Town Team Tops Bakersfield in County League Practice
Shafter Merchants beat the Bakersfield Missions 7 to 3 in a county league practice game. Boyd pitched well for Shafter with 4 hits allowed and 7 strikeouts, while Romero yielded 12 hits to the Shafter bats. Scales, Anderson, and Rice led early with hard hits, Bob Scales hit a homer in the seventh, and both teams traded runs through the game. Earlier, Yakima reclamation project in Washington reported extensive cherry, apricot, and pear plantings last year.
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Shafter Merchants County League
Bakersfield Missions
Boyd
Shafter Moundsman
Mission
Romero
Shafter
Glynn Scales
Bud Anderson
Sam Rice
Anderson
Rice
Byrd
Mendoza
Gomez
Shafter Boys
Bob Scales
Rodriguez
West Coast Relays Near as Fresno Hosts World Record Talk
At least two world records may fall at the West Coast Relays in Fresno, with stars like Mel Patton of USC and Lloyd La Beach of UCLA contending in the 100 meters. Tulare High School duo Bob Mathias and Sam Iness target the scholastic discus mark as new Olympic events debut.
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West Coast
Mel Patton
U.S.C
Lloyd la Beach
Wisconsin
U.C.L.A
Patton
LaBeach
Bill Martineson
Baylor
Fresno State
Don Smalley
San Jose State
Bob Heck
College of Pacific
Don Anderson
California
Dave Gammie
George Pepperdine
Tulare High School
Bob Mathias
Tulare
Sam Iness
San Joaquin Valley
London
Craig Dixon
Darrel Kreitz
Downing McKee
Stanford
al Lawrence
Floyd Simmons
L.A.A.C
Jack Kaiser
San Diego
Merle Martin
Rick Collins
Wilbur
Moose” Thompsson
Otis Chandler
Jerry Shipkey
Bill Bayless
Jim Delaney
Olympic Club
Los Angeles Athletic Club
University of Southern California
Dean Cromwell
Wilfred Dancer
Mt. San Antonio
J.C
Les Steers
Art Williams
Riverside
Don Hayes
Chaffey
al Zimmerman
Compton
Mathias
Ollie Matson
Washington High School
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Elmer Wilhoite
Merced
Shafter High Medley Relay Team Competes at West Coast Relays
Shafter high school enters a medley relay in Fresno against top national competition. The under 1000 enrollment team features Roy Packard James Crabb Tom Fletcher and Bobby Base with Packard 440 yards Flet cher and Base two 220s and Crabb anchoring the 880. They depart tomorrow morning with coach Lowell Todd. event slated for the afternoon.
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Shafter High School
Fresno
Roy Packard
James Crabb
Tom Fletcher
Bobby Base
Packard
Fletcher
Baze
Crabb
Lowell Todd
Shafter Men to Attend County League Ball Meeting Monday
Mark Scales, Jack Thompson and other local men will travel to Bakersfield Monday for the Kern County Baseball League meeting. The schedule for the year will be set, league season plans finalized, and the $50 entry fee submitted. Final details for the 1948 league work will be completed at the meeting.
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Shafter
Mark Scales
Jack Thompson
Bakersfield
Kern County Baseball League
Wasco Merchants Defeat Arvin 3–0 in Practice Start
Wasco Merchants win first practice game 3 to 0 against Arvin. Art Demery pitched a strong game for Wasco, allowing only three hits as the winners opened the season.
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Wasco Merchants
Arvin
Wasco
Art Demery
Shafter J.V.s Dominate Taft in 19–1 Victory
Shafter high school's junior varsity team rolled to a 19 to 1 win over Taft J.V.s in a lop-sided contest marked by Taft errors. Tom Kelly led with 3 hits and 4 runs in 3 plate appearances, while John Kelly Palomo Lamas and Warneke added two hits each. Warneke pitched for Shafter with Pierce on the mound for Taft.
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Shafter High School
Taft J.v
Taft
Tom Kelly
John Kelly
Palomo
Lamas
Warneke
J.v.’S
Pierce
Shafter J V Boys Close Season With Taft Upset
Shafter junior varsity closed its season with a convincing win over Taft jv on Tuesday. No more games remain for the local jv squad which faced a lighter schedule due to partner schools lacking junior teams. Dick Heber coaches the team.
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Shafter
Taft J.v
J.v. Boys
J.v.’S
Dick Heber
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B. Anderson
L. Rice
B. Scales
S. Rodriguez
Johnson and
M. Scales
Yeat
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Hes
Shafter High Medley
J.v.s
J.V
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Loewen Plumbing and Electrical Shop
California Ave
Starbard Wold Muller
Standard of California Products
Ray Albert
Standard Oil Plant
E. D. Dahlman
Grandy
Minn
Shafter Motel
North
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Apure
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