Don Schollander Still Confident In Olympic Comeback
The 22-year-old Don Schollander arrives in Mexico City for the 1968 Olympics with a relaxed outlook. He plans to compete in the 200-meter freestyle and the 800-meter relay, reflects on Tokyo success, and brushes off talk of a feud with 18-year-old rival Mark Spitz. Meanwhile Jess Lewis and Thomas Peckham advance in Olympic wrestling eliminations.
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Don Schollander
Mexico
Tokyo
Den
Jesse Owens
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Schollander
Yale
Wall Street
Building
Olympic Village
Don
Mark Spitz
Champ
Jess Lewis
Aumsville
Ore
Thomas Peckham
Ames Iowa
Lewis
Gerd Bachmann
East Germany
Peckham
Gard Jev
Bulgaria
Rangers Visit Sam Rayburn In District Showdown
In Pasadena Memorial Stadium Ross Sterling and Sam Rayburn clash in district action as both teams sit at 1.0 with Pasadena leading. Rayburn brings a fast backfield led by Melvin Green and Mike McDonald, while Sterling counters with a strong defense and quarterback Tony Erwin.
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Sterling
Rayburn
McNeil
Donnie Wood
Jack Stone
Mike McDonald
Stone
McDonald
Wood
Tony Erwin
Erwin
Ray
Texans
Robert EB. Lee
Kudla
Gilvert Lumpkin
Buddy Guidry
Castillo
Ranger
Jeff Adams
Rangers
Deer Park
Pasadena
Dobie
Robert E. Lee
Spring Branch Memorial
South Houston
Memorial Stadium
Ross Sterling Octagon Club
Glen Hubbard
Greg Garrett
Jeff Webber
Sun
Robbie Nixon
Sam Rayburn
Percy Vintor
Duane Johnson
Greg Heitman
Jeff Dahlke
Tom Broz
Steve Oxley
Mike Cromeens
Beamon Shatters World Mark In Mexico City Olympics
Beamon clears 299 feet 24 inches to break the long jump world record by nearly two feet as Ralph Boston and Lee Evans also excel. Evans leads a US record sweep in the 400 meters with James and Freeman following. Gossick wins women’s three meter dive, boosting USA medal haul amid village protests and boycott tensions.
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Mexico City
Bob Beamon
Lee Evans
United States
Beamon
University of Texas
el Paso
Ralph Boston
Evans
San Jose
Calif
Larry James
White Plains
N.Y
Ron Freeman
Elizabeth
Aml
Olympic Village
Tommie Smith
John Carlos
United
States
James
Freeman
Boston
USOM
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
Russia
Sue Gossick
U.S
Miss Gossick
Tarzana
Keala
Basketball Meeting To Be Held In Baytown
The Baytown Parks and Recreation Department schedules a 7:30 p.m. meeting on Tuesday at the new Community Center on Market Street to explain rules fees and dates for City and Church basketball play. An open Commercial League for men and Church League for various ages is planned with games Monday through Friday at local school gyms.
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Lee College
Baytown Parks and Recreation Department
Baytown
Market Street
Fall Action For SC's Golf Team
Lee College golf team played practice matches at Texaco Golf Course against San Jacinto JC. In two man play the Number One team tied 156-156 with Rand y Randall leading 74-74. Lee College Number Two also won as San Jac’s Steve Kelly did not finish.
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Lee College
Texaco
Pasadena
San Jacinto Junior College
Benny Moskowitz
San Jac
Randy Randall
Lee
David Edmondson
Jas San Jac
Steve Kelly
Larry Nash
Charlie Kennerly
Randall
Nash
Kennerly
Jack Jones
Edmondson
Phil Coppedge
Leighton Littlefield
Mike Craig
Houston Baptist
Probable Hoss Stenting Fullback Thad Cartwrigh Tailback
Probable Hoss stenting lists Cartwright at fullback and Davi s at tailback with Brent Fisher at quarterback and Way at tight end. Ranger defense features Alderson, Boswell, Van Childress and Kysar with Webb Hudson Adams Nelson Whitman Bullard and Bullard in secondary.
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Hoss Stenting
Thad Cartwrigh
Melvin Green
Donnell Davis
Rex Fisher
Pat Way
Steve Kysar
James Boswe
Bill Creel
Norley Rick
Tim Jones
Ricky Hart
Ken Alderson
Boswell
van Childress
Kysar
Ronnie Webb
Bickley
David Hudson
Jeff Adams
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Don Schotlander
Tose
FORD
Remington Office Machines
Baytown Typewriter Exchange
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Ross Ster
Tong
Hart
Toby Chaddick Stone
Mann Abshire
Ron
Kirkwood
Sonny Rougeau
Arnold Castillo
Freddie Bowen
Sonny Rougeou
O'Sullivan
Honolulu
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Pontiac
Mich
Tamara Pogozheva
Grigory Hosykh
Yan Talts
Kaarlo Kangasniemi
Finland
YMCA
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Bill Lamkin
Bill Davis
David Nisbet
Scott Ryder
Robert Stap
Jimmy McAlpine
Jeff Brunson
James Holt
Robert Myers
Kerry Vyoral
Doug Vyoral
Robie Robbins
John Read
Peter Morayek
Brook Brookshire
Mark Hamman
Brian Mongiello
Ronnie Bravo
Robert Moravek
Lee Hull
Mark Mongiello
Ben Nisbet
Terry Hart
Bowie Packers
Vincent Lucchesi
Cliff Carney
Tony Broussard
Steven Sutton
Jeff Hollaway
Alton McCaleb
Chris Lucheal
Charles Jackson
Leslie Battarbee
Dwayne Miks
Paul Thibeodaux
William Casey
Marlin Solaed
Dalton Liles
Michael Peterson
Ronnie McCormick
Michael Hefley
Gary Sanders
Leroy Larson
James Shaw
Sean Mahoney
Robert Walton
Decry Hollaway
Ron Sanders
Bill Sutton
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