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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1970
Page
6
Texas remains undefeated at 39-6 as the College World Series narrows to four teams. No. 2 Texas faces No. 1 Southern California after a 5-1 win over Florida State, with USC needing wins to stay alive.
Yugoslavia and Canada wrapped up their best of five series at 3-2. Zeljko Franulovic beat Ion Tiriac in the deciding singles and Mike Belkin defeated Onny Parun to seal Canada’s zone triumph over New Zealand. Colombia leads Brazil 2-1 in the South American tie. Play postponed Monday due to wet grounds.
An 11 year old Ricky and a boy named Timmy visited Shea Stadium on Helmet Day with Queens Little League uniforms. A staged meet with baseball legend Tom Seaver unfolded as the 30 year old host led them to a secret clubhouse moment.
New York AP reports Joe Mc Donald, director of minor league operations for the Mets, ponders learning Spanish after noting the St. Louis Cardinals roster contains 11 Latin players. He cites 25 South American signings last March and mentions the world champions have not signed any Latin players. In Buenos Aires, 1970 World Cup golf matches are slated for November 12 to 15, with the US pair to be the Open and PGA champions.
Lavaro Hawkes earned the win for the Dodgers as they shut out the Red Sox 3 0. Charles Wienacht started for Boston in Monday action.
Pirates starter Jim Nelson, in his major league debut, limited the Dodgers to five hits and one earned run over seven innings in a 5-2 win. The game featured Willie Stargell homering for Pittsburgh and Nelson later detailing a shoulder problem and a palm ball he is willing to throw.
Atlanta Hawks rookie camp featured Pistol Pete Maravich hindered by a sprained ankle from a North Carolina basketball camp. The $2 million signing, who led college scoring the last three years, said he would be ready by week’s end after coming down hard on his shoulder and head and twisting his foot during drills.
Atlanta outfielder Rico Carty, after missing the nominee list, gathers 71,511 write-ins to place third among NL outfield candidates in early All Star voting. Hank Aaron leads with 170,123 and Willie Mays with 72,846.
Brian Piccolo longtime Bears running back died early today at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases in New York. The 26 year old former Wake Forest standout had surgery for a chest tumor and missed the last five games of 1969. Bears owner George Halas praised Piccolo as a complete big leaguer in skills and instincts.
Dallas-Fort Worth rallied with extra base hits in the last two innings to beat Arkansas 2-1, tying the Texas Loop Series at 1-1. Albuquerque beat Shreveport 4-3, San Antonio topped Amarillo 7-2, and El Paso defeated Memphis 8-6. Rich Coggins tripled and scored for Dal-FW, Steve Green delivered the decisive RBI in the eighth.
The piece recalls Frank Beard's memories of early sport days with baseball and golf. He explains switching from left handed to right handed golf by his father to ease instruction and align with common practice while noting other great players like Ben Hogan Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.
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