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Independent from Long Beach, California • 19

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INDEPENDENT Paga C- CIF BASEBALL PLAY TUESDAY What's all. this baloney about the Dodgers losing one the referendum because the club is in last place? radio executive demanded Thursday. Foly High tangles with Lynwood Tuesday afternoon In COT baseball semifinal on Downey High's diamond. The Jackrabbits knocked off San Diego High, winner of 19 consecutive games, last Tuesday, S-l on Jett Kings four-hitter, and Lynwood trounced Ventura, 19-1. In an early season non-leagUe game.

Poly nipped the Knights, ff-4. Chaffey faces Oxnard la the other Tuesday. Fanfare I don't think the standing of the club will affect the Dodgers one way or another. Me. Im going to vote for them and Im probably the most anti-Dodger fan in the country.

Ive been a Giant rooter all my life "But to be able to go out and see Stan Musial and Willie Mays, why, thats the greatest thing in the Your base rball fan wants, big league ball I Wbi When it comes to preserving it Rhinos Will Join New Loop CHANGE OF PLANS: NO GAIN Prevented from passing by a break-through in the forward wall, quarterback Jim St Amour cuts up middle to return ball to line of scrimmage in Long Beach State College spring drill Thursday. Dennis Wilkins pursues Sf. Amour, while Don Radford (left) moves to throw block at Greg Sabilie (right). (Staff Photo by John Neagle.) Championship Play in in Los Angeles, hes, not gtftrfe to worry about whether the Dodgers are first or last at the moment." AT KMPC, specjpl arrange' merits have already been made for up-to-date flashes on the election Tuesday night. Ironically.

the Dodger Cincinnati broadcast here tyill be interrupted periodically for election bulletins, I wasn't back in town In time to hear it, but they tell me Walter OMalley did a masterful Job when interviewed on Bill Brundiges radio show Wednesday. "Too bad O'Malley didnt make, a few more appearances like that," commented an Bee Hollywood public relations man. He was terrific. Brundige hit him with some- loaded question about Chavez Ravine, and OMalley had the answer for every one of them. Answers made sense, too.

It has been the Dodger Prezs idea that he didnt want to become an electioneer, Instead leaving.lt up to the committee of citizens, headed by doe E. Brown. Unfortunately, they didnt have much loot, and weren't able to generate much of an attack. Which is not to say the Dodgers will blow the election. Brundige, for instance, now thinks they will win it.

A week ago," says Bill, who has actively followed the campaigns pro and con on radio and TV, was still convinced theyd lose. But certain things have made 'me changer my mind in the past L.B. State Finishes Spring Grid Drills City Golf Starts, Today Long Beach State College completed spring football practice Thursday with new head coach Don Reed in a cautiously optimistic mood. Orange County Rhino offi; rials announced Thursday that the semi-pro football team will Join the newly organized Pacific Football Conference this season. The league, composed of Bakersfield, San Francisco, Salinas, Tucson and the Rhinos, will play a home-and-home schedule.

Ben Griffanti, long time minor league football official, has been named commissioner; Other details still pending for the two-year-old club include 1. A- contract with KTLA (Channel 5) to telecast home games. Club officials are confident a contract will be signed soon and report that the Los Angelas station is considering filming of away games for re-telecasts in the area. 2. First practice will be held July 21 and games will be played at La Palma Stadium, Anaheim.

2- No players are under contract yet, although at least 12 stars from the 1957 team will return. 4. In addition to eight league games, contests are being sought with Honolulu, San Pedro, San Diego, Dearborn, and Phoenix. President Denny Reasoner said the newly formed conference will play under NFL rules, but that serious study is being given to use of the college point-after-touchdown system. Schedule: Reed said that he wont have a true line on the 49ers strength until the complete squad turns out next fall.

The 54 out for spring practice is By JERRY WYNN Recreation Park will undergo its annual Memorial Day siege today as 64 armed with golf clubs, open battle in the Long Beach City Championship. By afternoon, 32 will be left firl expected to be augmented by practice, said Reed. leat from the encouragetf-hy the number ofjunior ranks. boys who turned out and their. 1 As of it looks as if we could use help most at tackle, center and inside halfback.

eagerness to play, were also far too juries." No. 1 on the casualty list was.Quartert,act appears well Andersen, Park Head Swim Sat. star tackle Stan Guzy, who uf- manned with John Pembrook a torn cartilage in his nd St. Amour back and Others sidelined were! two good newcomers in Larry fered knee. GarciaCut by Indians halfbacks Jack Long and Jim Manley and Jim Nicholson.

O'Hara, end Arne Petersen and' "We'll know more about all 'the positions next fall. guard Fred Haynes. in second round matches; by dusk, only 16 will ihave advanced into Sunday morning's third round. The 64 will actually be 62 as John McMonegal of the host dub was forced to withdraw, allowing his scheduled opponent, Harvey Johnson, a free into the second round. Fireman McMonegal came up with a severely sprained elbow while fighting the Hancock blaze.

Todays play will begin at 8 a.m. with medalist Bill Fcote of Santa Ana Country Club opposing Don Baker of Huntington Beach in what rates as one of the best of the morning matches. Defending champibn Verne Burnett should get a stiff opening test from sailor Wayne Osborn, the Far Eastern Armed Forces champion presently stationed in Long Beach. Jacobs Fires 64 to ake estern Lead CLEVELAND The Cleveland Indian ay, night, released pitcher Mike to win it." GanClb, who will need surgery' it iit it to repair a slipped disc in hisj OXE 0F THE chief targets back, and called up from San of the opposition has been the 'l53eRo i 1-year-old Gary Bell, 'claim that O'Malley possesses some secret information about pitching sensation of the P-miuions 6f bucks worth of oil p.f.c Coast League this resting Chaye2 Ra Bell has won six games and vjne sjte lost two by 1-0 and 2-0 de- -j dont want a nickel's worth cisions, finishing in six of ninet0f the go-called oil," Walter de- 1056 RHINO RTHItni'LI Auk. 23 Ballnaa (theraj AUg 30 Open 6 hi Franciaeo (her) pt.

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DETROIT (AP) Tommy Jacobs equaled the course record with an eight under par 64 Thursday and grabbed a two-stroke lead after the first round of the $25,000 Western Open golf tournament The 23-year-old from Whit- TOM PARK Defends Swim Title games he started. He has struck out GO in .75 innings and has a 1.02 earned-run average. Seven Long Beach-area swimmers will be stroking for prize money totaling $4,800 Saturday as they take part in the 28-mile Guaymas, Swim. Last year's one-two finishers, Tom Park and Greta Andersen, will lead the Long Beach delegation. The other area swimmers in the swim will be Joann Florentine, Billie Benedict, Myra Thompson, Helge Jensen and Gene Perle.

Park, winner of many international swimming events in the past half-dozen years, finished the grind in 11 hours, 20 minutes last year, while Greta was runnerup in 12 hours flat. Miss Andersen was over-all winner of the 1957 English Channel Swim. Among the intemationally-famous distance swimmers who oppose the Long Beach group are Alfredo Camarero of Argentina, and Mexico's Fidel Kosonoy.and Nuestro Tonatiuh. Camarero, who fimslgd third Miss An behind Park and MissAndersen dared. Later, in breaking down the different uses for the 315 acres he seeks, OMalley tier, went out in 31 strokes and back in 33 as he ANOTHER TOP first round met the record, shared by four Race Today at Caliente match pairs former champion others, at the 6.765-yard layout Dr.

Spencer firaden recom- winked: And of course. Til mendedjtiTtJperatiori for Garcia have to set aside some land for as been hampered by back a drilling site you know, for fSiins since spring training and all of that oil Patterson Considers 5 Challengers Chestnut Gains Nod veteran Wally Taft against Long Beach Junior champion Gerald Zar. This will be a contest between Tafts fine short game and Zar's power hitting. It form holds up, and it rarely does, there should be several Some speculated that should the Dodgers lose the election, they ran always go back (o the City Council and renegotiate another deal, perhaps for slightly less acreage. I felt that way myself at first.

NEW YORK (UPI) Five pitched iii only eight innings this season, posting one victory. "The doctor says my chances of coming back are good with the a i Garcia said Thursday night. I dont think my days in baseball, are over. Garcia, who will be 35 next challengers are under consid-unteregtlng roUTld Ranking featherweight Ike Chestnut of New York punched out a one-sided 10-round decision Thursday night over Mexico's Ernesto Para. Chestnut at yfearby Red Run Golf Club.

Jacobs, who has beeh on the circuit less than a year, missed three puts from distances of 10 feet or less hut made up for them with a 30-foot birdie chip on the 411-yard, par four, No. 14 hole. Par at the Red Run course is 36-3672 and a field of 146 teed -off in the 55th Western Open in which Doug Ford is defending champion. Masters' champion Arnold Palmer of Latrobe, had a pair of 33s for a 66, two strokes off the pace. Tammy Jaeoba my 31-3364, ration for Floyd Patterson's next defense of the heavyweight crown.

Manager Cus matches. Possibilities include Bob Darnell vs. Craig Olson, Richard Dick vs. Pinky Stevenson. and Ron Ankrom vs.

Zar. The handicap flights will begin play Saturday; all flights D'Amato disclosed 'Hiursday. But actually, should the November, has been with the voters defeat the Dodgers, most weighed 129i. Para 130, Tribe since the end of the 1948 0f the Councilmen might feel' season and has compiled his en- their constituents resent the tire major' league record of 139 transaction, and be wary of ne-victories and 90 defeats with gotiating a new contract. The hard-hitting whose prestige had been damaged by recent losses Moreno and Harold AGUA CALIENTE One of its most -important weekends of the season will unfold at Caliente today when it presents the first in a series of three racing programs, each of which will be high-lighted by a "5-10" handicapping contest.

It will be the first time since inception of the 5-10 in 1956 that it has been offered three days in a row, and it is expected to lure a flow of fans from throughout the Southland as they celebrate the Memorial holiday weekend. Eleven races will be run each afternoon, with first post at 12:15, and nearly every top thoroughbred on the grounds is destined to see action as owners bid for a total of $44,000 in purse money. He refused to identify any of the five and declined vigor- ously to comment on reports dl actioii Sunday. that Texan Roy Harris or Cuban Nino Valdes were pre-' ferred opponents; LrOmeZ UeClCleS last year at Guaymas, won the Atlantic City Swim in '57. fourth and fifth, respectively, at Guaymas in '57.

The Guaymas Swim is strictly an open affair with no specific womans prize. To win any prize money, a woman must finish either one-two-three-four. The purse breakdown follows: winner second third $800, and fourth Chestnut, badly to Pa-jarito Gomez, opened with a fierce coun. terpunching attack. This was no repeat of Ikes first fight with Para here last August.

He fought just hard enough to win a split 10-round decision in that one. Tuesday night the New York Negro was all business. Every lead by the angular Mexican was met with to Pay $100 Fine Araold PaUaei Fraak Straaahaa 35 32 37 Boo Roaburg H'55-51 Brut Crmmptaa 33-35 68 Mike Souchak 32-3648 Dob Wit 13-33 68 33-3344 As far as a ball park in Chavez Ravine goes, Tuesday' election apparently will decide the matter for once and for all. If the property isn't given to the podgers, I don't know what ooo ooo o-o o' it will be used for. 000 tJtO 1 2 1 iriiwin 8 CoikIm; Weldon A Jimn.1 A massive Hobo's Haven, per- Ivury 103 411) 0 1 Auiunctic 010 ooi 0- 2 7 5 naps.

D. McClellan A Bchwenk; William i A Ochoa. Dept. 408 101 001 0 3 Dpt. 704 324 13.ri 1 IT JNew York Mayor Georg B.ytr 36-12 r48 Joha McMulUu 16-3349 Dave Ragar 37-33 99 Lao BlagatU 83-3469 Mia FeUhtck 33-36 49 Doug Saadara 34-1549 Ga Sreeir Jr.

14 (H ST. LOUIS UP San Francisco pitcher' Ruben Gomez changed signals and forked over the $100 he was fined by National League FVesident Warren Giles for swinging a bat Sunday in a free-for-all in Pittsburgh. Gomez maintained Wednesday that he wouldn't pay the fine and said it was a crime that Giles decided to fine him. Cus did confirm that young Patterson would change camps next Monday to begin serious training for the defense. He will shift from the Long Pond Inn, Greenwood Lake.

N. to Kutschers Country Club, Mon-ticello, N. Y. He said Floyd would make two or possibly three defenses this summer. The first will be staged in July, somewhere out side New York State, it was learned from another source.

At Houston, promoter Meyer Braun announced that negotiations for a fatterson defense against Roy Sarris at Houston had fizzled. i-. a tat St. Anthony iNine fans' Had ImprCSSlVe Proposes Park to Lure New Cl the better man. whip-quick combinations.

By the fifth round, the 4,500 Olympic Auditorium seemed convinced: fifth-ranked Dow 'niiatarwaid 35-3449 Walker lamaa Jr. 31-38 49 Lionel Hebert 34-33 69 Jim Farr 35-3449 B.i Collin 34-1170 Gen Boa 4-3470 Btr Weaver 33-3370 Paul Hal My 33-37 70 Al Beaaellna 34-3070 Ed Ollvar 11-1070 8am Snead 34-3470 Ai Balding 35-3570 IEIUHT JONES NEW Batting Marks NEW LOCATION 10th 5 American rhavci Sale ado. Jon. Rambler 013 0)1 Outran 300 IK HI Ritter A Youngblood: Norvell Ga Dept. 100 122 4 a l.a kavtiHj of OOP 14 11 L.

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Poll A Ludder. Custom Up Dealers 2 no 001 2 5 0 2 Rirhfleld Prtduct. 520 032 X--12 10 1 Xyby. Henderson A Scbrarer; McDonald A Branson. Club Bencflrp 000 000 00 3 1 Uibb Diesel 202 (.20 -8 7 0 Ardenaz A Krlchraan.

Waymir A I Beeclian Meets Webb in TV Bout At the same time Gomez teammate, rookie Orlando Ge- juim Bon 33-3770 peda. paid his $100 fine. 1 pj.iSw it'ioZio NEW YORK UPt Mayor Wagner said Thursday night that New York City was prepared to build a baseball park and lease it to a franchise owner on reasonable terms. The mayor said however, there was no hope of any transfer of a National League club to the city next year. A special mayors committee, named to bring a National St.

Anthony High rounded out its season last week with a 20-1 season record and some impressive individual batting averages. The Saints tallied 168 runs through the season against 57. Charlie Webb, who chalked up an 11-0 record, struoc 130 in 74 innings. MrCary. lliloi Vermillion Fairly Named to CIBA All-Star 9 Drug 10(33 040 1 0 L.S.S.

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3M ooo 04 g' League franchise to New York, Russians would be French today my Cavalry had MIAMI BEACH, Fla. MB Spider Webb whose power-laden fists boast a college education shapes up a 2-1 favorite over poetry reciting Jimmy Beecham in their scheduled 10-round television boxing match tonight. Webb, the sixth-ranking middleweight, has advice from an expert to try for a knockout, but to be patient about it. Trainer Carl Nelson, who use to set up and supervise Joe Louis training camps, has been telling Webb to stalk wait for his opponent to make a mistake, then boom! met with Mayor Wagner and issued a progress report, in which it said the next step was up to baseball itself. The committee reported that Bunion.

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2 OOO OOO 2 1 Allan A Huxdlmand; Rpbertaon. Stanley A Morn. lal Ward 202 040 2-10 6 4 Brava Oil 102 1 a 1 Flint A MqOowan; I. up par A Andtr Coaches of the California Shortstop Ron Casaga led the Intercollegiate Baseball As-club in batting at .429 in association Thursday named their injury-shortened season. He' all -league team on which outplayed 13 games.

Catcher Walt 'fielder Ron Fairly and Infielder Osgood hit 377. I Mike Casta non of Southern A1 Roman was credited with California were unanimous 21 stolen bases to lead the 'choices. team- I Fairly set a new league rec- Other etching records: Rum ord of 34 runs batted in. SC Welsh, 5-0 37 strikeouts in 36 had five men named to the 10-innings); John Gausepohl, 2-1; aU.star which in-Allan Roman, 1-0. 'dudes two pitchers.

'The team: 5 1 2 365 13 1 Outfleldan. Rob Fairly. Tom Palma. 5 0 0 430 and Jim (yKourki, Santa Clara, temmm Vma, fluff Esctidero Caaaga Roman .373 23 Flret baa. Ken Other is ii ibert Moses, city construction aon.

Flra Dept. Gra 'aon Control 321 602 000 dill a 1 2.4 coordinator, had told its mem- tlarh Nalaon A Brut ooi 003is ii Vfbers that it would be possible Dept. 565 Dept 645 CP! 645 OOO 100 14 5 DoiMhoa A Brown; cwnIl A SUpla- NCAA Playoffs to build a modem stadium for approximately In Los Angeles, Walter O'Malley, Dodger president, said that Wagner's program makes sense. ton Gan. Petrol 020 300 0571 Pearl 9 23 314 13 11 A Sullivan.

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SC: Al Shaw. 15 'Stanford, and Frsd Soott. SC; Catehar, 19 1 Ralph Holding, Stanford; Pitcher. 19 Dav Drahalm, Cal. and Bill Thom, II ISC.

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Roaelll 81. i Ml Ml 899 ft By JERRY HALL Late-comers to. Saturdays State championship high school track iheet at Veterans Stadium are' apt to miss out on one of the historic moments in prep annals. Because authorities' on the subject agree that a young fellow nampd Willie Davis out of Roosevelt High In Los Angeles is-a pretty good bet to pass one of those "forbidden barriers." Davis Is likely to hit 26 feet in the broad jump. This would be an accomplishment of the magnitude of.

the four-minute mile. Last weekend Davis, who Is a newcomer to the event, leaped 25 feet five inches in the L. A. championship meet to eclipse the national prep record by three-quarters of an inch. An excessive wind will keep it out of the record books, though.

The experts, noting that Davis has taken up the broad Jump only in recent weeks, point out that he is certain to show marked Improvement each time out' And the willowy lad doesnt take ther usual warmup leaps 4o dont be late. The broad Jump, like running events, is scheduled for a 1:30 start. The shotput duel between Millikans Jack Slocombe (61-334 and Polys Jim Smith (61-2) will continue SaturdKy to a state Onship climax. This could tuni out to be a terrific eeinL Both are far above the rest of the field. Qualifying heats for sprints will be held Saturday mom-' ing starting at 930.

Eliminations will be run off in both hurdles end the 880 relay in addition to the 100 and 220. 1 lj 3 I team and Ury. Oarbcr jiiu ana 317, ELYSEE 4-DOOR SEDAN 40- nip, ea Regelar Gas ft). Jtadnguea (9) and; Tornay, Fi alngl (9i. IISS AMERICA! UHCOLH- MERCURY SIMCA YOUR SI MCA DEALER IV LORR BEACH HARBOR California League I Ifodeato Sallnaa 1-Laa Vagaa S.

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