Wharton County J C hits third in sprint medley at Astrodome
Wharton County Junior College finished third in the sprint medley relay at the Astrodome Federation National Indoor Track and Field Championship with a 3 50 4 time. The quartet included Jorge Vizcarrondo Puerto Rico Vicky Wyche Van Vieck E M Hump Salinas San Antonio and David Price Cuero. Price is in his second year at Wharton and also competes in the 440 440 relay and mile relay. He starred for the Gobbler track team at CHS.
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Wharton County Junior College
Astrodome Federation
Jorge Vizcarrondo
Puerto Rico
Vicky Wyche
van Vieck
E. M. “Hump” Salinas
San Antonio
David Price
Cuero
Wharton
CHS
Cardinals Begin Spring Training Camp In Florida
The St. Louis Cardinals opened spring training in St. Petersburg with 15 pitchers six catchers and rookie Tom Heintzelman under manager Red Schoendienst who returned from the flu. Star pitcher Bob Gibson was absent to attend to personal business as several players remained unsigned including Torre Cardena l Javier Size more and Luis Melendez. Major signings included Maury Wills Alex Johnson and Juan Marichal while Ted Kubiak joined the Brewers and Jim French signed with the Senators.
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United Press International
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Petersburg
Fla
Tom Heintzelman
Red Schoendienst
Schoendienst
Flu
Bob Gibson
Gibson
Cardinals
Joe Torre
Jose Cardenal
Julian Javier
Ted Sizemore
Luis Melendez
Maury Wills
Los Angeles Dodgers
Alex Johnson
California Angels
Juan Marichal
San Francisco Giants
Wills
Johnson
Indiana bans Agnew from golf amid Desert Classic incident
The Indiana Legislature barred Vice President Spiro Agnew from playing in Indiana after he twice hit spectators with drives at the Bob Hope Desert Classic. The report notes various other sports moves and personnel changes, including a University of Idaho potential hire for a woman football coach and several college football transfers.
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Indiana
Spiro T. Agnew
Hoosierland
Spiro
Idaho State University
Nila Gilcrest
Wednes
Ed Cavenaugh
Royals Acquire McCool from Red Sox in Pitcher Swap
Kansas City Royals obtain Bill McCool rookie of the year 1964 from Boston in exchange for Bob Hawk Taylor. McCool joins the Omaha farm club roster while Taylor moves to Boston affiliate Louisville.
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Kansas Chy
Bill McCool
Kansas City Royals
Boston
Bob
Hawk
Taylor
McCool
Kansas City
Omaha
Louisville
Cuero Turkey Trotters Bowling League Tech Play
Cuero teams in the SWC race play a tech style match as the Cuero Turkey Trotters Bowling League continues. The text also recalls Ben Hogan the famed golfer and his comeback after a 1949 car crash.
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Tech
Oo Ben Hogan
Cuero Turkey Trotters Bowling League
Expos Select Dale Murray for Spring Training Invite
Dale Murray a pitcher for the Montreal Expos left Wednesday with six other minor leaguers to train with the major league club in West Palm Beach Florida. He will then play minor league baseball in Homestead and return for two weeks of instructional league in St. Petersburg. Last season Murray posted a 4 6 record in the Northern League with Watertown South Dakota and was the sole Expos farmhand chosen for spring training.
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Dale Murray
Montreal Expos
West Palm Beach
Florida
Palm Beach
Homestead
St. Petersburg
Dale
Watertown
South Dakota
Gobbler Nine Prepare For 1971 Season At Cuero
Cuero High School prepares for the 1971 baseball season under coach Larry Duncan with returning starters led by David Cusack and Mike Hall. The team opens March 2 at Port City against Calhoun and hosts the Gobbler Tournament March 11–13 with eight teams including Samuel Clemens Gonzales Kenedy San Marcos Yoakum Bishop Forest Schulenburg Calhoun.
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Cuero High School Gobbler
Larry Duncan
David Cusack
Mike Hall
Robert Caskey
Tim Clarke
Mark Cusack
Joel Egg
Pat Cusack
John Gonzales
Randy Henry
Robbi Kirk
Ronnie Meitzen
Paul Lucas
Mickey Moore
Ricky Hileman
Arnold Taylor
Charles Venegas
Randy Hi
Samuel Clemens
Gonzales
Kenedy
San Marcos
Yoakum
Bishop Forest
Schulenburg
Calhoun
Port Lavaca
Gobbler
Cuero
Richey Tops American Seeds for Macon Tennis Meet
Defending champion Cliff Richey of San Angelo Texas is the No 1 American seed for the $25 000 Macon International Tennis Tournament beginning Tuesday Clark Graebner New York is seeded second while Sie Nastase of Romania and Zeljko Franulovic of Yugoslavia lead the foreign seeds A separate report notes a $7500 Mini Citrus golf event in Tampa March 8-10 with top eight first round scorers added to the $150 000 Florida Citrus Invitational at Orlando starting March 10.
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Macon
Cliff Richey
San Angelo
Tex
Clark Graebner
New York
Sie Nastase
Romania
Zeljko Franulovic
Yugoslavia
Tampa
Fla. UP
Orlando
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Angels
Tony Gonzales
Billy Cowan
Milwaukee Brewers
Ted Kubiak
Tommy Harper
Kubiak
Brewers
Washington Senators
Jim French
French
Senators
Paul Casanova
Horatio Pina
Darold Knowles
Knowles
Bill Denehy
Mets
Gil Hodges
Denehy
Memphis
Tidewater
Aspen
Colo
Red
John Newcome
Rice
al Conover
Houston
Frank Trump
Joe Webb
Clearwater
Joey Aboussie
Lawrence Williams
Wichita Falls
Aboussie
Texas U
Williams
Texas Tech
Texas
Cuero Gin Feew
W. Main
Laters
W. Reuss
Hustlers
G. Boysen
Four Roses
E. Brier
Alley Cats
E. Poenisch
Red Eyes
M.C. Kahlich
E. Bauer
Eunice Brier
Wanda Reuss
Geneva Ley Myrt Boehl
Eunice’ Brier
Dolly Hahn
Myrt Boehl
Geneva Ley
Semuel Clemens
East Central
Pleasanton
Buster Gilbreth
Port Laveca
Golia
Yorktown
Cuere
Athoun
Yoak
St. J
Sn Marcos
Luling
Richey
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Wayne
Hansen Feed & Supply
America
Stockdale
Goodyear
Coppedge Tire Service
N. Esplanade
Reuss
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