High School Football Spring Sessions Preview
Coaches plan spring football to gauge next year’s eligibility and talent. senior players reflect on careers while Boys Clubs stage a summer north south all star contest funded by local leagues with 25 players per side. Tickets and participation details follow.
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Santa Barbara County
Santa Ynez High
Will Stensland
Bob Morelli
Bishop Diego Cardinals
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Cabrillo
Santa Ynez High School
Southern California Military Golf Tour slated for desert courses
The fourth annual Southern California Military Golf Tournament runs June 18 to 20 at Apple Valley, Hesperia, and Green Tree golf facilities. Open to active duty personnel, the three day two man best ball offers net and gross prizes, a low net trophy, and a chance at clubs for hole in one.
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Southern California
High Desert
Air Force Western Test Range
Apple Valley Country Club
Hesperia Golf and Country Club
Green Tree Golf and Tennis Club
Apple Valley
Green Tree
Green Tree Inn
Victorville
Hi - Desert
Apple Valley Inn
Oja Motor Motel
Green Tree Boulevard
Hesperia
Henry Cooper resigns British title after sanction failure
Henry Cooper 34, long time British heavyweight champion, relinquished his title after the British Boxing Board of Control rejected his proposed world title bout with Jimmy Ellis. Cooper presented a resignation letter to board president Jack Onslow Fane. Fane was away, and secretary Teddy Waltham accepted it, expressing regret over the decision.
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London
UPI
Henry Cooper
Britain
British Boxing Board of Control
Jimmy Ellis
Cooper
Jack Onslow Fane
Fane
Teddy Waltham
Henry
Lefty Phillips earns win as Angels rally vs Indians
The Angels under manager Lefty Phillips improved to 20 under his guidance after a ninth inning rally. A single by Johnstone in the top of the ninth helped push Anaheim to a comeback victory over Cleveland, marking another immediate result for Phillips.
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Anaheim
UPI
Lefty Phillips
Angels
Phillips
Cleveland
Mets Stop Five-Game Slide With 11th-Inning Win
Mets snap a five game losing streak as Bud Harrelson hits a bases loaded single in the 11th inning off Frank Reberger to score Cleon Jones. Jerry Koosman pitched 10 innings of four-hit ball for New York. Tug McGraw earned the win in relief.
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SAN Diego
UPI
Clay Kirby
Kirby
San Diego Padres
Padres
New York Mets
Montreal
Jerry Koosman
Mets
Bud Harrelson
Cleon Jones
Jones
Tommy Dean
Ed Kranepool
Frank Reberger
Bill McCool
Ron Swoboda
Jerry Grote
Harrelson
Koosman
Tug McGraw
McCool
Braves Schedule Nonleague Football slate announced
Lompoc High announces 1969 varsity football schedule by athletic director Jim Spruill. A lone Saturday game is set at Thousand Oaks. The slate opens Sept 19 vs Hueneme at Huyck Stadium with other nonleague and Channel League games listed through Nov 14 Cabrillo.
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Lompoc Braves
Lompoc High
Jim Spruill
Thousand Oaks
Braves
Lompoc
Huyck Stadium
Hueneme
Vikings
San Luis Obispo
Arroyo Grande
Santa Barbara
S.L. Obispo
Santa Maria
Righetti
San Marcos
Dos Pueblos
Cabrillo
Ashe Beats Courcel In Five Sets At Roland Garros
Arthur Ashe of Richmond, Virginia, recovered from a two sets to one deficit to beat Jean Pierre Courcel of France in the French Open second round. Ashe captured the fourth and fifth sets 6-3 and 6-2 after a mid match rally, with the match played on the Roland Garros center court. Earlier Rosemary Casals upset Virginia Wade in three sets as Billie Jean King advanced. In Minneapolis St Paul, Yale quarterback Brian Dowling signed a 1969 NFL contract with the Minnesota Vikings.
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Paris
UPI
Arthur Ashe
Roland Garros
Jean- Pierre Courcel
France
U.S
Richmond
Courcel
Ashe
Rosemary Casals
San Francisco
Virginia Wade
Britain
Billie Jean King
Long Beach
Laura Rossouw
South Africa
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Brian Dowling
Yale
Minnesota Vikings
National Football League
Jr Legion Tryouts and Practice Tilt Highlight Weekend Baseball
Junior Legion activity centers on Lompoc and Vandenberg Village with tryouts at Lompoc High School on Saturday at 10 a.m. Eligibility is limited to area residents born on or after August 1, 1950. Vandenberg Village and Lompoc teams prepare for season openers with games against Santa Maria and Santa Ynez, under MLB style Junior Legion rules and a July 5 roster deadline.
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Vandenberg Village
Lompoc
Vandenberg
Santa Maria
Santa Maria’s
Elks Field
Lompoc High School
Chick McIntosh
Cabrillo High School
Mission Hills Vandenberg Village
FCS
Vandenberg Afb
McIntosh
Lompoc American Legion Post
Lou Domingos
John
Ervin
Junior Legion
Santa Ynez
San Luis Obispo
Andretti's chances hinge on gas supply at Indy 500
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway 24 hours before the Memorial Day 500, gas strategy dominates as 33 drivers prepare for the start. A fuel cooling dispute over Mario Andretti's Ford powered car led to a ruling by Harlan Fengler after a post qualification change.
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Kurt Freudenthal
Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Gasoline Alley
Mario Andretti
Clint Brawner
Andretti
Harlan Fengler
United States Auto Club
Fengler
Lloyd Ruby
Dave Laycock
Ford
Roger McCluskey
Tucson
Ariz
Peters Signs Contract With Eagles For 1969 Season
Floyd Peters co captain of the 1968 Eagles has signed his 1969 contract. The defensive tackle missed the last nine games last season due to a knee injury. Ron Murphy 36 year old forward with 17 NHL seasons tells Bruins he is hanging up his skates after shoulder operations.
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Peters
Philadelphia
UPI
Floyd Peters
Philadelphia Eagles
Boston
Ron Murphy
National Hockey League
Boston Bruins
Murphy
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Karsokas Wins Top Honor as Cabrillo Spring Winners
Cabrillo's CIF finalist pole vaulter Barry Karsokas led the Most Outstanding Performer awards at the spring banquet. Senior Karsokas, who cleared 14 4 in CIF action, was joined by juniors Tony Mason Jerome Betts Wayne Moore and sophomores Colleen Carter Bruce Coggin for top team honors.
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Barry Karsokas
Cabrillo
Karsokas
Cerritos College
Tony Mason
Jerome Betts
Wayne Moore
Colleen Carter
Bruce Coggin
Soviet Criticizes Elite Sports Privilege In Moscow
Sergei Pavlov, head of the physical culture committee, says Izvestia that allocating funds to a privileged sports elite harms mass athletics. He warns coaches and facilities favor a small group while average enthusiasts receive leftovers. Other commentators blame poor Olympic results on neglect of amateur sport for the people.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Sergei Pavlov
Committee On Physical Culture
Council of Ministers
Izvestia
Mexico City
Sutton aims at Koufax mark in Dodgers 6 Expos win
Dodgers blanked Montreal 6 0 as Don Sutton pitched his fourth shutout of the season and improved to six wins against four losses. The Dodgers moved within three games of Atlanta in the NL West as they prepared to sweep the three game series with Claude Osteen facing Bill Stoneman. Andy Kosco drove in two runs with his seventh homer and a single, Willie Davis triple, Lefebvre scoring on multiple plays, and Robertson took the loss for Montreal.
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Jay Johnstone
Phillips
Bill Rigney
Cleveland
Indians
Angels
Johnstone
Aurelio Rodriguez
Jose Cardenal
Rodriguez
Vic Davalillo
California
Rudy May
May
Stan Williams
Baltimore Orioles
Anaheim Stadium
Los Angeles Dodgers
Montreal
Expos
Koufax
Sutton
Dodgers
Atlanta
St. Louis
Claude Osteen
Bill Stoneman
Andy Kosco
Kosco
Don Shaw
Willie Davis
Tom Haller
Jim Lefebvre
Rockwell Mechanics Award Aims for Indianapolis 500
Pit bosses at the Memorial Day race seek the Rockwell Mechanics Award for the chief mechanic with the most significant contribution to automotive progress and racing. The winner receives 2500 dollars and a trophy. The 1968 winner was Jud Phillips, chief mechanic on Bobby Unser’s winning car.
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PIT Award
Indianapolis
UPI
Rockwell Mechanics
Jud Phillips
Bobby Unser
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Bill Cockshott
League
Village Country Club Women’s Association
Clyde Watts
Wilett Clark
Clarence Carlson
Villiage Country Club
Pro Shop
Jr. Legion
American Legion
Spike
Sandy Koufax
Don Sutton
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