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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1976
Page
7
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announced play ball signaling the official start of spring training. Marvin Miller, head of the players union, seconded the move as players prepare for the upcoming season.
Texas Rangers owner Brad Corbett said camp would open nearly at full strength after players trained in Pompano Beach while owners negotiated with the MLB Players Association. Kerr, Kuhn’s order cited as a brave move as camps prepare to start.
Pecos tracksters travel north for a Snyder meet featuring Dunbar and Ector among others after withdrawing from Brownwood. With a shortened squad, athletes like Butch Rogers Arturo Orona and Jimmy Rogers compete in sprints mid distance and field events as Pecos eyes two more meets before the district meet April 9.
Kyle Johnson, a junior college transfer now with Lubbock Christian College, has a 2-3 record in five appearances this season as the team starts 15-4. The right-hander has 27 hits allowed in 28 innings with 21 strikeouts and three complete games, including an 11-4 opener win over Abilene Christian and a 3-0 nine-inning shutout of Western New Mexico.
New Orleans Jazz lose 112-107 to New York Knicks as John Gianelli posts 24 points and 13 rebounds while Pete Maravich leads the Jazz with 28. Frazier sidelined by back, van Breda Kolff laments mental letdown after two days off. Bucks top Lakers 109-96. 76ers beat Bulls 108-101. SuperSonics down Braves 122-111. Rockets rout Hawks 124-112.
DeKalb South of Georgia defeated San Jacinto Tex 75 65 to advance to the National Junior College Basketball Tournament semifinals. Jarvis Reynolds and Ollie Mack led with 28 points each for DeKalb, while Connors State and Columbia State posted big wins in the winners bracket. Willie Washington 19 and James Bradley 18 paced Rhode Island and Connors State respectively.
Public hearings on 1976 hunting seasons and regulations begin March 22 in nine Trans-Pecos counties by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. In Pecos the meeting is at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Security State Bank. Public comments go to the Parks and Wildlife Commission, which will act on April 23 in Austin. proposed change shortens mule deer season from 16 to nine days.
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