Hosts blast Vandenberg to reach Babe Ruth tourney semifinals
Lompoc Hosts rout Vandenberg 15-2 in district tourney action at Pioneer Park to advance to a semifinal against San Luis. Ted Heath and Ron Melson led the offense while Owen Ethridge earned the win. Vandenberg pitching miscues and four passed balls aided Lompoc’s big inning surge.
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Steve LA Rue
Lompoc
Vandenberg
San Luis
Pioneer Park
Bill Gile
Fornan
Ted Heath
Paul Bo
Pete Dennington
Dennington
Kelly Hubbard
Billy McWhorter
George Renfroe
Owen Ethridge
Bob Murphy
Keenan Murrow
Murrow
Ron Melson
John Rodriguez
Craig Buchanan
Wayne Dake
Doug
Melson
Tom Nowak
Ernie Hutchinson
Wafb Allstars
Arroyo Grande Defeats Nipomo in Semi Final Bid
Arroyo Grande edged Nipomo 2-0 in winner action then faces Lompoc Travelers at 4 PM in semi final. Pitcher David Curtin went the distance for Arroyo, finishing with 6 strikeouts and 3 walks. Burdine and Curtin delivered RBI runs.
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Arroyo Grande
Nipomo
Lompoc Travelers
Arroyo
Skip Bromley
Bill Burdine
RBI
David Curtin
Dan Hudson
Curtin
Steve Wanzer
Jerry Knotts
Rhe Nipomo
Holloway
Prefontaine Leads Trials as Young Hopes for Olympic Berth
At Eugene US Olympic Trials, Prefontaine won his 5000m heat and eyed Sunday’s final amid doubts about rival George Young. Other events saw Ryun win the 1500m heat with a 3:45.7 and Wottle post a 3:43.7, while Swenson and Winzenreidh scratched from the 1500. A separate note: Lompoc club hosts a trap shoot and barbecue with a $1 donation to support scholarships.
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Eugene, Ore
UPI
Steve Prefontaine
George Young
Prefontaine
Young
Rod Milburn
Willie Davenport
Leon Coleman
Tom Hill
John Smith
Lee Evans
Wayne Collett
Vince Matthews
Ryun
Wottle
Fans bench Lance as Kuhn era reshapes baseball
In a satirical tale Lance Youngglove is benched by his own Dodger manager after fans vote Killer Schmidlap into center field. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn drives fan control changes including computer aided lineups while John Wayne is imagined as the next commissioner in a fan driven, entertainment focused league overhaul.
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Lance Youngglove
Dodger
Lance Baby
Lance
Killer Schmidlap
IBM
Killer
Schmidlap
Bowie Kuhn
Bowie
Kuhn
Bowie Kuhn Read
John Wayne
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Hall
Los Angeles
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Hans Fassnacht
Gary Hall
Garden Grove
Calif
Fassnacht
Novak
Dave Barthel
Lompocans
Ron Davis
Lom
Ethridge
Barthel
VAFB
Murrow Dake
Nowak
Rodriguez
Murphy
Borchard
Heath
Davis
Hutchinson
Renfroe
Dalton
Grossini
Atascadero
Paso Robles
Mark Adams
Jerry Arthur
Mike Larson
Adams
Charles Joslin
Gene Lombardi
Vern
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Joslin
Roeder
Harris
Larson
Thomasa
Burdine
Travelers
Inn
WAFB
Sun
LOMPO
Steve Sousa
Ziedney Valezona
Steve Terrones
Chuck van Allen
Brad Johnson
Tom Hawk
Mick Schroll
Robert Coe
Richard McDonald
Bill Waters
Carl Sager
Frank Hain
Mike Poloni
Brian Murphy
Carlton Roberts
Tom Bolinger
Gerry White
Perry West
John Kalusky
John Montoya
Dave Wattle
Bowling Green
Jim Ryun
Duncan MacDonald
Stanford
David Roberts
Ken Swenson
Mark Winzenreidh
Winzenreidh
America
Munich
Lompoc Sportsman Assn
la Purisima Mission
Roger Vick
Jim Long
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