General Thinclads to Invade Lemoore Saturday for Valley Sierra Meet
Shafter High send 24 qualifiers to the Sierra Division C I F track meet in Lemoore with coach Lowell Todd. Final rounds follow prelims on Saturday night as Jim Janzen and others pace the Generals in hurdles sprints jumps weights relays and pole vault.
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Lemoore
Valley Sierra
Shafter High
Lowell Todd
Jim Janzen
Shafter PB
Bob Baze
Todd
Shafter
Dewayne Neufeld
Burton Nance
Baze
Jim Crabb
Jesse Crane
Roy Packard
Robert Tidwell
Clayton Hutchings
Paul Cato
Packard
Crane
Janzen
Vernon Edwards
Phil Weyand
Dick Fletcher
Jerry
Johns
Weyand
Mayo
Criner
Larry Royal
Raymond Rhoads
Fletcher
Bob Jackson
Edwards
Billy McNew
Royal
Jackson
Eagles Set for Fifth Tilt After Four Wins
The Shafter Eagles baseball team heads north Sunday for their fifth game of the season facing a Tagus Ranch squad five miles north of Tulare. Manager Manual Rios worries about overconfidence after two narrow wins while relying on pitchers D. Flores and A. Palomo to steady the mound and maintain momentum.
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Shafter Eagles
Tagus Ranch
Tulare
Manual Rios
Rios
D. Flores
A. Palomo
Local track team names five sprinters and field event lineup
The roster lists Jimmy Schmidt Don Harris Henry Beach W L Prince and Edward Crane as sprints. Beach Schmidt and Prince compete in sprints jumps include Harris and Paul Robey pole vault E Crane and Harris in weights. Relay team comprises Schmidt E Crane Prince and Beach.
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Jimmy Schmidt
Don Harris
Henry Beach
W. L. Prince
Edward Crane
Beach
Schmidt
Prince
Harris
Paul Robey
E. Crane
Two Pin Teams Battle For Top Loop Position
Gunnarsons lead the Mixed Foursome league after April 25 with three wins and one loss in the last month while Johnson-Neuman swept all clashes to close the gap. Standings and individual averages were released following the April 25 session.
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Shafter Bowl
Gunnarsons
Johnson-Neuman Kegler
Johnson-Neuman
Shafter Horse Narrowly Second In Photo Finish
Shafter V claimed first in the four year olds at Golden Gate, but a photo decision placed Shafter second. Vino Fino won in 1:12, with Shafter, owned by Mrs. H. A. Guidera, paying $4.70 to place and $4.10 to show, ahead of Pyramid guided by Johnny Longden.
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Shafter V
Golden Gate
Vino Fino
Shafter
H. A. Guidera
Pyramid
Johnny Longden
Last Inning Rally Nets Generals 15 to 14
Shafter High's Generals erased a late deficit to beat Wasco Tigers 15 to 14 in Kern County League play. Key ninth inning rally produced six runs, highlighted by Eyraud triple and Hair RBI, lifting Generals from cellar to third. Compton led Wasco with a triple and homer, Pollard totaled three hits, and Scales went four for five.
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Wasco Tigers
Shafter High
Wasco
Generals
Dick Heber
Seales
Rice
Burns
Wroten
Palomo
Eyraud
Warneke
Mickey Hair
Pollard
Big Gun
Tiger
Compton
Scales
Shafter
Ryan
Pat Kelly to inspect Fresno West Coast Relays in 23rd year
Shafter official Pat Kelly, a long time athletics official, will serve as inspector at the 23rd annual West Coast Relays in Fresno on May 14. He has worked as inspector and starter in Kern Relays and local meets, missing only 1929 due to hospitalization and last year as Rotary District Governor. The report notes Wasco and Kern events with race results and battery assignments.
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Shafter
Pat Kelly
Fresno
Kelly
Shafterman
Bakersfield
Kern
Rotary
Three Local Netters In County Tournament
Taft hosts the Kern County High School tennis tournament with Shafter entries. Robert Gates selects three players based on regular season form. Lowell Bergman and Troy Smart form the doubles team, Earl Millard enters singles and may reach finals as over 20 boys compete.
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Taft
Shafter
Robert Gates
Lowell Bergman
Troy Smart
Earl Millard
Shafter High
Gates
Bergman
Smart
Trout plant boosts March numbers in So. California lakes
19 260 catchable-sized trout were planted in southern California lakes and streams during March by crews from the Mojave River hatchery, according to the Division of Fish and Game.
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California
Mojave River
Division of Fish and Game
Shafter General's Baseball Schedule Preview
Shafter General teams set schedule with games on May 11 and May 13 at 3 30 p m at E B and May 20 at 3 30 p m at Taft.
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Shafter General
E. B
Taft
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