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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1975
Page
5
Landcrabs host Bay City in District 25-AAAA baseball at Port Lavaca. Game delayed previously by sun glare. coach John Rodriguez discussed start time with Bay City. Bay City enters with 6-2 district mark after beating Victoria Stingarees.
Calhoun and Victoria each had nine hits in a junior varsity game in Port Lavaca. Twenty-four errors by the Sandcrabs led to a 24 to 3 district defeat, dropping Calhoun into a scoring drought while Victoria scored in every inning. Mike Mang and Sam Sensaubaugh had two hits for Calhoun. Tasler remains the Sandcrabs’ lone district winner despite a strong shift from Delgado.
Geoff rey Huston a 6 foot guard from Brooklyn New York signed a national letter of intent with the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Southwest Conference Also joining Coach Gerald Myers forces are Danny Ivey of San Antonio Central Catholic and Bob Rudolph of Arlington Huston from Canarsie High School averaged 21.9 points per game.
Houston AP reports top seed John Alexander was to face Hareem Rahim of Pakistan in the day’s featured match of the rain-delayed 41st River Oaks Tennis Tournament. Rain washed out eight first round matches Monday, and officials hoped to complete 16 matches scheduled for today.
Port Lavaca motocross team took two firsts two seconds and one fourth at the San Antonio Cycle-Rama Moto cross Park Sunday Randy Kach won senior open Cecil Jones ran second Jerry Rigby captured first in 160cc class Cliff Horne second in 250cc division and Chuck Daigle fourth in 125cc junior class
Randy Jones improved to 4-0 with a six hit shutout of the Houston Astros, extending San Diego’s early season surge to 7-4. The lefty allowed only 12 hits and no earned runs in 25 innings while Padres hitters provided support with a Run-scoring triple by Randy Hundley and timely hits from Glenn Beckett and Dave Winfield. In other NL action, the Dodgers edged the Braves 2-1 behind Henry Cruz’s go-ahead double, and the Giants beat the Reds 4-3 in 10 innings as Gary Matthews sparked the winner with a 10th-inning double and later scored.
Luis Gomez threw his helmet after a called out at first and received a $100 automatic fine. The Twins grabbed an 8-6 win as Larry Hisle drove in four with a homer and a triple and Rod Carew added a tying eighth inning sacrifice fly. The Yankees crushed Boston 12-1 and Oakland beat Texas 11-6, while Baltimore at Milwaukee and Kansas City at Chicago were rained out. Williams protested, claiming Gomez was ejected, while umpire Lou DiMuro explained the helmet violation did not eject him.
Oakland AP report confirms Keith Wilkes named the NBA 1974 75 rookie of the year. The 6 6 forward started quickly for the Golden State Warriors, averaging 14.2 points and 8.2 rebounds as they won the Pacific Division. John Drew of Atlanta and Scott Wedman also placed high in the Rookie of the Year voting, while Bill Walton missed most of the season due to injuries.
Rookie center Tom Burleson and veteran guard Mike Newlin have boosted Seattle and Houston as their teams push in the NBA playoffs. Seattle trails Golden State 3-2 in a best-of-seven Western semifinal after four games, while Houston hosts Boston in a series tied 2-1. Burleson leads Seattle with 88 points and 45 rebounds through four playoff games.
In a Calhoun junior high meet, Fannin clinched the eighth grade title with 193 points while Travis collected 154 and Crockett 145. In seventh grade, Travis led with 285 points. Crockett had 136 and Port O Connor 20. Event results list multiple performances, including 440 relay, sprints, hurdles, jumps, and throws, with Fannin, Travis, Crockett, and Port O Connor repeatedly atop various events.
Major League standings shown for the American and National Leagues with team records and upcoming games. Key matchups include San Francisco at Cincinnati, St Louis at New York, Philadelphia at Chicago, Pittsburgh at Montreal, Los Angeles at Atlanta, San Diego at Houston, plus Wednesday and Monday results and partial schedules for others.
Arizona State University moves back to No 1 in the biweekly College Baseball poll after sweeping Arizona three games. Florida State and South Carolina tie for second as Florida State slips from first with a 35 3 mark. In the university division Texas, South Alabama, Oklahoma, and Pan American rank among the top ten.
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