Russets Focus On Lefty Help In 1948 Pioneer Race
Idaho Falls Russets eye a slim padding at the plate and two reliable southpaw moundmen to threaten the 1948 Pioneer League title. Manager Judson Kirke hopes Dodgers will send left-handed help and covers gaps at second base while relying on four veteran right-handers and a rookie righty, Vern Reynolds, to anchor the rotation.
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Bernard Hammerbeck
United Press
San Bernardino
Cal
Idaho Falls Russets
Judson Kirke
Brooklyn Dodgers
Kirke
Russets
Walt McHugh
Leon Haworth
Jimmy Foster
Jim Lalay
McHugh
Haworth
Foster
Vern Reynolds
Sedro Valley
Wash
Reynolds
Drexel Waters
Santa Barbara
Mel Waters
Ponca City
Roland Dunn
Portland
Ore
Idaho Falls
Luther Capp
Carl Musten
Johnstown
Earl Silverthorn
Dale Hendricks
Clyde West
Gordon Evans
Frank Garre
San Francisco
Garre
Jim Stanton
Musten
Hendricks
Dick Nichols
Clovis
Warning On Guns Issued In City Creek Refuge
City Creek lies mostly within a federal game refuge where carrying a gun is illegal. Warden Frank Keough warned Saturday that Pocatello and City Creeks are closed to fishing until the season opens June 4. Campgrounds on City Creek are being improved by the city, forest service, and state game department, with campers urged to keep grounds clean and observe fire precautions.
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City Creek
Tme
Frank Keough
Keough
Pocatello
City Creeks
U. S. Forest Service
State Fish and Game Department
Mafesta Wins Narrow Hayward Morrison Handicap at Bay Meadows
Mafesta ridden by Johnny Longden captured the $10,000 Hayward Morrison handicap over Fair Truckle in a photo finish as 30,406 spectators watched at Bay Meadows. Music Man and Suncap completed the top four. Mafesta added a stakes win to a string of recent victories, paying $4.10 to win. Bymen Bond edged Ralph Neves to win the hospital handicap in the other half of the doubles.
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S. Mafesta
Fair Trackle
Bay Meadows
Alphonse and Gaston
Fair Truckle
Mafesta
Johnny Longden
Mafesta Fair
Music Man
Suncap
Santa Anita
Bymen Bond
Ralph Neves
Coast League results with San Diego and Hollywood games
In San Diego the Coast League opener shows San Diego over Hollywood 6 to 8 with Flores Kerrigan Walden Rice and Kuper contributing for San Diego while Brewer Howell and others played. Second game Portland defeated Hollywood 5 to 9 with Woods Kahn Pillette and Ballinger producing runs. In Sacramento Los Angeles beat the visitors 11 to 5 behind Cecil O Neill Lombardi and Castino with Adams Moisan Auman Baker and Malone scoring for the winners.
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Rice
Kuper
Brewer
Howell
Sacramento
L. Angeles
Cecil
O'Neill
Lombardi
Castino
Adams
Moisan
Auman
Baker
Malone
Novotney
Mind Your Rs and Ts in New York
The Board of Education reports 45 percent of illegible handwriting errors are on A E R T and digits 5 6 7 are the most unreadable numerals. The team currently appears stronger than the 1947 squad and could challenge league leaders to the final wire with some help.
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New York
Board of Education
Red Sox Dodgers Pick Pennants In 1948 Preview
John Lardner surveys the 1948 season for the Boston Red Sox and Brooklyn Dodgers, predicting pennants for both clubs. He weighs Yankees, Giants, Braves, and Cardinals, noting depth, pitching, and key players, with final standings forecasts for both leagues.
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NEW York
Brooklyn Aers
Boston Reds
Witherspoon
Red Sox
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Yankees
Honduras
Sox
George McQuinn
Joe DiMaggio
Tommy Henrich
Spud Chandler
Cecil Hughson
Shea
Reynolds
Lopat
Dobson
Kramer
Harris
Embrae
Raschi
Bevens
Gatehouse
Kinder
Johnson
Ferriss
John
Windy) McCall
Joe Page
Boston
Dorish
James E. Cavall
St. Louis
Mr. Carroll
Stanky
Dixie Walker
Braves
Cardinals
Sam
Spahn
Yanks
Man earns medals after 19 years of Sunday school walks
Jodie F. Shelton, 50, of Horse Creek, Tenn., says he has walked about 1976 miles to attend Sunday school at Horse Creek church over 19 years. Each year he receives a medal for perfect attendance.
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Greeneville
Tenn
Jodie F. Shelton
Horse Creek
Horse Creek Church
Pocatello High Faces Record Chasing Spring Sports Season
Idaho prep circles anticipate a busy spring as ISHS records stand largely unbroken. Twin Falls Rupert and Payette hold multiple marks while rest of schools chase javelin and sprint records. district meets and state events spread from Rigby to Boise.
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Pocatello High School
Idaho
ISHS
DeMers
Sandpoint
Twin Falls
Rupert
Payette
Lake of Twin Falls
H Conlin
Brockie
White
McKinney
New Kansas Relays Marks Set In Shot Put And Hurdles
At Lawrence Kansas in the 23rd annual Kansas Relays Charles Fonville of Michigan threw the shot 58 feet 14 inches and Harrison Dillard ran the high hurdles in 13.6 seconds Officials expect both marks to be recognized as new world records with Dillard’s time also noted as a meet record and wind measured at two miles per hour.
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Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
Charles Fonville
Michigan
Harrison
Dillard
Frank Potts
Colorado
Fonville
Ailments Of Players Not So Bad
Baseball faces a wave of mysterious spring ailments among top stars. Doctors abandon surgery for old fashioned cures urging players to simply play on. Marty Marion returns to shortstop, Bevens resumes throwing, and Bruce Edwards faces a lingering dead arm with little structural defect.
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New York
Marty Marion
St. Louis Cardinals
Bevens
Yankee
Bruce Edwards
Dodgers
Florida
Brooklyn
Bruce
Edwards
Dodger
Clint Hartung
New York Giants
Hartung
Giants
Joe DiMaggio
Charley Keller
Yankees
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