Baytown Kids Gar Fishing Contest Opens Under Red Reel Club
The Bayshore Red Reel and Gun Club reopened its annual Baytown summer gar fishing contest for youngsters under 17 who have not yet bought a fishing license. Entries weigh and photograph gar at Jim Nelson’s store, with prizes of 10, 7.5 and 3 dollars for the top catches each month June through August.
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Baytown
Grover K. Edge
Bayshore Red Reel and Gun Club
Cedar Bayou
Arthur Chrisley
Thompson
Jim Nelson
Nelson
Scott's
Crystal
Burnet Bays
Goose Creek
Houston Ship Channel
Black Duck Bay
Evergreen Bays
Dusty'' Rhodes
Bayshore Red Reef and Gun Club
Archer Eyes Second Grand Slam at Open
Masters champion George Archer aims for golf immortality as he enters the United States Open with a field of 150 rivals. He names five possible winners including Bert Yancey, Billy Casper, Gary Player, Frank Beard, and Gene Littler, while admitting he may struggle off the first tee after an earlier hand injury and a a smoking accident in Brazil.
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Houston
Tex
George Archer
Archer
Bert Yancey
Billy
Casper
Gary
Frank
Beard
Gene
Littler
Yancey
Tye
Brazil
Thhen
Wweek
AAU Fitness Pentathlon Set in Baytown
A Quaker Oats AAU physical fitness pentathlon will be at noon June 21 at the Baytown YMCA. Open to boys and girls ages six to 18, the free event is sponsored by O'Brien's Food Markets and part of a national series by Quaker Oats and the AAU to boost nutrition and fitness awareness. Registration is at O'Brien's stores and the YMCA. Five events test speed strength agility and endurance with exercises like push ups and standing broad jump. Certificates of Achievement and Participation will be awarded to all entrants.
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Quaker Oats Amateur Athletic Union
O'Brien's Food Markets
Baytown
High-Scoring Contests Highlight Minor League Wednesday Games
Baytown area action wrapped a busy Wednesday as three minor leagues played last regular season games before makeups. Bears outlasted Owls 17 15 in five innings. Colts topped Cougars 13 7 with a 13 run first inning. Bobcats crushed Hawks 13 4 as Jimmy McGilvery struck out 11. East West split see-saws with Gators 7 2 over Wolves and Falcons 13 6 over Wildcats. Hoskins racked up 14 Ks for Rams in 5 innings. Rosso led Falcons with strong hitting.
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Baytown
Bears
Owls
Iff
Owl
Domingo Salinas
Paul Sims
Larry Malloy
Colts
Cougars
T Ne Colts
Thomas Hips
Hawks
Bobcats
Jimmy McGilvery
Mike Lingo
Jeff Wood
Wood
Rams
Beavers
Jerry Hoskins
Lingo
Robbie Robbins
Falcons
Wildcats
Falcon
James Keigley
Bryan Snoek
Walter Rosso
Miniskirted Drag Racer Is No Average Drag Racer
Judy Lilly, a 28 year old mother and hairdresser from Wheat Ridge Colo, arrived in Dallas for the Texas Hot Rod Association Spring Nationals. One of the nation’s top 20 super stock drivers, she has driven a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda over 130 mph in 19.7 seconds and is among 700 contestants vying for more than $190,000 in prize money.
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Dallas
Tex
Semimini
Texas
Judy Lilly
Judy
Texas Hot‘ Rod Association
Wheat Ridge
Colo
Denver
Dennis Maurer
Nancy Sue
Phillip
Tulsa
Okla
NHRA
Cial
Top ranked Texas leads into College World Series
Arizona State and Southern Illinois share favor status with 51 10 and 36 7 records as the College World Series opens in Omaha Texas sits No 1 in Collegiate Baseball ranking while Tulsa looms as dark horse 36 3 mark. 27 of the 1 012 players drafted into pro ranks came from this field with ASU and SIU supplying multiple selections including Powell Dick Cotton Rodzoginski Clark Stein and others across MLB rounds and drafts.
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Omaha
Neb
Arizona State
Southern Illinois University
Sun Devils
Salukis
Southern California
New York City
New York University
UCLA
University of Massachusetts
Texas
Mississippi
Tulsa
Rick
Sal Bando
Reggie Jackson
Paul Ray Powell
Minnesota Twins
Powell
Twins
ASU
Ralph Dick
Bick
New York Mets
Billy Cotton
Cotton
Southern
Mike Rogodzinski
Philadelphia
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Baytown Sun Sport
Kid Gar
Lisa Stringer
Thompson's Pier
George Archer Eyes
Lee Trevino
el Paso
Cheryl Battin
Trevino
UPI
Volkswagen
Texas Motor Volkswagen, Inc
Texan Ave
Chuck Brisben
Burt McCartney
Brisben
Roger Hamilton
Bill Beauchamp
Jerry Holoway
Gators
Wolves
Baytown Raider
Doug May Popeye Beavers
Baytown Parks and Recreation Department
Dick Krause
Petrols
Robby Nixon
Bill Carbee
Tradewind Chevrolet
Bill
Stra Tee
Michaels
Haggar
Farah
Jantzen & Manhattan
Jiffies
Esquire
Fish Knife
Ely
Jantzen
Bay Plaza Center
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