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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1969
Page
10
In a rain halted final round at 51 minutes, Yancey edged Devlin in a playoff for a rare victory. Nicklaus finished at 292 after a 72. Yancey turned a late surge with a birdie on the 15th and capitalized on Devlin's troubles to claim the title and raise year earnings to $50,323.
Harmon Killebrew drove in the decisive runs in both games of a doubleheader sweep for the Minnesota Twins over the New York Yankees. He delivered a sacrifice fly in the seventh to back Dave Boswell’s three-hitter in game one and singled home a run in the seventh of game two to set up a 3-0 lead, as Minnesota moved 144 games ahead of Oakland in the AL West. Rod Carew and Chuck Manuel homered, with Woodson stifling the Yanks until the ninth inning of the nightcap before Perranoski closed out the win.
In San Diego, Ron Santo's leadoff homer in the ninth inning gave Chicago a 1-0 win in the second game of a Sunday doubleheader after the Padres surged in the opener 10-2 with a Nate Colbert grand slam. Ted Abernathy earned the win in relief.
In Berlin Action BERLIN AP report Rice University students Ian Guerry and Mike Estep withdrew as a doubles entry after playing singles. Cliff Drysdale beat Guerry 6-3 6-4 6-8 6-4, Martin Mulligan defeated Estep 8-6 6-4 6-4. Separately Hack Wilson set a major league RBI record with 190 and 56 homers in 1930.
Montana State coach Rozeman resigns after Craft led team to a 17-8 record last season, finishing second in the Big Sky with an 11-4 mark. Craft had one Big Sky title and two Coach of the Year awards.
Boston tops Chicago 5 3 as George Scott homers in the fifth off Tommy John and Jim Lonborg dominates with five hits allowed. Duane Josephson and teammates spark late rally while Bobby Knoop, Carl Yastrzemski and others contribute for Chicago.
Texas Tech coach Ver non Hilliard confirms two Texas prep athletes Kenneth Ford of Palo Duro and Steve Wendling of Premont have signed letters of intent. Ford posted 23 6 4 in the broad jump and 28.7 in the hurdles while Wendling cleared 6 6 in high jump. Both are expected to bolster Tech’s track program.
Speedy Tommy Harper stole three bases and scored a run to spark Seattle’s 3-2 win over Cleveland. The Pilots took the lead with two runs in the eighth as Mike Hegan and Merritt Ranew delivered a run on a walk and hits. Cleveland answered with a Lee Maye homer in the sixth, but Harper’s baserunning and a bases-loaded walk in the eighth sealed the victory.
In San Francisco, Carl Taylor’s first major league homer supplied a two run burst as the Pirates swept the Giants with a 6-2 win in the second game. Jim Bunning earned his 200th win, Willie Stargell delivered a key eighth inning double, and Bob Moose won 5-2 in the opener. Bobby Bonds and Willie McCovey homered for the Giants who tied briefly in the third before Pittsburgh pulled away.
Bob Gibson hurled a six hitter to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0, his third shutout of the season. St. Louis plated three runs in the third inning off Claude Osteen and added another in the fourth as Gibson allowed two first inning hits then dominated the rest. Wes Parker had three Dodgers hits, Curt Flood led St. Louis with four, while Bob Johnson and Joe Torre contributed key hits.
Hood Jan Hood from Monterey signs to play football at the University of Texas El Paso. A two sport standout, he rushed for 581 yards on 121 carries and 66 points last season while also excelling in baseball with multiple honors. He will focus on football at UTEP.
Chicago Bears announce the signing of Ross Montgomery a 220 pound running back from Texas Christian. Montgomery the Bears third round pick ran for 1812 yards on 477 attempts with 17 touchdowns in three seasons at TCU. He is 22 and born in Detroit.
Houston Astros jump on Tom Seaver for five early runs and beat the New York Mets 6-3. Norm Miller collects four hits Curt Blefary adds three and Jimmy Wynn hits his 12th homer as Houston extends May romp to 17 wins in 21 games. Mets suffer fourth straight loss after reaching .500 last week.
Hereford special report: Plainview’s Jack Williams shot 68 Sunday after a 67 Saturday to win the Life Begins At 40 golf tournament. Williams edged Mule Shoe’s Russel Haberer by ten strokes. Lubbock’s Bill Kibler was third at 147. Dan Saxon of Amarillo won first flight with 149, ahead of Jack Garrett of Lubbock at 150.
Baylor track coach Clyde Hart signed his first two athletes Gary Holley of Odessa High School and Jack Walker of Waco Richfield. Holley is a half miler and Nephew of Weldon Holley, former Baylor footballer. Walker set a city pole vault record of 14 feet 6 inches this spring.
Eddie Davis resigns as head coach after two seasons to pursue private business in Houston. His teams posted 5 and 53 records with a district runner up finish. Interested coaches may contact Supt Ferre D Caster at 398 4455 or Box 685 Tatum NM.
Yale University selects Steve Greenberg, son of Hank Greenberg, as captain of the 1970 baseball squad. The junior first baseman from New York City is also twice an All Ivy League soccer selection.
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