Amarillo Open Tennis Tournament Opens With $250 Prize
The Amarillo Open begins at the Amarillo Tennis Center with $250 prize for the men open champion. Junior Open, Men's Open, and Senior Open attract 400 plus entries. entry is $4. Seeds include Burris from Chicago Robertson from Oklahoma City Bryant from Tascosa Prosser from Palo Duro Griffith from Tulsa Webster from Wichita and more. Sponsors include Amarillo National Bank Buck's Sporting Goods and Western National Bank.
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Colin Robertson
Robertson
Oklahoma City University
Las Vegas
David Bryant
Tascosa
Lubbock
Bob McKenna
Big 8
Cham
Pion
Oklahoma State
Palo Duro
Steve Prosser
Bill Griffith
University of Tulsa
Mervyn Webster
South Africa
Wichita, Kan Poo
Missouri Valley
Gles Champ
Amarillo National Bank
Buck's Sporting Goods
Henry Blackburn's Sporting Goods
Judge E. E. Jordan
Mesa Agro
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Skaggs, U-Anchor Cattle Co
Western National Bank
Nicklaus and five share opening U S Open lead at Pebble Beach
Jack Nicklaus fired a 71 to join Chi Chi Rodriguez Orville Moody Mason Rudolph Tom Shaw and Kermit Zarley atop the first round leaderboard at Pebble Beach as Lee Trevino struggled with illness and a 74. The round produced a six way tie for the Open lead tying a 1896 record while scores stayed high across a field of 150.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Jack Nicklaus
Lee Trevino
Trevino
Nicklaus
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Orville Moody
Mason Rudolph
Tom Shaw
Kermit Zarley
Oceanside
Monterey
Pacific Ocean
Buffaloes Hire Blaut as Assistant Coach
West Texas State University alums Dave Blaut and Mike Mitchell are named as assistant basketball coaches for coach Dennis Walling at the Buffaloes. Both Blaut and Mitchell starred as starting guards on WTSU's 1968-69 squad that reached the Na.
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Canyon
West Texas State University
Dave Blaut
Blaut
Mike Mitchell
Dennis Walling
Buffaloes
Buffalo
West Texas State
Amarillo Tennis Center Hosts Open Brackets and Divisions
Begins today with the featured men open bracket and age group, junior, and senior divisions. The Amarillo Open is the first of three annual major events in Amarillo, followed by the Closed Invitational and the Tri-State at Labor Day. The event at Stephen F. Austin Junior High School campus is free to the public.
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Amarillo
Tri-State
Amarillo Tennis Center
Stephen F. Austin
Blues Day for A Giants 5 0 Defeat in Texas League
The Memphis Blues, first Texas League club to beat Amarillo's Pat Russell last week, repeat the feat in a 5 0 victory over the A Giants in the opener of a five game series at Memorial Stadium. Dave Schneck hit his 14th homer with two aboard and Larry Fritz added a two run double as Ron Stewart worked four hits for the win.
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South Africa
Arnold Palmer
Tom Weiskopf
Bruce Crampton
Australia
Memphis Blues
Amarillo
Pat Russell
Memorial Stadium
Blues
Dave Schneck
Larry Fritz
Ron Stewart
John Sielicki
Randy Cohen
Denny Sommers
Memphis
Russell
A Giants
Stewart
Leon Brown
Jake Jacobsen
Chico Cedeno
Brian Ostrosser
Tommy Hallams
Joe Nolan
Roy Staiger
Eddie Eberhart Brings SPC Track to National Spotlight
Eddie Eberhart, a Levelland native starring for South Plains College, is a two time national champion in the 440 yard intermediate hurdles. Coach Clint Ramsey credits him with SPC’s rise, noting his near perfect form, times around 51.7 to 52.1, and contributions on relay squads as the Texans set national JUCO marks.
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Eddie
Clint Ramsey
Texans
Ramsey
SPC
Eberhart
Levelland College
W. L
Houston
Windy Mesa
Ariz
Mesa
Mike Melichar
Levelland
Sundown
Lubbock
Wall
Benny Holik
Austin
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Jack the Bear
Amarillo Daily News
Can
Cesar Sanudo
Rik Massengale
Bobby Cole
Gary Player
Blault
Ished
Billy Casper
Doug Sanders
Bunky Henry
Henry
Homero Blancas
Homer
Tiple
A-Giants
Andy Rodriguez
Bob Frazier
Steve Ontiveros
Dick White
Horace Speed
SEARS
el Dorado
West 15Th
Rozbuck
Solid State
Circus
Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus
Garet von Netzer
South Plains College
Eddie Eberhart
West Texas
Plainview
Randy Lightfoot
Lberhart
Plymouth
Cricket
Chrysler
Georgia Sts
von Netzer
Colorado
San Isabel National Forest
Trinidad
Colo
Cuchara
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