Baseball at a Glance from Random Soxes and Standings
Summary of daily games across leagues featuring Montreal over San Francisco 6-4 and 7-5, Pittsburgh defeating Houston, and multiple matchups including Los Angeles at Montreal and Philadelphia at San Diego. Notable notes on rain postponements and a Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig milestone.
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Houston
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
New York
Montreal
San Francisco
Philadelphia
San Diego
Chicago
Atlanta
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Ray
Rogers
Nasty
Ruthven
Owchinko
Swan
Ruhle
B.forsch
DeVicenzo Boros Capture Legends of Golf Title
Roberto DeVicenzo and Julius Boros won the Legends of Golf in a dramatic sudden death finish at Onion Creek. They birdied five of six playoff holes to defeat Art Wall and Tommy Bolt after Wall and Mayer briefly led, with Wall shooting 64 in regulation and Haas Jr. penalized on the final green.
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Denner
Freeman
Austin, Texas
Sam Snead
Gardner Dickinson
Roberto DeVicenzo
DeVicenzo
Julius Boros
Art Wall
Tommy Bolt
Dick Mayer
Fred Haas Jr
Haas
Woods
Hass
Mayer
Boros
Wall
Onion Creek Country Club
Tam
Argentina
Bolt
Tommy
Art
Beaumont girls sue in federal court over regional tennis disqualification
Six Beaumont Forest Park High School girls who were disqualified when flood waters blocked a regional tennis tournament filed suit in federal court. U S District Judge Joe Fisher set a 2 p.m. hearing as the students allege the University Interscholastic League governs high school sports in Texas.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Beaumont
U.S
Joe Fisher
Beaumont Forest Park High School
University Interscholastic League
Rain floods Neches River disrupts Texas state qualifying event
In April 2021 torrential rains caused the Neches River to spill over into hundreds of Southeast Texas homes. Carla Marcantel, girls coach, said she notified tournament officials once Beaumont phone service returned, but officials ruled the girls forfeited for not appearing. Bill Farney and Dr. Bailey Marshall were slated to attend the hearing.
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Houston
Neches
Texas
Carla Marcantel
Beaumont
Bill Farney
UIL
Bailey Marshall
Fort Worth pair take bass tourney
Dick Stalcup and Eddie Osborn of Fort Worth won the team division at the 1979 State Bass tournament on Lake Livingston with a two day total of 47 pounds 11 ounces. Cecil Dressendorfer of Houston took the individual title with 28 pounds 8 ounces and the largest fish a 6 pound 8 ounce bass.
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Gerald
Preston Parton
Nacogdoches
Don and
Kelley Higgins
Waco
Pecos Volleyball Standings and Last Week Scores
In mixed league standings Gibson's Discount Center leads at 8-0, Reeves County Sheriff's Dept 5-3, Duval 4-4, First National Bank 3-5, Pecos Badgers 1-7. Women's league shows AD Auto Sales 4-0-1, Jim Wafer Oil 3-1, Katy Motel 2-2, Thriftway Stores 2-2, Pecos Insurance Agency 0-4.
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Gibson's Discount Center
Reeves Co. Sheriff's Dept
First National Bank
Duval
Pecos Badgers
Gibson’s
Reeves County Sheriff's Department
T AD Auto
Jim Wafer
Thriftway Stores
Katy Motel
Pecos Insurance Agency
AD Auto Sales
Jim Wafer Oil
Cal State Northridge star sets two marks at Long Beach Invitational
Greg James of Cal State Northridge tied the meet record in 100 meters at 10.2 and won the 200 meters in 21.1 to lead the Long Beach Invitational. Pete Hass ran 50.5 in the 400 meter hurdles, Glenn Davis hit 52-11% in the triple jump, and Charlie Brown cleared 17-0 in pole vault.
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Long Beach
Calif
Greg James
Cal State Northridge
James
Pete Hass
Glenn Davis
Charlie Brown
UCLA
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John Cahill
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