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KEEP ONE-GAME EDGE IN 12-4A STANDINGS' Exporters shutout Sam Rayburn Texans, 3-0 LIONS FIELD, Frceporl Larson, who has pitched nine The only acorlneofthe'nleht arson took a free ride Steve Burnett ihen stepped Erie Lindsey singled I rnrt imrathorr.no of the 11 district Katnes. struck- i- r. to first lainnvhonho tn i HO nioionruiku Crews and Burnett to Ice awa LIONS FIELD, Frceporl put together one good tnnlng while David Larson, the nearest thlngto a one- man army, held off the Sam Rayburn Texans long enough for the Exporters to take a 3-0 win in a District I2-4A baseball game here Tuesday night. The shutout win, even though It came In tho fifth Inning after the Shippers had been Wield to one hit through four frames, was also good enough to keep them In the district of the II district games, struck- out 13 and gave up two walks, He was In trouble only In the first inning when two men wore left stranded at second and first, and In the fifth when Rayburn got a man to third. The Exporters put six men on base the first four Innings, hut the closest any of them got to pay dirt was Tltn Davis.

The Shipper first sacker went to third In the fourth Inning but was tagged out at the plate Baytown, La Marque win Tuesday games FACTS SPORTS SPECIAL Tuesday night games in 12- 4A baseball failed to change the district standings as league leaders Urazosport and Daytown scored expected wins. Other winners were La Marquo and Dall High. Brazosport beat Rayburn 3. tn Brazosport, Baytown roll- Wd past Texas City in Texas City 4-0, La Marque whip- pod Pasadena 0-0 In La Marquo, and Ball High upset Galena Park 4-1 tn Galena Park. The Tuesday night action left Brazosporl In first place and tho Candors of Baytown running a close second, just cmc game behind.

12AAAA STANDINGS- TEAM PCT BRA7.0SPORT 10 I .909 Baytown 9 2 .818 La Marquo 8 3 .727 Galena Park 5 0 .455 Ball High 5 0 .455 Hayburn 3 8 .273 Paaadpna 3 8 .273 Texas City 2 0 .182 TUESDAY CAME RESULTS llayburn 0 at 3 Texas City 0 al Baytown 4 Pasadena 0 at La Marque 5 Ball High 4 at Galena Park 1 FRIDAY GAMKS Ball High at Rayburn Texas City at Pasadena Galena Park at Baytown SATURDAY GAME at La Marquo RAZOJPORTS DIVOT DIGGINGS BY DEN is MCCARTHY La Hacienda opens membership drive On the heels of last wutkomi's men's tournament comes tho announcement thai La Hacienda Coumry Club Is now accepting new memberships. A $250 Initiation las been set and dues will be $10 a month according to the Club'K owners. Govlo Waller, an AngU'ton busdnessniSn and principal owner of tho club, also that the final plans for the new club house should bo completed within a wet-It and then the bidding stage IwRlns, Applications aro available at thu Club house or they may be obtained by writing Box 449, Angk'ion. Texas, In care of the manager, Jimmy Jackson. WEAVER HEADS FOR CHAMPIONS Riverside pro Buddy Weaver got in his last practice round at Champions on Tuesday and says that the course -Is playing lard, at least for him, the mcxlesl, long-ball hitter, though now off tho tour and unaccustomed to pro competition day In am! day out, can probably Ix- counlix.1 an his own with tho long, tough course.

No one Is predicting record-breaking scon-s' fur the four-day affair which gets underway tomorrow, and the weather might turn out to be a problem also. Buddy tees of at 11:13 a.m. Thursday am) again on Friday at 8:30 a.m. Ho Is set toplay with foreign golfer Will llomen- ulk ami an amatuur swinger from Amarllio, John Karquhar. A Good luck to Buddy.

FROM THK GALLERY Angloton's golfing Judge, E. GOKF, just missed i-om- Ing Into the "money" at La Hacienda over tlio weekend. Playing with Riverside's GEORGE HUNT, they missed by a shot from getting Into the four-way tie ami playoff for the last prize In their flight. A Houston tram took the playoff from three local teams all In there trying. Included in the playoff wore VERNON WHITE, and A.

7.ACIIAHY of Old Ocean. Brazorla's and La Hacienda's J. E11LEKT combines unusual 'features when playing golf. He drives with a one Iron off the tee and lie uses glass-shafted clubs. Simply raves about them, as docs Freeport Attorney WAYNE HOLDER, who also swears by thum.

Both say It Is the best club they have ever used. Second victory of the year fur GENE NEWMAN who continues to show that he is a tough competitor ami chips- down golfer. (He played at Ganado over the week-end when La Hacienda had to drop the championship flight.) For those who follow the high school picture, Lee's Volunteers from San Antonio dropped three tlmo State ftlnner Alamo Heights from the running this year by bouncing them in a regional test the other day. National Golf Day Is May 30, and as you know the PGA Golf Fund has distributed over $1 million to golfing charities, A number of caddies are now In college as a result of this one- day blast. Worth quoting: Jack Nicklaus describes himself as un- Jealous of Arnie Palmer's greater popularity with gulf galleries.

Says 'Tin not as exciting to watch as Arnie, My citement Is on the Inside," bulletin board AUSTIN (AP) Cliarges that San Antonio Alamo Heights' tennis doubles team is ineligible to compute in the state meet this weekend were to be taken up today by the Texas Interscholastic League's state executive com- Ohttee. '1'he complaint was brought by Houston Lee. HOUSTON (AP) The Unl- versity of Houston baseball team set -4 school record Tuesday by defeating Texas Lutheran 9-4 lor their 17th victory this season, FORT WORTH (AP) -Tex; swept 9 doMbleheader from "i Tf ps Christian by identical scores of 2-1 and grabbed the Southwest Conference baseball lead Tuesday, IIAKLINGEN, Tex. (AP) Karle Lankford, 29, who coached HarlingenHigliSchool to the District H--1A south zone basketball championship last season, resigned to accept a similar Tuesday, Yanks, Giants win FREEPORT In Fee-Wee League baseball action Tuesday, the Yankees won over the Tigers 12-5 and the Giants defeated the Redskins 18-12. In a Monday game, the Rangers edged the Texaos 14-13, only started In the bottom of the fifth whenCharleg Arnold singled with one away, Arnold went to second with a stolen base to first moments later when he was hit by Rayburn pitcher Gary Grant, who took the loss.

Donnle Crews came In to run for Larson, FREEPORT, TEXAS, Moy 4, 1966 PAGE 7 to the cer to the left of third base. Rayburn's Ronnie Spain took a running jab at the ball, but couldn't make the play. Burnett was safe with a single while Spain was charged with an error that filled the bases. At this point, Jay Lee Walchod ball four sink past him and Arnold went home to break the scoreless tie. Roughnecks leading 11-3A zone baseball NATIONAL LEAGlffc Pet GB I'llUburgh 12 7 8 I 1 .708 .550 .533 .444 J8S .235 2 'A 3 5' 714 8 II Ixw Angeles 12 HOUSTON II Atlanta II Philadelphia 8 Saint Uul.t 8 It New Yorit 5 Ctaclnmti 4 Chicago 4 TUESDAY'S RESULTS HOUSTON 10, Chicago 2.

LMM 5, New York 2. I'lltaburgh 5, Cincinnati 4, IV. Innings. Atlanta 9, Philadelphia 8, 10 Innings. San Francisco 8, Loo An- Rclcx 1.

WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Chit-ago (Elbworth 1-2) at HOUSTON (Roberto 1-3), 7: JO I'M. Angeles (Osteen 4-1) at San 1-3), FACTS SPORTS SPECIAL WEST COLUMBIA The West Columbia Roughnecks upped their 1I-3A East Zone baseball record to five wins against two losses by beating the John Foster Dulles Vikings 1-0 here Tuesday night. The win put Columbia solidly In the zone lead followed by Larnar Consolidated with a 4-2 record. Other East Zone teams are Dulles with a 1-4 record and Angleton wlthal-3 record. Columbia's lone run came In the bottom of the third Inning on a single by Mike Raasch, a sacrallce and an error Neil Vork (Hamilton M) at Saint Louis (Smdeckl 2-0), I'tiiuuklphU (Short 2-1) at Atlanta (Lemasier 1-1), night.

ritUburgh (Blum 1-0) it Cincinnati (OToole M), night. AMERICAN LEAGUE H' I'd Cleveland 12 -t 10 .667 11 3 .611 07 .503 4 6 7 4 10 i 12 4 13 3 12 fi ,333 94 10 .200 10 Baltimore Chicago Detroit California Minnesota Washington Motion Sew York Kansas City TUESDAY'S KKSULTS Cleveland 1, Nrit Vork 0. Washington 3, Baltimore 0. MlnnrsoU (, Chicago 'i. Detroit Boston (I.

California Kansas City 2 WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Cleveland IWI 1-1) al New Vork (Stotlleniyre 1-2). lialtlmoro (Bunker M) al Washington (Duckworth O-'J), niRht. City (Tnlbol 0-2) at California (Chance 1-1), night. Minm-sota 1-2) at Chi- caRo (Dinhardt 1-1), night. Huston (Wilson 0-1) al llt- troil After Raasch singled Mike Scarborough bunted and was thrown out at first and Raasch went to second base.

Raasch advanced to third base when Bill Reeves groundixl out third base to first base. Raasch scored on an error by the Dulles third baseman on a hard hit ball by Mike Lytle. Mike off was the winning pitcher. He now sports a 10-1 season and4-0districtrecord. The other two Columbia hits came off the bat of Moffett.

Columbia's next game is Friday night in Angleton against the Angleton Wildcats. SANTA FE INDIANS STOP SWEENY, 8-7 FACTS SPORTS SPECIAL ALTA LOMA Santa Fe's Indians won their second district baseball outing Tuesday night, defeating the visiting Sweeny Bulldogs, 8-7. was Sweeny's first loop game of the year. Winning hurler was Steve Manls. Loser for Sweeny was Joey Bruce, who went the distance.

Hitters for the winners were Butch Motorell Fred Rush Ricky Arnold and Ray Chata. Sweeny hitters were Thomas Hill (2), Robert Benefield Jim Lindsey, Darrell Smith (double) and Gary Underwood The next outing for Sweeny is Thursday (4 p.m.) when the Bulldogs host Hitchcock. FISHING at-a-glance MAMMWW SURFSIDE The surf was muddy and pretty rough this morning and the beach was piled up with sea weed. Fisherman's Wharf reported only hardhead and hammerhead sharks were caught there yesterday. Live bait is very scarce but there is one ray of trout usually move In with sea weed.

GULF Party Boats plan trips tomorrow as the weather Is expected to look much better then. The firm had no boats out today. OLD BRAZOS The upper reaches of the river remain in pretty good shape but live bait is non-existent at present, SAN BERNARD Fresh water continues to plague the river, chasing out the fish and shrimp. Looks like it will take awhile to overcome the recent rains. CANAL, BAYS Good tide was coming in this morning which should help flush some of the fresh water uut of the bays.

Some of the sea weed has moved Into the and the canal, which is also freshened by the rain. TIDES See tide schedule Page PGA test Sox win game at LJ 1. A KK 1A starts Thursday HOUSTON Ul') -The star- studded field entered in the $117,000 Champions International Golf Tournament took final practice rounds today on a course many had never played. The first 1'GA test of the par Cypress Creek course at the Champolns Golf Club begins Thursday with a field 0V pros and four amateurs. It will be the first professional tournament layed at the fancy club two former Masters champions, Jimmy Uemaret and Jack Burke opened in 1357.

The 1907 Ryder Cup matches also will be played on the Cypress Creek course. Five of the six pretourna- inent favorites Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Bobby Nichols, DougSanders and Gay Brewer tackledCypressto- day in a pro-amateur event. Burke, the hometown favorite, headed those paired on the club's jackrabbit course. The starting field is the finest ever to play in the 19- history of the old Houston Golf Classic that changed (is name with a new five-year pontract that switched the 72- 'iole tournament to the Champions course. All the PGA champions vxcept Roberto de Vicenzo are in the Held, The only missing players from last year's top SO money winners will be Gary Flayer, Sammy Sue ad, Paul Harney and Bruce Devlin.

LAKE JACKSON in American major Little League baseball game here Tuesday night the Red Sox blanked the Yankees 17-0. Winning hurler was Allison. Loser was Tate. Denton picked up the lone hit for the Yanks. Hitters for the RedSox were Bacica, Martin, Stoerner, Whltaker, Allison and Krumrey, Bacica had a home run and double.

In a minor game, tin- Rangers defeated the Sports 9-8. Winner was Blackstock. Loser was Stoldt. Keith Stanley hit grand slam homer for the Rangers. Bears win, 13-12 LAKE JACKSON The Bears edged the Mustangs 1312 here Tuesday afternoon in a Texas (Pee-Wee) League baseball game.

Gene Nelmeyer was the winning pitcher. Hitters for the Bears were Henderson, Neimeyer and Smith, Culpepper was the lone hitter for the Mustangs. Houston Astros topple Chicago Cubs, 10 to 2 HOUSTON (AP) Si'cimd baseman Joe Morgan, who set off the Houston Astros' 10-2 scoring spree over the Chicago Cubs Tuesday night with a first inning homer, says 11 us- toli Is "pulling together more than ever before." "And that's why we're Morgan said after the game. "We play for each other." The Astros' sixth win in the last seven games put Houston in a tie for fourth with the Atlanta Braves, who edged the Phillies 9-8Tuesdaynight. "This was our second breather in a row," right- fielder Rusy Staub commented, "and there'll be a lot more like It." The Astros the last- place Cubs again today and Thursday before playing Atlanta in three games over the weekend.

Veteran RobiuRoberts, with meets in to- il 1-3 season record. Dick Ellsworth, 0-2. day's game. CHICAGO pnmiptct Becktn B. Wlllldmi II Sonioto Brovmtrl Hundley Hoodie Altmgn ph Connon HOUSTON AB 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Morgan Jo S.

JacSwo wynncT Nicholtoncl Geniilt ib Stcubrt Mavi Bijlernan iuili Qiutti 37 10 1 Chicago 000 00: 000- HOUSTON 0 0 0 4 0 0 Qiutti, Hands. Kmineer DP-Hguilon LOB-Cn coeo Nlcno $iuH IP 4 4 1 i 0 I i. 1 In Burnett to Ice away the game. Tim Davis then hit Into a double play to retire the side. Billy O'Barr got the other hit, a single Inthefirstframe.

The other bright spots of the night, as far as the Exporters were concerned, were two pickoff plays from catcher O'Barr to Steve Burnett, and a double play from Smith to Burnett to Davis, Both teams errored three times. The Shippers will meet La Marque at 2 p.m. Saturday In La Marque, a change In the regular schedule. The reason for the change was that La Marque had a senior party scheduled Friday night, so the game was changed. GAME FACTS RAYBURN PLAVtK Durrstt, cf Spain, 3b Stollz, Ib Thompson, 2b Friday, rf Camarilla, ss Alston, 11 Porter, Grant, 'a-Lafferty TOTALS At) 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 1 0 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 KB1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PLAYER Burnett, 26 Lee, Llrriscy, cf Davis, Ib O'Barr, 1 Smith, ss Arnold, rl Larson, TOTALS BRAZOS PORT AB 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 1 0 21 RBI 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 tut Grant In 6th; ran tor Larson IB 5th.

DP-Grant-Spain-Slollz; Cimarlllo- ThompsoD-SUiltz; Burnett-Smlth-Da- vis. Raytaurn, 4. RAYBURN 000 000 0-0 BRAZOSPORT 000 030x--3 PITCHER ip so BB Larson (W, 9-0)7 3 0 13 2 0 Grant (L) 63343 1 1:42. 150. Angleton falls 2-1 to Lamar FACTS SPORTS SPECIAL ROSENBERG It took 12 long innings but the Lamar Consolidated Mustangs slipped past the visiting Angleton Wildcats 2-1 here Tuesday night.

After a scoreless regulation seven innings the score was 0-0 with Angleton scoring in the top of the ninth Inning and Lamar also racking up a run in the ninth inning. Steven Brothers was the losing pitcher for Angleton. He pitched the final two innings in relief of Wildcat starter Gary Barton. Barton struck out eight batters while Brothers fanned two. Winning pitcher was Terry Bowman working in relief of Ralph Galvan who went out in the ninth inning.

The winning run for Lamar came when Brothers had two outs against the Mustangs then walked three men in succession and hit the fourth man to walk In the winning run, Wildcat hitters were Barton with two doubles and Anthony Ivy and Jimmy McDaniel each with one hit, Bobcats topple Cards, 7 to 4 FREEPORT The Bobcats scored a 7-4 victory here Tuesday night over the Cardinals in a major Little League baseball contest played at Gary Park, Winning hurler was Steve Rouse. Many Lindsey was the loser. Hitters for the Bobcats included Sam Davis, single and double; single each by Rouse, Ben Notgrass, Mike Levee and John Price; and Ken Tyner. double, Paul Fox with a single was the lone hitter for the Cards. In a minor league game, the Cubs defeated the Eagles 20-2.

Gary Williams was the winner. Bob Kurd was the loser. Hitters forthe winners were Gary Williams. David Doinin- eues, Gary Lindsey und Terry Baker. Scotty Davis was hitter for the Eagles.

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