Salmon fishing varies with water conditions at Avila Beach
Rod and Gun column notes salmon fishing out of Avila Beach ranges from fair to good with reports varying by boat. Water conditions drive where fish are found, while rock fishing remains productive with sturdy gear. Harbor reports show 76 boats launched and 186 salmon checked for the week ending Aug. 1.
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Tickets go on sale for California State Open golf tourney
The Village Country Club and co hosts announced advance sale tickets for the California State Open golf tournament to be held August 19 to 24. Local merchants will sell the tickets and promote the event.
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Santa Maria
Santa Maria Country Club
Lompoc Teen Charley Jackson Wins State Hurdles Title
Lompoc High junior Charley Jackson won the 120 yard high hurdles in 14.6 seconds at Mt. San Antonio College Los Angeles securing a spot in the national Junior Olympics to be held Aug 20 in San Diego. The Junior Olympics program is nationally sponsored by Quaker Oats and features age 16 and 17 competition across village and Santa Maria country clubs.
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Los Angeles
Quaker Oats Company
Grafton Drake team rolls to 12 2 win over South Sacramento
Teddy Grafton pitched a one hitter through four innings and Kevin Drake finished with two hits allowed in 1 1/3 frames as Lompoc Babe Ruth all stars defeated South Sacramento 12 2 at Pioneer Park. Grafton led with three hits and four RBIs, Bratz added two hits and two RBIs, and the win puts Lompoc into the winners bracket facing Belmont while Sacramento drops to the losers bracket to face Auburn.
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Lompoc
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Grafton
Dan Gonzales
Sacramento
Drake
Jules Hain
Mike Bratz
Bullard
Ralph Ochoa
Bratz
Little Scooter Henderson
Randy Cooper
Gonzales
Belmont
Auburn
Fremont
Fortuna
Poplar
John Cornell
RBI
Steve Watt
Monterey
Watt
Danny Moner
Mike Cummins
Fortuns
Newman
Jim Bryan
Vallejo
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Vossier
Ybarra
McKenzie
Houston
Aytch
Getsey
Barstow
Greg Cook presses Bengals quarterback bid
Greg Cook, once fourth string, steps up as a serious challenger for the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback job after strong showings against the New York Jets. roster moves include Stofa, Warren, Wyche cuts and notes on Garrett and Sayers in camp.
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Cincinnati Bengals
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Dewey Warren
Bubba Wyche
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New York Jets
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Wyche
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Philadelphia Eagle
Jerry Williams
University of Texas
Bill Bradley
Boston Patriots
Clive Rush
New Mexico Highlands
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Garrett
Mike Montler
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Chicago
New Orleans’ Saints
Bob Miller
Saints
Dallas Cowboys
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Chicago Bears
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Pugh
Cowboys
Green Bay
Namath and FBI clash over alleged Super Bowl visits
Joe Namath says FBI agents visited him in Fort Lauderdale before the Super Bowl, while the FBI denies any visits or tailing. Namath details his claims in a book. FBI assistant director John Malone refutes them as untrue.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Maloney Returns to Form as Reds Top Mets 1 0
Jim Maloney fired a two hit shutout through 82 2/3 innings to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 1 0 victory over the New York Mets. The win puts Cincinnati a half game ahead of the Giants and one game ahead of the Braves in the NL standings. Granger earned the save after Maloney departed with a shoulder stiffness in the sixth.
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Dodgers fall as Singer stays in rut in St Louis loss
Dodgers see Bill Singer fail to notch a decision in a 21 loss to the Cardinals in St Louis. Nelson Briles dominates with an 11th win as Dodgers suffer a 7-12 road trip finish and prepare for a three game set with the Pirates led by Steve Blass.
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UPI
Bill Singer
Los Angeles Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis
Singer
Nelson Briles
Dodgers
Briles
Bullard rallies to beat Vallejo in Northern State Babe Ruth play
Bullard of Fresno erased a 13-0 no hit loss to Lompoc to win 4-1 over Vallejo in the losers bracket. Rich Wathen drilled a two run double in the sixth as Andy Getsey earned the win and Bullard moved on.
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Fresno
Lompoc
Vallejo
Pioneer Park
Rich Wathen
Ralph Juarez
Mike Beaver
Jim Krob
Andy Getsey
Jim McKenzie
Frank McKlusky
Monterey
Rance Mulliniks
Poplar
Mulliniks
Rodney Garner
Cardinals win Village Hills playoff title 2-1 over Pirates
In a besting of the Pirates in the Village Hills major league special playoff, the Cardinals claimed the championship 2-1. Denson pitched a ten strikeout, three-walk, one-hit game. Watters drove in both runs with a two-run fourth inning double.
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Ferguson Jenkins
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Jenkins
Houston
Tom Griffin
Steve Hargan
Indians
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Ken Harrelson
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Pirates
Village Hills
Village Diamond
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Charles Simmons
Charles Denson
Billy Watters
Danny McCann
John Beasley
McCann
Billy Stratford
Ricky Brossman
Denson
Watters
Brossman
Fanning
Linda Snyder wins three track placements at AAU meet
Linda Snyder a seventh grader at Cabrillo Junior High earned three top six finishes in the 12 and 13 years division at an AAU meet in Oxnard. She clocked 28.4 in the 220 to place second, 6.9 in the 50 yard dash for third, and 12.4 in the 100 yard dash for sixth. Snyder belongs to Cabrillo Track Club which will start cross country training August 18 under coach Maury Sipes.
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Vandenberg
Oxnard
Cabrillo Track Club
Maury Sipes
Cabrillo Track
Cabrillo
Sipes
Mathis suspended for defying boxing contract
New York State Athletic Commission suspended boxer Buster Mathis indefinitely for failing to honor a contract to fight Al Blue Lewis in Detroit last month amid Mathis claims of mental problems with his management.
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NEW York
UPI
Buster Mathis
New York State Athletic Commission
al ‘Blue’ Lewis
Detroit
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