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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1967
Page
8
Melvin Green homered and Melvin Green drove in a run as the Ganders edged Sterling 5 4 in a tense Friday night game. Ranger pitcher Barringer fanned five in the early innings and left the game with the lead, while Molaison struggled with control in relief.
Houston tops New York 1 to 0 in a windy exhibition as Larry Dierker and teammates stifle the Yankees. Mantle shows grit but hampered by injury while Joe Morgan Rusty Staub Wynn pace Houston with multi hit nights.
Barbers Hill High School hosted the District 254 tennis event as Barbers Hill netters posted multiple victories. Ricky Brazell won junior boys singles, Cathy Cotten and Cynthia Thomas won senior girls doubles, Tommy Clark and James Clark claimed senior boys doubles, and Rose Mary Hatfield played senior girls singles.
Brazosport Exporters routed Texas City Stings Friday night as Larry Volkening limited the opponents to one hit. ITC's Bernie Rodriguez misplayed a grounder, allowing a walk to advance and a run to score after a cast into centerfield.
Houston managers Grady Hatton and Billy Hitchcock tabbed left handers Mike Cuellar and Denny Lemaster for the 1967 National League opener against Atlanta in the Astrodome. Eddie Mathews returns to Houston in Braves colors as he seeks his 500th career home run milestone while Apache Band from Tyler Junior College adds opening night flair before an expected 20 000 fans.
New Mexico Lobos rallied with late bursts to beat Texas Tech 53 in the opener and 43 in the nightcap. Lobos scored five runs in the fifth and sixth innings after Tech erased an early 3-0 lead in the first game. Texas Tech's Jim Montgomery hit a solo homer, and John McIntyre added another. Tech also hit a roundtripper in the second game with no one on base, while New Mexico tallied four runs in the final two innings to seal the sweep.
In Pasadena REL's Gander freshmen upset the field with wins in the 880 and 100 yard dashes but Sam Rayburn's Texans clinched the district track title with 148 points. Sterling finished 101, RBL 102, as a dropped baton cost the Rangers in the sprint relay. Sterling also took field wins and Sterling’s David Barker led in the 33.2 with others contributing in the mile relay and discus.
Readable OCR lists event by event results with multiple athletes and schools such as Rayburn South Houston Sterling and Aubrey. It records relay times 3:38.97 and 5.37, hurdles around 16 seconds, 23 second dash times, discus and pole vault marks, and other top placements across events. Named athletes include Rayburn Paul Smith Jock Stone Leslie Jenkins Duane Johnson Kent Adtono Bruce Martin and Tad Weston among others.
WEST HARDIN Texas Barbers Hill Eagles qualified six days in six events for the regional track meet here Friday amassing 89 points for a third place district finish. Bobby Steck swept the 100 and 220. anchored the 440 relay with Kennedy Dunlap Lansford. set a 22.6 furlong record and 13-5 broad jump. Kennedy Lansford and Lansford also contributed in pole vault and sprint events as Barbers Hill heads to Kilgore after a Kinkaid tuneup next weekend.
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