Shafter High Football Sees 40 Tryouts for Eight-Game Schedule
Ten seniors from the class of 1950 are not yet eligible for the Generals football team next fall as 40 hopefuls compete in spring practice led by Coach Dan Bledsoe. Key returnees include linemen Jack Thompson Ken Cooper Bill McNew ends Fred Houston J C Warneke backs Paul Cato Vernon Edwards John Kelly Harley Martin Frank Wells. The eight game slate opens vs Taft on Sept 27 and continues Oct 13 Woodlake Oct 20 Lindsay Oct 29 Strathmore Nov 3 Exeter Nov 10 Cross Nov 17 Dinuba Nov 25 Wasco.
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Shafter High School Generals
Dan Bledsoe
Paul Cato
Vernon Edwards
John Kelly
Harley Martin
Frank Wells
Generals
Taft
Woodlake
Lindsay
Strathmore
Exeter
Cross
Dinuba
Wasco
Shafter High Girls Vie for All Star Baseball Teams
Shafter High School girls compete for positions on the all star baseball squads with representatives from each class. Miss Betty Lund physical education director will select a team and substitutes, awarding points toward G A A and G S C athletic honors. The noon game pits class teams against each other.
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Shafter High School
Betty Lund
14 Cindermen Win Letters for 1950 Track Season
Shafter High School announces 24 cindermen qualified for letters under Coach Lowell Todds. The five standout cindermen of the 1949 season are named: Bob Tidwell, Robert Lamas, Magus Criner, George Tidwell, and Paul Raley.
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Shafter High School
Lowell Todds
Bob Tidwell
Robert Lamas
Magus Criner
George Tidwell
Paul Raley
Shafter High Encourages Participation for Extra Points
The concern for extra points motivates all Shafter High girls to participate in most athletic events, promoting broad involvement and competition for sufficient scores.
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Shafter High
Turk Eliades Returns as Shafter High Coach
Scribe recalls Jordan Eliades Turk, a Nevada gridiron star and WWII fighter pilot, who will lead Shafter High School lightweight football and junior varsity baseball next year. He served as squadron leader after being shot down in 1944 and later earned a master's from USC. He will teach social science and mathematics and bring his wife Frances Cook and daughter Jane to town.
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Jordan
Turk” Eliades
Shafter High School
Reno Evening Gazette
St. Jordan Eliades University
Nevada
Turk
Dan Bledsoe
White
McGill
Nev
White Pine
Bledsoe
University of Nevada Grad
Shafter
Germany
Minter Field
University of Nevada
University of Southern California
Frances Cook
Lovelock
Jane
Gade Cindermen To Raid Visalia
Bakersfield College track team selects 10 men for the Junior College nationals in Visalia following a strong Modesto showing. Johnny White aims to repeat his standout 197 feet 1 inch javelin mark set at Modesto.
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Bakersfield College
Modesto
Visalia
Johnny White
White
Moose Jackson Faces Backlash Over Fenced Field Near Depot
Last week parents phoned Moose Jackson while neighborhood kids laughed and jeered in the streets. Moose fenced his field by the depot to keep youngsters away, prompting locals to resist and a later plan by Doc Sherman to apply psychology at Andy's Garden Tavern.
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Moose Jackson
Moose
Doc Sherman
Andy’s Garden Tavern
Doc
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