Kids sports debate draws letters on Little League
Readers respond to a column condemning overzealous adults in kids sports. Letters defend organized baseball and praise parents running Little League while others warn against overbearing supervision and short seasons.
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Kids Sports
Howard Cassell
Brooklyn
Rex E. Radabaugh
Village Hills
Little League Women’s Auxiliary
Joe H. Valencia
Lompoc
Little League
Louis Poloni
Kenneth Hooker
Roy E. Patterson
Charles W. Walker
Jerry P. Craighead
Scott Ostler
Valencia
Scott
UPI
Leon G. McCoy
McCoy
Village Hills All-Stars Poised To Win District Title
Roxie Thompson notes Village Hills Little Leaguers host Santa Maria North in the District 50 final round at 1 p.m. on their field. Village Hills holds a four run edge in run differential through three games, brings home-field advantage, and features thinker players like Kevin Ewing.
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Roxie Thompson
Village Hills
Santa Maria North
North
the Hills
Lompoc Nationals
Kevin Ewing
Roberts Shuts Down Reds In Padres 5 1 Win
Dave Roberts earned the win allowing five hits and one run as the Padres rout the Reds 5 1 on 13 hits. Enzo Hernandez and Nate Colbert backed him with key RBIs and the turnaround lifts San Diego in National League standings.
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Dave Roberts
Roberts
San Diego Padres
Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati
Reds
Pete Rose
Lee May
Padres
Enzo Hernandez
Dave Campbell
Nate Colbert
Hernandez
Campbell
San Diego
Lompoc Wins Wasco Tourney to Reach State Finals
Lompoc Babe Ruth All-Stars returned home at 3 AM after capturing the Northern California Southern Section title in Wasco. They beat San Leandro 9-2 to seal the tourney, with pitching by Johnny Rodriguez and Ralph Ochoa and key hits from Jules Hain Mike Bratz and Ralph Ochoa. Sacramento looms as the next stop for a best two of three Northern California championship series against Concord American or Belmont San Mateo.
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Lompoc
California
Wasco
Sacramento
Concord American
Belmont-San Mateo
San Leandro
Rick Fridrich
Mike Bratz
Jeff Borges
Bratz
Jules Hain
Ralph Ochoa
Fridrich
Johnny Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Ochoa
Don Brennan
Ralph
Surgeon warns of danger to little league pitchers
California surgeon Dr. Joel E. Adams urged limiting innings per game to two and banning practice throwing around the season to curb rising shoulder and elbow injuries in youths. He called for shortened seasons, abolished curve balls, and warned against dismissing sore arms as mere overuse.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Joel E. Adams
Adams
San Bernardino
Committee On Sports Medicine
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Indians fire Dark and name Lipon manager for rest of season
The Cleveland Indians dismissed Alvin Dark as field manager and named coach Johnny Lipon to manage the rest of the season. Dark, under a 1969 five year deal worth about 60000 per year, rejected a non managerial position. The team trailed the AL East by 22 games behind Baltimore.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Indians
Alvin Dark
Johnny Lipon
Dark
Indians
Baltimore
Tennis players seed high at national junior championships
In Kalamazoo two La Jolla teenagers Raul Ramirez and James Hagey earned top seeds in the boys 18 bracket of the National Junior and Boys Tennis championships opening Saturday. George Hardie of Long Beach ranked sixth and John Burrmann of Chula Vista seventh in the boys 16 singles. Fay Dorgan of Milwaukee named queen of the 1971 National Roller Skating championships in Lincoln Nebraska after outdistancing Debbie Cockrell of Chattanooga for the crown.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
UPI
la Jolla
Calif
Raul Ramirez
James Hagey
George Hardie
Long Beach
John Burrmann
Chula Vista
Lincoln, Neb
Fay Dorgan
Milwaukee
Ore
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