Royal Purple Relays Preview Sees Ganders Seek Title Hope
Beaum ont Baytown's Ganders, defending 1962 Royal Purple Relays crown, enter the 28th running with 34 entries across events. Baytown's Parkhurst and high-jumper Johnny Morris loom as upgrades, while Pasadena and other teams contest prelims and finals in a field seen as weaker than prior years. Local stars Gilbert LaFuente Virgil McGahee and Ron Morris anchor relays as Baytown fields a full four relays and various field event challenges in the afternoon.
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Houston
Louisiana
Baytown
Pasadena
Gancers
Don Parkhurst
Jesse Jones
Johnny Morris
Parkhurst
Morris
Gilbert LaFuente
Larry Smith
James Bossley
Ron Morris
Virgil McGahee
David Conway
Robert Elswick
Fernie Davis
Conway
Jerry Schubie
McGahee
Bossley
LaFuente
Elswick
George Ferguson
Mike Bowers
Jack Ford
Ferguson
Marcus Clepper
Claude Lowery
Phillip Jackson
Louis Rodriguez
Raymond Watson
Tsee
Spring Branch Beats Baytown In Narrow Openers
Baytown Ganders stumble in two straight games against Spring Branch Bears. Friday’s 5-1 loss featured a decisive sixth inning as misplays and nerves surfaced despite steady pitching from Everett Nix and a late push by Baytown. Several defensive lapses and weather effects contributed to the skid, with Baytown’s offense totaling seven hits over two days while Spring Branch exploded for 16 runs across the pair.
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Baytown
Pasaden
Errfors
Milby
Bay
Rown
Ganders
Bears
Don Treuhardt
Spring Branch
Treuhardtt
Thetate
Robert Oliver
Oliver
Everettt Nix
Nix
Sion
Queen
Kelly Rushing
Oliver Land
Boone
Rushing
George Rincon
Sebastian
Fisher
Ronnie Kluch
Steve McAfee
McAfee
Joe Aguilar
New Six Member Conference Emerges In Texas
Fort Worth AP reports a prospective six member athletic conference may form this year including Arlington State Hardin Simmons Trinity Lamar Tech Abilene Christian and Arkansas State at Jonesboro. No formal meeting yet. most work by correspondence as coaches discuss the plan. Hardin Simmons left the Border Conference last year. the others are independents and Lamar Tech belongs to the Lone Star Conference.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Arkansas College
Arlington State
Hardin- Simmons
Trinity
Lamar Tech
Abilene Christian
Arkansas
State of
Arkansas State
Lamr Tech
Houston Colt 45s Pitching Gains Notable Steam In 1963
Houston Colt 45s staff led by Turk Farrell and Bob Bruce, with Ken Johnson, Jim Golden, George Brunet and strong relief, aims for improved results in Colt Stadium. In 1962 they posted 64 wins and 96 losses, but their pitching totaled 919 strikeouts and a low 206 walks, ranking high in fan coverage despite earlier criticism.
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Farrell
Johnson
Mahon
Umbriecht
Colt
Houston
Don Drysdale
Los Angeles
Sandy Koufax
Bob Gibson
St. James
Louis
Camillo Pascual
Dodgers
Minnesota Twins
Les Johnson
Bruce
Angeles
Cate
Hels
Texas boys basketball state tournament berths decided
In regional finals 22 teams qualified for the state tourney in Austin. Dallas Jefferson, San Angelo, and San Antonio Burbank clinched Class AAAA spots while AAA entries went to Hurst Bell and South San Antonio. Dumas, Brenham, and Clear Creek earned others as week’s regionals closed.
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Associated Press
Texas
Austin
Dallas
Thamas Jefferson
San Antonio Burbank
San Angelo
Spring
Branch
Rosemont Fresich
Houston
Hurst Bell
South San Antonio
Dumas
Lubbock
Clear Creek
Brenham
Termine
Buna
College Station
Dallas Jefferson
Denton
Fort Worth Hallam
Victoria
Kilgore
San Marcos
Graham
Seminole
Lamesa
Seabiscuit LA Starter to Face Sanford in Camp Debut
Seabiscuit LA Starter 45s Will Face Sanford as Bo Belinsky prepares for his first 1963 pitching appearance at the Angels camp in Palm Springs California. Belinsky rose to fame with a no hitter last May and has since been in and out of Rigney’s doghouse. A large intrasquad set in Houston featured seven cowboys and a rodeo history note as Sanford named opening day pitcher. Frank Howard hit two homers and two triples for four RBIs in a Dodgers camp game.
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Rigney
Belinsky
Angels
Palm Springs
Calif
Houston
Seven Cow
Alvin Dark
San
Rocky Cola Ivito
Norm Cash
Detroit Tigers
Frank Howard
Los Angeles Dodger
Vero Beach
Fla
Eric Banks
Chicago Cubs
Mesa
Ariz
College basketball scores from the Astuced Press roundup
A dense round up of college basketball results across multiple conferences and regions. Scores feature Vole Dartmouth St Josephs Harvard Brown Princeton Cornell Columbia Arkansas Texas A&M Oklahoma Arkansas Tulane LSU and more, with several games noted as decisive and others showing close margins. The East and Midwest sections include notable showdowns in Boston New York Cincinnati Chicago Detroit and San Francisco among others.
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Tidy
Volege
Dartmouth
St. Joseph's
Doylan
Harvard
Brown
Princeton
Cornell
Columbia
Pann
Arkanses Tech
Guachita
Ark
Sapien Miss
Belmont Abbey
N.C
Northeast
Morthwestern Lo
Arc
State Teches
Midwest Kansas
Missouri
St. Oler
Lawrence
Beloit
Upper Iowa
Parsons
Iowa
Coe
Carleton
Ripon
Hastings
Kearney
Knox
Monmouth
Millikin
Carthage
Augustana
North Central
Southwest Texas
Arkansas
Tulane
Louisiean State
Texas
AIM
Texas Tech
Houston
Oklahoma City
Far
California
Washington
Iddio
Gonzaga
Oregon State
Washington State
Seattle
Portland
Southern California
UCLA
Los Pet
Boston
Syracuse
Cincinnati Rv
New York
Los Angeles
St. Lous
Detroit
San Franciss
Chicago
St. Louis
Francisco
Cincinnati
New ‘York
Cincinnat Et Sona Enmeist
Texas Wins 13th in SWC Throttles Arkansas
Texas sealed the Southwest Conference title with a 99 85 victory over Arkansas as Bennie Lenox scored 39 points. Texas A M beat Texas Tech 96 83 to set a league high score, while Baylor travels to Dallas and TCU hosts Rice in Saturday action. The Longhorns can close the conference season with a perfect 12 0 record with a win over Baylor Tuesday before NCAA tourney bids are decided.
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Associated Press
Texas
Texas AM
Longhorns
Baylor
Texas Western
Steers
Arkansas
Aggies
Texas ‘Tech
Razorbacks
Idle Rice
Tech
Dallas
Southern Methodist
Texas Christian
Rice
Fort Worth
Centenary
Strug
Hons- Bennie Lenox
Tofton
Chiefs
Oklahoma City
Inegon State
Seattle
Ore- Razorbacks
Tommy Boyer
Thegon State
Washeton
Iwho
Portland
ONE for PORTS. Baytown Ganders Tenth in Orange golf meet
ORANGE BAYTOWN GANDERS finished 10th in a 22-team field at the Lutcher Stark High School tournament at Sunset Grove CC par 71. Bellaire won with 317, South Park 323, Port Arthur 991, Pasadena 333. Ganders were led by Mickey Reilly’s 81 and Lee McDowell’s 84, with Tolleson and Scott weak links. The team hoped to close gaps for next event at Galveston in March.
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Orange
Baytown
Ganders
Sunset’ Grove Country Club Corse
Houston
Bellaire
South Park
Port Arthur
Pasadena
la Grange
Louisiana
Silsbee
A&m Consolidated
Conroe
Brazosport
Galveston Ball High
Lutcher Stark
Mickey Reilly
Lee McDowell
Woody Kinsey
Danny Tolleson
Drew Scott
Jay Bollinger
Cocita
Pattonn
Baytown 407
Calhoun
St Aguilar
R - Acosta
Oliver
P Rincan
Beaumont
Tolleson and
Dotson
oolScott
AtAier
Scontlea
Wee
Walker
Grhshai
Port Ar Selmon
Thinur
Bollinger
Teel
Seid
Maxwell
Spring Branch
kpbasHimncoe
Ball
Baytown Bautsch
Ord
Reilly
Boyd
McDowell
Kinsey
Tolleson
Scott
Bascom
Ab . i
Galveston
Allie
Olives
Peter
Alee
Scentlen
Zegtin
Duke and West Virginia Reach Final Round In Tourneys
Duke and West Virginia advanced to conference tournament finals after strong semifinals wins. Duke, ranked No. 2, beat North Carolina State 82-65 in the ACC semis in Raleigh to face Wake Forest, while West Virginia topped Furman 81-63 in the Southern Conference semis in Richmond to meet Davidson. Princeton dominated Cornell 78-45 as Bill Bradley scored a school record 39 points in Ivy action. Stanford, UCLA, California, and Southern Cal also won as races tighten across conferences.
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Bob Green
Associated Press
Duke
West Virginia
Princeton
Far West
California
Southern Cal
UCLA
Washington
North Carolina State
Raleigh
N.C
Wake Forest
Blue Devils
Davidson
Virginia Tech
Bill Bradley
Cornell
Tigers
Penn
Columbia
Philadelphia
Yale
Dartmouth
Stanford
Santa Clara
Pepperdine
St. Mary's
San Francisco Feads
Cushing Eliminates Barbers Hill In Region Tshootout 53-50
In Kilgore Texas Cushing upended Barbers Hill 53 to 50 in a Region III playoff, ending Barbers Hill’s 12 game conference or playoff unbeaten streak. Cushing trailed late but forged a 51-50 lead in the final minute and closed with two free throws as Randy McCollum and Charles Aycock led with 19 and 17 points. Jasper Moore added 16 for Cushing while Joe Swing had 15. Barbers Hill finished 25-6. Cushing advances to the state tournament in Austin. Other district results: Big Sandy over Mauch, Central Heights over Kennard, Frankston over East Mountain.
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Kilgore
Cushing
UIL
Barbers Hill
Eagles
Fotal
Austin
Barbers
Hill
Randy McCollum
Charles Aycock
McCollum
Aycock
Charlie Burgess
Bill Kilgore
Brent Ray
Burgess
Charles Avant
Ray
McColum
Jasper Moore
Joe Swing
Big Sandy
Mauch
Central Heights
Nacogdoches
Kennard
Frankston
East Mountain
Willis
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Joe Newsome
Watson
Rex Zubeth
Allen Darby
Herbie Thomas
Joe Avalos
la Fuente
John Moore
Kirk ‘Mann
Schuble
Smith
Truman
I McIntyre
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Modiea
Thomas
Cleveland
Richardson
Geaumont
Smallwood
Choate
Moy
Breeden
Coan
Lamar
Reagers
Medelsy
Beck
Osborne
Wende
No Welch
Palmer
Beaumont Tree
Sievers
Hager
Bratlatt
Galena Park
Roberts
Statesport
Froehner
Bobby Sebastian
Joe Fisher
Sliver
John Hicks
L. A. Boone
Hicks/Gander
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Boones
Chris Alford
Hicks
Tommy
Hicks Wilson
al Queen
Bob Boone
Wilson
Richard Gros
Thain
Gerald Teel
Suces
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Colt 45
Jeff
Burbank
Ted Meier
Bill Rigney
Los Angeles Angels
Bd Belinsky
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AEL
North Carolina
Bob Woollard
Manuel R. Pease
S. Main
Allstate Auto Center
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