North All Stars Eye Upset in Santa Barbara Clash
Coach Warren leads the North in the 1968 Santa Barbara County All-Star Football Game at LaPlaya Stadium Santa Barbara as Ricky Johnson and Tony Oliveira spark a poised offense against South. Proceeds go to the county Boys Clubs with tickets from 1 to 4 dollars. The North defense features Beltran Fitts Greene Brown while Cappon leads the South through Gruendyke and Pugh targets.
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Scott Ostler
Santa Barbara County
North County
Gaviota
Mike Warren
North
Seaside LaPlaya Stadium
Santa Barbara
Lompoc
Warren
Ricky Johnson
Sam
Bam
Cunningham
Johnson
Tony Oliviera
Oliviera
Righetti
Henry
Santa Ynez
Jamie Foss
Kendall Green
Kip Leingang
Jim Cappon
San Marcos
Cappon
Foss
Tony Martinez
South
John Nieporte
Robbin Coe
Rick Beltran
Mike Fitts
Kendall Greene
Wayne Brown
Brown
Cabrillo
Rod Gruendyke
Eloy Gonzales
Santa Maria
Bill Lundy
Fred Razo
Alien Pugh
Bob Weirum
Gruendyke
S.B. County
Ventura County
Ventura
Greg Rogers
Dwight Kirkland
Lom
Mal Colquitte
Rig
Stlb
Robert Enger
WLB
Stcb
Sts
Cab
WCB
Boos greet Stones as Jenner climbs toward decathlon lead
At Olympic Stadium Dwight Stones, world high jump record holder, faced boos from about 55,000 fans during Olympic trials. He cleared 7-1 in the qualifiers while Bruce Jenner moved into second after seven events in the decathlon, nine points behind Nikolay Avilov. The day also saw U S relay and boxing action shaping medals as the Games advance toward the final weekend.
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Montreal
UPI
Dwight Stones
Olympic Stadium
Stones
James Barrineau
Pensacola
Fla
Bill Jankunis
Oe York
United States
America
Harvey Glance
Johnny Jones
Millard Hampton
Steve Riddick
East Germany
Soviet Union
Valery Borzov
Bruce Jenner
Nikolay Avilov
Russia
Jenner
Avilov
West Germany
Guido Kratschmer
St. Louis
Cuba
Sugar
Ray Leonard
U.S
John Tate
Teofilo Stevenson
Tate
Stevenson
Mircea Simon
Michael Spinks
Alec Nastac
Leon
Leonard
Palmer Park
Howard Davis
Glen Cove
N.Y
Army
Charles Mooney
Fayetteville
N.C
Leo Randolph
Tacoma
Wash
Andres Aldama
Uba
Little League: A L Stars edge Vandy in district action
The Lompoc American Little League All-Stars beat Vandenberg AFB 3-2 at Village Hills Park to reach the District 50 finals against Santa Maria North. Pitcher Matt Fitts struck out eight in a four hit effort while Davis and Gomez contributed multi hit days.
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Lompoc American
Jeff Hahn
Fred Langley
Eddie Duran
Vandy
Vandenberg
Marty Gomez
Dean Roby
Roby
Lompoc
Bobby Davis
Ernie Escovedo
Matt Fitts
John Bickmore
Escovedo
Davis
Fitts
Gomez
Tulare
Lupe Terrones
Dennis Roten
Ukraine Slogan Shirts Spark Olympic Debate in Montreal
Ukrainian émigrés wore T shirts bearing Cyrillic letters forming Free the Ukraine as police note no law bans such attire. Ramon Baretto from Uruguay was named referee for the East Germany Poland final. Organizers plan a tearful close with 72,000 holding lightsticks. Officers urge returning athletes to carry accreditation. A special dinner was hosted for medalless competitors.
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Montreal
UPI
Pola
Sevaretely
Ukraine
Ramon Baretto
Uruguay
East Germany
Poland
Olympic
Ruth Seniors dumped as 13s seek title
Two Lompoc Babe Ruth All-Star squads exit after losses in Wasco. The Senior 16-18 team fell 2-1 to San Luis Obispo in the State Central Southern Division final, after a 1-0 defeat Wednesday. Tonight the Lompoc 13-year-olds meet Lemore in the semifinals at Sinsheimer Park, SLO, needing one win to reach the regional.
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Lompoc
San Luis Obispo
Wasco
San Luis
Lemore
Sinsheimer Park
Modesto
Mt. View
SLO Stadium
Olympolitics and Olympic Quips in a Sports Themed Riff
A collage of playful jabs at Olympic coverage and figures, from a proposed name Olympolitics to digs at commentators and athletes. It notes broadcasters like Howard Cosell and Mark Spitz, questions the value of medals, and riffs on dream all star lineups and oddities such as relighting the flame.
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Butch McCann
Howard Cosell
Howard
Pierre Salinger
Princess Anne
Sugar Ray Leonard
Nadia
Mark Spitz
Educational Tv
America
Earl Monroe
Terry Bradshaw
Boog Powell
Willie Davis
O.J. Simpson
Nate Archibald
Roy Hayes
Willie Shoemaker
Pete Rose
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Warren Hopes
Henry Oliveira
Razo
Oliveira
Boos
Lompoc Record
Arnie Robinson
Munich
Randy Williams
Alberto Juantorena
Fred Newhouse
Herman Frazier
Juantorena
A.L
Edge Vandy
Montana
Ruth
Lodi Dodgers
Salinas Angels
Madera
LeRoy Grossini
Pat Hanley
Paul Borchard
Ray Dahlmann
Hanley
Sluis
Lom—Petry
Vargas
Haley
SLO
Edman
Lisan
Webster
Calif
TASF
Fun & Games
By Scott Ostler
James Gilkes
Guyana
IOC
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