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11-.IJjJP ■ ......141ibkk*n/*«xfArcadia Little League CoachniiGuides Racing at HollyparkiBy BILL DE MUTHSports EditorJack Meyers fell into a greatJob at Hollywood Park. The fall was caused by years of experience in the office of racing secretaries.The Arcadia residents has been collecting history on putting together thoroughbred races ever since he learned how to read a condition book.Jack Meyers* who resides with his wife and son, Bill, anathlele in litllo leagues, on Falrview, became racing secretary ibis year when John Maluvious was moved up. He not only was handy to take over the job but be had the know how to perform the job.And tbs job description of the racing secretary at Holly-park is decorated with dollar signs for he must produce races that will generate millions of dollars through the betting windows. It Is a sport hut also a big business where the slate alone gets §4S,W)(UKM ;j in faxes and more than $5,0flfl.(]QII rip distributed to !’ horsemen. This money must M be lured info Hollypark by Ihe \’ attractiveness of (he raring h card,Anri Jack was quick to pros e he knew how lo make horse races. The. racing secretary writes the conditions under which horses are entered. These are the every day events. Ho really hits his stride when he begins prescribing weighLs fur! nominees lor stake races. Here! is where judgment really puts something in his job sheet.And Jack weighted I)r. Fagnr * for the Californian nl 130 pounds. As everyone knows Dr., Fagcr made a show of his field. When the original weights vveie announced the brilliant, four year old was listed at 124. However, after arriving at Tfnlly-park with ail of his credentials. It was computed that the correct weight was 130 pounds. The trainer made the statement that if he knew his star would haveJACK MEYERS in his natural habitat, pouring over records at Hollywood Park where he performs as racing secretary.Kiwanis Industrial WinsPair in Monrovia LeagueMONROVIA - Kiwanis lu-.^anis duslria!scored in the earlv in-white ciii. iCorcekonmgs to lake two games Irom eubonks.ss Mask-OIf, 13-7 and 9-7, in Mon-te'6 rovia Peewee League action. i^“^^,rbfWhite was the winner of the![°J“^';,fTotalsfirst contest. In going the route,White walked If) and struck old seven ami gave up two singles.Kiwanis Industrial began with a five-run first. The runs came on three hits by White. Stravou-laki? and Eubanks, sandwichedaround several walks and bad j.Friw.nrUavc ;P'UmCjr».3b.Crown. IfSpicer won the other game.jKmclw allowing onhIndustrial ob t h1 3 Q Horns,7b .1 0 1 jAhoton^s 3 1 1 Henrhftv.r 3 2 1 HcoKcr.cf 3 2 1 Bunn,p .! 1 3 Clark.rf2 f D .1.Walsh,lb A 0 I Broad wav .^b 2 D 0 Wilfred,IfWalsh.If Santellar.rfMask-Offob r hY k2 2 0 Goorie!l,2b2 ?. LAIdricn.n ? 1 H Zar*a,lb J 1 n 0-rlfin,3b J * n 5mirh,?s' 0 0 Llndcmnrvc3 0 ft.O'.vei.rf2 0 0: Plovf'ac.f 0 0 0. Herring.If2 o ni show.5j3 0 2lCaputa,rfMen nb r h5 ? 1 Saul.cf 5 2 3 J.Frft.ss3 0 1 Spicer, lb4 D 3 Yoiijkj.c 3 0 1 T.EIcnk,?b ^ 1 1 CranorJb 10 0 Scbrev.p i 2 1 Rivpro.sf ODD S. Frir.rf 3 0 1) vvhoolcry.rf 1 0 0 L.Blcnk.lfValley Hard wore nb r hlo carry 130 pounds, he would nor have shipped out. Meyers’ was proven right when Dr. Pager came in on Thursday, walloped the Californian field on Saturday and left town on Monday with $78,00(1.The Arcadian was n. farm boy from Nebraska, and he has never lost that touch. He broke horses for his father2j 9 e ScorH by IndustrialInnings*•1Hawthci 1 olals:.r: 1 0 0 Bober,cf2 0 D; 4 D I 4 2 33 1 14 1 1 3 1 I3 D 1 2 0 0 ODD4 I 21 D 02 2 223 / 0 ,34 11Maik'Qt: ..................... 205 rCO~7.Vf. „ Score bySummarV25—Johnson, Corded, Bcncrolr. Winner Valley t,aravfaro ..—5crcer. Losii— Burui.AvonFoothill Printers.ob r hArmas,2b 0 l POlivas.c 2 1Totals Innings.... ICO 024 00-7 000 412 01—6 SummaryHR—Stfcer, 23—Zona. Winner—Sdirey. Loser—Aldrinrv. three hit. Hewalked rmlv two and struck oiH-cni^.u.vvhutv.efBIX- :Krblner.il. - i i , - r i FtnufCi --fK ! w 3 n i ? Industrial scored Coirfweii.ci three in the fir.^t. but watched ,v,nrf'n,lt;:!to re-' T3lr*15ab r hI 0 a l ? 13 7 lt;1 Pepir.lT? 2 3 fteckham.ib 3 2 2 Parsons.n 3 0 J Hullii-q.SS ? 1 ) .John5on,cfLions3 14 i in 3 2. SIomI.cElksMcDonald.c1 Crohom.lb . . '■ iapia,5s* ° L Hawkins .3bi ft n Hcir.mawv.ri I 1 D|Dcari'Lf0 0 Q Eourne.JD 3 0 0 Beiirter.^b1 I 1 Cfi'P^r/.10 0 Q Moore,2b1 0 0’Milter,ifr;ADadflca,2bHeiyer.rfConroy,n■ Clerk,rf15a V.Yc r,Hab r h 3 0 0 3 0 0 SrJiniter,3b3 1 0 Bourn p. lb2 1 D Walskl.ss? Q 0 Hoffmuci.o3 1 0 Pollnrd.rf 2 a 0 Hard,11o o n Biurklinih.rf n o o Hoincn,2b 2 0 0 8cnitz.rf ? 0 0 Spicer,?band wanted to be a baseball playsr but he came west and got nn a I Santa Anifa as n mail clerk, the job now held by former riding slur Gnrdnn Glisson. Jack took every job offered him by the late Dr. Charles- Sfrub and in 1937 he had a chance to become clerk of scales at Del Mar;When World War II came Meyers enlisted in the Marines and despite four years in the; Pacific and the rank of Sgt. Ma-j ab r h J0r by 1945 when he was disn ] J o charged, he was not the lough i 2 r.ex-Mnrine. He was still the Neat 6 12, : braska fyj-in bov. And today d S.y°u would never know that Jack1Q\ g jj Meyers had barked orders al2 o o Leathernecks jn the big rave ofn n fins Mnsk-Off scored nvomain close. The industrial bo vs*added another in The second.24 12 ATotalsfkvf.nFestal22 3 0 Score hy21 10 7 TotalsScore by liinrno? ........ 104 05—!0‘Printer? .......... 7r.i D2 13 Lterv.Summary . Elks, ....................hn\ ‘ivt* i-fin I li irri . ?R—1nwk' Wiltelt. IVinn-r—Person*.; SummaryuU» r- rUtiUll INird eOr AlrlSK' LO'icr-Lawrence. 1 VAnner—Haffmnn.Total?InningsecuOff appeared to put the ganifi| pway. ;Behind 7-4, the youngsters nf. Kiwanis induslrial canio up: with five runs in the fourth on! hits by Eubanks, Campbell, and; Bancroft. ;In oilier games in I he PccWcc league, the Foothill Printers de-Pop Warner HasRegistration Batesithe early Forties. On discharges 16 9 6;he went to work with Boeing! 300-j-buI soon turned again lo horse| .. lt;J0O 50x-9^.dr(1(; rin(| officiated at rnanyji n^r Cnnmy. California and Nevada tracks [i-i nally the Pomona Fair called on, his experience anti named him racing secretary in 190(1. Four* (years later he became racing j 'secretary and director nf racing1' clown Mexico way and lie held -|(his position for 11 years. :■He has been in the racing sec-featerl Avon 13-10; Valiev Hard-- TEMPLE CITY — if is regis- and this year the sislers of theja]mo^'rlec^rlr^Plt;M ^ f°'ware slipped pnsl I ho Y s Men 8 tration time for tfin 1908 Temple team players and daughters of: ^ncj 011C 0fr, in cxlra innings; while theElks smashed Ihe Lions 9-3.Cilvreasons lvIivPop Warner Football the hoard members and coach-;lie is respected hi Ihe sport ofT, ..... ... . . teams. All Temple City hnvs ing staff can (rv out as menvjki11^ is his knowledge. But. he'scorcd 11 ™ns ,n from 9 to 14 year, of age are in- h(L '•doesn’t spend all his wakingfirst thrpp innm^ anri HpIa nff ■ ‘ *' lt;*t- vi lt;f*' ii‘ ucrs of the drill team flnd:.Iirst tmce innings and held oiLvlfp(j t0 9lon Ilp fnr another sea-Lu^ , ... ihours at a race track.a lasi-inning rally by Avon to._„ „r rT.i^n ’^cheerleaders under the direction „ ,nlin 1l,o rir.Inr,. ^ ^ ^ lOCPtlCllS OH! IT” (iRn Of UlUSC lit-n m , r 4| ■Ihlt;' following rime, SaturriayJof Overly Ilara.ng and Pal( ,,p teagnp jop a lonROn the mound hu _ Footlull-j^jy fi. fr0m 11) a.m. to 2 p.m. nl .Ross. | y[mf9 gon j^jj may trm[ (jiCwas Parsons. While giving up:Longden School concession; Everyone can help support; base paths someday where his5e\en hits bp walked five. anrt:?;tanfi: an(^ on Saturday, JulyTemple Cilv Pop Warner' wjmted to. Bill, now withstruck out seven. ;12, from in a.m. to 2 p.m. at lnStarring at the plate wa$!Live Oak Park. Registration he- ,gLlzaionPeek who sathcrcd Ihreo hils in!gan Salurday. three at-bats, one being a clou-; Af ihe time We. Ite also scored a run. -each boy must bring Ti took eight inning* for Val-.school reporl card, his Icy Hardware io score the win-jrertificatP or a ccrlified copy oL ning run as it hurl watched the same and .$15 registration * fee* Y*s Men come up with lour nms;{$12 nf this is refundable if the. in the sixth to tie the game at 7-;hny docs no I make the team), ii This year inert? will be threej The winning run came across teams, the midgets, pee weesi. V paironizing ? RabT, Ru,h in Ar,ti'llw, 'their Black Pan I her Firnworlcs b « P^hcr who ha# a tol ol ;, . . Siand nf the New Ralphs Mar- a * 3,m' nnl on ^ .nf rcs.slraiinn.;kef parkinE jo, 0|| Las Tunas! «si.al s«iehne.s lie la a enaeh js current DriTO at 0ak Ave. The stand! ®J ^ Areadra Sporims Goofc •will open today at. 10 a.m.Duarteare thuSteve Baber singled and Eventually scored on a single by Jeff Fritz.:hrey was the winning pitcher while xMflrian took the loss.and junior pee wees under the. coaching of Dave Ross, Bill Wilson and Boh Saddoris, respectively.The pop Warner organizationBoth pitcher went all the way. Stresses f arn i I v parlidpatior. The Elks scored only in two'Stars HoldSlim LeadInning?, but both were big run- i i -j^ tproducers. A four-run first won llclCUSPthe gamr while a five-run fourlh put ihe game out of i-each for the Lions who had: The Citrus Owls will he’68 Grid SkedWilh three weeks remaining !of the season, the Duarte Stars111 old a slim lead in the Tri-City f?'erfColt League after playing a 4 4 ^ ^ ^ ndl^ark he ,s standstill with their fellow'one of ,he( ^st 111 bs,”ess!townsmen. Uie Duarte Colts. :^e,,lg f \af “ r0l,fih ad 81-i n.._.: i. , ^ t T, . . ble world of racing is kept on:club, TIip sideliites coaching box.And when Bill isn't playing.| J a r k and Leona and B LI IjSpend their time at their “sum-: mcr home at Coronado, which they have maintained for a long, time. It also is their vacation place. The Jack Meyers have a married daughter, Mary Randall ol San Gahriol and a grandson, David, 3 and a granddaughter, Karen, age LGrandfather is a card carrying suit touch to the Meyers’isrtecd the san ™ «1* their (mpting In M(end their -t»!j2^twL?S?l|» ««#« ** 1,lal «M ***»'half of the fourth. Taking ballingWrilnlfi n'hrtninR sfrPtik lo nine games whom:are given a chance to make ihe llmv host ihi* AntoW Va!i^u^,dinari|y bc P,ay«* ne^ winner’s circle.honors was,limy host the Antelope ValleyHU iMnranrlnrc; I Thursday has been put back to
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Arcadia Tribune
Arcadia, California, US
Sun, Jun 30, 1968
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