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Turning to pro basketball for just a moment, it would seem to be that defending champion Golden State would have to be considered the odds-on favorite to repeat his year The Warriors have it all , good team speed, a well-balanced defensive team, great shooters like Rick Barry and Keith Wilkes--and most important, the most devastating group coming off the bench in all pro basketball And who will the Warriors meet in the finals this year Well, how about the Washington Bullets once again. Remember, it was the so-called underdog Warriors who “upset” the powerful Bullets in four straight games last year, although it was rather apparent the best team won. Although Washington isn't the fastest team in the world it still has Elvin Hayes, Phil Chenier, Wes Unseld and Com pany I think the Boston Celtics miss guard Don Chaney more than at first believed He made their fast break go, and man, could he play defense Chaney switched to the ABA this season La Marque blue-chipper Sam Proctor became the first shot putter in the state to heave the shot over 60 feet this season when he went 60 feet, five and one-half inches at Conroe this past weekend says Alvin baseball Coach Don Goza on senior pitcher Mike Ruelas, “Mike is the most improved player on the team this year He has really developed into a good pitcher I am going to try to get the college coaches to notice, because I beleve he can help a lot of people with his pitching arm before he s through Former Galveston Ball trackster Alex Kay is reported) no longer at LSU, but has switched and is now at TSU in Houston West, pro baseball has swept its negotiation problems under the rug at least temporarily in order that America’s so-called favorite past time can once again get underway to fancy of its fans But personally, I think a lot of fans just tured their heads to the whole mess as the baseball players and managers and owners threatened to call the whole thing oft That turned me off, almost as much as the fact that the Houston Astros will probably be terrible once again this year I think a combination of bad things will really hurt at tendence this year And without fans maybe both the players and primadonna owners will open their eyes, look around at the smokey remains, and wonder where it all went wrong Otis Birdsong, Houston's super guard, will return to play for the Cougars next season One source says that Birdsong 's strong desire to participate in the Olympics 4as one major reason, plus the fact that the “Bird” would like to help the Cougars show the Southwest Conference it can compete in that league Don't be surprised if University of Texas fullback Earle Campbell is tagged a preseason All American by several football magazines As year Add Baytown tight end Sam McGage to the long list of locals joing the LSU football team. The Bayou Bengals apparently concentrated very heavily in the greater Gulf Coast area this season trying to beef up after back-to-back disasters the past two and campaigns You track buffs mark down April 1 on your calemtar That the date of the annual Purnell Relays in Angleton And it should be a dandy with a great field all set to cast off Among the cast coming into Angleton that day will be Bryan, which feature’s All-America gridder sprinter Curtis Dickey, the Texas AM bound star who scoots along very fast THE BIG... Myron (Big 'M') McReynolds
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Alvin Sun
Alvin, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 25, 1976
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