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CUy Tm Ready For State
DENCIE CROW, Miss Baytown-Lee College, will be on hand at
the finals of the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation state softball
meet here Sunday to help dispense trophies. Shown above with
Crow are the first and second place team awards along with the
most valuable player trophy.
(Sun Sports Photo by Mike Mann)
By MIKE MANN
ManagerAhird baseman
Keith Cut of City Tire Service
is viewing the Texas Amateur
Athletic Federation'1 men’s
open state meet with quite a
bit of optimism.
City Tire opens its bid for
state glory at 8 a m. Saturday
on the Baytown Sports
Complex’s Field D against San
Antonio’s Harold Plaster, the
No. 2 team in Region 15.
A win in that tilt will, pit City
Tire against the Dallas
Merchants. Region 13 champs,
at 10 a m. on Field A.
City Tire finished fourth in
the Region I meet back in
July, and Carr is hoping to do
almost that well in state.
“It’s going to be a really
strong tournament," Carr said.
"I’ll be disappointed if we
don't place in the top six.”
Finishing in the top six will
be pretty tough with teams like
Green. Jewelers of Corpus
Christi, Ray Carpenter of San
Antonio and the Lufkin
Raiders in the meet.
"Green ’s Jewelers and Ray
Carpenter are the NoJ and 2
seeds about this time, I'd
guess,’-' Carr explained
"Those teams from San Mar-
cos and Lufkin are real close,
too.”
Green’s Jewelers is basically
the same team that won the
state meet last year under a
different name, Taylor
Brothers. Two of the players
have moved up into the
professional rihks, though.
Lufkin and San Marcos'
Squirrels finished one-two in
last week’s American Softball
.Association state meet in-Vic-
toria, edging Dot Construction
of Baytown for the title.
One of the four favorites,
San Marcos Squirrels, dropped
out of the state tourney Thurs-
day morning.
Three players off that Dot
team will be on the Gty Tire
roster for the state meet, as is
stipulated in TAAF rules.
securing his release from a
Pasadena team that caused the
suspension;
Dickens and Presley will be
joined by teammate Richard
Greer, who will probably get
the nod to start in left.
Other probable starters for
Two of them, first baseman Gtv Tire are Shay Malloch at
Artie Presley and catchetMike fdtcher. Mike Thomas at short,
oumwient
Dickens, were ail-b
in the ASA fete.
"I really expect for us to do
well.’’ Carr said. “We got
Dickens and Presley for power
to go along with our speed and
defense. We hope to finish
high"
Dickens' presence in the
state tournament is a heavy
touch off irony. He was the
central figure of the con-
troversy that got Dot
eliminated from the TAAF city
and regional playoffs. There
was a malfunction in Dickens'
r*IHVIINU MMt,
Kip Carr at second base, Mile
Smith in left cehterfield, Mike
Metcalf in right centerfield
and JimCallam in right
One thing City Tire Sendee
does have going-for it is the
home field advantage, which
will only help from a wind
standpoint.
"The field positions will
make a definite advantage,"
Keith said “The wind is
different on every field."
S WC Bosses Meet, Joke - -
Coaches Trying To
Guess What’s Inside
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) he felt Johnny "Lam" Jones
- Southern Methodist Univer- would make an excellent re-
sity football Coach Ron Meyer ceiver. but noted that he
says fellow coaches approach missed spring practice. "We
the fall like youngsters
approach a Christmas present.
We re all trying to guess
what’s inside," Meyer told a
Southwest Conference kick-off
luncheon Thursday
Few of the nine went out on
a limb Most of the time was
spent cracking jokes.
F A. Dry. who was hired
earlier this year to rebuild Tex-
as Christian University's foot-
ball program, read a telegram
he said was from Washington,,
1) C. T can understand the
situation facing you," the
telegram said?"It's signed by
Jimmy Carter . Waxa-
hachie. Tet."
Texas Coach Fred Akers said
fell like he needed to work on
his speed, so we had him work-
ing out in track," Akers s^iid.
Jones is a world-clqss sprint-
er who ran on the United
States' winning 400-meter
relay team in the 1976 Olym-
pics.
Baylor Coach Grant Teaff
talked about the "dichotomy"
of his team — some out-
standing talent and some
young players.
He was followed to the lec-
tern by Houston Coach Bill
Yeoman "1 checked with
Akers and (Lou) Holtz (of Ar-
kansas) and they didn't know
what, a, dichotomy was either
At least, there is kinship in ig-
a one-legged kicker," Sloan
said.
Ron Meyer’s Southern Meth-
odist University Mustangs are
picked in the bottom third of
the league in the preseason
polls and Meyer said he
wouldn't get into the fore-
casting game. "But, if {.picked
anybody but SMU 1 don’t be-
lieve 1 could face my squad,”
he said. •
"We like to think of qur
team as being like an expan-
sion team in pro football," said
Rice coach Homer Rice,,
"We d like to wipe out the last
15 years or so at Rice."
Yeoman said two of his play-
ers,' Charlie Lynch and Dyrai
Thomas, were "kind of free
with the ball” and had been
moved from fullback to half-
back. "Now. we can fumble
from any place in the back-
field," he said.
Yeoman worked his way
around to the Cougars' offen-
sive line. “We use them to
check out the courage of our
backs," he said.
He recalled that Houston
and North Carolina State
played a 31-31 tie when. Holtz
was the head coach at N.G.
State. “Holtz, he’ll thrill you,"
Yeoman said. "If he can’t
score with the ball, he’ll throw
it on the ground and let you
try.”
Holtz, the new coach at Ar-
kansas. said he had read that
Baylor was going from a five
man defensive line to a four-
man defensive line “because
When asked whether it was a,? they're so big, they ’d be out of
Tech is not going to be much
better than any other national
champion."
, Tecb' Coach Steve Sloan said
the Raiders' kicking game
-would be a minus because.he
had the.problem of replacing
Brian Hill, a field goal special-
ist with an artificial leg. ‘It’s
very hard to go out and recruit
Hartfield
Out Of Brook
Track Post
HOUSTON (Sp) - John
Hartfield will no longer bethe
head track coach at Forest
Brook HighijSchool. The Sun
learned Friday.
Hartfield was either dismiss-
ed or resigned North Forest
Schools Athletic Director
Wilbur Urban said that Hart-
field was "relieved of his job.”
On the other hand. Hartfield
believes he resigned. "At the
end. I resigned." Hartfield
said. • W’e had a lot of bad
situations there, and had a
hearing Tuesday. There was
some conflict between the
head coach (Charlie Brown)
and I
No, it wasn't that at ail It
was just some personal things'
we couldn’t agree upon."
Hartfield has coached the
.Jaguars to two consecutive
Distnct 21-AAAA cham-
pionships and will be replaced
by Horace Young, who has the
Jaguar girls'track team to two I
titles in a row.
Major League
Standings
H\ Th
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("hu ago
Philadelphia
Pitlsbi
L'i
Isburgh
l-oui.s
Vi l Pet GB
59 48 55! 34
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York
Angeles
WriSTi
West
67 40
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Houston
San Francisco
SET YOUR SIGHTS
ON SUBARU
Detroit
(lev eland
'Milwaukee
Toronto
Ourago
Minnesota .
Kansas Oh
Texas
California
Seattle
Oakland
53 32
a m
48 60
- 46 64 448 224
tlanta 38 68 358 21
Thursday 's Games
Philadelphia 2. San Diego 1. 10 innings
Atlanta 5. "
. Montreal 2
les scheduled
AbrfciTGanw
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
San Diego at Chicago
St Louis at Houston 2 <t-ni
Montreal at Atlanta, ini
Los Angeles at Philadelphia, in
San Francisco al New York, in
Sunday's Games
San Ihego atrfcirago, 2-
I «s ^ngejes at Philadelphia
San Francisco at New York
Montreal at Atlanta
AMERICAN league
Read's Studio Wins
LL Tennis Title
It boiled down to the last match of the season, but the
Read's Studio Tennis Little League That Could No 2
^.defeated Crv-erRestControiRacquet Rasealsof Bowie, 6-
5, and won the championship of the Baytown Little
League Tennis program Thursday.
The 6-5 win, coupled with a 7-4 win for 1515 Agency
Thrashers of Travis over the Wright Packing Co.-Horace
Mann Aces, was exactly what the Tennis Little League
needed.
Little League ended with a 61-39 record, edging Travis
with a 60-40 mark. Bowie was third at 50-49 and Horace
Mann finished 27*72.
The final match that decided it all was the 10-year-oid
and under doubles pitting the Little League's Allen'
- Russell and Wes Fowler against Marla Charlson and Greg
Naiser of Bowie.
Russell and Fowler triumphed, 9-8 (5-1), and that
stopped the drive of the second-place Thrashers. "-
Winning the other matches for Read's were David
Wooten by an 8-2 count over Vicki Carter, MarI Ckfodner
with an 8-2 triumph of Michelle Wallace, Larry Abate in
an 8-0 game against Greg Horacefieid, David Burge by an
9-8 (5-4) count over John Foster arid Allison Mitchell and
Allison Hawkins, 8-0, over Gina Bradshaw and Robert
Harrott
Taking wins for the Rascals were Scott Charlson over
Linda Mohlman, 8-1, and John Beavers, 8-1, Brett
Thomas and Mark Windlrager, 8-2, over Mohlman and
Beavers, Paul Haney and Ron Naiser by an 8-0 score over
Heather Hawkins and Sukn Emfinger and David Foster
by default.
The Aces only Won one of four doubles outings. That
one came when Mark Flores and Will Oviedo bested Carl
Poliak and Joanna Lohkamp, 8-4.
Tim Christensen and Chris Bultzo blasted Kevin
. Dodson and Mark (Honkus) Stafford, 8-0, and the
Thrashers, won the other two matches in doubles by
default. Amy Poliak and Clete Brewer were credited with
the win in one of them, and Keith Lohkamp and Joe
Moreno got it in the other one. ------------- -----
The Thrashers also had a 4-3 singles edge. Mike Mixon
defeated John Flores. 8-5, Darin LaMarr routed Billy
Laiumandier, 8-0, Andy Mixon skunked Keith Mackert, 8-
0, and Chad Brewer breezed Kristi Snyder, 84), for the
singles wins for the Thrashers.
Mark Flores eased by Carl Poliak, 8-3, Kyle Dodson
outpointed Chris Bultzo, 8-5, and Oviedo won by default
to round out the Aces' wins
All of the players in the Tennis Little League will be in-
volved in a tournament at the Robert E. Lee courts
Tuesday.
San Marcos
Team, Drops
Frorii Tourney
The San Marcos Squirrels
dropped out of the Texas
Amateur Athfetlc -Federation
(TAAF) men's open slow-piteh
softball state tournament late
Thursday.
The top team from Region 3,
the Squirrels had already prov-
ed their capabilities in the
American Softball Association
(ASA) state meet last week,
where they finished second.
Bailey Insurance of
Longview, the No. 2 team from
Region 6, was named to
replace the Squirrels in the
tourney set for Saturday jnd
Sunday at the Baytown Sports
Complex.
Play begins at 8 a m. Satur-
day. with the finals slated for 2
pin Sunday.
BAYTOWN’S TWO BIG GRID BOMS %
Ron Kramer, lift, ttdAl Dennis had a lot of good ray Thursday about Baytown
<S** Spnrtn Photo* by Mile Maul
Dennis, Kramer Speak * - *
Baytown Steals Show At
Methodists’ Grid Fete
By MIKE MANN
It Was quite evident Thursday night that foot-
ball season is all but here, with the way Robert
E. Lee head coach Ron Kramer and Sterling
mentor Al Dennis were talking.
The duo was addressing a crowd of some 175
persons that gathered for the second annual
fmttbatttorknff-sponstn-edbytheCedar Bayou
United Methodist Church's Brotherhood of
Methodist Men at the Busch Family Center
Both bosses spilt their speaking time between
Baytown football and the teams at their respec-
tive schools, and the talk about Baytown easily
stole the show.
Tm real proud to say that we are a part of
this football program," Dennis said. “It's not
Donations
Needed For
DoFs Trip
Dot Construction’s softball
team is seeking donations to
help finance its way to
American Softball Associa-
tion’s nation! regional tour-
nament in Midland Aug. 12-13.
Dot, disqualified from Texas
Amateur Athletic Federation
play because: of an ineligible
player, placed third in the ASA
state meet hr Victoria last
week to qualify for the
regional level.
Interested persons should
contact manager Artie Presley
at 422-2407 for more informa-
tion.
Dennis will be depending on senior leadership
in 1977 while his team tries to improve on test
year's 5-4-1 mark,«season that Al termed “a
learning process."
I think that leadership from your seniors is
necessary if you want to win championship ball
games," Dennis said. "You’ve, got to haw
seniors takefrand ft with ttrrtrfor ■ tin
athletes we had in 1978, we want to go on record
saying that they were fine people, they weren’t
the greatest athletes we’ve had, but they were
good people." ?
Each team also honored three of Us players
for the upcoming season, and two of the REL
players, Omega Poston and Tony Heffner,
received high marks from Kramer.
“We have a lot of young people," Kramer
said. "Our strength, if We hive anyT>Ul be our
just one person, it’s not just the coaches or the
school people, it’s the fans and everyone. You
can tell that when you go down North. Main offensive team. We've got four backs
towards town at 6 p m on a Friday You pass who played a: lot. Two of them, Hefi
car after car after car with maroon or blue
stickers on it and the people yelling. ‘We’re No.
Kramer agrees, and plugs Baytown’s brand
of football as the best on the map.
"I think the highlight of Baytown is Baytown
football.” Kramer said. "We re blessed with - local young people with Baytown's success, us-
Foston, are outstanding running backs.
”Wc return one defensiw player, Dennis
Alexander, and he can be outstanding, but
anytime you completely rebuild your defense,
you. have the concerned," Kramer continued.
Dennis dosed his remarks by crediting the
two outstanding high schools and two out-
standing football teams. Year in and year out,
the besj football anywhere will be played right
here in Stallworth Stadium "
Testimony to tire excellence of the cpm-
munity’s football prowess is Its possession of the
district trophy for the last eight seasons.
"It is a good thing for the championship to be
in Baytown," Dennis remarked. "You meet
with these other people in the district and you
cap see it in their eyes. They are sitting there
saying. We want that district championship
You can stay home one time.' ’’
Another plus for Baytown is its college
gridders, and they were well-represented at the
fete by such names as Scott Huntington of REL
and the University of Texas and Sterling grad
Sam MrCagrof USD.
ing Alvin Ruben as an example. Ruben, a REL
grad, played for Dennis last week In the Texas
High School Coaches Association all-star gum.
"Our coaching staff was very fortunate to
have Alvin for five or six days, working with the
kind of player that Is typical in Baytown," Den-
nis said "The great attitude coming from the
two programs is beyond belief.
"I want to toot the horn’ about our young
people," Dennis continued, "There’s all this ,
talk about teens In trouble, but you know, you
only hear about the tad ones, never hear about
the good ones. You only read about four or five
per cent and we’re fortunate to get to, work with
the other part.”
Perry Smith of Exxon also showed a film of
Southwest tkjnference highlights from the 1978
season at the banquet •--------------------------'
East League Wins Again
In Highlands Baseball
HIGHLANDS (Sp) - The
rtinued to roll
Baseball Roundup - -
Fast
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61 43 587
J6 57' 447
47 60 439 15.4
36 68 346 25
3 41 606 -
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49 54 476 134
46 63 422 194
42 62
Thursday's Games
Ourago 5 Texas 4
Defrotf 4 Minnesota 2
Kansas Oty 8 Toronto 0
Boston 3 Oakland I
Only games scheduled
Saturday» Gaines
Texas at Detroit
Toronto at Milwaukee
Boston at Oakland
Cleveland at Minnesota <n>
Chicago at Kansas Gtv <n
Baltimore at California <a<
New York at Seattle »n»
Sunday t Games
Texas at Detroit
(leveland at Minnesota
Toronto at Milwaukee 2
Chicago at Katas Oty
Baltimore at California
Boston at Oakland
New York at Seattle
Comes Out Of The Cold
By the Associated press
Ferguson Jenkins isn’t used
to this sort of thing.
Tve been struggling.” says
the Boston Red Sox pitcher.
I've had other things on my
| mind "
l For many years a big winner
in the major leagues, the yen-
. erable right-hander had gone
i six weeks without a victory
!, this season.
| On Thursday night, he final-
ly ended his frustration.
"Now I feel like I’m contrib-
uting." Jenkins said after
pitching a three-hit, 3-1 deci-
sion over the Oakland A's.
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Sun Outdoor Guide
By CHESTER ROGERS
HIND, WATER AND TIDES - Offshore wave heights will be
two to four feet. Temperature range will be from the upper 90s to
the lower 70s Southeasterly winds will be 10 to 15 mpb. Trinity
and Galveston bays will be slightly choppy Beach water
temperature at Galveston is 85 degrees There will be one high
tide Saturday on the Galveston beach at 8:46 a m The two low
tides will be at 3:21 a m. and 5:06 p.m
TRINITY BAY - Marshall Deal worked hard for the 15 big
specs be hooked out from the burning sun and they were good
ones i , i
GALVESTON - Hottest fishing on the Texas Coast
“Maybe this will help us put a
big winning streak together. ’’
Jenkins blamed his lack of
aggression for the victory
drought which began after his
7-3 triumph over the Baltimore
Orioles on June 23.
The team has been playing
well." said Jenkins, "but I
haven't "
Against the A s, he seemed
’ to be as good as ever, though.
While improving his record to
a modest 8-7, Jenkins faced
only 29 batters and required
just 81 pitches to defeat
Oakland.
"I was nice and loose," said
Tiant "I only made one or two
bad pitches I felt good all the
way. I could feel it coming
back I started to feel like I did
early in the season when I was
winning.”
In other American League
games, the Chicago White Sox
beat the Texas Ranger* 54;
the Detroit Tigers turned back
the Minnesota Twina^4-2 and
the Kansas Qty Royals blank-
ed the Toronto Blue Jays 8-0
In limited National League ac- •
single to left for the final run.
Jenkins, who was 0-2 in his
last six starts, walked none and
struck out two while sending
the A s down to their sixth
straight loss
White Soy 5, Rangers 4
Eric Soderholm doubled and
scored the game's first run in
the third inning, then singled
and scored on a passed ball in
the sixth with the run which
lifted Chicago over Texas.
The triumph snapped a four-
game Chicago losing streak
and halted a five-game Ranger
winning streak as the White
Sox pulled 34 games ahead of
second-place Minnesota in the
American League Westr-----
Tigers 4, Twins 2
Rookie right-hander Dave
Rozema woo Ws 11th game
with a six-hitter, leading
Detroit over Minnesota
Rozema, 114. who turns 21
today, pitched his sixth
straight complete game Min-
nesota starter Pete Redfem
hurled 62-3 innings and suf-
fered his seventh loss «i 11
decisions
Freeway Manor blasted
Highlands No, I 18-9, In the
nine and 10-year-olds’ play.
Curt landrum was the losing
pitcher *
In the other junior circuit
East league continued to roll
in the Highlands Spgrts
Association annual postseason
baseball tournament here
Thursday.
This time the victim was" game, North Shcge eased by
Sheldon, and the score was 13- South Houston; M.
league will tackle League City
at 6 30 p.m and Freeway
Manor will play North League
at 8 30 p m • 7
In the 11 and 12-year-okb
circuit, South Houston at
Sheldon are set to play at 8;30
pm, with Freeway Manor and
North League going after it at
8:30 p.m.
~ Lance Barnett hurled a two
hitter, striking out three and
walking three to defeat Nathan
Riley.-DodieRatber hqpwed
The Central Leaguers
weren't so fortunate. Freeway
Manor breezed by Baytonians
by a 94) count in the same
division . Dale Cox was the los-
ing pitcher
Highlands, was a double loser
in thetwo upper age divisions,
one of thej,losses costing a
championship. #
North Shore scored four
runs in the top of the 14th in-
ning to win a 53 decision over
Highlands in the 15 and 15
year-olds cabs. Ray Stanley
was the losing pitcher, despite
a triple by Jamie Galloway
Highlands was trimmed. 54,
by North Shore in the
OIL HOUSE
411! ft-
13 and 14-year-old loop
Tomrny SUnley was the los-
ing pitcher in that contest,
which set up finals for i pM-
Friday between Highlands and
North Shore.
been the 154 speckled trout hauled in by a San Leon
He said they came from Redfisb Reefbut they might have come
off Lott Reef, Who knows? The specs were right on top of the
water at the Bolivar g2s we& While some caught as many as 85
they could see the fish working right on top Somebody caught a
snapper at tbe jetties which brought memories of the times when
you could do that any day
niWIWMnW-arth»tamtata*mtofcmta»T«M a aitfe. Rick Boriem
deep, bream at II feet Whites at Pipe bind.
two. the Philadelphia Phillies
, edged the San Diego Padres 2- Phillies 2, Padres 1
have i in 10 innings and the Atlanta—Bake ,
‘ Braves stopped tblftfodtreal pinch-runner Jerry Martin in
Frpnt 5.2 the 10Ui inning to lead Phila-
A seventhinning single by deiphia over Skn Diego
Steve Dillard off Oakland’s
Vida Blue. 10-13, broke a 1-1
tie, scoring Dwgit Evans,
who had opened the imam
followed
Ted Sizemore opened the
10th with a single and moved
to second on a sacrifice by
pincMtftter Tomy tattoo
McBride then pisMM ■
single through the atafie.
Fred Nine
Back In
Hartford Golf
WETHERSFIELD.
(Sp) - Baytown's Fred Marti
grtt off to a slow start in tbe
CKMUMtaiM Open here
Tbasdsy when he fired a 35
Lee Elder tads the tourney
MISTER 1*$
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