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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from Lubbock, Texas • Page 96

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THIRD-BASE DIVE Atlanta Braves' centerfielder Dusty Baker tried to make it from first third on a wild pitch in the first inning Tuesday against the Houston third baseman Doug Rader took the throw from catcher Johnny Edwards and made Astros, but Astros' tag on Baker. (AP Wirephoto) a diving JOHN GARRISON Veteran Grid Coach Dies HOUSTON (AP) John rison, 56, veteran Texas high school football coach, died Tuesday. Garrison, who retired from coaching this is year after a 30- year career, recently had been released from a hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was a quarterback at Eastland and played in the Texas High School coaches' first All-Star football game in 1936. He played halfback at East Texas State and after his college career he entered the coaching ranks.

He coached at White Oak, Branch Electra, and Galveston Spring Ball, Woods Springl schools addition to serving as an assistant at Tulsa Universily. School opened in 1964, Garrison When Spring Woods Highling became the school's first head coach. After coaching the South AllStars to a smashing 65-0 victory ON COMEBACK Jim Maloney Pitching For AAA Team PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) Jim Maloncy, whose blistering fast ball turned him into the pitching sensation of the early 1960s, is now struggling to show he could still make it in the majors. Maloney, hitters who pitched three no and five one-hitters before being sidelined in 1970 with an ankle injury, is pitching Coast this League's year for Phoenix the a Class AAA minor league team.

few days after signing with Phoenix, Maloney pitched a single inning May 6 against the Tucson Toros, striking 'out all three batters but not picking up. credit for the victory. Five days later Maloney notched his first decision although he lasted only five innings before giving up a three-run homer to Portland. His record now stands at 1-0. "He's throwing well, hes good arm action and good speed," said a spokesman for Phoenix general manager W.

D. "Rosy" Ryan. "But the question is how leg is going to react to that injury to his Achilles tendon. The nature of that injury a very difficult thing to understand." On his start with the Cincinnati Reds two years ago, Maloncy was injured and managed to pitch only 17 innings that year. He was traded to the California Angels, but pitched only 36 innings in 1971-again because of the leg injury.

"That's the leg he pushes off with," the Phoenix spokesman said. "He just won't really be himself until it's better." In loss than a decade in the major leagues, Maloney, now 31, picked. up 134 victoriestopped by only two active pitchers in the big leagues, Juan Marichal and Bob Gibson. During 1963, -he a 23-7 record. with and that point his injury in 1970, he won a minimum of 15 games a year for the Reds.

One of his big tests in the young Pacific Coast League season was scheduled night when he was expected to start against the Eugene Emerald's, but the game was postponed because of rain. Tessman, Owens Schedule Bout HOUSTON (AP) Mark Tessman of Houston and Eddie Owens of Springfield, will mcet in a scheduled 10- round light-heavyweight match June 6 in Sam Houston Coliseum. Owens, who has a 28-16-1 record, upset highly ranked Jimmy Dupree last week. Tessman has A 35-2 record. Thursday Driver Raps High Race INDIANAPOLIS, Wally Ind.

(AP) position to challenge Unser's ning at 180 m.p.h. when bach driver Dallen- pole claim. Eagle crashed into said Wednesday speeds "I the have gone too high at In- m.p.h, here we 190 tal where he sending remains to a don't think' need Sunday, him dianapolis and something else," speeds Dallenbach or said. anywhere "And I condition. in should be done quickly to re- don't duce them.

think the fans need Pollard, a 45-year-old them. Standing in one of the cran, the barrier "The new wings should be turns, only an expert can tell same arca of the track eliminated," he declared, "in when a car is traveling at 160 day, winding up with a the interest of saving or 180." leg. The Pollard accident and cars, not to mention driv. Dailenbach said the United on broken ers." States Auto Club's new rule housing. Dallenbach, 35, a contractor governing the wings--they can Dallenbach, who has in East Brunswick, N.J., when be wider and higher -is he isn't driving, qualified his mainly five starts at Indianapolis, Gilmore-Lindsey Hopkins Rac- lation.

responsible for the speed esca- two 17th place finishes, ing Team Eagle at 178.421 "We simply don't there had been several miles per hour Sunday for the wings," he emphatically. the ings of drivers al Indy need 56th running of America's top "Without said, and the higher month but that so far auto race May 27. speeds they made possible, enJust Below Mark gines would live longer and I His speed. for four laps around the 2.5-mile oval was just a bit below Pete Revson's pole speed of last year. Even so, be Dallenbach isn't sure it will good enough to get him into! the 33-car lineup.

His crew already is at work on another car, which Dallensaid he will attempt to qualify this weekend at a faster speed, if his first effort doesn't hold 1 up. clinched Bobby Unser apparendy the pole position in the first of trials, Dan Gurney's Olsonite Eagie four laps at 195.010 m.p.h. His top lap was a sizzling 196.768. Only two drivers from the original qualifying list, McLaren pilots Revson and Mark Donohue, appear to be in Sears Morning, May 18, 1972-LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL-F-5 Speeds At Indy his speeds have not been brought much. I'd like to wall up.

Lo a formula that sec would us go allow back "The cars actually are about jump of two or three a critical hospi- miles a as safe as they can be at 190," year. Dallenbach said, adding: "But "As it stands vet- who needs now, next year that kind of speed? we'll 200 m.p.h. at in the We have jumped 17 m.p.h, over Speedway, and beyond the Tues- last year and that's far, far toot knows?" that, broken was wheel belleve the cars would be safer. Looking at it from an economy standpoint, there have been at least 35 broken engines this month, and those little babies cost at least $25,000. "Not only that, if something goes wrong, we're just going toll hit the wall harder and we're just going to need more time to keep the car under control when we get in trouble Dallenbach didn't mention it, but driver Jim Malloy was run- Complete Line BASEBALL GOLF TENNIS Equipment Supplies SPORT 765-6645 the PAPER SAVE to Executive's Desks Chairs CLIP Floor Sample Clore Out 1413 TEXAS 763-5381 2904 50th 792-3853 PUBLIC FISHING LAKE JERSUMIKE OPENING FRIDAY, MAY 19th New 35 Acre Lake.

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Trinity, owning a 22-game winning streak, plays Pan American at 1.p.m, with the loser playing Texas at 7:30 p.m. in the double elimination tournament. The opening game winner plays Texas at 1 p.m. Friday. Trinity defeated Pan American four out of six times the regular season.

The Tigers have six regulars owning .300 or better averages. Texas has live and Pan American three. Tommy Crumrine, Trinity's right fielder, has the best individual Texas has the home-run power with John Langerhans owning nine. circuit shots and David Chalk six; Pan American's pitching staff has five of the top seven earned run averages in the tournament. James Newman of Pani American leads at 0.30 followed by Lupe Salinas at 0.39 and Andre Rabouin at 0.93.

The winner of the tournament advances to the NCAA playoffs1 at Oinaha, in June. Aussies Cop Tennis Title BANGALORE, India (AP) Australia clinched the Davis! Cup Eastern Zone tennis title by beating 'India in doubles Wednesday but lost the services of its No. 1 player, the' veteran Mal Anderson. It was learned overnight that Anderson' had fractured an ankle in his opening singles victory Tuesday and will be lost to the team for from three lo six weeks. The Australians will play the winner of next.

European Zone A group and matches must be played by Aug. 7. Having won the two opening singles Tuesday, Australia eliminated India in the Eastern Zone final when Colin Dibley and Geoff Masters trounced India's Jaideep' Mukherjca and Premjit Lall 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. The victory made the final in two singles merely exhibitions the best-of-five match series. Anderson had been.

scheduled to play Mukherjea but a substitute will be inserted. Neale. Fraser, Australia's captain, Anderson said fractured the 37-year-old his ankle in a spill in the third set of his match Tuesday against India's Vijay Amritraj, which he 6-4, 6-4, 6-2, won Longhorns Sign John Grocrich AUSTIN (AP) John Groerich of Concordia College here has signed to play basketball next with the Texas Longhorns season. A schoolboy former Denver, I star, the 6 feet 4-inch Grocrich was selected last season to the All-Texas Junior College Athletic Conference team. He averaged 23 points-: game last season and matched the school record of 42 points in la single game.

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