Cowboys hire many new players amid college ties and notes
The report notes the Dallas Cowboys signed 17 players with 15 unmarried amid training. Former Cuero High School graduate Andy Luddeke returns to the Javelina golf team at Texas A&I under coach Bob Caskey. Houston Oilers draft two quarterbacks Dan Pastorini and Lynn Dickey, with Pastorini cited at 6-3 218 from Santa Clara and a 41.2 punting average. Dickey at 6-4 215 from Kansas State with over 50 percent college pass completions. An SMU assistant coach Bob McQueen is in Cuero at 8:00 a.m. to sign Henry Sheppard Jr., an all-state Class AAA football player.
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Mustangs Coach Hayden Fry Signs Top Prospect in San Antonio
The Mustangs head coach Hayden Fry travels to San Antonio to sign a highly rated recruit named Rusty Fuller. A casual sports anecdote recounts a legendary fast 100 yard dash man and a comical night race involving a sports writer, a watermelon patch, and a shotgun start.
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Mets Sign No 1 Pick Jim Evans From Draft
New York Mets sign Jim Evans the club's top pick in the winter draft's secondary phase. Evans a 21 year old right handed pitcher from Memphis Tennessee was previously drafted by Houston in 1967 but did not sign with the Astros.
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Gobblers Set for Road Trip to San Antonio
Cuero Gobblers travel to San Antonio for a rematch with Samuel Clemens Buffaloes after a 46 31 win earlier. Cuero is 7 1 in District 14 AAA and atop the standings tied with Fast Central. The team has won seven straight and averages 65 4 points while allowing 51 0.
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Frazier Cancels Lake Kiamesha Training For Ali Fight
Seventeen inches of new snow forces world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier to abandon training at the Concord Hotel in Lake Kiamesha N Y and return to Philadelphia to resume preparations for the title bout with Muhammad Ali on March 8 at Madison Square Garden.
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Colts Running Back Jerry Hill to Undergo Knee Surgery
Baltimore Colts halfback Jerry Hill, limited by knee trouble last season, will undergo knee surgery on Tuesday. The team did not specify the procedure or expected recovery time.
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Three first-round wins in Clean Air Tennis Classic
Manuel Santana Thomaz Koch and Tom Edlefsen won their opening matches at the Clean Air Tennis Classic held at the National Indoor Tennis Center in Hawthorne New Jersey.
Wynn Recovers and Reflects After Knife Incident
Jim Wynn details his hospital stay for a stab wound to the side and credits his wife for the events leading to the injury. He recovers while golfing and commenting on his Astros position, saying he will play wherever needed after requests to leave center field. Wynn had 28 homers and 87 RBIs with a .282 average, amid Cedeno’s breakout season in Houston.
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