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Rio Rancho Observer

Location

Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1973

Page

8

New Mexico’s Kicking Hero Hartshorne Aims Pro Field Goals

Joe Hartshorne, a Los Alamos High School graduate, rises as New Mexico’s pro kicking hope with the Southwestern Professional Football League’s New Mexico Thunderbirds. The vivid kicker, famed for UNM totals and a hillbilly persona, explains field goal values from inside 40 to beyond 50 yards and envisions a pro career offering more opportunities due to league scoring quirks.

Ponderosa New Mexico Joe Hartshorne Arkansas Hills Hartshorne Los Alamos University of New Mexico Garden-Tae Hope New Mexico Thunderbirds T-Birds UNM

Entertainment icons join Rio Rancho golf tourney for charity

Prominent sports and entertainment figures will compete in the Second Annual Jimmy Durante Dale Robertson Rio Rancho Classic at the Rio Rancho Golf and Country Club on June 30 and July 1. Proceeds benefit the St Joseph Hospital Cancer Therapy Unit.

Rio Rancho Golf and Country Club St. Joseph Hospital New Mexico

Return Of A Lost Practice

Bill Conlin argues that 1973 could be the year of the stolen base due to faster players, weaker catchers, improved throwing, and strategic value in avoiding double plays. He cites Maury Wills’s fame, era pitching dominance, and Dodgers’ 1963–62 context as proof that base stealing rises when offense struggles and pitchers control the game.

Bill Conlin Copley A.D Babe Ruth Johnny Bench Dave Rader Ray Fosse Maury Wills Ty Cobb Dodgers Sandy Koufax Don Drysdale John Padres Ron Perranoski Wills Tyrus Cobb Max Carey Koufax Walter Alston

Weekend and weekday sports schedule fragment

A list of baseball and basketball fixtures with dates June 16 to June 22. Matchups include Bears Eagles Dukes Hawks and several city teams Yankees Mets Reds Padres and others. Times noted as 6:00 P M or 5:30 P M with some OCR irregularities like Rio Rancho references.

Bears Eagles Dukes Hawks Lobos Rebels Jets Giants Yankees Mets Rio Rancho Reds Padres Rio. Rancho

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