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Victoria Advocate (Newspaper) - March 13, 1972, Victoria, TexasFrank Howard form charts a 1972 by newspaper Enterprise Assn Texas rangers american league West prospectus new town Dallos fort wort new Divi Sion but the some old View looking up from the Bottom o i the standings the players you see Hove the some old arms and tired old hots of they did of the Washington senators Monomer ted Williams spunk and expertise con almost Moke silk purses out o i o sow s Eor. But not quite i specially when the operatives must compete against the strengths of terms like ook lond. California and Minnesota. Last season the team created pre season excitement by being o Haven for individualists notorious and otherwise like Denny Mclain Curt flood Joe Foy Well Mclain once a 31 game Winner lost 22 games flood disappeared Early in the season Foy was sent to minors. A Lone Bright spot remains aging slugger Frank Howard owner Bob Short crying All the Way to the Bank will find Solace Only in the expected Large crowds to see the Quot new pitching it is generally conceded Thot Mclain a great Arm it a thing of the past storting help it expected from Dick Bosman 12-16pete Broberg who came off Dartmouth Campus to win five lose nine and newcomers Mike Paul and Rich hand from the indians. Capable pout a Edblad and Casey Cox will be in bullpen. Infield Don Mincher 12 homers at first Journeyman ted Kubiak at second Dave Nelson 280 at third and inconsistent Young Toby horror of Short form barely adequate Horn group Outfield Howord in left plus three Guys who con barely hit .250 Roy Foster in Trode from Clevelan lorry Biittner and Eliott Maddox. Jeff Burroughs .232 at Rookie May win starting Job. Catching Dick Billings 48 Bis will be Fop Catcher. Sex Lindion Ken Suorez will Back him up predicted finish sixth in West. Ramirez Delgado Lead Way stings champs of baseball tourney by Jackie Hamilton some phenomenal Relief pitching by freshman Allen Ramirez and timely hitting by Jimmy Delgado powered the Victoria sting Arees past the Bra Oswood buccaneers at Rosebud Park saturday evening. The Victory clinched the Victoria Stroman baseball tournament As the stings breezed to three consecutive triumphs in the two Day tourney. Ramirez relieved starter David Ballard in the third inning and pitched witless shutout Ball the rest of the Way. He struck out 10 bucs in just 2-3 innings. Victoria fell in the lag in the first inning. After the stings had gone scoreless in the top of the first the bucs struck for three lightening Quick runs. Lead off Batter James Arnold lined a single to Center and was sacrificed to second by Randy Blanchard. Bill Cheatham then singled to left with Arnold hitting the skids at third and Cheatham advancing to second on the relay throw. Braz Oswood a Burly first baseman Mike Keathley the next hitter lined a fastball Over the left Field Barrier for an Early 3-0 bulge. Victorians first tally came in the third. With two gone John Thompson beat out a bunt for a hit. Singaree third baseman Mike Macha followed with a shot to right Center for a triple Thompson scoring. It was 3-1 after three innings. Hie sting Arees knotted it up in the ensuing Frame. Randy Lamprecht led off with a base on balls and Marc Ashley Pinch ran for him. After Doug Dailey fanned Delgado smashed a titanic blast Over the left Field Wall about 370 feet away. The winners went ahead for Good in the following inning. Eakins is new City pin King the 19th annual Victoria Bowling association menus City tournament concluded at Victoria Bowling lanes saturday night with Larry Eakins the City Champion with a 1,852 nine game scratch total. Very few changes were made during the final two shifts of action although one involved a Champion As Jack Walker and Allen Lange moved into the first place in Gass c doubles with 1,292 Handicap. The Only other change 3 local teams due action All three Victoria baseball teams Are in action monday with two of the teams slated to play at Rosebud Park. Stromann a raiders open the Days activity by hosting the Austin Johnston rams in a doubleheader at Rosebud Park beginning at 4 . A sport a a few people know that a 5 Bill Sharman who is now g the successful basketball g a coach of the los Angeles a b lakers was probably one b a of the greatest All around j g athletes in the history of g a High school sports. A b when he was in High school a 2 in Porterville calif., in the j 0 Early 1940�?Ts, Sharman not g a Only starred on the football a b basketball track and g baseball teams but in g a addition he was Ang b Amateur Boxer a top Golf a b or and he won the state b g singles Tennis Champion g b ship a 5 do you know the last a g time a Man less than 6 feet g a tall was Able to win the a b scoring championship in major College basketball. It was Way Back in 1947-48 when 5-9 Murray Wier of Iowa finished first among the scores. The Victoria sting Arees then take Over the Park As they play the Alice coyotes in a 7 30 . Encounter. St. Josephus flyers Are out of town monday As they visit the Edna cowboys at 7 . Coach John d. Buzz Belles raiders now 2-8 for the season took fourth place in last weekends Victoria Stroman tournament Downing Beeville 8-1 before falling to Bra Oswood and Wharton. This will be the second time the raiders and rams have collided Johnston winning the first encounter 3-2. Coach Robert Tripson a sting Arees now 9-1 for the season after capturing the championship trophy in the Victoria Stroman tournament by Downing Bay City and Wharton to gain the finals and then upending Bra Oswood 5-3 in the final contest. The sting Arees pounded the coyotes 14-3 and 7-4 in previous outings Between the two teams. Coach Steve Tibiletti a flyers Are 4-2 for the season after they lost to Moody in the Consolation braves Carty hospitalized West Palm Beach Fla. Apr Rico Carty Atlanta braves outfielder trying to come Back after knee injuries sidelined him All last season has been hospitalized with a leg inflammation. Finals in the Victoria Stroman tournament. St. Joseph lost its first game to Wharton and then dumped Bay City to gain the Consolation finals. The flyers upended Edna 9-4 in the Only previous meeting Between the two teams. Rankin bests Whitworth in eve playoff Houston a scrambling Judy Rankin who does no to mind the Gusty Texas winds Sank a 15-foot Birdie putt on the first Hole of a sudden death playoff to defeat Kathy Whitworth and win the $25,000 Lyga lady eve Golf tournament sunday. The two women entered sundays final round tied for the Lead at six under Par and they finished with three under Par 70s for nine under Par 210s. Saturday night saw Tom Kennedy and Billy White gain second place in class b doubles. Gass a champions in the tournament included Billy Bill Russell gets Honor Boston a Bill russells no. 6 Jersey his for 13 seasons with the Boston Celtis was quietly retired sunday at the Boston Garden. The Green number sewn on a Flag with seven others was hoisted to the ceiling of the cavernous Garden an hour before the doors opened for the new York Boston pro basketball game. Reporters asked Russell Why he wanted a private ceremony. Quot you know i done to go for that stuff a he said of fanfare. Terry in All events with 1,901, Felix Rivera in singles with 892 and the doubles team of Steve Beller and Jimmy Kashouty with 1,303. Keith Worsham was a triple Winner in Gass b. He won Al events with 2,001, singles with 663 and teamed with Pete Worsham for 1,384 and the doubles title. Donald Stringer was a double Winner in Gass a capturing All events with 2,013 and singles with 666. The doubles title went to Jack Walker and Allen canadians win Manila a Pitcher Richard Hames bases loaded single in the 11th inning broke a scoreless Duel and gave Canada a 1-0 Victory Over the defending United states team in the final game of the third world menus softball championship sunday. Judy Rankin s3,750 Kathy Whitworth. 12,125 Marilynn Smith s3.180 Batty Burfeindt 11,620 Joann Pranica 1,620 Sandra Raynia 1.245 Sandra Palmar 1,000 Jana Blalock 1,000 Kathy Corn Allut �50 Judy Kimball 647 Betsy Cullan 647 Carl Mann 1647 Sally Little 647 Leslie Holbert 442 Cerda Boykin 442 Joanna Carnar 313 Ruth Jetten 313 Mariana Hagge 313 Margee matters 313 Susla Mcallister 313 Betsy Rawls 313 Karolyn Kert Man 230 Jocelyn Bourassa. 207 Barnett 207 Sherry Wilder 170 Sharon Millar 170 Clifford Ann Creed 270 Jane Huntzberger 170 6 71 70�?210 6v 71 70 210 72 71 69-212 70 71 73�?214 72 73 69-214 70 72 74-216 74 71 72-217 73 72 72-217 71 72 75-21 72 73 74 219 72 73 74�?219 66-76-77�?219 75 72 72-219 76-72 72-220 74 75 71�?220 74 77 70�? 221 76 71-74�? 221 71 73 77-221 76 71 74�?221 75 73 73 221 73 75 73-221 73 76 73-222 73 75 75-223 73 76-74�?223 70 75 79�?224 74 76 74-224 73 74 77-224 75 73 76 224 Safe boating m Vuk. Xiv w for Young Skippers 5. Line handling at Seo Oil Topes Are colled lines when you Ore securing o line to a Cleat take a turn or two around the Cleat before hitching the line use o bowline pronounced Bolm when you need o Loop that will not slip Jom or pull apart a Clove hitch is useful for tying up to pilings and the Square knot is just Gener ally useful for on univ uni Eastern recording and Workbook designed to help youngsters become Good sailors Send a Check or Money order for 14 95 to soft boating car of this newspaper Boi ii South no Wolk Conn 04is4 allow three weeks tor delivery leap paces Bobcat Victory a Here san oddity from a baseball. In the nation Gal league statistics for last g season St. Louis led the a league in batting new a York led in pitching and 0 Cincinnati led in Fielding a a yet Pittsburgh won the a Pennant Refugio a Green state Leader Lange with their 1,292 total saturday night. High series rolled saturday night included Larry Eakins 618, Morgan Smith 604, Felix Rivera 597, John Kruppa 596, Billy White 595, Robert Darville 591, Truman King 588 and Billy Johnston 587. Final standings All events scratch City championship a Larry Eakins 1,152. Class a a 1, Billy Terry 1,901, 2, Fia Steve Beller 1,194, Ana Rudy Bluhm 1,894 class b a 1, Keith Worsham 2,001, 2. Jack Price 1,900 3, Eddie Stevens 1,899 class c a 1, Donald Strengar 2,013, 2. Carl Bosier 1,874 3, Roy Garratt 1,873. Sin orcs class a a 1, Felix Rivera 6922, Ray Knowles 685, 3, Billy Terry 684. Class b a 1, Keith Worsham 663 2, Cliff Moczygemba 660 3, tie James Schumann 647, and Glen Hogan 647. Class c a 1, Donald Stringer 6662, Felix Janak 665 3, Leroy Walters. 654 doubles class a a 1, Steve Beller Jimmy Kashouty 1,3032, Don Thomas Truman King 1,2993, Morgan Smith Gene Zoe 1,296 class b a 1, Kaith Worsham Pete Worsham 1,3842, Tom Kennady Billy Whitt 1,2783, John plea de Salazar 1,264 class c a 1, Jack Walker Allen Lange 1,2922, Al Griffin Roy Garrett 1,253 3, tie Nathan Garrett Clift Moczygemba 1,250, and Pat Heibel Jose Gonzales 1,250. Hall of Fame entry wheat dead at 82 Sedalia to. A funeral services Are pending for Zach wheat a member of baseball shall of Fame who died in a Sedalia Hospital at the age of 82 saturday night. Officials said wheat suffered a heart attack. A mild tempered Man who never was ejected from a Ball game in his 19 years in the major leagues wheat nonetheless disputed an umpires decision throughout his life by insisting he held the National league record for hitting safely in the most consecutive games. A i once hit safely in 26 straight games and in the 27th i beat out an infield hit off Fred Toney of Cincinnati a wheat would say. Quot the Umpire however called me wit. Then i batted safely in the next 11 games. Quot if id Only received credit for that hit id have had 38 straight a he was quoted As saying. Tommy Holmes of the Boston braves is the listed record Holder with hits in 37 straight no games. Wheat spent 18 of his 19 big league seasons As left fielder for the Brooklyn dodgers. He ended his baseball career with the Philadelphia athletics in 1927. Pm a i 1 Bel you did no to know a radial a a Mleh Elm x Guo Rosteed for 40,000 Mil of tread Woor. Compact Ulzo easts a a _ than 848 0 a Brand now to some people yes. But a a we be been perfecting the technique 0 g Unce we invented the steel Cord g s radial process Over 19 years ago _ a High performance s the reason Why a a we can guarantee it tor 40.000 Miles 0 0 of tread Wear get full grip Lull 0 a traction in All weather up to 80% g a fewer punctures and up to 10% a a savings on Gas costs compared to a 0 Standard conventional ask about 0 0 the Brand new tire that s >9 years g sold the Michelin x radial = 5 compact site costs less than 40 a i Moreman is 5 s tire co. Í1m fill it a Whf. 571-1591 i a a by Pete Kendall advocate sports writer Refugio from the first event in the morning Field event finals through to the evenings conclusion of the running event finals Here saturday night it was no contest in the 16th annual Refugio Bobcat relays. Riding meet shattering performances by Carl Green with a 22.0 in the 220 and 23-6� in the Long jump and a 39.6 in the 330-Yard intermediate hurdles by Curtis Isaiah the cats ran away with the team championship recording 153 Points easily eclipsing the 123 and 58 amassed by Sinton and Cuero for second and third places respectively. Greens Fine leap in the Long jump also vaulted him into uncontested first place in the states Best in the event. As if that Wasny to enough however Refugio a Randy Knox also tossed the discus 160-5, Good Foss Cates Hudson insurance Bonds enough for a meet record by itself but also enough to move him into the top ten in the state s Best too. The other record breaking performance came from Robstown a Ruben Zavala in the mile with the Fine time of 4 29.0. In the freshman division Earl Lemons and his fellow Refugio ninth graders hauled off top honors in that class too. Lemons was the principal Point getter recording High honors in the freshmen class with 37, in addition to establishing three new freshmen records for the meet. Lemons clocked times of 14.8 and 39.7 in the 1% hurdles and 330 intermediates and leaped 20-3 in the Long jump a All easily breaking standards. Old Marks had been 17.1 and 44.1 in the two hurdles races and 18-9 in the Long jump. Other winning performances during the night came from Cuero Salois Blackwell in the 100 with an excellent 9.9, Ruben Medina of Robstown in the 880 Refugio track summary shot put a i Willi Jones Sinton 55 3 a 2 Jorry Wallac. Robstown 51-94 3 Juan Martinaz Woodsboro 51 0 discus 1 Randy Knox Refugio 160 5 2 Donny Davis Sinton 149 a a 3. Tommy Danny Premont 148 84 pole vault a 1 David Fromme Sinton 13 0, 2 Ricky Green Refugio 13 0. 3 Mike Johnston Refugio 12 6 High jump a 1 Larry Toliver Woodsboro 6 0, 2 curls Isaiah Refugio 6 0. 3 David heard Refugio 5 10 Long jump 1 Carl Green Refugio 23 6�?~/j, 3 Curtis Isiah Refugio. 22 5 3 Ricky Green Refugio. 20 9 100 Yard dash 1 Alois Blackwell Cuero 9 9, 2 Carl Graan Refugio 10 0, 3 Arthur Whittington Cuero 10 0 200 Yard dash a 1 Carl Green Refugio 22 1 2 John Mclver Sinton 22 33 Arthur Whittington Cuero 22.4 440 Yard dash a l Jam Contreras Sinton 510, 2 Edward Escarino Rob town s1.ii 3 David Hall Claro is 7. 880 Yard run 1 Ruban Medina Robstown. 2 04 4 2 Calvin Kirkland Refugio. 2 05 5, 3 Joe Corrales Premont 2 05 6 120 Yard High hurdles a 1 Curtis Isiah Refugio 14 8, 2 Leonard Avery Woodsboro. 151, 3 David Haard Refugio 15 5 330 Yard intermediate hurdles 1 Curtis Isaiah Refugio. 39.5 2 Jerry Oulliber Sinton 41.7. 3. Calvin Kirkland. Refugio 42 3 mile run 1. Ruben Zavala. Rob town 4 29 02 Sammy Campos Claro 4 30 43 Mario Martinaz Sinton 4 40.2. Sprint relay i. Sinton Gonzalo Adams Mika Carper John Mclver Jame Contreras 43 9 2. Or Mont 44.2 3 Refugio 44.4. Mile relay a 1 Sinton Gonzalo adapt Mika carpal. John me Ivor Jama Contraras 3 29 0, 2 Claro 3 34 5, Rafugio 3 34 7. Team totals 1 Rafugio 153. 2 Sinton 123,3 Claro 58 4 Woodsboro 48 $ Premont 42 8. Robstown 37 7. Goorge Watt 13 8 Kansas City 9 Watt Oto s. 10 Arkansas past 2 with a 2 04.4, Willie Jones of Sinton with a heave of 55-34 in the shot put and Larry Toliver with a bound of 6-0 in the High jump. Also David Fromme of Sinton with a 13-0 pole vault Sinton and winning times of 43.8 and 3 29.0 in the sprint and mile relays James Contreras of Sinton with a 51.0 in the 440 and Isaiah with a 14.8 in the 120-Yard High hurdles. Additional team Points went to following the first three places Woodsboro with 48, Premont with 42, Robstown with 37, George weat with 13, Karnes Gay with 12, weat Oso with 5 and Arkansas pass with 2. The scheduled Soi Unar periods As printed below hat been taken from mrs Richard Aldan knights so lunar tables plan your Days to that you will be tithing in Good territory or Hunting in Good cover during these times if you wish to find the Best sport that Aach Day hat to offer the Mai or periods Are shown in bold face Type these begin at the times shown and last tor an hour and a half or two hours thereafter the minor Are of somewhat Shorter duration Date Day minor major minor major am mar 13 monday 2 55 tuesday 3 40 wednesday 4 25 thursday 5 15 Friday 6 10 saturday 7 15 sunday 8 15 monday 9 20 tuesday 10 25 wednesday 11 30 thursday a pm 8 18 18 15 11 85 11 is 12 2 1 30 2 35 3 48 4 4 1 4 6 40 3 25 4 is 4 55 5 45 6 40 7 40 8 45 9 50 10 55 11 55 12 25 18 08 18 60 11 to 1 80 2 00 1 0 4 10 1 1 8 11 7 8 Pouch Cash burial $1,000 polity a to the 00. No salesmen Call on you no medical examination. Money Back guarantee. Free details Plain envelope. Tear out and. Write to american service life insurance company. Watch for our grand opening Bay Homes Lake Homes motels apart merits recreation room offices i Monk lome Home Porta Lodge �80? Houston Hwy. David Garcia singled to Lead off and promptly pilfered second. Macha Drew a walk but was Cut Down on a delayed steal. With Marc Gentry at Bat Garcia stole third. Subsequently Gentry also walked. Seconds later Garcia and Gentry worked the double steal to perfection with Garcia scoring and Gentry taking second. Lamprecht flied out for the final out. Victoria added an insurance Kenedy triumphs at Cuero advocate news service Cuero a the Kenedy Lions beat the Yoakum bulldogs 11-4 saturday night to win the Gobbler baseball tournament. Kenedy also dominated the All tournament team with three players. The team was chosen by 16 pro scouts who attended the three Day event. Yoakum and Calhoun of port Lavaca each placed two players on the All tournament team. Other teams represented were Cuero Gonzales and Bishop Forest of Schulenburg. Kenedy All tournament choices were Pitcher Stan Hall infielder Rudy Diaz and outfielder Craig Hardin. Yoakum was represented by infielder David Mutschler and Catcher David Schneider. Calhoun players on the select squad were Pitcher Larry Chavanna and outfielder Darnell Thompson. Others on the team were outfielder Robbi Krik of Cuero infielder Joey Kalmus of Gonzales and infielder Bennie Machac of Bishop Forest of Schulenburg run in the seventh when Macha drove in Marty Dailey with a sacrifice Fly. Dailey had opened with a single. The sting Arees Are in action again today facing Alice. Victoria a r m Garcia of Thompson of Macha 3b Gantry la Lamprecht Ashley or d Dailey 2b Delgado if Ballard p Ramirez Dailey is totals Victoria Bra Oswood errors Holtzclaw Bra Oswood 0 a h 3 l 1 Arnold is 3 1 i 4 1 2 2 0 l 2 0 l Cheatham of 3 i i 2 0 0 Keathley la 3 11 2 0 0 Mcdougal 3 0 0 0 1 0 Bacica 2b 10 0 3 0 0 a Williams if 300 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 Allison a 1 0 0 2 0 0 Crabtree or 0 0 0 3 1 1 25 5 7 totals 22 3 4 081 210 1�?5 300 008 �?2 runs batted in Macha 2, Delgado 2, Keathley 3 two base hits Delgado three base hits Macha Home runs Delgado Keathley stolen Bates Garcia 3, Gentry Blanchard sacral fact Macha Blanchard double plays Williams to Holtzclaw d. Dailey to Gentry left on bases Victoria 4, Bra Oswood 2 Bates on balls Allison 4, Ramirez 2 strikeouts Ballard 4, Allison 9, Ramirez 10, hits off Ballard 4 for 3 runs in 2 13 innings Ramirez for 0 runs in 4 2 3, Allison 7 for 5 runs in 7. Winning Pitcher Ramirez losing Pitcher Allison. Time 1 59 general tire service special. 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