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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1976
Page
5
The Pecos Eagles meet the Alpine Bucks in a Friday game, continuing a 21 year, 13 game series that began in 1953. Pecos leads the current matchups, riding a 2 game edge after recent wins, while Alpine seeks upset potential in district 2-AAA action.
The Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 behind Steve Carlton to tighten the NL East lead to six games over Pittsburgh as the Pirates edged the Cubs in 10 innings. Tim McCarver hit a two run homer. Carlton improved to 19-6 with nine strikeouts through eight innings.
Bal Morhea Bears travel to Alpine to face Buck IV as they chase their first win. The 0-3 Bears are in a four-team pack in district 4-B East, with Sanderson 0-3 and Grandfalls 0-2, while Fort Davis leads the loop at 3-0 with 115 points scored and only six allowed.
Johnny Miller aces a hole in one and fires a course-record 63 to take a two-stroke lead in the first round of the Kai ser International Open Gold Tournament in Napa. He chats with neighbors and waves to family as he enjoys a relaxed, confident start.
The schedule lists Eagles and Eagle Queen volleyball matches in Alpine and Denver City, with Pecos, Zavala, Crockett, Fort Stockton, Grandfalls, and Marfa teams involved in multiple roundrobin and tournament games Friday through Tuesday. Miller leads a golf event at Silverado Country Club with Don January chasing. leaders plan to swap courses for weekend rounds as the field aims for a north course finale.
Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton bring the big outdoor fight back to the United States Tuesday night when they meet for the third time. The last outdoor heavy-weights clash previously drew wide attention and set up expectations for a quick, decisive bout.
Donna Caponi Young led the Carlton LPGA at Calabasas Park, finishing 69 after bogeying two holes. Judy Rankin and Susie Benning shared the early lead at 68, with Debbi Austin also in hot form. Other contenders struggled with putting as top names chased the rich first prize.
Denver Broncos safety Randy Poltl will be out of NFL action indefinitely after a bruised kidney. Coach John Ralston said Poltl was released from the hospital on Wednesday.
North Texas State coach Hayden Fry seeks revenge on SMU for firing him in 1972 after a 7-4 season. SMU faces Fry’s NT in Dallas while SMU is coming off a 56-3 loss to Alabama. The game, with SMU a small favorite, rekindles a long running grudge in a busy college football Saturday slate.
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