, with John Adams or Frank Barker in line.
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Wasco
Rotary
Navy Oil
Neuman & Sons
Kiwanis Club
Richland Chevrolet
Wasco Firemen
Service
Joe Cosgrove
John Adams
Frank Barker
High School J V Ball Team Meets Garces Wednesday
Shafter junior varsity baseball team will play Garces Memorial high school varsity on the local field next Wednesday. The J V previously met Garces in Bakersfield, making Wednesday’s game the second of two pre arranged tussles.
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Garces Memorial High School
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Bakersfield
Shafter Wasco Baseball Games Rained Out
Rain washed out last Friday’s Shafter versus Wasco varsity and junior varsity games. Rescheduling remained possible until early Friday morning when fields grew too muddy to play.
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Shafter
Wasco
Weather Forces Postponement of Contests and Tennis Match
Threatening skies prompted postponement of two contests and a tennis match between the two schools. Officials cited rain concerns and safety considerations for the delay.
Shafter Boys to Attend Hi-Y Leaders Camp at Frazier Mountain
Shafter representatives Tom Kelly Dick Fletcher and Larry Barnett join three Kern County youths at the Hi-Y Leaders Training Camp on Frazier Mountain Park. Bob Harland serves as county field representative and camp director as the event runs from yesterday through Saturday on the Ventura Hi-Y Camp site.
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Shafter
Frazier Mountain Park
Tom Kelly
Dick Fletcher
Larry Barnett
Ventura
First asparagus ships east from San Joaquin Valley
The first asparagus of the season was shipped eastward from the San Joaquin Valley in the first week of February.
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San Joaquin Valley
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