Lompoc Braves Rally Fares in CIF Playoff Win
Lompoc beat El Segundo a high school playoff crowd packed the stadium as fans traveled from across the valley to cheer the Braves. Coach Bodary praised teamwork and the careful field positioning that helped defeat the Eagles despite strong pitching from Scott McGregor and Ed Carroll.
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Billingham blanks Expos in first Astros start of season
Houston right-hander Jack Billingham, normally a reliever, earned his first start of the year and delivered a 5-0 shutout over his former team, Montreal. Billingham scattered eight hits, fanned 10, and earned his third win without a loss while starting a three‑run rally with a third‑inning single.
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Bando Ousts Cuellar as A’s Top Orioles 4-1
Bando hit a three run homer off Cuellar in the eighth inning to lift Oakland over Baltimore 4-1. Casanova drove in two with a double in a four run fourth for the Senators who edged the White Sox 5-4.
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Oklahoma Christian hopeful for second NAIA decathlon title
Oklahoma Christian's Jess Bennett leads the NAIA decathlon entering final five events with 3,731 points after Wednesday's opener at the Billings fairgrounds. Teammate Gary Hill sits in second with 3,664 points, while Ron Jensen of Willamette is third after winning the shot put. Events continue with discus, pole vault, javelin, hurdles, and 1,500 meters as the 19th annual championships open Friday.
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Angels exec testifies as Flood case resumes in federal court
Roberto O. Reynolds president of the California Angels testifies again in the Curt Flood trial. John McHale president of the Montreal Expos supports keeping the reserve clause. Both cite knowledge of anti trust laws and express opposition to change.
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Jackson bid to state track meet highlights local hurdlers
Lompoc junior Charley Jackson advances to the 180 yard low hurdles at the 52nd CIF state track and field championships in Berkeley. The field includes top Southern Section hurdlers Jim Davis Rick Gilson and Al Hall and pole vaulters Dave Hamer Bill Pierce. Also listed are Bakersfield’s JoKinley Moseley and Blair High’s James McAlister with other state contenders from Los Altos Santa Ana and Blair. The meet opens Friday with prelims at 4 pm and finals Saturday at noon.
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Paul Menzel
Santa Barbara
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Brazilians threaten World Cup as Pele leads 4-1 win
Brazil hammered Czechoslovakia 4-1 in Group Three as Pele Jairsinho Gerson and others shone. West Germany beat Morocco 2-1, Belgium beat El Salvador 3-0, and Italy edged Sweden 1-0 as Brazil and England prepare for a crucial June 7 clash in Guadalajara.
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Horton’s 11th inning single lifts Tigers over Angels
Detroit beats California 9-4 in 11 innings after Willie Horton singles home Mickey Stanley with one out in the 11th. Letty Phillips lamented missed chances as Angels stranded 13 on base and outhit Detroit 12-8 despite leading 3-0 entering the ninth. The series concludes with Tom Murphy facing Les Cain.
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Ex Dodger Hickman drives Cubs past Dodgers in 11th
Jim Hickman delivered an 11th inning RBI single to cap a 6-5 Cubs win over the Dodgers in Chicago. Los Angeles manager Claude Osteen to face Pittsburgh tonight with Bob Moose opposing. The Cubs erased a five run deficit and joined Glenn Beckett on base before Hickman’s game deciding hit.
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Douglass Aims For Kemper Open Springboard In Charlotte
Lanky Dale Douglass defending Kemper Open champion seeks another win at Quail Hollow in Charlotte to rebound from a slow season. He cites tendonitis and wrist pain, notes course changes including lengthened hole 17, and discusses wind as a factor while Lee Trevino praises the course and fans after a pro am.
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