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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1972
Page
3
In Baytown, David Smith, son of Jack Smith, is part of a trio of fishermen tied to a local shop emporium. Roy closed the shop but the three fishers agreed to a friendly “Last Beet” fishing lesson exchange, each arriving with three ice chests and a desire to compete.
Vague OCR fragment describes busy activity around a house with Mrs McCormick and Wan and references an unspecified species. Content is unreadable and shows incomplete phrases.
A brief sports item notes a San Diego Padres sacker named Melton, who led the American League with 33 home runs, will undergo surgery within seven to sixteen days. Other fragments reference New Orleans and Gerald Callinghouse testimony in an alleged incident, with no clear outcome.
National League batting leaders include Bets at .345 Hun Sanguillen of Pittsburgh and Kingman of San Francisco among top averages. Bench Cincinnati leads home runs with 21, while Morgan of Cincinnati and Sanguillen pace runs and steals. American League notes Piniella and Rudi lead in hits, with D Allen and Fisk among top sluggers. Patek and Rudi headline doubles and steals. Pitching leaders show Ned, Min with strong win totals and ERA.
Lakewood and GCCC swimmers competed in a meet where Lakewood claimed victory with multiple firsts. Lakewood athletes dominated various events while GCCC posted top finishes from Walstead Beck Peirce and others though many events awarded to Lakewood due to entries.
In its first summer meet at Memorial Pool Baytown piled up 127 points to place third behind Red Bluff and Sunset. Eleven firsts were earned including multiple wins by Denise Poimenteer Cheryle Poimenteer and Elrod in various age groups.
Hank Aaron hits his 65710th career homer but Pittsburgh Pirates win 4 3 over Atlanta. Stargell Robertson Sanguillen Oliver homer sparking Pittsburgh’s attack while Dodgers, Cubs, Astros win elsewhere cutting Cincinnati’s lead in the NL West. Aaron hails Pittsburgh as the best team he’s seen in 18 years.
Memphis native Charles Q. Finley announced the Memphis ABA franchise acquired this week named Bob Bass as coach. Bass took the post Saturday, continuing Finley’s plan for the team.
Mimi Johnson led the eight and under girls with 50 meter free in 11.32 and Mark Rushen won the eight and under boys 25 meter free in 27.3. Julie McNeil and the 11-12 relay squad posted second places, with others earning thirds and fourths across multiple age groups in back and free events.
Gay Brewer captured the Canadian Open at Cherry Hill with a final round 70 to finish 9 under par at 273, edging Deve Hill and Sam Adams by one stroke. The 0-year-old veteran, now seeking a major sweep, praised a book’s putting tips that aided his comeback.
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