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Photograph caption dated May 20, 1965 reads "Dave Drysdale, Birmingham, slides safely before the tag as catcher Paul Press, Monroe, awaits the throw to the plate in fifth inning of yesterday's city high school baseball playoffs at Rancho Cienega Playground. Birmingham won, 2-1." Rancho Cienega Playground is in Baldwin Hills.
Birmingham High School (Van Nuys, Calif.) James Monroe High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Students Rancho Cienega Sports Complex (Los Angeles, Calif.) Catchers (Baseball) Baseball players Baseball umpires High school students Young men Men Spectators Baseball Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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