Mets face season with weak spots and aging sluggers
New York deals with a weak center field and poor team batting as Willie Mays may join the lineup. Yogi Berra notes the lineup lacks consistency with Staub and Jones injured, while Mays could start in center with Rod help from Millan and Kranepool infield reach.
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Fla
Yogi Berra
New York Mets
Tommie Agee
Houston
Mays
New York
Rusty Staub
Cleon Jones
Staub
RBI
Jones
Walker tops West Texas Relays with high jump victory
Don Walker led Pecos Eagles at the 30th West Texas Relays in Odessa, winning the high jump at 6-0 and finishing high point man with 26 points. Pecos placed fourth overall as teammates like Jerry Robinson and Roy Meraz posted solid showings in sprints, relays, and field events.
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Andrews
Seminole
Kermit
Damaso
Donald Walker
Jerry Robinson
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Seminole Pecos
Roy Meraz
Roy Minjarez
Don
Joe Segulia
Don Walker
Bobby Herod
Bruce Horton
Chris Spray
Clay Slack
Robert Pendleton
Pecos Eagles win Monahans Baseball Tourney
Pecos Eagles defeat Kermit 3-2 to win the Monahans Baseball Tournament. Don Walker pitched one hit shutout in the opener and earned MVP honors. Rene Galindo, Bobby Herod, and Chris Spray starred with multiple hits and two players drove in the decisive seventh inning run.
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Ector
Don
Gary Price
Pecos
Bobby Herod
Bruce Horton
Chris Spray
Donald Walker
Rudy Mendoza
Don Walker
Kenny Thomason
Rene Galindo
Eagles
Lamesa
76ers suffer ninth straight loss to Bullets in season slog
The Philadelphia 76ers fell 129 118 to Baltimore as their ninth consecutive NBA defeat. Celtics clinch Atlantic Division with 109 105 win over the Kansas City Omaha Kings. Milwaukee beat Atlanta 105 104. Los Angeles routed Phoenix 131 113. Portland upset New York 99 96.
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Virginia
Denver
Dallas
San Diego
New York
Celtics
Dave Cowens
Nate Archibald
KC Omaha
Baltimore
Lou Hudson
Indiana Coach Knight Worries Later Over UCLA Clash
Indiana, ranked sixth, prepared for a national semifinal against UCLA after beating Kentucky 72 65 to reach St Louis. Knight praised his players for regaining momentum after a 13 point halftime lead vanished, and noted UCLA’s 73 game win streak as a major test.
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Associated Press
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Indiana
Bob Knight
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al Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
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Oral Roberts
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Missouri
Fairfiled
Marshall
Virginia Tech
New Mexico
Kentucky
Quinn Buckner
Tommy Curtis
Dons
John Wooden
Bobby Knight
Sul Ross Professor Named NAIA President
Dr. Paul E. Pierce, director of health and physical education at Sul Ross State University Texas, is named president of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics at its annual convention. He succeeds Eddie C. Robinson of Grambling College Louisiana.
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Paul E. Pierce
Sul Ross State University
Texas
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
Pierce
NAIA
Eddie C. Robinson
Grambling College
Louisiana
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