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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1973
Page
15
San Diego Padres halted St Louis Cardinals five game streak as a ninth inning rally produced key runs. Dave Roberts Rich Morales and Murrell drove in the decisive scores in the sixth and Padres prevailed 4 to 3 in the regional league contest.
Clyde, just drafted by the Texas Rangers, threw a one hit shutout as Houston Westchester beat Galena Park 5-0 in the state Class AAAA baseball semifinal. Midland rallied to defeat San Antonio Lee 4-2 in the other semifinal.
At Amarillo Sports Arena on a weekly wrestling card Negro defeats King Curtis in a Texas Death Match despite losing 100 dollars. Negro scores seven falls to Curtis three, Cyclone wins the final fall. Negro fined 500 after victory. Time recorded as 28 12. Semifinal features Nick Kozak and Karl Krupp slugging at 14 58.
Several games report scores for Girls and Boys leagues, including St Marys over Southlawn 32 31 and Willow Vista over Lawndale 36 20. Other results show Coronado defeating Bushland 57 31 and Avondale 32 over Oakdale 15.
The Chicago Cubs signed first baseman Jerry Tabb from Tulsa University as their top pick in the free-agent draft and assigned him to Midland in the Class AA Texas League. Tabb, 21, hit .401 with seven home runs for Tulsa this year. He is a left-handed hitter from Altus Oklahoma.
New York Jets announce the addition of running back Jim Nance, age 31 in December, to their 1973 NFL roster. Nance previously played seven seasons with the Patriots, sat out last year after a trade to the Eagles, and ranks 11th all time in NFL rushing with 5,323 yards behind Leroy Kelly.
Dan Bentley of Amarillo shot 74 to lead the West Texas PGA Junior Match on the Amarillo Public Course as 39 players competed. Terry Fuller of Amarillo won the 16-17 division with 75, Bryan Garner of Canyon led the 14-15 with 76, Deloach and Fritts tied for second with Deloach prevailing in the playoff, while Brad Badgett of Amarillo was low in the 12-13 group with 84 and Kelly Kitchens of Hereford was next with 85.
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