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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1973
Page
6
Willie McCovey homered twice in a single inning driving in four runs as San Francisco beat Houston 9-3. The feat marked the first NL player with two homers in one frame in 24 years, aided by Tom Bradley’s NL win.
The Utah Stars beat the Indiana Pacers 124-107 to seize the opening game of the ABA Western Division finals. Willie Wise led Utah with 29 points and Zelmo Beatty added 21 as Indiana's George McGinnis topped scorers with 31.
Five Texas schoolboy basketball stars Wendell Summer Frank Carswell Jewell McDowell Leon Black and the late Holly Brock will be inducted Saturday night in the third annual Hall of Fame banquet in Athens Texas Temple Tucker 6 10 star of Bowie will be master of ceremonies Brock will be represented by his widow and coach Nemo Herrera Summers plaque will be presented by Buster Brannon Carswell McDowell Black and other Hall of Fame members will be part of the program expected 500 at 7 p.m.
Pecos Eagle baseball teams travels to Monahans to meet the Lobos in a 2-3A district game. Pecos sits 3-1 in district play while Monahans is 1-3. The Eagles won 12-1 over Fort Stockton behind four hitter Don Walker, and Lobos topped Seminole 5-0 with Chuck Claburn no-hitting. The game starts at 7 30.
Miami-Dade Junior College North tops the first 1973 NJCAA baseball poll with 30 wins and 11 losses. Blinn College is second at 20-3, Broward Community College Central ranks third, with Arizona Western, Chipola, San Jacinto, Paris Junior College, Polk Community among top 10.
Bob Tolan doubled singled twice and drove in a run to lead the Reds to a 5-2 win over the Dodgers. Jack Billingham pitched a complete game for Cincinnati for his first win of the season while Andy Messersmith suffered the loss despite nine strikeouts by Dodgers hitters.
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