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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1972
Page
6
Pecos Eagles head coach Jerry Millsapps told the Pecos Downtown Lions Club on Wednesday that his team has real great possibilities for the season. The meeting featured Millsapps as the guest speaker.
Coach Millsapps projects an excellent chance to win the district championship this year. He cites strong depth in the offensive backfield and predicts Steve Kirkwood will have a fine year at quarterback. Also praised are receivers Chris Spray Don Walker and others for their talent and speed.
The Pittsburgh Pirates extended their East lead to 13 1/2 games behind a 4-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Dock Ellis pitched a complete game allowing seven hits with six strikeouts, supported by Gene Clines, Al Oliver, and Roberto Clemente early scoring. In other games, Montreal, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and San Francisco won while Atlanta and Houston did not play.
United States boxers Jesse Valdez and Ricardo Carreras advanced to the semifinals in Munich as the Games resumed after a 24 hour pause for memorials. Valdez defeated Russia's Anatoly Kholov while Carreras edged Vasily Solomin to set up a semifinal with Cuba's Emilio Correa amid Italian coach Giancarlo's cautious game plan.
The East and National League standings show teams led by Bast and New York with records around the .540 mark. Wednesday results include Oakland over Chicago and Cleveland over Milwaukee 4 to 3, with Milwaukee beating Cleveland 5 to 2. Thursday slate lists New York at Boston and Minnesota at Kansas City, with Texas at Oakland among others. Friday schedules pit New York at Boston and Minnesota at Kansas City, plus Detroit at Baltimore and Milwaukee at Cleveland.
Sul Ross State University hosts New Mexico Highlands University as the Lobos debut 1972 season at 7 30 p m in Jackson Field in Alpine Texas. Richard Harvey returns 24 lettermen from 1971 including 11 starters while Highlands under Bill Lachapelle tallies a large spring squad led by quarterback Don Woods and returns 24 prospects from spring. Injury doubts cloud Lobos with two defensive starters listed doubtful.
Russia’s young goalie Vladislav Tretiak dazzled Canadians in a 4-4 third game draw as Valery Kharlamov sparked the offense. Tretiak made 38 saves, including a glove stop on Paul Henderson, to keep the match level. Kanada led late but Russia rallied with Lebedev and Bodunov goals. Petrov and Kharlamov also scored for the Soviets while Parise Ratelle Esposito and Henderson tallied for Canada.
El Paso and Alexandria shift their best of five Texas League playoff to Alexandria tonight with Sun Dodgers needing one more victory on the Aces home ground. El Paso moved ahead 2-0 after a 10-3 win, TL West champions Sun Dodgers facing East Division titlist Alexandria as Dennis James earned the win.
Pecos Eagles travel to El Paso to meet Irvin in Friday night football at 7 30 p m MST. Both teams seek strong starts with Pecos aiming to extend early wins over Artesia and Lubbock Estacado while Irvin returns many starters from last season and proves tougher this year.
Mike Clark, key Dallas playoff hero, is waived to Buffalo by the Bills. Austrian Toni Fritsch becomes the Cowboys’ No 1 placekicker while veteran punter Ron Widley moves to Green Bay and rookie Marv Bateman is signed. Other moves include Pat Studstill to New England, Mike Mercer awaiting one more exhibition, Saints listing nine on waivers, Butler traded to Philadelphia, and Lloyd Voss dealt to Denver.
The 1972 American League pennant race faces an unprecedented factor as a players strike last spring, not by pitchers, may influence final standings. With four weeks left, six clubs in contention, only percentage decides the title, making outcomes highly contingent. Detroit and Oakland would win tied scenarios due to earlier walkout losses, while other clubs face multiple possible finishings as executives warn the setup is unrealistic and unpredictable.
The Pecos Eagles Booster Club met after the Eagles Victory Express rally and elected new officers including President Jack Casimir and Vice President Jimmy Herod. Coach Jerry Millsapps discussed the Lubbock Estacado Pecos scrimmage and previewed El Paso Irvin's offense and defense for Friday’s game. Announced were three week delivery of Eagles pens and the next meeting set for Sept 12 at 7:30 pm in the high school cafeteria. film of the El Paso game will be shown.
Merv Jackson has agreed to terms with the Utah Stars after 23 months of negotiations. The signing was announced at a Wednesday news conference with ABA club president Vince Boryla present. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
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