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Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1948

Page

4

Kern Baseball Loop Season Starts Soon

Shafter Merchants prepare for the Kern County Baseball League season with a $50 entry due by the 18th. Wasco Merchants have won the title in prior years as teams sponsored by local organizations compete at Richland Primary School diamond. The Merchants split practice games against Fairfax and the Mexican Colony Eagles, with Eagles fielding many future Merchants players.

Mark Scales Shafter Kern County Baseball League Wasco Merchants Oildale V.F.W DiGiorgio Farms City of Arvin Bakersfield Paper Co Bell Telephone Co Bakersfield Taft Merchants Shafter Merchants Wasco Fairfax Merchants Eagles Shafter Mexian Richland Primary West Lerdo

Shafter High Forms Medley Relay Team For Fresno Relays

Shafter High will enter a varsity medley relay team in the West Coast Relays in Fresno next week. Roy Packard will lead off the 440, Jim Crabb anchors the 880, with two 220 yard dash runners likely chosen from Tom Fletcher Eldean Boese and Bobby Baze. Mathias leads Tulare High hopefuls in multiple events as strong rivals and top sprinters from Fresno Central Visalia and Bakersfield challenge for high school track honors.

Shafter Lowell Todd Roy Packard Jim Crabb Tom Fletcher Eldean Boese Bobby Baze Fletcher Beese Kern County Baze Shafter High Fresno Central California Mathias Sim Innes Innes Bob Blevins Fresno High Lawrence Kruser Tommy Legler Roosevelt High Pascoe Coalinga Edwards Bakersfield Peters Hanford Wilbur Taylor Taylor Ollie Matson Great Washington High School San Francisco Manuel Bettencourt Dick Balfour C. K. McClatchy Sacramento Clarence Johnson Jack Sinclair Taft Gene Likins Charles Schoelen Madera Wasco Charles Hardein Terry McGinnis

Richland School Softball Standings Highlight Standings

Richland School reports active softball battles across six leagues this week. In 8th grade both boys and girls leagues are led by Miss Prieve's rooms, with boys in a tight race and girls ahead. Seventh grade girls sit narrowly in front under Miss Loveless, while boys in that loop are also led by Loveless. Sixth grade girls leaders come from Miss Holmes' room, with boys trailing the pace set by Holmes.

Richland Miss Prieve Miss Loveless Loveless Miss Holmes

Local Lifeguards Train Ahead of Shafter Center Opening

Dan Bledsoe Dusty Rhoads and Wes Linda from the high school faculty take a 15 hour water safety and life saving course under Cap Haralson to earn lifeguard credentials for the upcoming Shafter aquatic center. Roy Farrell also attends as director of the Summer Recreation program plans morning swimming lessons and potential evening sessions for adults.

Shafter Aquatic Center Dan Bledsoe Dusty Rhoads Wes Linda Cap Haralson Roy Farrell Farrell Shafter

Sportmens Calendar Rules For Striped Bass And Trout

The Division of Fish and Game issues hunting and angling rules. Striped bass have no closed season with a bag limit of five fish or 25 pounds and one additional fish, minimum 12 inches. Trout season May 1 to Oct 31 with aggregate limits of 15 trout or 10 pounds and one fish. hours from before sunrise to after sunset. Black bass allows no closed season with a 10 fish daily limit, up to 15 pounds and one bass in aggregate, no minimum size.

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