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first in the first go, fourth in
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The spring relay also grab-
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met TWC on the Tejas Course
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took third and fourth honors in
the pole bending event with
Julia Sanford taking sixth place
honors.
Debbie Pack and Cindy Tack-
ett split third and fourth with
Kathy Kelly garnering fifth
place honors in the goat tying
event.
Mary Beyer was the high
local individual in the barrel
race with a third place finish.
Lana Wise of Stephenville and
Billie Wade of Mineral Wells
split for fifth and sixth. Miss
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host Angelo State University.
Following Brooks in scoring
for Tarleton were Geor ge
averages.
The infield has been pretty
well airtight with only two er-
rors recorded in the two con-
tests by the infielders. Around
the infield Brown holds down
third base with Billy Grissom
roaming at shortstop. Randy
Mills is at the keystone sack
this week-end. After several
Cowboy Slate
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Hagles, the Saints (Oct. 17), the
Chicago Bears (Oct. 31), the
Cardinals (Nov. 7), the Red-
skins (Nov. 27) and the Giants
(Dec. 12).
The cowboys own an all-time
edge over four of the seven pre-
viously played teams on the
1071 schedule. Dallas has won
12, lost seven and tied two with
took second in the 220. Mark
Ellis placed second in the 660
for other honors.
Grimes was the high indi-
vidual for Stephenville as also
took fifth in the broad jump.
Burleson finished just steps
behind Grimes in the 220 for
fourth place. Greg Lindsey was
nipped for third in the 660 run
with Tom Fox garnering fifth
place. '
Tracy Tuck whipped over the
60-yard intermediate hurdles
for fourth place.
Sorrells took sixth in the
race. Freshman Martha Tom- "
pkins won both go’s and the Both groups travel to Texas •,
poor performances in recent average in barrell racing. Tech this week . end, which 3
weeks Rex showed his old style Vicki Higgins placed second in hosts the world’s largest in- ;
by winning first in the second the first g0 of goat tying and door collegiate rodeo. The*
go and top average in ribbon Connie Wilkerson placed third season ends here May 6-7-8 3
roping as well as splitting a in the first go. with the TSC Rodeo.
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under Coach Ed Pettitt, of
Hico, with approximately 30
former Texans expected to re-
turn for the game. The game
will be a part of the All-School
Function.
first with 490 points. ENMU 11:15.
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Sharon Harrison steerwrestling.
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came through in good form to The Region IIB girls volley- Admission to the tournament 3
win the bull riding. ball tournament will be held in will be $1 for adults and 50$
Junior Kent Youngblood plac- the Tarleton State Col- for students for each session. >
ed first in the first go of calf lege men’s gym Thursday with The winner of the regional >
roping and also split the first eight teams competing. tournament will advance to the 2
go of Steers with Rex. Action will start at 9 a.m. state finals to be held in Aus- <
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work on basic fundamentals
this week with another scrim-
mage set for Saturday at
3 p.m.
Highlight of the spring train-
ing will be a scrimmage with
TSC exes set for Saturday,
coming Thursday and Friday
for the Stephen F. Austin tour-
nament on t h e Nacogdoches
Country Club Course.
Coach Donnie Campbell’s
team will meet Howard Payne
on the local course April 20
with the Lone Star Conference
tournament scheduled for San
Angelo April 23-24.
State, (eis-
ent t o
first place ribbon with a sterl-
ing performance in th 1320
run. Ramos and teammate
Barns, who placed sixth over-
all, paced the distance men as
the Stingers scored several
seconds.
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opponents makes it
A tremendous bench helped with two games to be played tin, April 23-24.
the “Pokes” play defenseas simultaneously on the TSC KiAcrAD St ri
well as offense. Perry Lee, a basketball court. First round NA>-AR STana
sophomore, placed fourth in play calls for Byers to meet :2
the first go of roping while Evant and Zephyr matched DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) :
teammate Bobby Zesch placed against Alvord. . Three positions changed in ;
fourth in the second go. The second set of games is the top 10 of the NASCAR :
San Angelo College transfer scheduled for 9:45 a.m. and Winston Cup Grand National I
Tom Dudley placed fourth in will match Rio Vista against points standings while Richard :
average in the ribbon roping. Rochester and Harrold against Petty continued to build a :
Another transfer Phil Thomp- Huckabay. healthy lead in the race for the :
son from Weatherford won The winners of the upper Grand National driving title. I
first in the second go of steers bracket will meet at 10:30 in The Plymouth driver from :
and also second in average, a semi-finals match with the Randleman, N.C., has 1,074 ;
The boys gathered 432 points winners of the lower bracket points and is 134 in front of his '
while Eastern New Mexico was scheduled to take the court at nearest competitor, James Hyl- :
has 2405 to TSC’s 1945 total Finals in the regional tour- Langley remained in third with 1
points for the season. nament will start at 1:30 p.m. 913
The girls did not let the boys Mrs. Jymme Lowrance, of Cecil Gordon, in his fourth
outdo them as Sharon Harrison the Tarleton Physical Educa- year on the circuit, moved into
won the all - around title and tion Department, is tourna- fourth place with 855, dropping
third in the first go of break- ment director. Bobby Isaac to fifth
iterbah slots 8, 180 yard hold in the second
Steve Crews, round of play on the wind-
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Jackets hope that the frog-gig- in the outfield, Nolan Lewal- field, but Wayne Haley or Paul
ging isn’t out of season. The len is one of the regulars at Chapman could get the call to
Stingers host the Lake Worth
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away, first in the second go, The girls are still leading by •
and top average. She also a comfortable margin of 1505 *
placed fourth in the barrel to Texas Tech’s 746.
The 1320 distance relay
grabbed a fourth place as David
Hurt, Greg Lindsey, Mark
Ellis, and Mike Grimes
whipped to their best time of
the year in the 3/4 mile med-
ley.
son was shackle with the 105s. « l i •
Both Dunson and Wood will LOFFy II O F FI S
get the starting nods in the . . * .
twinbill. Dunson is the likely / I F O U FI O title with Robert Gray and Judges for the rodeo were
hurler for the first contest, Nolan Lewallen placing fifth Freddie Christian and Doo
andheissurrentlythe winning- Paced by the performance of and sixth respectively. Parks. Producer for the event
est pitcher on the squad with a All-Around Cowboy Larry Har- Randy Stone of Stephenville was Delbert Wise.
career mark of 5-4 . Dunson ris, Stephenville captured the took the breakaway roping title Erath County’s Sheriffs
posted a 5-3 nark last year team trophy this week-end at with Nolan Lewallen and Kelvin Possee set the pivots in the
with a 4.15 ERA. The senior the high school rodeo held at Wood splitting second and third grand entry for both nights
righthander will probably see the Delbert Wise Arena. honors. of competition.
action in the second contest in Harris took first place in the Harris placed high above Other officials included ro-
the outfield as he handles the ribbef roping and then finish- Johnny Mauldin of Mineral deo secreUry, Mrs. George
bat with plenty of authority, ed second in the tiedown roping Walls for top honors in ribbon Brown, time-keepers, Francis
Dunson is currently hitHg a and chute dogging to rank as roping. Wise and Pat Windetes, and
.166 clip and batted .230 last high individual. Sharon Over-
year en route to an All -Dis- cash of Graford took all -
trict honor. around honors in the fem di-
Wood got credit for one save vision wttti Graford receiving
and win last year with a total the runner - up team trophy,
of 4 2/3 innings labor on the Miss Overcash dominated the
year. He compiled a 0.00 ERA girls’ events with first place
with six strike*- outs for the honors in goat tying, barrel
season. He connected for a racing, flag racing, and fifth
.270 average and is currently place in the pole bending event,
on a .400 clip. Steve Curtis was the only
With the two hurters hitting local place in the bareback
-aw on the film,”
i F1y1o1 said Monday,
tet ive line is block-
tettet than at any other
;ii< I’ve been at Tar-
Nr , Miller, Jeff DI-
at a torrid clip, the rest of the riding as he took sixth
offense adds to the potency as honors. Bill Underwood of
infielder Don Brown is ripping Cleburne was the top man in
off hits at a .428 clip. Randy the event. Harris finished be-
Mills is hitting .200 with Mike hind Bill Windham of Baird in
Sexton, David Watkins, and the chute dogging event as the
Nolan Lewallen hitting at .166 only Stephenville cowpoke in
I. war luck to the bumps Oklahoma on a football will help us on defense just as
‛rin for the Tarleton scholarship, but did not com- soon as they become better
tegt I exan football pete as a freshman, grounded in the fundamentals
teuu today as the purple and “Defensively our brightest and techniques we expect,”
white started the second of spot has been team pursuit,” Coach Taylor said.
five weeks of spring training, Coach Taylor said. “We had The Texans will continue to
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petition in the field events gave and John Burleson handled the
Brownwood the district junior baton in one of their best
high title with the Jr. Jackets showings.
placing third. The eighth grade The second place finishers
efforts garnered a fifth place provided many of the points
finish for the year. for the big margin as Burle-
Gabriel Ramos handed the son took second in the 100
seventh graders their only yard dash and Mike Grimes
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tm:i:mances up front, and
tin/ taks Alfred Knox and
1.‛1. wcavei looker real
Taylor also praised to a three-under-par 213 at Larry Wooten, 77-73-82-232.
> ereivers for their the San Angelo Invitational last
10Wi field and pass weekend, but the TSC Texans The same five who played
singling o u t ar- could still manage only a fifth at San Angelo last weekend
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the umi u: stat with The Tarleton team finished
wayn /-i i a lose second, with an 890, 45 strokes off the
Bullfrogs in a double header
today, and a pair of wins would
put the Stingers off on the rigtit
road as far as a successful
season goes.
The Stingers are 1-1 in their
infant season with their home
debut a successful 3-2 wmover
the Boswell l ioneers. Mike
Wood is the only winning pitch-
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ATIANTA (AP) - Sparky Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Pitts- sh0i rndensonntrorrrourih
: i ’U first Anderson, manager of the pow- burgh, San Francisco, San place in the eighth grade weight
1 Ait! the er-laden Cincinnati Reds, fore- Diego and New York. division. Howard Evatt tok
■ 1.1 t re ilar- sees a decline in long ball hit- “You’D see most teams going fourth in the long jump in the
-tarn t l e ters and a rise in the impor- with just two power hitters," only other field placement.
: . . .< met tance of quick and agile player- Anderson continued. “There’ll Steve Stephens turned in his
be more guys like Ralph Garr of best performance of the year
lllay, I firmly believe you won’t Atlanta and Bill Russell of the and garnered a third place
‛ixt see too many players hitting 40 Dodgers." showing for the top Stephen-
or 45 homers in the future, ville effort. Stephens’ bronze
llaeitiara- Anderson said in an interview Anderson made the pre- came in the 1320 distance run.
-a a ilum. The With the increase of new and dictions after being asked if he Mike Lewis took fifth in the
: a . ( < i. 3, larger ballparks, “you will need thought that Reds catcher John 100 for the other individual ef-
U will a superman to hit that many. No Bench, the National League fort with both relays garnering
soname one can consistently drive a home run king last year with 45, .foutth place finishes. The
: n. baseball 425 feet to left or right is really capable of producing 40 440 relay team was composed
: - Cow- center and that’s what it’s going or more home runs a year. of Rex Gordon, MikeS tone,
feature to take." “John will get his 25 , 30 or Evatt, and Lewis.
, the la- He said that most of the Na- 35,” Anderson answered. The distance medley saw
thlalo(Nov. tional League teams already Even Bench himself has ex- Gordon, Henderson, Evatt, and
(V, 25), the have parks where home run pressed doubts of his ability to Lewis handle the baton.
I “■ *• lolis hitting is tough. They are Cin- become one of the current great The junior high thinclads
cinnati, Los Angeles, Houston, home run hitters, ended their track season with
the district meet.
following the Easter holidays, a bunch of men in on every
Coach 1y1 Taylor and his tackle.”
staff sei 1 tic' 1 exans through The TSC head mentor was
tlell ti t simumage last particularly enthusiastic about
Wella,, theu spent there- the defensive work of Gerald
n.ai.ut I the week reviewing Brazzle, Mike Morgan, and
til! the Redskins; stands 11-7-12
n. eles with the Giants; 11-10 with the
, yerk Faples, and 5-0 with the
; 1.i- Saints.
I os Angeles owns a 3-1 ad-
. . I no- vantage over the Cowboys, St.
• ne Louis lias a 10-7-1 edge and
m- , No, the Bears and Cowboys have
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