Masters Tennis Grand Prix field set with Connors absent
The $130,000 Grand Prix Masters in Houston added Rex Gottfried to replace Jimmy Connors who will miss the seven day event starting Sunday due to a World Championship Tennis schedule contract. Harold Solomon Wojtek Fibak Brian Gottfried join Raul Ramirez Manuel Orantes Eddie Dibbs Roscoe Tanner Guillermo Vilas in the field. Nastase and Borg did not qualify.
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Rexford H. Caruthers
Connors
St. Louis
Harold Solomon
Silver Spring
Wojtek Fibak
Poland
Brian Gottfried
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Raul Ramirez
Mexico
Manuel Orantez
Spain
Eddie Dibbs
Roscoe Tanner
Guillermo Vilas
Argentina
Nastase
Borg
Gottfried
Ramirez
Solomon
Vilas
Orantes
Bibbs
Tanner
Fibak
Tossup rating tops Ozona-Chil dress grid match
Harris Rating System assigns Ozona-Ozona and Childress as tossups for the Class AA quarterfinal in Snyder. Ozona is 4th, Childress 5th after 30-14 and 34-13 regional wins, with both teams at 12-0. Other tossups and picks include Brazoswood over Churr chill, Temple over Highland Park, and Groves over Pt. Neches.
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Ozona
Childress
Snyder
Harris
Lions
Post
Floydada
San Antonio Churchill
Brazoswood
Temple
Highland Park
Arlington
Sam Houston
Lubbock
Monterey
Houston Memorial
Neches Groves
Beaumont Hebert
Gregory Portland
Perryton
Gainesville
Thezona Childress
Fidrych Named Rookie of the Year for 1976
Detroit pitcher Mark Fidrych nicknamed The Bird won the American League Rookie of the Year with 22 of 24 votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America. The 22-year-old from Worcester posted a 19-9 record and 2.34 ERA, drawing heavy attendance and star billing for his quirky mound antics.
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New York
Mark Fidrych
Detroit Tigers
Fidrych
Baseball Writers Association of America
Butch Wynegar
Minnesota
Worcester
Mass
the Bird
Philadelphia
Stan Bahnsen
New York Yankees
Detroit
Harvey Kuehn
Wynegar
Landry Aims For Big Win Over Eagles In Philadelphia
Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry says his team plays best in tough spots and aims to rout Philadelphia to clinch the National Conference Eastern Division title. He notes the Cowboys are different this year and ready for the Sunday game.
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By Denner
Freeman
Dallas
Tom Landry
Dallas Cowboys
Philadelphia
Landry
St. Louis
Preston Pearson
Eagles
Doug Dennison
Pearson
Butch Johnson
Golden Richards
Richards
TCU signs F A Dry to lead football comeback
Texas Christian University hires F A Dry, formerly Tulsa coach and athletic director, on a five year deal around 35 000 a year to rebuild the Horned Frogs program in the Southwest Conference. Dry vows to recruit Texas strongly and insists football remains central to TCU’s future.
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Denne H. Freeman
Fort Worth
Moudy
TCU Board of Trustees
TCU
Moody
Dry
Tulsa
Horned Frogs
Abe Martin
Southern California
Penn State
Texas
Houston
East Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth
West Texas
Big Tcu
Tech Eyes 16000 Tickets for Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
Texas Tech Athletic Director J T King forecasts about 16000 tickets for the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl against Nebraska on New Year s Eve in the Astro Dome. Nebraska Athletic Director Bob Devaney also attended, noting Nebraska will be the home team after a coin toss.
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Houston
Texas Tech
J.T King
Tech
Nebraska
Astrodome
King
Bob Devaney
Cornhuskers
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Anahuac
Hallettsville
Yoakum
Rookie of
Oxfords
Hawaii
By Evans
Browne Camelo Tan
Carlton’s Shoe Store
Pecos
Jim Shofner
Oklahoma
Pecos Enterprise Sports
Rain For Rent, Inc
Goodyear
Blackwall
F.E.T
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Goodyear Revolving Charge
BankAmericard
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Goodyear Service
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