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TT 1 WEDNESDAY MOHNINO.SEI'l'KMUEK Cllf (fiilldfStlill Pililu Jfl-fUB Kail High Tornadoes Ranked No. Five In State 4 A ffiendswood Rted Top Testn In Class A.A SPORTS By A. C. BECKER JR. NewiSpMIs Editor Ball High and Friendswood continued to be the only Galveston area schoolboy football teams to ride in the Top 26 in their respective classes.

Both teams won their season openers last week. Friendswood's 35-0 lacing of Hitchcock was solid enough to keep the Mustangs as Class AA. A week ago: Ball- High was No. 4 in Class Obviously Ball High's 21-12 victory over Houston St. Thomas wasn't impressive enough to keep Ball at No.

4 in the Harris Schoolboy listings for this week. The Tors slipped a notch to No. 5. If the schools play according to the Harris ratings this week, seven Galveston area schools should come up with victories while four others are likely to go down in defeat. Ball High is a commanding favorite to knock over Houston Forest Brook in a Saturday night game in Smiley Stadium.

Ball, No. 5 in Class AAAA with a 144.8 power Index, is a 17.2 point favorite over Forest Brook, a team ranked 126 in AAAA with 127.6 power points. Texas City has a power index of 127.9 and is a 14.2 choice over Deer Park, a team with U3.7. Clear Creek stands 106 in AAAA with a power index of 129.3 Dickinson is 217 with a 111.4 index. The difference makes Clear Creek's Wildcats favored by 17.9 points.

Clear Lake lost ib opener last week, but the Falcons are eyed to bounce back. Clear Lake is rated 121.2"-to 116.1 for Alvin. The difference stamps the Falcons to win by five Area Grid Outlook Good If last week's wiason openers are an indication, look for Galveston area football fortunes to be high this season. Of the area high schools that opened their campaigns last week, five came through with victories, two had to settle for ties and four went down in defeat. A year ago only four area schools won their openers.

Ball High, O'Connell, Clear Creek, Friendswood and High Island carded victories last week. The team that had the toughest go was Ball High. The Tors had to sliffle a strong St. Thomas comeback to notch a 21-12 victory. O'Connell's 20-fi victory came with no real sweat, and Clear Creek had no real problem in blasting Beaumont 41-20.

Friendswood and High Island won by identical 35-0 zips over Hitchcock and Beaumont Kelly JV, respectively. Texas City and Dickinson had to settle for ties. Dickinson dueled strong La Porte to a 6-li standoff. Texas City built up a seemingly solid 21-0 lead, only to see the advantage melt in the second half. The Stings had to settle for a '21-21 deadlock with Pasadena.

In addition to Hitchcock, only area schools losing their openers include La Marque to Conroe 10-7, Lake to Memorial 24-6, and Santa Fe to Channclview 26-18. Rohert Butler of Ball High, Elberl Williams of Clear Creek and Mike Long of Santa Fe head the individual scoring parade with 18 points each. Next high in scoring is High Island's David Davis with 16 points. O'ConncH's Paul Montalbano and Clear Creek's Carl Medley have 12 points each. A total of 31 area senior high school football players stand in the grid individual Scoreboard with points as a result of last week's openers.

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Li MunjueT TutaMCityll. Uu-kinMci li. Li Pwic i IliEh Island tt.KtllyJV (l Uiamielvicirv 26. Sanu IB Clear Cruet 41. BMuimmtaj Pirates Spoil Blass Comeback 1 Mill CHICAGO (DPI) -Burt Hooton shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates on four hits and battcrymatc Randy Hundley homered to ruin pitcher Steve Blass 1 comeback try Tuesday as the Chicago Cubs posted a 20 triumph.

Blass, starting for the first time since Aug. 1. lasled five innings in which he walked five and hit one batter. But he held Uie Cubs scoreless on only one hit until Hundley connected Oilers Cut To 40 Limit HOUSTON (UPI) -The Houston Oilers announced Tuesday veterans Jim Snowden and James Ford and rookies Bob Crum and Joe Blahak were waived to reduce the cluh's roster to the required 40-player limit. Snowdcn, an offensive tackle in his eighth season, was obtained from Washington May 15 in a trade that sent all-pro safety Ken Houston to the Redskins.

The Oilers gave up an undisclosed draft choice to acquire Ford, a third-year running back, from the New Orleans Saints Aug. 1. Blahak, a defensive back from Nebraska, was the Oilers' eighth round draft choice this year. Crum, a third round draft i was claimed by Houston last Friday for the $100 waiver price. The defensive end went on the Oilers' roster for one which is a requirement for a claimed player.

The Oilers also confirmed they had cut linebackers Richard Lewis and Garland Boyette and running back Al Johnson. All three missed Saturday night's game against New Orleans. with his first pitch with one out in the fifth for his 10th homer. Thereafter, Blass. who took his eighth loss, walked Hooton and Hick Monday and the bases were filled when Dal Maxvill bobbled Don i grounder which might have been turned into an inning- ending double play.

Hooton scored on Billy Williams' sacrifice fly and after Gonzalo Marquez was hit by a pitch, Ron Santo filed out to end the Inning. The defeat evened the second place Pirates' losses with the National League's East-Division leaders. St. Louis--each with 71. Hoolon gave up singles to Maxvill in the third and the sixth and a third single to Richie Hebner in the eighth and another to Hennie Stennetl in the ninth while winning his 13th game against 13 losses.

He walked none. Ex-Big Leaguer Del Baker Dies SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPl! Delmer "Del" Baker, who had a 50-year baseball career as a player, coach and manager, died ai his home Tuesday following a lengthy illness. He was 80. Baker, who retired as coach of the Boston Red Sox in I960, spent 27 years in the American League as a player and coach.

He started professional baseball in 1915 as a catcher for Detroit. His playing career also took him to San Francisco 191718, Portland 1919-21. Mobile 1922 and Oakland 1923-27. Baker spent 20 years coaching, including at Detroit 193338, Cleveland 1933, Boston 194549 and at Boston again 19521960. He was manager 4Vj seasons at Detroit after succeeding Mickey Cochrane in 193B.

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Prospects for the nexl season days appear quite bleak unless there is marked improvement in weather and water conditions. 0 I MCCUNNAH AN caught a 32 pound rcdfish from the 6lst St. Fishing Pier. SIMON VILLEREAL, LYLE POSEY, EVELYN GRAHAM and BILL SCHULGEN caught strings of sand trout and R.I fflops from the Gulf Coast Pier. Offshore and Jetty action was still out because of rough water conditions.

Open bays were also rough and sandv. MI inn AY By TOM MURRAY Alcy Jackson, Baylor's super frnsh pass grabber, will become a most talked about man. In more ways than one. Keep i your eyes open. Emory Bollard's Aggies recruited so many '72 bluechips some big studs are not getting much attention.

Say. like Brad Burnett, the pound Fort Neches defenses end. He could be a bigger college name than famed MS teammate Jeff Bergeron. In Glen Gaspard's knee involved absence, Galveston Ball's soph reserve Manuel Mehos showed UT coaches some ability. He may be a future at that spot.

Best Split receiver in the Southwest? One coarh scz its Houston's Bryan Wiliinglam, out of Pasadena High. Speaking of the Cougars: Strange how many coaches are comparing their young running backs to the Cowboy nugget llobort Newliousc now that the Hallsville boss has become an overnight professional star. Now all (hose dummy sports writers and announcers who went overboard for the Houston Astros in April are searching for reasons The Leos didn't win. Happens every year. Not all UT-types are enamored with Darrell Royal's auto advertising.

In fact, some close to St. Darrell have screamed. They think it is beneath his dignity. Alums of some schools would love to have that dignity problem. What highbrow institution has a frosh halfback cutting didoes, in spite of failing the college board exam? Just asking.

Brazosporl's Danny Rhodes is neither a timid tackier nor talker. "We (Arkansas) will win the conference championship this year," he told travelling writers. His Brazoswood Buddy Dcrrell Luce feels ihe same about his Baylor Bears. Is that what you call an All America cross town squabble? Come on now, Dandy! Don Meredith has long been a favorite here. But, of those snide remarks about Cowboy Coach Tom Ijndry, a decent man, area littlenitzy.

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107 in Class AAA with a 108.1 power index. La Marque, No. 98 with 130.2, is a 4.4 point underdog to Lungivuw, No. 53 with a 134.6 PI. High Island is rated 9t in Class with a PI of 52.4, but the Cardinals are predicted to play at a strength of this week.

High Island is favored over Dcweyvillc. an unrated team. Santa Ke is listed as a 9.5 point under dog to Alief. Santa Fe has a PI of 85.0 to forAlief. Ik-low (he top twins in wich schoolboy lislLtl in thi-ir respective r.mkinKi arc Galvc.tion area teams in iJMiitls 24-AAAA.

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