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Valley News from Van Nuys, California • Page 29

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Valley Newsi
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Van Nuys, California
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i 14 9 16 6 4 2 4 9 4 Friday, Augutt 9, 1968--Van Nuys (Calif.) VW r. Eoit-25-A Wttt-29-A North-27-A No. Eatt-25-A Ctntrol-29-A An all-out rush on the part of Southland big game nglers is looked for by operators of the sport fleet ver the week end as word of big albacore schools moving towards the east end of San Clemente Island wept the ranks of the local ngling corps yesterday. While the exact point of in- erception of the schools was ot pin-pointed, information eleased by Pacific Sportfish- ing Landing and Norm's Laning indicated the schools bout four and one half hour's run from the harbor, in to- vards the east end grounds. The sudden change from the 43 Fathom Banks, where the schools have concentrated for more than a week, caught boat off guard as it were and midweek results showed a decided drop from their high point.

During the Wednesday action Norm's reported 58 al- BOATING ATTRACTION One of the reasons boating is so popular these days is the presence of pretty young girls like actress Farrah Fawcett. The Southland boating season is now in full swing. Valley Teams Resume WBB Tourney Play Cont. from 1st Sports Page mpressive one Wednesday, tained one-hit performance hy Ditchers John D'Ascenzo and 3ob Kail. Bob Eastman, the No.

two Cont. from 1st Sports Page and Mike an American citizen's record. American records were set in the relays by Arden Hills Swim Club's women's 800 meter freestyle and Ixs Athletic Club's men's 400 meter freestyle quartet. The Arden Hills team consisted of Debbie Meyer, Linda Williams, VicM King and Sue Pedersen. Swimming for Los Angeles was William Johnson, Rusa Kidder, Roy Saari and Don Havens.

Most outstanding performance by a San Fernando Valley competitor has to be chalked up to Jerrie Adair, who dives for Phillips 66-Long Beach. She won her first national springboard crown winning the three-meter event. Sue Gossick was fourth. In swimming, Diane Giebel, Los Angeles Athletic Club, was the Valley's top competitor. She placed third in the 200-meter butterfly and fourth in the 100 meter fly.

Only other Valley swimmer to make a final was Don Havens who finished sixth in the men's 100 meter freestyle. The meet seemed to be a continuous string of snafns with swimming and diving mixed in between. Television interests completely dominated the time for the Horse Show Held 6t Tarn O'Shanter Stable This Month 'Tarn O'Shanter Stable will hold an ell-English horse show Saturday, Aug. 17, at There will be nine classes at the show, with Ton! Berlinger serving as judge. Ribbons will he presented for first through fifth place, entry fee will be $3.

More information can be obtained by phoning Pat Peacock at 360-3600. starting of the meet, and twice the day's starting times were changed, The five minute interviews stretched to 15, and the long waits took the edge off the swimmers who were to follow the previous race just ended with an interview of the winner. The meet dragged, dec! sions affecting the conduct iie meet were not made in th most judicious manner, ant ihe weather was horrible with rain and then high humidity. It would appear that the ro man.ce between Lincoln anc swimming hias cooled consid erably. The two-hour televised re play of tlie championships can be seen on ABC's Wide Worl of Sport starting at 5 p.m.

to morrow, but with this outfi you never know. It would best to consult your television guide. The district long coursi junior Olympic prelims tab place this week end at Lake wood's Mayfair pool. While the pool isn't as fas as it could be, there should some outstanding times from the largest field ever. We still need an all year 50-meter pool in the Valley.

This is an election year. I you don't raise a shout, we': never get one. The land, wortl $500,000, has been set aside i the Sepulveda Dam Basin. To fund the pool, we need a least part of the money from the City of Los Angeles. Get after your councilmar get up petitions, raise th roof, but do it now.

If we don' get action, then we may a well forget it. There- are some people wh are on our side, but we ar going to have to get to th politicians downtown. Write phone, or telegraph, but tak a few moments to do some thing. by JACK ADAMS locking visiting 'ork, Utah, 19-1, American on a corn- hitter for the out-of-state visi- lined a single with one out in the first inning, scoring his team's only D'Ascenzo and Kail held them hitless the rest of the way. What was particularly impressive about the offensive show was the fact that Woodand Hills amassed the 19 runs in five innings! Biggest single frame for the winners was the fourth when 11 men paraded to the plate to score eight rnns.

sacore, one dolphin and one yellowtail landed. Pacific SpOrtfishing came up with a count of 23 albacore. eight yellows and six Spanish jacks. While, over in the south bay area, Redondo Beach's long- laul unit tapped the schools for a tally of 28 white mpat tuna. Early morning reports yesterday, from boats working the new area, stated tfcat huge schools of the longfin were swarming the water and an early bite was being enjoyed.

This points to a renewal of the big daily counts which anglers have scored the past several weeks. Watch for local deep sea lanes to bubble and boil with the old a i i a bass- barracuda and bonito combi nation this week end. The schools hit their mid summer pace in force just one week ago and daily results since then have soared into the higher brackets The big bite was calico bass, but growing numbers bonito--plus the arrival in local waters of log size barra cuda--helped push results to ward the limitmark in al areas of the coast. Headlining the score 01 bass was the catch at For Hueneme Wednesday. Operators at Hnenemc listed 877 of the calico handed the hook along with 27 barracuda, 43 brmeliead, 22 halibut and a trio of salmon.

The Malibu also moved inti the spotlight as anglers a Malibu Pier tapped the movii colony banks for excellen amounts of calico bass in ad dition to bonito, sand bass halibut and rockcod More of the bass-barracuda Pitcher D'Ascenzo, one of two men to come to bat twice, drove in four of his five runs in that inning with a run- scoring single and booming home run, accouting for three additional tallies. Every member of the starting lineup scored at least once in one of the most one- sided games in league history. Also impressive for the winners was catcher Mark Barker, who was on base three times in four trips to the plate and like second hitter Al Suarez, collected two hits. Box score: American Fork (1) W.H. Twilight (19) Pierce.ss Bennett.p Green.p Nichols.lb Smith.cf Gardner, cf Brooks.c Storrs.rf ab 3 1 0 Barger.c 3 0 ISuarez.ss 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 Hurlbut.lb 1 0 OPolosky.lb 1 ODean.lf 2 0 0 Peters, rf 3 0 0 Collms.cf 0 0 Christenson.rt 0 0 OKail.2b-p BloomqutsUf 0 0 OBakcr.rf Street.lf 0 0 OTholen.If 1 0 0 Shumway.Sb 1 0 2 0 0 ab 3 3 4 2 2 4 4 3 100 201 110 100 121 311 010 422 110 121 201 Totals 21 1 1 Totals Score bj 30 1914 American Forks 100 0 0 0 1 1 5 Wood.

Hills Twilight 340 14 1 2B--Barker, Peters HR--D'Ascenzo. IP--Bennett 4, Green 1, D'Ascenzo 3, Kail 3. HO--Bennett 12, Green 2, D'As cenzo 1, Kail 0. SO--Bennett 5, Green 0 D'Ascenzo Loser--Bennett Green 2, D'Ascenzo 3, Kail 1. Wmncr- D'Ascenzo.

Loser--Bennett bonito lineup was reported in the catch-column at Hermosa Beach. Log barracuda to the eigh and nine pound mark were i the catch along with a fei halibut. Several yellowta were landed in the mid wee action. Local waters off Redond Beach gave up addition large numbers of fish as Re dondo boats worked the Rockj Point grounds in daily oper ations. Results in this area, reports Gordon McRae, head man of the south bay fleet, included close to 1700 barracuda, bass and bonehead, up to two dozen halibut and 648 rockcod.

The bass-barracuda-bonito theme held to the pace in the I Los Angeles harbor section as Pacific Sportfishing Landing reports up to 1000 of the taken into tow on daily runs, while Norm's Landing enjoyed a carbon copy of Pacif- Chuck Norris Takes Karate Black Belt Chuck Norris won his second consecutive Black Belt Championship at the International Karate Championships held at the Long Beach Arena. The 28-year- old Norris, who is owner and chief instructor at the Sherman Oaks Karate Studio TWO TIME WINNER --Chuck Norris, Sherman Oaks karate instructor, displays trophy he received after winning second straight Black Belt title at International Karate championships in Long Beach. Valley Boys in on Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks, defeated Skipper Mullins to win the championship. The Long Beach tournament was entered by over 800 contestants from all over the world.

This marks the second year in a row that Norris has won the Black Belt grand title at the International Championships, considered the most important tournament held in the United States. In addition, Norris wag also awarded the United States- Canadian Friendship Trophy at this year's competition. San Val in Second Loss of Tourney Cont. from 1st Sports Page Although now eliminated from the tournament, San Val is schedulad to play one more game tomorrow at 12 noon as a preliminary to the championship contest at 2:30 p.m. In its first outing on Wednesday, San Val was handed a 5-2 setback to Downs-Spitalny of Phoenix and thereby slip into the losers bracket.

San Val (1) Portland (2) ah ah Washington.ct 3 0 fl Ro. 3 fl Two Sylmar bov and a San through their interest in rod- Fernando youth, all rodeo af- "icianados, will compete in the finals of the "Little Britches Rodeo" Aug. 14-18 at Littleton, Colo. The thtee boys gained the right by competing in the 'Little "Britches Rodeo" in Bakersfield, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Bakersiield. Gil Goodman 16, of 14011 Foothill Sylmar, placed first in saddle-bronc riding and bulldogging, and third in bull riding.

His total point score won him a saddle, donated by entertainer Buck Owens. Bakersfield resident. Mike Munez 18, of 15658 La Mesa Sylmar, won first place in bare-back riding and second place in bulldogging in the senior division. Both are students at Sylmar High School, where they met They plan to attend Pierce College and join the rodeo there. A third boy, Ray Crawford Jr.

13, a student at Olive Arista Junior High School, won third place all around in junior division bare-back riding and qualified for the finals. He lives at 742 Lazaret San Fernando. Youths from California and a a competed at the Bakersfield rodeo. The finals in Colorado are sponsored by the National Little Britches Association. Chavez.lb Ehug.p Marque? ss Harvey, FoRdsong.lf Shibuya.pr Goldbaum.Sb MrElroy.Sh Montoj 2 0 1 Ri Dir.p 2 1 3 0 0 Ferguson.ss 3 1 3 1 1 Hatcher 2 3 Chance, rf 2 3 0 0 Scrivens.lh 2 2 Levin, rf 2 0 0 (1 0 Goodrich If 2 1 3 2 Wentwnrth 2h 1 i i 19 2 Total 1 24 1 4 Srore In Inclines I San Val ODD 000 1-1 4 Portland 200 OOn 2 2B--Hatcher HR--EhriR, Ferguson IP--Ehrig 6, Ri.

Dir 7. HO--Bhng 2. Dir 4 SO Ehrig 5. Ri. Dir BB--Ehng 2 Ri Dir 2.

Winner Dn. Loser--Ehrig Norris has an impressive st of accomplishments to rith his latest win. He is the first Karateist ected to the Black Belt Hall Fame and won the triple rown in both 1967 and 1968. In 1967 he was rated number one in Jthis country by Black Belt magazine and during that year he went undefeated in all competition. His list of grand champion- hip victories in 1967 includes ournament of Champions, leveland; American Tang oo Do, Washington, B.C.; ournament of Champions, York City and All- Championships, at few York's Madison Square 1-arden.

He is currently working in a )ean Martin motion picture. REDONDO SPORTFISHING GO, DEEP SEA FISHING ALBACORE SPECIAL ..10:00 p.m. $17.30 FREELANCE a.m. day boon 6:30 a.m. $5.50 Vi day boats 7:30 a.m.

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