Cowboys Dominate Eagles 28 6 in Dallas Showdown
Dallas broke a 6-0 first half deficit with a Morton led drive and a 13 yard scoring pass to Lance Alworth. Calvin Hill added a 3 yard TD run as Dallas stretched its streak over Philadelphia to 10 games. Eagles quarterback Pete Liske left with a shoulder injury and rookie John Reaves faced interceptions as Dallas held on for the win.
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Denne Freeman
Associated Press
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Freshmen tie one lose one in Pecos doubleheader
Pecos freshmen split two games against Monahans with tight defense. In the B game Charles Oren sprinted five yards for the Eagles early, Monahans tied on a 21 yard pass with 5:11 left, both teams failed PATs, 6-6. In the A game Ralph Garcia scored on a 2 yard run, the two point conversion succeeded, Monahans answered with a third quarter one yard run, and the freshmen defense denied the late tying try.
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Pecos
el Paso Ysleta Riverside
Riverside
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Ranger
Bobby Herod
Mike Sadler
Steve Kirkwood
Don Walker
Kirkwood
Walker
Clay Slack
Billy Svoboda
Dennis Rayes
Shane Schmidt
Rangers
Frank Rodriguez
Rayos
Slack
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Lamesa
Monahans
Charles Oren
Monatians
Ralph Garcia
Buffaloes Fall to Marathon Mustangs 34 to 6
Marathon Mustangs extend district perfection with a 34 6 win over Toyah Buffaloes. Damon Compton added a late 35 yard BuffaloTD while Marathon connected on five TDs including 35 yard pass Estrada Villareal 25 yard run Galindo and Garcia Estrada to Avila Cavness and Garcia to Garcia.
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Lolo Villareal
Daniel Galindo
Estrada
Juan Avila
Jose Garcia
George Estrada
Toby Cavness
Upsets hit top Texas high school football teams
The AP reports several highly rated Texas teams lost last weekend. Re fugio 49 Cuero 19, Hondo 7 20 7 Uvalde, Gregory Portland over Silsbee 32-23, Lubbock Estacado 6 at Terrell, Stinnett 9 10 Karnes City 19 0, Crowell 2A dropped to Class B Chillicothe.
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Uvalde
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Silsbee
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Stinnett
Dalhart
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Karnes City
Crowell
Chillicothe
Longhorns beat Bears in defensive showdown
Imperial's Buena Vista Longhorns edged Balmorhea 3-0 on a lone 23 yard field goal by Bob Barron in a hard fought game. Bears led early but Longhorns dominated after halftime, totaling 207 yards to 109 and six first downs to three, setting up next week's home game against Forsan.
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Balmorhea Bears
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Barron
Longhorns
Bears
Jim Agnew
Cardinals Sweep Pirates as Busch Streak Continues
St. Louis swept Pittsburgh 5-4 Sunday to delay the Pirates clinching and keep their NL East magic number at three. Ted Sizemore delivered the key two-run single in the sixth for St. Louis while Willie Stargell led Pittsburgh. Elsewhere in the league, San Diego beat Cincinnati 10-7 and Houston topped Los Angeles 15-11 as pennant races tighten.
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Associated Press
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McLain Beaten by Smokey Robinson in Birmingham
In his Southern League debut on May 20 Denny McLain yielded nine hits and three homers as Smokey Robinson of the Montgomery Rebels homered twice and drove in five. Five days later Robinson again hit two homers and five RBIs while McLain allowed ten hits and three more homers over six innings.
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Cardinals stun Colts to open 1972 NFL season
St. Louis rookie Tim Van Galder directed the Cardinals to a 10-3 upset over Baltimore as pro football began its 1972 slate. He credited the win with qualifying for the NFL pension, while Johnny Unitas led the Colts in defeat. Other Week 1 results included Miami 20 Chiefs 10 and Packers 26 Browns 10.
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Associated Press
Tim van Galder
National Football League
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Season closes for high point ducks under Central Flyway rules
Under Central Flyway guidelines the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has closed the season on 100-point canvasbacks and redheads. The ban joins black belled tree ducks and fulvous tree ducks on the prohibited list, reducing permitted species to 90 20 and 10 point categories with mallard hens wood ducks hooded mergansers and New Mexican ducks at 90 points and other species mainly 10 or 20 points.
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Central Flyway Council
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Peewee Football League Opens With Quick Start
The Peewee Football League opened Saturday with the Chiefs defeating the Eagles 19 to 14 in the featured game. The Chiefs and Eagles B squads tied 0 to 0. The Cowboys edged the Longhorns 13 to 9, and the Cowboys B beat the Longhorns B 7 to 0. A good crowd attended.
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