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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1978
Page
7
The city flag football championships opened with strange results as top seeds were upset by lower finishers in most first round games. Pecos Savings and Loan led the surprising pack as the season progressed into the next stage.
Friday Couples League Bowling extended its winning streak by defeating Hector's Chevron 20-14. Tuesday results saw Pizza Hut 10, Gibson's Discount Center 0. Pecos Nursing Home 6 7 barters. Thursday Barstow 0 Buckshots 10. Losers bracket eliminated Hector's Chevron 7-6 and Pecos Nursing Home 16-7 Barstow. City Championship action continues Tuesday with Pecos Savings and Loan vs Pizza Hut and Popular Thriftway vs Buckshots. finals schedule Nov 21. The champion advances to the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation Region X tournament in Pecos December 2-3 alongside Pecos Savings and Loan.
In 6 7 year division Styl ist Beauty Salon and Canal Well Service lead with 1 loss each and a .500 pace. Brownlee Hardware trails 1 0 with 1 2 behind. Last week Styl ist Beauty Salon beat Brownlee Hardware 4 0 and 6 0 while Canal Well Service split results with Wafer Oil and Styl ist Beauty Salon. In 10 12 year group Charlie's Electrical leads 1 0 with Fuentes Furniture and Pecos Funeral Home tied at 1 0 and 1 0 respectively, Western Insurance Agency at 0 2 with 0 wins. Last week Fuentes Furniture and Charlie's Electrical split wins. Pecos Funeral Home captured multiple victories including a 3 0 win over Fonville Jewelry and a 1 6 loss to Winkles Truck.
Rutherford Machines 1012 beat Hi Ind. in game and Wesley Hawkins led with 640 in the six game series while Lowell McDaniel posted 249 in a high game. The Conference Board reports Americans saved nearly 6 percent of after tax income in the first half of 1978, up from 4.7 percent a year earlier.
Six teams from Pecos Odessa Midland Lubbock and Amarillo competed in the 1st Annual Pecos Men's Flag Football Invitational. Quality Masonry Amarillo led a 4-0 run into the Sunday final defeating Gibson's Discount Center 9-3 in OT to claim the championship while Goodrich Service Center took second.
Tommy Lasorda says he has a very, very good raise to about 100000 for a one year contract as Dodgers manager. Salary boosts have outpaced inflation after two NL championship seasons, but optimism began to falter as Dodgers faced a fall in performance following their NL crown defense.
In Baltimore Bert Jones defends hurt shoulder amid faked injury controversy as Ted Marchibroda condemns critics. John McEnroe dominates Stockholm Open final 6-2 6-2 over Tim Gullikson. Taipei Open features Moor Saviano Docherty advancing in first round. Hong Kong sees Eliot Teltscher become youngest champion at 19. Bogota rounds include Winitsky over Patrini and Pecci over Fillol.
Ken Stabler threw three touchdown passes and Oakland built on Cincinnati turnovers for a 34 21 win. The Raiders tied Denver for first in the AFC West as Stabler shrugged off criticism and Oakland improved to 7 4 while Cincinnati dropped to 1 10. Linebacker Phil Villapiano and teammates defended Stabler amid media scrutiny.
Luis Tiant agreed to a two year deal with New York and an option for a third, becoming part of the Yankees rotation before moving to a front office role as Director of Latin American Affairs at age 40. The free agent signing came after negotiations led by Paul George, with New York the sole team to secure rights in the re entry draft. Tiant topped Boston last season with 13 8 and a 3 31 ERA including a two hit shutout to clinch a tie in the division race. He stressed that remaining able to throw matters more than age and compared himself to peers like Gaylord Perry.
The Football at a Glance page lists East and West standings with teams such as New England, New York, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Houston, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Oakland, Cincinnati, and Seattle. It includes win loss records, percentages, points for and against, plus a Monday game recap and Sunday schedule results.
The Associated Press Top Twenty ranks Penn State first with a 10-0-0 record and 1,296 points, followed by Nebraska, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Stanford in the top five. Other notable teams include Houston, Michigan, Georgia, Texas, and Ohio State with varying records and points.
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