Cuero High honors Langdon Smith as Becky Smith graduates
Langdon Smith widowed of Cuero High School Gobblers era, led football to 1957 District 15 AAA title and state bid. His daughter Becky Lynn Smith graduates tonight as Cuero closes a chapter in local sports history. Becky served as pep squad secretary and Turkey Talk editor while Langdon, now a Cuero figure, balances teaching and coaching memories.
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Langdon Smith
Cuerd Junior High
Gobblers
Smith
Karnes City
Yoakum
Floresville
Gonzales
Lamar Consolidated
Beeville
Port Lavaca
Robstown
Kingsville
Fred Hansen
Horace Ray Parks
Barry Copenhagen
Bill Dietze
CHS
San Benito
Texas A&i
Cuero
Gerry (Hoppe
Austin
Camp Swift
Field Artillery
Gerry
University of Texas
Langdon Jr
Larry James
Rebecca
Becky) Lynn
Lang
Larry
Langdon
Cuero High Gobblers
Mohicans
Gerry Smith
Becky
Turkey Talk
Rebecca Lynn Smith
Cuero High School
Smiths
Houston Cougars pitcher earns second letter in baseball
Elroy Othold from Shiner Texas earns his second varsity letter for the University of Houston Cougars in baseball. Also noted, Eric Sigmont from Melbourne Australia letters in track. Plus, college sports buzz, homecoming plans, and local high school valedictorian Roland Gilbert Riedesel Jr. with a slate of graduate athletes.
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Elroy Othold
Shiner
Texas
University of Houston Cougars
Eric Sigmont
Melbourne
Australia
Go Oo Ae
Roland Gilbert Riedesel, Jr
Yorktown High School
Gil
Wildcats
Wedding night to be spent on basketball court for Alcindor
Lew Alcindor of the Milwaukee Bucks will marry today in Washington then fly to Houston for the first all star game between the NBA and ABA stars. The 7 3 center will play at 7 30 p m in the Astrodome before about 15000 fans and a national TV audience on a record prime time network.
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UPI
Houston Upi
Lew Alcindor
Alcindor
Milwaukee Bucks
Washington
Houston
National Basketball Association
American Basketball Association
Astrodome
Waco School Beats Yoakum In Playoff
The Yoakum Bulldogs lost a squeaker to Connally High School of Waco 2 to 1 in the Class AA regional baseball final. The two teams set a rematch for Tuesday at 8 PM in Yoakum in a three game series.
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Yoakum Bulldogs
Connally High School
Waco
Yoakum
Boxing referees from Japan to join US seminar in New York
Boxing referees and judges from Japan will visit the United States this summer to participate in a seminar with New York boxing officials. New York State Athletic Commission Chairman Eddie Dooley and Kotai Kikuchi, executive secretary of the Japan Boxing Commission, arranged the conference.
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New York
UPI
Japan
United States
New York State Athletic Commission
Eddie Dooley
Kotai Kikuchi
Japan Boxing Commission
Cuero Jaycees Top Yorktown 4-2 In Park Stadium
Cuero Jaycees led by Preston Preiss delivered a 4 to 2 victory over Yorktown Pearl Beer at Cuero Park Stadium. Preiss struck out 12 while Lloyd Weise pitched four innings for Yorktown before Pat Bomba finished. Next game set for Tuesday in Mission Valley.
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Roland Preiss
Preston
Mr. Preiss
Yorktown Pearl Beer
Cuero Park Stadium
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Weesatche
Chuck Wilson
Weise
Lloyd
Pat Bomba
Texas
Martin
Preiss
Tate
Sager
Cuero
Jaycees
Mission Valley
Rae Jaycees
Yorktown
Turkish boxer Kamaci to debut in New York fixture
Cema Kamaci of Istanbul with a 21 1 1 pro record will make his U S debut against Johnny Harp of Syracuse on June 7 at Madison Square Garden The eight round bout tops a card that features Georgie Foster of Cincinnati versus Bernie Huertas of Brooklyn in a 10 round junior welterweight bout.
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UPI
Cema Kamaci
Istanbul
Turkey
U.S
Johnny Harp
Syracuse
Madison Square Garden
Georgie Foster
Cincinnati
Bernie Huertas
Brooklyn
Major League Standings and Thursday Results
Major league results show Atlanta beating Montreal 4 to 1 and Chicago routing St. Louis 10 to 0 among Thursday games. The schedule lists multiple night matches with pitchers and upcoming double headers across the circuit.
Stars Misplay S lifts highlight in Thursday MLB games
Frank Robinson dropped a routine fly in the Orioles loss to Cleveland 10 5. Tony Oliva failed to field Roberto Pena’s eighth inning hit as Kansas City beat Minnesota 5 3. Detroit edged New York 4 3, Boston beat Washington 6 2, and other NL results included St Louis 19 0 over Chicago and Los Angeles 3 1 over San Francisco.
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Pappas
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Walker
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Nash
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Cleveland
Houston
Wilson
Cincinnati
Gullett
Philadelphia
Short
Los Angeles
Downing
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San Diego
Arlin
Montreal
Renko
San Francisco
Stone
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Minnesota
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Washington
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Johnson
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Wright
McLain
Oakland
California
Frank Robinson
Baltimore Orioles
Tony Coliva
Minnesota Twins
Robinson
Cleveland Indians
Orioles
Oliva
Roberto Pena
Kansas City Royals
Wille Horton
Tigers
al Kaline
Horton
Bill Freehan
Fritz Peterson
Mickey Lolick
Gary Peters
Reggie Smith
Rico Petrocelli
Red Sox
Joe Ser von Named Assistant At Fordham Basketball
Joe Ser von, a former Villanova standout and Pirates minor leaguer, was named assistant to head coach Harold Wissen at Fordham. The appointment adds an experienced guard and hitter to the Rams staff.
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NEW Ram New York
TPT
Joe Servon
Villanova
Pittsburgh Pirates
Harold Wissen
Fordham
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