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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1975
Page
4
Muhammad Ali retained the heavyweight title by stopping Joe Frazier in the 14th round after a brutal 42 minute fight in Manila. Futch stopped the bout as Frazier could not continue. Ali celebrated with a diving pose as the crowd roared.
Casey Stengel known as the Old Perfesser actually held an academic title at the University of Mississippi. In 1914 he coached the Ole Miss baseball team as an unpaid assistant professor due to zero athletic funds, and his funeral arrangements were underway in Glendale, Louisiana, with tributes pouring in for the famed manager after his death at 85.
Pecos junior varsity seeks to stretch a 13 game winning run to 20 as they host Kermit at Rotary Field. Coach Dub Smith emphasizes home success since 1972 and players chase varsity opportunities while maintaining the dominant offense seen in recent games.
A montage shows Casey Stengel at five career stages after his death late Monday. From left he appears as a New York Giants player in the early 1920s, then as Dodgers manager in 1934, and later in the sequence after he was named manager.
Kermit Yellow Jackets head to Pecos Friday in a district opener cited by coach Jerry Millsapps as a real sound ball game. Millsapps praised Kermit’s improving offense and defense and noted two top district rushers Daryle Fulbright and Joe Haygood. He also described Pecos as balanced with a Houston veer attack and warned of a tougher challenge after Alpine’s 24 0 victory over the Eagles. Tickets go on sale at the Pecos school office with different in advance prices.
Monahans Pecos and Seminole top district 2-AAA in prediction polls with Pecos at number 10 and Monahans at number 5 in Harris Ratings. Seminole sits 14th, the district’s statistical leader, as Ector Kermit Andrews and Fort Stockton trail in the 147 Texas AAA field.
Genie Bell led the Pecos Rifle and Pistol Club small bore events winning open and scope in women and junior divisions and overall high points. Boyd Badley topped open and scope small bore, with Hopper and Matthews among top finishers in various divisions. Jerry Bell and others claimed high placements in open, scope, and big bore events.
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