Injuries Mar Holiday For Cowboys of RCA Rodeo Circuit
Thirty three professional rodeos over the July 4th weekend saw Walt Linderman of Belfry Montana win 2127 dollars in steer wrestling at St Paul Oregon and Cody Wyoming lifting him to the 1970 lead with 10579 on the year Nathan Haley of Hanna Oklahoma is second at 10343 Ronnie Sewall of Chico Texas led one rodeo with 1653 in calf roping at Greeley Colorado Charlie Winters of Pueblo Colorado earned 1258 in bareback riding at the same stop Jim Ivory of Pampa Texas returned from Europe to win 1326 in bareback at Cody Belle Fourche and Mobridge South Dakota Larry Mahan of Brooks Oregon increased his yearly total to 21328 as the allaround title aspirant with 1093 at Cody and St Paul Bob Berger of Kansas is second at 18303 with 1014 at the two rodeos. Injuries marred the holiday scene with Freckles Brown broken leg from Lenapah Oklahoma Bull injury sidelined Bo Ashorn in Red Lodge Montana Shawn Davis narrowly escaped a broken ankle at Red Lodge after a prior back injury Randy Witte hospitalized after a bull stepped on his leg at Meeker Colorado.
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Belfry
Mont
St. Paul
Oregon
Cody
Wyoming
Linderman
Bill Linderman
Nathan Haley
Hanna
Okla
Belle Fourche
Mobridge
S. D. Pro Rodeo
Larry Mahan
Brooks
Ore
Kansas
Bob Berger
Freckles Brown
Soper
Lenapah
Bo Ashorn
Houston
Tex
Red Lodge
Shawn Davis
Whitehall
Randy Witte
Rodeo Information Foundation
Meeker
Colo
Brown breaks 1969 money record but not all around title
Doug Brown of Silverton Oregon in 1969 became the first professional rodeo cowboy to earn more than $40 000 in a season without winning the all around cowboy championship Larry Mahan topped the year with a record 57 726 in prize money Brown faltered in 1970 until Reno Nevada late June where he finished second in bull riding and saddle bronc riding worth 1 291 Reno drew 313 entries and 21 459 in prize money Dale Smith former association president earned 1 019 in calf roping and team roping while Paul Mayo Grinnell Iowa and Jimmy Dix Australia tied for bareback bronc riding at 634 each Clyde Vamvoras Burkburnett Texas led the bareback race with Mayo closing in Dix sat sixth Gary Leffen Santa Maria California won the Reno bull riding with 922 in prize money national standings show a tight pack with 1800 separating first and tenth place
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Denver
Colo
Doug Brown
Silverton
Ore
Larry Mahan
Brown
Reno
Nev
Paul Mayo
Grinnell
Little Jimmy Dix
Australia
Mayo
Clyde Vamvoras
Burkburnett
Tex
Dix
Gary Leffen
Santa Maria
Calif
Tiger BB Team Hosts Year End Party At Jaycee Park
The Tiger baseball team held its end of season social at Jaycee Park Lake Glade. Trophies were awarded to manager Burt Morgan and assistant John Kahalan. 12 year olds Johnny Morgan Scott Roberson Mark Kahalan and Scott Fields received trophies. Sunday features Astros Buddies Day with a 12:45 p.m. gathering and a Brewster McCloud softball game at 1:15 p.m. Corpus Christi Day will honor a visiting fan delegation and award their Astro player at 1:45 p.m.
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Tiger
Jaycee Park
Lake Gladewater
Burt Morgan
John Kahalan
Johnny Morgan
Scott Robertson
Mark Kahalan
Scott Fields
Randy
Terry Cuthbertson
Scooter
Kevin Rector
Ray Poston
Gary Dougan
Sammy
Mark Morgan
Houston Astros
Astros
Joe Morgan
Ron Cook
Jack Billingham
MGM Film Crew
Brewster McCloud
Channel 11
Corpus Christi
Astro
First Christian Advances in Three-Way Tie for First
Friday night clash at Gladewater First Methodist sees Methodist A beat Methodist B 9-4 after First Christian edges Quitman St Church of Christ 10-9 to reach 5-0. The season standings now show a three way tie atop the schedule.
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Gladewater
First Christian
Quitman St. Church of Christ
The
Methodists
Gladewater Police and Fire Report A Week of Thefts and Accidents
Gladewater police and fire units faced a busy period with a rash of motorcycle thefts and multiple vehicle crashes. A house fire on Gregg Ave was extinguished at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday, followed by a two-vehicle wreck on Oak Drive and Hwy 271 with gasoline spill cleanup at 5:48 p.m. Wednesday. Grass fire on Pritchett Road at 4:43 Friday and several Saturday through Friday incidents, including thefts of motorcycles on Harold Street and Pinewood, were reported. Additional wrecks on S. Main, N. Main, and Rodeo and Hendricks streets resulted in no injuries but tickets and pending charges. Bus tampering near the bus barn was noted Friday morning, with gas tank and tire stem damage. In sports notes, Metho dist A leads standings. New Mexico's Ron Becker scores 1 010 career points and starts 80 straight games. East Mt Baptist and Greenway Baptist reach .500. Memorial Baptist meets East Mt in a doubleheader.
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Gregg Ave
Oak Drive
Hwy
Pritchett Road
S. Main
Houston
N. Main
Paul King
Honda
Harold Street
Howard LaPrade
Pinewood
Locker Plant
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Albuquerque
N.M
University of New Mexico
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Lobo
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New Mexico
Roswell
East Mt. Baptist
Greenway Baptist
East Mt
First Baptist A
Memorial Baptist
Union Grove Baptist
Nelson Tyl
White Oak
John A. Petty
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Coin Banks
Sate Deposit Boxes
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