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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1949
Page
8
Atkinson's Poky High trims its baseball squad to 18 players. Pocatello Cardinal manager Walt Lowe will receive hometown support as eight Pocatellans depart for the Redbirds spring training camp in Fullerton California.
Officials including Hinckley Halliwell Milkes Rowe and Sheppard depart for California camps to scout the Pioneer league squad. Bob Tydeman sails April 14 to manage travel details as $5000 in park upgrades, new score board, bus and uniforms are announced to boost fan experience in Pocatello.
Renowned athletic trainer Ronald Logan known as Kickapoo will lead a one night conditioning clinic at Reed Hall in Pocatello on Tuesday April 12 at 8 p.m. The event, sponsored by Idaho State College athletic office, invites mentors from the region to attend. Logan has previously trained at West Point George Washington University and the Boston Red Sox and has worked with stars such as Cunningham Bausch and Foxx. Prior to Pocatello he will conduct a session at Boise Junior College and remains active around Washington.
Pocatello high school baseball forms its first junior varsity team under Jay Jensen with 18 players, three cuts to come. Varsity and JV to share diamonds in spring, first practice at Aberdeen, schedule spans April to May with district and regional playoffs set.
KEIO radio to air a 15 minute interview program starting Monday at 10 15 p m with Steve Sheppard and Pioneer league players. Interviews cover Red birds player views and camp updates plus a half hour of the Fullerton exhibition game versus Great Falls.
Tony Holguin, Mexican Open champion, arrives for the 13th Masters in Augusta with eight former champions in the field. Johnny Farrell also enters, raising the prestige and the purse to 58. The Augusta National course faces strong winds and bright April sun as final practice begins. The list of past winners includes Keiser, Demaret, Nelson, Smith, Sarazen, Wood, Picard, and defending champ Harmon.
Santa Maria Calif The first full three hour drill of the Pioneer League Idaho Falls Russets here Wednesday produced gratifying results. Manager Don Babich and baseball fans expressed approval of the showing with Babich saying he was impressed. Bunting was stressed and all fielders and catchers took many turns at the plate.
Bidwell's meets Lambda Delta Sigma in the Idaho State college all campus basketball championship with a 7 30 p.m. final slated after the semi finals. Eldon Palmer and Quentin Sorensen led Bidwell's past Phi Delta Chi 20 18 while Lambda Delta Sigma defeated Town Ten 22 12 behind Moffett Katseanes and Jones.
In St Petersburg Casey Stengel started Fred Sanford to boost his confidence but the Athletics defeated the Yankees 6 to 1. The A's victory halted New York’s six game winning streak as Sanford struggled against Philadelphia.
Five new doubles pairs enter the finals as Frank Golob and Reed Dahlstrom post 1302 to lead the doubles. Dreyer and Kircher hold second with 1260 while Jacobsen and Gunther jump to third with 1237. Team standings see Challenge Creameries atop the team event with 3025, Stephenson's Music 3021, and American Legion 2969. In singles, Chas Lundgren climbs to second with 643, while C Frejdel remains atop with 682.
Franklin's seventh graders under Coach Verl Thornock finished the 1948-49 season undefeated with a pair of championships. They won the seventh grade all school title over Irving and Tyhee, and earlier defeated Irving 34-21 and 26-12 while Tyhee fell three times. The all school tourney saw Irving fall 37-17 and Tyhee 36-11.
Poky high cindermen line up against three squads including Aberdeen Pocatello Idaho An fais and DilackSOOl in the annual intra class meet at the Idaho State College Spud Bowl. Mills directs fast drills as spikes debut for many runners with events starting at 1 30 p m. Field events open with shot put high jumps and javelin followed by discus and pole vault. Co captains Gary Paxman Jerry Howell Bill Ryan Ron Semmons Charles Pickett Ted Tubbs Ivan Marler and Frank Baguley lead a large list of participants in a meet designed to prep for northern school competition.
Pretty blonde Zoe Ann Olsen, one of the greatest divers in aqua tic history, ends a five month retirement and will leave June 21 for an 80 day exhibition tour of Europe. She will visit Norway Sweden Denmark France Germany Finland and Holland, performing where possible.
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