Sailplanes falter on leg of DALLAS derby
The Smirnoff Sailplane Derby leg from Odessa to Dallas saw four craft land on a golf course, a farm, a highway and an airport as conditions worsened. Ingo Renner of Australia led with 3,000 points after Friday, with George Lee of Scotland, George Moffatt of New Jersey, Wally Scott of Odessa and Allen Leffler of California among the top five as the race continues toward Oklahoma City and the next leg.
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Dallas
Odessa
Red Bird
Smirnoff
Ingo Renner
Australia
Renner
Lipan
Mineral Wells
George Lee
Scotland
George Moffatt
Elizabeth
N.J
Ferby
Wally Scott
Ranger Airport
Auto
Allen Leffler
Santa Paula
Calif
Shady Oaks
Baird
Lee
Moffat
Scott
Leffler
Homa City
France
Chateau Rue
Paris
Simmons Delivers In 10th To Lift Cardinals Over Reds
Ted Simmons crushed a knuckleball for his sixth homer of the year in the 10th, delivering a 6-5 win for the St. Louis Cardinals over Cincinnati. Dale Murray had yielded only two homers in 306 innings but could not hold in extra frames. The Reds failed with bases loaded in the ninth and again in the 10th as Mike Anderson relay to Don Kessinger to Simmons nailed Ray Knight at the plate. Elsewhere, Cubs beat Astros, A’s edged Red Sox, White Sox defeated Rangers, and Blue Jays toppled Mariners.
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Ted Simmons
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati
Dale Murray
Simmons
Reds
al’ Hrabosky
Mike Anderson
Don Kessinger
Ray Knight
Murray
Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Houston Astros
Oakland A’s
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Baseball and Bowling Scores Highlight Mixed Sports Day
The California Angels defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-3 while rain wiped out double headers of Cleveland vs Milwaukee, Los Angeles vs Philadelphia, and Atlanta vs Pittsburgh. Hrabosky struck out Foster Bench and Bailey with the bases loaded in the ninth. Hernandez hit his fifth homer in the eighth to tie 5-5. Arrowhead tops Hi Team in bowling with 2903 series and 1028 game. Butch Pomeroy 665 in Hi Ind.
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Cates Carpet
Coors of Pecos
Paso Natural Gas
McLains Shamrock
Judaco
Arrowhead Construction
Squash Blossom
Hiway
A.A.A
Elec
Inc
Cham.Chem
Halliburton
Arrowhead
Butch Pomeroy
Doug Waits
Ners
California Angels
Kansas City Royals
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Hrabosky
St. Louis
George Foster
Johnny Bench
Bob Bailey
Simmons
Keith Hernandez
Pecos Tennis Association Sponsor Tennis Tourney Signups Friday
Pecos Tennis Association hosts a two day tournament at Pecos High School courts with AA A and B divisions plus open brackets for men and women singles doubles and mixed. Signup deadline is Friday contact Jim McAnally or Richard San Roman at First National Bank details Also reach San Roman at 445 2425 or 447 2185 at night starts Saturday 8 30 a.m.
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Pecos Tennis Association
Pecos High School
Jim McAnally
Richard San Roman
First National Bank
San Roman
Knock Down Seattle Slew Club Analysis After Derby
AP Sports Analysis weighs Seattle Slew's Derby performance and future races. Eddie Arcaro questions his superiority while Run Dusty Run and Sanhedrin contenders assert hope. The piece contrasts Slew’s speed with stamina doubts ahead of the Preakness and Belmont stakes.
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Louisville
Seattle
Dusty
Smiley Adams
Dustry
Lou Rondinello
Sanhedrin
Man O’ War
Citation
Secretariat
Micky Taylor
Washington
Yakima
Florida
Jim Hill
Cruguet
Arcaro
Seattle Slew
Seattle Sl
Connors Draws Panatta in WCT Finals Opener
Jimmy Connors, top seed, opens the World Championship of Tennis finals in Dallas by facing Italy’s Adriano Panatta for a $100,000 first prize. Panatta had defeated Connors recently on clay in Houston, while other round matches feature Nastase against Dibbs and Fibak versus Gerulaitis, Stockton versus Drysdale.
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Connors
Panatta
Italy
Denne H. Freeman
Dallas
Jimmy Connors
Andrianto Panatta
Wimbledon
Forest Hills
Wimbeldon
Houston
WCT
Fiesty the
Nastase
Romania
Eddie Dibbs
Poland
Wojtek Fibak
America
Vitas Gerulaitis
Dick Stockton
United States
South Africa
Cliff Drysdale
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Fred Rothenberg
Texas Rangers
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Wil Bonnie Lumber
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Williams Gulf & Cate
Chambers T.V
Country Club Mobile H.P
Perryman Mtrs
Taylor
Whites Well Service
Logan Thrasher Insurance
Ward Lanes
Frankie Ramirez
Karin Pena
Knock Down Slew Club
Will Grimsley
Joe Saldana
Brownsburg
Ind
Tony Hulman
Terre Haute
Saldana
National Wrestling Alliance
Rocky Mountain Championship
Ricky Romero
Rip Hawk
Swede Hanson
Jerry Kozak
Super Destroyer
Alex Perez
Doug Somers
Cyclon Negro
Reggie Parks
Pecos Rodeo Grounds
McGowen Building
5Th Street
Admn
Pat O’dowdy
Promoter
The
Pecos Jaycees
Johnny Ru
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Whitewall
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Goodyear
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Goodyear Service
John Cahill
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