Teenage League registration and local sports events brief
Teenage League baseball sign up at the Optimist building from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Two divisions form eight 13 14 year olds and four 15 16 year olds. Coaches and sponsors needed. a parent must accompany the player. Clear Creek High basketball banquet is Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the CC cafeteria with Shelby Metcalf as guest speaker. Floyd Ciruti, Bearkats centerfielder, starts sophomore season hitting .459. Two Sterling footballers on TCU spring roster Ronnie Webb and Gary Whitman. Parks and Recreation preseason softball tourney Friday to Sunday across three parks with 15 Baytown teams. Astros open five day exhibition schedule midweek against Yankees and Twins in a round robin. Houston hosts Dodgers in NL opener April 5. Warren Kovar places second at Baywood Country Club event. Quentan Estep nets four hole in ones on 195 yard No. 6 with a four wood.
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Optimist
Clear Creek High
Shelby Metcalf
Texas A&m
Ralph Parr
Floyd Ciruti
Ross Sterling
Sam Houston State
Ciruti
Bearkats
Sterling
Baytown
Astros
Houston
Yankees
New York
Twins
Minnesota
Dodgers
Warren Kovar
Clem Kovar
Baywood Country Club
Quentan Estep
Sterling Routs Alvin 9 3 in Lead 4-4A clash at Memorial Park
Sterling tops Alvin 9 3 as Kyeton Kveton and Jackson combine on the mound. Beauchamp brothers and Lee Beauchamp contribute key hits, including a two run homer by Keith Thomas to fuel a seven run outburst in the fifth and sixth innings. Alvin uses four pitchers in a losing effort.
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Clear Creek
Angleton
Ball
Alvin
ABL
Sterling
Dave Kyeton
Butch Jackson
David Acosta
Yellow Jackets
Kveton
Jackson
Acosta
Jackets
Brian Green
Billy Blum
Blum
Rangers
Keith Thomas
Kyeton
Alan Beauchamp
Lee Beauchamp
Lee
Larry Kitterman
Beauchamp Brothers
Alan
Don Voelkel
Ronnie Montgomery
Kitterman
Montgomery
Ganders Drop Third In Row In Tight District Tilt
Ganders lose 1-0 as Ball High shuts them out at Stewart Field. Pitcher Mike Godwin takes the loss after a three-hit effort, while Ball High’s Bo Quiroga earns the win. Ganders remain winless in district play, part of a 2-1 knot for second place with Creekside rivals.
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Mike Godwin
The
Ganders
Sterling Golf Team Finishes Fifth in 20-Team Meet
Baytown Golfers Ltd and 7th Baytown Golfers tied for seventh as Sterling placed fifth in a 20-team prep golf tournament in College Station. Cy press Fairbanks led with 302, Bryan second at 303, Lamar Consolidated third at 308. REL’s Charles Reilly tied for runner up with 73. Sterling totals 310, narrowly behind Conroe 308 for fourth. Muckleroy shot 74, Bradford 75, Johnson 78, Gidden 83.
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College Station
Sterling
Cypress-Fairbanks
Bryan
Lamar Consolidated
Charles Reilly
REL
Kyle Lippman
Sidney Beames
Alan Littlefield
Mike Muckleroy
Rangers
Bob Bradford
Ray Johnson
Barry Gidden
Woody Walker
Conroe
Sterling Wins Junior High Golf at Goose Creek Club
Sterling captured the junior high golf tournament at Goose Creek Country Club with a team total of 346, fourteen strokes ahead of Conroe in second place at 358. Individual scores for Sterling included Bobby Barsa lou 42 43 85, Rodney Grandy 46 39 85, Roger Burns 43 45 88, and Jocko Litras 44 48 83, with other players Brad Forrester 96 and Matt Grandy 101 among the rest.
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Sterling
Goose Creek Country Club
Conroe
Bobby Barsalou
Rodney Grandy
Roger Burns
Jocko Litras
Brad Forrester
Matt Grandy
Reed Hughes
Tommy Hazelwood
Tracy Holt
Kyle Sears
Astros Hopeful Hatton Sees Deep 1971 Squad
Grady Hatton, veteran Astro scout and former Beaumont athlete, touts Houston's depth as spring drills near end. He cites infield strength with Menke, Margar and Metzger, Rader at third, and a fortified lineup of outfielders led by Watson Wynn and Cedeno. Pitching centers on Dierker Wilson with Blasingame Bil lingham Griffin backing, while Metzger gains praise for his progress and Kessinger comparisons.
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Orlando
Marty) Martinez
Cocoa
Fla
Jefferson
Florida
Grady
Grady Hatton
Houston Astros
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Hatton
Beaumont
Menke
Astro
Efferve
Jo Pepitone
John Mayberry
Houston
Bob Watson
Jim Wynn
Cesar Cedeno
Jesus Alou
Norm Miller
Geronimo
Rich Chiles
Oklahoma City
Astros
Larry Dierker
Don Wilson
Wade ‘Blasingame
Jack Billingham
Tom Griffin
Jim Ray
Jimmy LeMaster
George Culver
Fred Gladding
Ben Cook
Buddy Harris
Ken, Forsch
Larry Yount
John Edwards
Larry Howard
Jack Hiatt
San Francisco
Montreal
Chicago
Hiatt
Metzger
Niew
San Antonio
Don Kessinger
Kessinger
Florida State
Roger
New Argonauts Sign Two Linemen in CFL Move
TORONTO AP Ezell Jones an offensive tackle and Floyd Reese a defensive tackle were signed by the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL Friday. Jones was released by the Boston Patriots after playing college football at the University of Minnesota. Reese and Dennis Dummit were co winners of UCLA s most valuable player in 1969.
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Toronto
Ezell Jones
Floyd Reese
Toronto Argonauts
Jones
Boston Patriots
University of Minnesota
Reese
Dennis Dummit
UCLA
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Baytown Golfers Ltd
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