RED DEVILS 2 BULLETS 1 'Connie Mack' Tops Summer Sports Red Devils Give Bullets Trouble This Is thr seventh in a scrips of articlrs nn youth baseball in Torranre. Featured Is the South Ray Connie Mark Leaf lie. By HENRY BURKE Press-Herald Sports Editor Around the Fourth of July the Red Devils of the South Bay Connie Mack League are hotter than fire-! crackers. Saturday they popped Hawthorne. 6-4. and; Monday they blistered the league-leading Tordena Bul­ lets. 2-1. Dick White, a South High! first baseman playing in the; outfield for the Red Devils, exploded a two-run in the sixth for the 2-1 conquest of the lets. Bul­ ' Torrance High | Steve Kealey turned away: 16 Mullets on and i gave up four walks and five hits, going the 9-inning! route for the victory. , Kealey's 3-0 win over the Bullets to open the Connie i ATTRACTING LARGE CROWDS ... At the Connie l.aRorhe of Mack season is Tordena's' Mack League baseball games the Bullets plows into third base is third are the Torranre Red baaeman Dennis Timpc only other loss of the Devils and Tordena Bullets of the South and Pitrhrr Steve Kcalr> sea-! Bay League. •wait throw from right field in son. The Team managers are Bo Palica (left) of (he Red Monday night'* gantr. Bullets have a 7-2 Devils The R«d Devil* won, 2-1, before overflow DICK WHITE record. and Bob Pryor of th» Ballets. In photo at right Davo rrowd at Beach Cities is sec­ Torrance Park. (Prr«-tierald Photo) ond with 6-2. and Torrance's Red Devils have closed to gap in third place with a 6-3 record. West Los Angeles is also 6-3. Tappa Kegs The four other teams in the league are Hawthorne. Long Beach, San Pedro and Westchester. but about the Stars only challenge for them now is to spoil the bids of the|¥ iT^¥7aai»f IIVIA frontrunners and entertain the big league scouts in their talent search. The Red Devils and Bullets, which Tappa Keggas returns to draw players from West Coast League slo-pltch most high schools In Torrance. have had Larry shaw. Brad- action with a pair of home Al Deravin. John Marsden, Ty Goodman, Al 8»mes »««inst Thompson and Al Van El Segundo Frl- Lue signed professional contractsi day. night al Torr"nc« p»rk since last season, and Steve Sogge enrolled at USC for P m Diving football and baseball. Winner of the first half of SPORTS the• •*«, •^•awiiseason withwiin • w i After becoming heroes a 9-3 record.Wl/l u, MM V 1 In Little League. Pony League, Tappa Keggas Is current 3-1.' ^1./' Championships Set Babe Ruth League, Junior Legion and high C-5 school base-; tied with L0* Angeles in sec Three of thr United States' ful of bail, players in Connie Mack Ix-aRue being selected to the build quite a fo|.'j£j Pj"ce' 0«'me blck of Keil top ranked hrea.ststroke,!' S Team competing In the lowing. This wai particularly noticeable Monday when Re swimmers will meet in the! World Student Games dondo travels to San rp Recreation 7th annual at the Red Devils and Bullets met each other for the fourth Pedro Los Angeles In- (Budapest. Hungary this Au- Ume for a twin-bill Friday. 1 0 vitational Swimming and Div- gust. this season and a crowd spilled over the bleachers! while !! I ball Saturday and .Sunday In addition to the men's y, ^.. .>.. JT flUS at Los breaststroke dual at 3:30 p.m. i Long Beach. FRIDAY ILO-PITCH Angelei Swim Stadium. n . . .. . " . " _ " . v Kn«m-r. on Outstanding ,. , . „ A Sundav evening all-star; Angel 001 inn 0~l ? • Friday, a fierce 100 me­ players in Connie Mack ball are to serjcx Mvnn' T star Ken McBridc wn.»l KKIrri University of Southern ter freestyle close to the ,ppa Kcggasjwill greet his fans at Great race Is expected "bonus" stage in baseball that team mana-jand the West Coast rnMi\J California's 7th place Olympic between the American record gers have All-Stars Western Savings1 Soulh Bay little trouble acquiring playing talent. [almost stole the finisher, Wayne Anderson, holder and silver Olympic Bo Palica. show irom|office ,17400 Hawthorne Blvd his tcammat* and Olympic medal winner manager of the Red Devils, played pr Onnliii and Muni*: Johnaon in the 100 me­ o| flrework» display at Rowley Artesia) Saturday, ,.| gold-medal ball several years in the Pacific Coast League from! H_ Cllaroml winner for breast- ter freestyle, Sharon Stouder, and brief -' P"*n ™ 11:30 to 2 p.m. stroke in the medley relay. and Canadian Olympian ly with Baltimore of the American League. After the two team* went A° Mad'*" and 111 McBride will pose for Bill Cralg. and the 1965 Nat- 4th place finisher at the After leaving pro ball. Bo joined his son, in the first game, I'atan an lonal AAU Indoor Irv. in Tor- the nightcap had to be called photos with local fans who SrhiiTa id «nd Id hula Ora> l«i 100 and T&kyo Olympics. Marion Lay. ranee American Little League in 1955. then went through!after bring their cameras IIR-lldllt (Tomcat.) 200 yard breaststroke cham Miss Ijy the ninth, tied at 4-4, and will CHURCH LIAOUI has already done tb« ranks of Babe Ruth Lawndal* pion. Ken Merten. are the League and finally organized his f° m»k« W|X for the 'Pirk' f'hun h 1:03. and Miss Stouder, who own Connie Mack squad leu pictures of himself or I.I . .410 100 0 -« t < latest entries in this swim­ has been suffering six years ago. any >w fhurrh of ming and from back Bo said. "I heard Torrance Tappa Keggas Angel player, said branch n- MO 1 in n—S 7 S diving classic. injury, while not in her best several people talk about starting! won^n;7pWr 8-8 on a two- manager Hlnn and Knau-i. MrOirlaln Merten. a a Connie Mack League, Dennis Chojnacki. II) and Mnrrnn Junior at South shape, will still be favored but wound up doing it myself."!run homer by Andy Meyer Also l.ulliTmi .in* M...JB IS I em Methodist University and The team has been making a guest ap­ Gardma Rlbl* .. .13001—4 .. . sponsored by Red Devil Fireworks over the 210-foot fence with pearance will be KMPC John««n and MrN**ii a native of Pacoima. Cralg| f°rmance. Her Olympian per­ (41: nr*»Mrro. I'hrtXrn 14) and from Glendale. from whom the team name is derived. Jim Reynolds on base. sonality Fred Hessler. Ward and Andenon teammate from City of Com- The Bullets, organised The IlK-Piup I from Santa Clara art hope- merce. Jeanne a year later by Bob Pryor, a all-stars committed nnl Churrli of Na lortoll Hallock, has Babe Ruth League three errors In the game, all •4 lo r«l»«ry AJ«imblr also entered along with Erlka manager and Torrance baseball com­ RodoiMlo nr»t lUpiini torfiltxl to in the third Inning, North Hcdonda Bricker. another Olympic missioner, got their name from the sponsoring Torrance and Bob Fishing Report Proctor Topg Ry»n . Chuck Schotndlenst. First team member. From Arizona Police Association. sportfishing catch of,long - range i comes Claudia and Ed Williams got singles albocore was made last week (join Heinis Clark who re­ Pete White, owner of Torrance Electric Shop, was In the rally for a five-run in the longfin fun. Dumps Stock Drivers cently won the IJnwood In­ Instrumental but the longfin turned out vitational. in getting both teams off the ground fi- Ke,M"J|p!" to b« a misguided A battle r8" soul swim- "coastal ranch," things llornaclay for the 1905 super- In Watt of the all-stars ming with a school of bonltoJreally humming. stock car racing champion­ the women's 3 meter The Bullets i slammed out a pair of home! Fish and Came verified ship diving competition, Olympian are the defending national Connie Mack'runs.one in the fourth the: l-ast week the barracuda Marvin Heinis of North will highlight Sunday if Sue COMIC-k league champions, with \Q JD, fish, however, as a run was slow, but this v<*n! from Wcstlake having defeated l-ouisville, Kentucky, none on and another in week Hollywood is the new I'RAl'j Club, will face for the championship at Springfield, the rfa| albacore. It was caught jit is back in high gear There 100-lap *!•«• form­ 111, last summer. ; sixth with two aboard. ^ off Huntington champion at Saugus 1 idable opposition from Patti On the way to winning Flats, Instead are "solid" logs al) the wav Stadium after Ave the national title the Bullets! The Stars' of in deep, warm, blue water,from Salt Cree"k Ron Sims from City of Commerce defeated the Red down to The:fiwled in the "Firecracker with' and Shirley Teeples. * Devils twice in sectional where it belonged The lat­ ^^ , ...... tournament f^.'^," Barn. And they are weighing ns it I p.m t»P I IMaC 100' super stock car classic ter s play. This was done nil ••• »«*tj bttom——-. — — Art's two have placed in the despite the Red Devils' champion- Of the regulation seventh in- landing in Balboa Is in to 10 Ibs. Saturday night. l«ss than 25 points sep­ ship over the Bullets in the South Bay League. In constant touch with the Halibut made a Heinis, 1961 arate the two top drivers nlng and threw out Ron Jsck- Fish strong Pacific Racing in meter springboard event. Among their four games and Game and commer­ luiiici/vin.comeback Has •Riyuciiskippers variedvaricui"•"»»• I Assn. !*«•••.point CAK's super-stock car points. this year, the Bullets won «on at tn* P1 th. catches »IMQ,king, •«•«led -••all the»—» , - . ., —„..—• This event highlight* the Fri­ twice *1* to ProlonK cial albacor* trollers now pa­ on the boast from wav from the third lap and' '« « I'r'.Hor of In the Los Angeles County league, but the Red the game. Gary Beech cam* trolling tha Three B's Paramount day, July 9th diving program. Devils between Cortex Bank - barracuda, saw Hornaday, the pre-race '*«d« *"h 38° P°«««- Preliminaries won both times in the Connie Mack League. Both upft, with ^TiSS^a double play in the for swim- managers Keg' on the Proctor will drive a Uodgejming start at » 10, diving pre- agree the ( onnie Mack victories are more ga* rally *oon as the first "close was the best spot with the lap, minus his right convertible preferable enough" catch 56th Sunday as he llms at 1 00, and finals at Mick Ryan is made the water ideal for slow drifting front wheel taken on a forty car field 3-30 Admission The cost had three hits is $1. of operating each team is likely to run over'" lhc H-inning win 82,000 annually. Including the cost of making the rounds ln lhe "econd B,am* lhc Al1', to the national championship last year, the Bullets had S'the'Tlrrt Inning as" Sun a $6.100 tab a year ago. K>(z hit , three.rUn homer. Essentially, each team draws its players from five high schools. The Bullets have North High, Gardena, i ooi iu3 ww oio~« 10 ; West, Serra and not ooo ooo oia—i 14 Loyola. The Red Devils come from Car­ K»ti (7) and Towln son, Narbonne, lv«n (It mid Hrltnri . Torrance, South and Palos Verdes. , .... » ».». ----- . , . , , • In iT'.Mia k«l*»» .010 lid 000 4 IS 3 i order to provide for better baseball at Torrance; *' < » ' Park, w»ra.40o «uo ot» \ * i lights were improved a couple ot years ago. Bids '.«??'"""'' "M*"^""'^:'.^.. now have ""»' been received by the city for additional bleach- ' "' _ ___ ers, and gradually Torrance Park is regaining a splendid DKBl'TANTE baseball atmosphere it enjoyed in the days World War II prior to A record "st of 183 ellgl i ble* wai announced today for the 15th running of the ex­ pected 160,000 gross Del Mar CONNIE MACK Debutante, the famed feature LINE SCORES for the 2-year-old fillies at w L PC«. as) the seaside meeting opening TardMa Bultola . ' ~ July 27 Ton-am« ...... I I. A II Hun Prdru W«l Ixji Antrlu nhriii-r *. IMUM Baai'l llawthornv ...... OAM(S •ATUNOAV BOWI.INO IJCAGUK I.on« B<-arh ... Ran Pfdm .... David McBride was elected Waati-hMIri . president, Marvin Manda/'t H*tu Donsker, Tnrram-* Itnl 1) QAMIS SUNDAY vice president, and Dorothv KulMi I i» Hull»l« vi Wff Carson, secretary treasurer SuntKy'l N !« r .3 p m BMMU