This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1964
Page
17
Readable OCR lists shooters and scores including Jack French, Hilda French, Marty Emery, and Joan Carrara. Continental event shows Jack French 24x25 with Jim Button and John Anselmi. Notes include 48s high wearha and 0x80 markers.
A compiled all city baseball roster lists players by school teams Tucson area including Palo Verde Catalina Rincon Amphitheater Pueblo Salpointe Sunnyside and Tucson with pitchers catchers infielders and outfielders such as Dan Martin Randy Retrum Pete Sanchez Bill Brandt Rich Beissel Greg Free Jessie Molina Mike Cornfield Tim Lacy Ron Albriccht Terry Knaco Bob Ziss Paul Masimer Terry Philips John Rivera Sob Bishop Ruben Fadiila Joy Terrell Ruben Fadiila and Hector Briarano among others.
Art Kelly Rex Macklin Richard Bartke Jim Johnson headlined the 1964 Tucson Daily Citizen All City Baseball selections with Palo Verde star Ed Carrillo as captain and shortstop. Rincon’s John Hosmer Catalina’s Pete Snell Salpointe’s Bob Tomasso and Tucson High’s Bob Farragut joined the first team amid a strong underclassman contingent and repeaters like Snell.
Parnelli Jones powered the Agajanian roadster to about 156 mph at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, shattering perceived speed limits and defending that the front engine dinosaur remains viable. A. J. Foyt clocked 153.6 mph in practice as wind hinted at higher potential if conditions stayed calm.
Boxing notes include Fred Galiana defeating Ferdinand Proietti in Madrid and Dwight Hawkins losing to Mot Torres in Los Angeles. Other sports results cover golf leader Gary Player at Colonial National Invitational, auto racing practice speeds at Indianapolis Memorial Day event, and several horse races across Albany San Francisco Baltimore Louisville and Boston with purse winners listed.
The article reports Pancho Gonzales plans a return to pro tennis after two and a half years away, lured by endorsements and TV. Jack Kramer notes doubts about handling current stars Ken Rosewall and Rod Laver, while detailing Gonzales’s training, recent coaching work, and a tour schedule from Cleveland to Longwood between May and July.
Tickets for the closed circuit TV showing of the Indianapolis 00 mile race go on sale tomorrow at Holmes Tuttle Ford. The May 30 broadcast will be at Palo Verde High School Gymnasium. Prices are 10, 8 and 6 dollars.
Los Angeles leads 10 to 1 early, but Minnesota rallies to beat Baltimore 4 to 3. Kaat and Versalles pace the Twins with key hits, while Adcock and Siebern homer for the Orioles. The night features extra innings drama and scattered errors as both clubs chase runs. In Albuquerque, Arizona State wins big as Western Athletic Conference foe New Mexico falls behind, with Sun Devils extending their league lead behind ace pitcher Skip Hancock.
Tot Twins defeat Angels 9 to 1 in a heavy scoring game. Key players include Pearson, Rollins, Olive, Adcock, Nall, Rodgers, and Thomas contributing offensively. Duliba pitched a groundout in the seventh inning as the Tot Twins captured the victory.
Jimmy Cox remains the series front runner as 30 leadfoats converge for 7 30 p m time trials at Tucson Speedway with the first race set an hour later. Huebner Wood Brown Burns and Brown contend for top spots as Dallas Thompson and Johnny Thompson race motorcycles in the program.
May 8 1954 report notes Mrs Raymond Oyler and Mrs W L Hudspeth posted 36s and Mrs John Hagen and Mrs James Borst posted 37s to win the main event foursome honors at Tucson Country Club. The piece also recalls a 15 years ago Tucson match sweep at Pima Pit Club with Merle Stoye and Louis Zadro dominating their classes.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.