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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1977
Page
10
The report covers college and minor league baseball scoring with players like Roberts and Buckley contributing key hits. Highlights include doubleheaders, late innings, and multiple games across venues, with teams such as Houston and Dallas area clubs noted along with weather impacts and partial box scores.
In port Walton area tournaments wrap amid mixed results. Italian Kult Rusuveile Austra and others appear in frames with players like Caroline Sta Livingston and Ronen Feinesy amid Davis Cup chatter between states. Weather, venues, and scattered scores from Portland to Chicago are noted, with a general sense of ongoing national tennis activity.
A chaotic OCR snippet lists horse racing results and entries at Evangelime Downs. It mentions judges or officials, unnamed horses, and partial numbers, with scattered references to Kentucky and other locations, but the readable text is fragmented and lacks clear event details or outcomes.
The San Antena Térinis' Club opens a tree clinic sponsored by the Education Foundation. Jack Sinhr, chairman, will lead the event at 8 pm, with the United States Tennis Association and author of Sacredry, a Friend at Court, in Thousand Oaks Country.
L A Dodgers finally earned their first win of the season defeating the Midland Cubs. Key hits include a Pen e run homer and two doubles. Mary Webb drove in four runs. Birry Biggerstair pitched four and two third innings for the win. Dan Cardoza extended his hitting streak to seven. The Cubs added three runs on a Carl Pagel double in the third. The series continues Saturday.
Ben Dehete drove in three runs with a homer to lift Detroit past Kansas City. Jon Hird pitched effectively Friday night as Detroit loaded the bases in the sixth inning, scoring three late to seal the win.
California Angels blanked the Seattle Mariners 7 0 behind right hander Nolan Ryan who allowed only a single run. Ryan extended his win streak against Seattle this season while teammates Bobby Bonds Lonnie Baylor and Bobby Grich contributed to the offense in front of a crowd of 14 654 at Anaheim Stadium.
Jack Ewing surged from a five way heap to win the $80,000 Twithassee Open at Anardel near Daytona Beach. Ewing placed two minutes ahead of distant pack leaders Wally Armstrong and Bobby Walter with Sweed and Larry Nelson two strokes back in a tight finish.
Jett Burroughs belted a two run homer in his first at bat at Atlanta Stadium off Dick Ruthven, giving the Braves a lead in a 4 1 victory over the Houston Astros. Enos Cabell drove in a run for Houston as Jerry Royster added insurance in the third.
Reggie Smith hit two homers for the Dodgers as Don Ray earned his second win with help from Iron Charlie Hough. Los Angeles spoiled San Francisco's home opener by a 22 1 margin before 40,408 fans. Dusty Baker Johnny Oates and others drove in runs while Smith led off the game with a homer.
Ciney, September 5. Johnny Bench belted his first homer of the session in the sixth to break a tie as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Diego Padres 95 to halt a five game losing streak. Joe Meenan and Gore Foster added two run hits for the defending champions who won for only the third time in eight pennants.
A chaotic summary notes missing people feared trapped after a blaze at Garden State Parke's chuthouse causing extensive damage. It also covers boxing returning Mubinnend Ali in pair of exhibitions, Indy racing entries by Foyt, and a Baltimore exhibition with Riggs and Richards plus seven NFL free agents remaining with the Rams.
Oakland rode relief pitching to a 3-2 victory over Minnesota, extending their streak to six wins in seven games. Rod Carew hit a long homer, while Jean stopped Torrez’s bid. Paula Turresiba and Baye Ghusti provided late cushion.
The Chicago White Sox rallied from a 5-2 deficit to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 Friday. Silliman Swarrin delivered a key RBI single as a five-run sixth inning overturned the score, with Oscar Gamble and Alan Bannister contributing doubles and other offense as the Sox seized control.
Brewers beat the New York Yankees 7 6 as Lezcano and Cecil Cooper drove in five runs to lift Milwaukee in a tense Friday night game. Lezcano earlier clouted two homers off Don Gullett, providing key offense and a string of early runs. The rally featured multiple hits and stolen bases as Milwaukee seized a lead and held off New York.
San Angelo native McPherson, 34, wins four events and ties the world pentathlon mark with a perfect pistol score despite rain at Pershing Ranger grounds. Glonesk leads after fencing and swimming totals, edging Burley and Tampey as the field caps the day with 4 286 points and sets up Saturday finale.
Mata Nebraska hosts a National Intercollegiate Skeet Tourney in which Trinity's defending WO Honey champion Tesairt loses the clay target event but remains in the hunt for the overall team title. New Hampshire wins the meet with Colorado State second as Drake's Vom Wiyeins takes individual honors in a shortened two-day program cut by weather. Trinity shooters Brundage and Bartel post top finishes amid a field that includes Simmmens and Berholt, while Drake's Paxion edges to first in the 75 birds.
Veteran Wynn shoots five under par 67 to lead the Tournament of Champions second round at Costa Country Club. Nicklaus, Watson, Koch and Bracks tied behind. Miller short of the leaders as the field totals move toward the final round in Endicott last August.
The Fiesta Race at Pan American Speedway features more than 11 drivers with races in all divisions. The show starts at 8:48 pm with a main event titled the Tire race, and adults pay 4 while children under 6 enter free.
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