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El Paso Youth Has Blazing Final Season at Marc Bombard Is Right UTEP With Left ing curve which set up my change-up pitch to be more EFFECTIVENESS was synonymous with the name of Bombard on his three-year stay with the Miners coached by Andy Cohen Bombard established career records in games won and innings Marc pitch started getting better and better as I progressed I think that it is the best pitch in baseball" Marc credits Syd Cohen who had a successful pitching career with the Washington Senators with helping his change-up: used to have a slow-changing curve ball but he started me on a fast-chang '0HkOtfM A rv MARC BOMBARD Bombard is tied with collegians at 13 victories o-piece but has ene less defeat Interestingly enough ene of the pitchers tied with Bombard In wins is Arizona pitched He also set or tied numerous Miner single game and season marks He closed out his career this year with a 13-3 record the best ever for a Miner pitcher and was the victor in all six of UT-E1 Western Athletic Conference games He was recently named to the WAC All-Southern Division team Success came early for Marc as his Little League team went undefeated for two years his Pony League squad advanced to the state regional! and he played on El Paso Colt and Connie Mack teams that played in national World Series games He won All-District honors for two years at Easrwood High School as a pitcher and outfielder HE STARTED his collegiate hurling with San Angelo University in 1968 and compiled a 4-1 record His 170 erji ranked him 20th in the nation He also hit 270 San Angelo dropped its program after that season and Marc decided on coming to UT-E1 Paso chose UTEP because I knew Andy and Syd Cohen well and I liked the type of ball they play here Plus they have a pretty good physical education department" Leads Meetf IN 1961 Marc compiled a 7-6 record and a 3J0 earned run average He upped his marks to 6-5 and 344 in 1970 and topped his collegiate career with 13-3 and 316 figures this year Marc rates his greatest thrills in baseball as beating Arizona State Sun Devils rated the best team in the WAC twice this year and beating Southern Illinois in 1969 when the Salukis were rated No 2 in the nation In that game he had a one-hitter going for eight and one third innings He gave up two hits in the ninth HIS MOST embarrasicg moment did not come on the baseball field but on a bowling alley: "I remember it was April Fool's Day I was bowling in an intramural tournament and I had on real tight pants Towards the end of the second game the pants ripped in the wrong place and ALL the way down I had to wear an apron to finish the game because it was a co-ed tournament still bowled a 176 in the last game but I was definitely thinking about my immediate problem each time I bowled Marc hopes to play professional baseball and move on to teaching later on Ribs Danny the back nine with a spectacular birdie on the four par 298-yard 10th hole HIS DRIVE went over the green He chipped back to within three and a half feet and canned the putt He went cm to birdie two par 3s with putts of 30 and 8 feet and bird-led the par 5 500-yard 16th hole by reaching the green in two' and two-putting from 20 feet Trevinoseventhon the PGA money list this year with $80785 which includes the 812000 share of the Tallahassee Open Purse has never finished better here than -he did in 1969 when he wound up in a tie for 7th and pocketed $4425 His remarks about the dif-' ference between Bermuda and bent grass was not left unchallenged He was reminded that he won the US Open title in 1968 on bent grass have to like the girl you marry" he rejoined By DERRY EADS Marc Stephen Bombard knows Ms left from his right hand Or does he? Bombard who recently completed his senior baseball season at UTtE1 Paso has bee a ambidextrous since elementary schooL Marc a southpaw hurler actually started throwing right-handed "I STARTED playing a lot of catch righty with my father (Art) when I was five years old" stated Bombard "then one day I decided to see what it would be like to throw lefty And I have thrown that way since I was six I do everything mixed up I throw left handed bowl left handed golf right handed play basketball righty write righty play pool lefty eat right handed and bat righty" Marc is the son of Mr and Mrs Art and Dee Bombard 9801 Comus lane He has two PUMA Trevino Has Ball On 'Poor Man's' Bermuda Greens miMvSayingU Giving Their AWL to German Shoes AT THE EL PASO INVITATIONAL Track and Field meet I waa more interested in a foot count than a head count The per- formers with few exceptions wore Adidas or Puma shoes Mostly Adidas They are German-manufactured shoes It was easy to distinguish them by the markings The popularity of the German-made footwear first was noted in the 1968 Olympics in Mex- Ico City There were rumbles of payoffs to athletes by the rival German firm? who are owned by brothers whose family ties prevent (hem from competing for world markets An athlete of note at the Olympics was reported to have found $500 in currency in the toe of the shoes he was given to wear US' trackmen apparently have been sold on Adidas and Puma which is not likely making American shoe manufacturers happy use in this country is widespread said Wayne Vanden-burg the UTEP coach German firms are coming out with basketball shoes and shoes in other sports that threaten the American monopoly in this field "They are built more for ALL-STAR GAME Rick Barry (24) drives in for a shot during the NBA-ABA All-Star game la the Houston Astrodome last night He passes Bill Cunningham (32) Barry of the New' York Nets was voted the top ABA player Cunningham days for the Philadelphia Tiers in the NBA (UPI Photo) Subdued Boyer Awaits Waivers and Mary brother HIS ROAD to success Marc claims came when his father taught and encouraged him to throw a change-up pitch little league ball it worked all of the time said ivlOTS Mare Bombard leads the college huriers in victories according to the latest statistics by National Celle giate Sports Services And NBA Is Barely Victorious HOUSTON (UPI) Larry Jones the outspoken leader of the ABA Assn said if Lew Alcindor did not show up for the all-star game in the astrodome last night the NBA would be in trouble Alcindor did not show up and the NBA was in trouble The 7-3 mQwaukee bucks -center eras married yesterday in Washington and his new Islamic faith prohibited him from flying to Houston after the church ceremony and playing in the game according to teammate Oscar Robertson BUT THE OUTSIDE shooting of Walt Frazier of the New York Knicks and two clutch free throws by Robertson in the final seconds carried the NBA to a 125-120 victory over the ABA in the first on-court rivalry between the two warring leagues Frazier hit 11 of 16 from the field and finished with 26 points to win most valuable player honors earning him an automobile he did not know was being offered ij WHILE HIS OUT of shape teammates missed 28 of 46 shots in the first half Frazier hit seven of eight and the NBA held a 66-64 halftime margin The NBA was still struggling with a slight lead 121-120 with 32 seconds remaining when Robertson two free throws to make it 123-120 Robertson who received a call from Alcindor four hours before game time advising him he could not play said he was sure that Lew had planned to come HE HAD planned all along not to play he would have just said not going to play "Robertson said know Lew" Alcindor was married to Janice Brown who at 5-5 is almost two feet shorter than her husband He met her at UCLA but she is now in Washr ington taking lessons in the Islamic faith ASA (111) NBA OFT OFT I Rbraon 4 Ml 17 SO I Bing 7-11 44 10 ThurmS 1 1-S 3 7 t-N 30 HovUcsk 3 4-7 7 Drittra 4 S-5 17 1 SO 4 Monroa 3 SO 43 1-3 Hnm 14 17 54 IS Frazier 11 44 24 3 3-5 9 Hudson 3 34 7 3 47 14 Cunn'hm 1 34 433S4S13B TOMS 4S4S7B13S ABA 33 31 IS NBA 31 33 35 Forsonoi fouls: Scott I- Janos Booty Barry Wise Frssman Janos Danish 1 Brawn 1 Brisker 4 MokMonnl Rotoartsan Bing Thurmond 1 Havticsk DabuMchsra Mannas 1 Mayas 4 FraUar Hud-sen Cunningham Total fouls: ABA 3X NBA 3X Throe point goats: Janos 1 Janas 1 Brisker Attsndancs 1X34X Eft Rain Returns Once More In Regionals LUBBOCK For the second straight year rain had played a factor in the regional baseball playoffs here but the situation was different this time Heavy rains postponed the second game of the best of three series between the Bel Air Highlanders and Lubbock Plainsmen last night The game was being played today at Lowrey Field If Bel Air wins a thin! game will follow immediately Monterrey leads the series 1-0 The Plainsmen were involved in the playoffs last year also- but against the Austin Panthers Rain also came down during the second game but it came after both teams had played five innings The game was called giving Monterrey the win and the regional title Austin was batting in the top of the sixth and had two men on with no outs when the game was called sisters Janet 18 Claire 16 and Richard 1L TREVINO Lee Trevino of El Paso charges from the cup after sinking a birdie putt on No 17 hale a the second round ef the Danny Thomas Classic in Memphis Trevino is leading the field with an eight under 182 (UPI Photo) 'Hoss' Lopez Will Pitch For a patia Paul (Hoss) Lopez former All-American softball hurler returns to tiie mound tide weekend in the first La Tapa-tia Memorial Day Invitational Softball Tournament Lopez who now only winds up the famed right arm in special tournaments will hurl for La Tapatia THE TOURNAMENT begap today with games at Memorial and Val Verde Parks and will continue through Monday This is a double-elimination tour ney Four games are on tap at 6 7 8 and 9 pm today at Memorial in both tiie winners and losers brackets Tickets can be purchased at the gate at $1 for adults ana 25 for children ASU Blanks BYU in First MESA Ariz Craig Swan hurled a six-hitter last night as Arizona State blanked Brigham Young 4-0 to take tilt opener of a best-of-three series for the Western Athletic Cop- ference baseball title The teams wind up the aeries today in one or games am Races 1:00 pm Craig Swan Bombard defeated Swan twice this year ASU has one other pitcher in the top 16 in victories Ed Bane who supports an impressive 11-1 mark vious night had repeated his willingness to anywhere just so I can get away from Paul seemed oddly subdued after the meeting I just talk too much when I the $45000-a-year infielder said uncharacteristically know what I would do if I had it to do over like taking a second shot first on a golf course" Boyer who may not know his next step until the waiver deadline next Wednesday said he was going to a couple of days off and think it over" Boyer who is in the process of getting a divorce says he plans to continue living in Atlanta in the off season POSSIBLE unlikely but possible that step could leave Clete Boyer without a job in baseball His disenchantment with the Braves highlighted by several salary disputes apparently crested last week when the Braves slapped a bedtime curfew on the team and became public in an interview with the New York Post in which he soundly roasted Richards Charles Owens Bill Gar ell 74 4 143 Millar Barber Bob Charles 74 4143 Bob Erickson Howell Fraser 7471143 Paul Moran MS jerry Barber 7471 143 Butch Baird Herb Hooper Among those who failed to qualify ora: Carry Hinson Mason Rudolph 7474-144 Billy Maxwell Ed Snood Bob Rasburg Bart Weaver Fred Meril 14X Mike H'll 14X De Campbell Pete Brown MX Ed Furgol Ray Floyd Cloud Harmon Jr George Boutell 14X Freddie Haas 141 Lionel Herbert 14X Steve Spray John Millar 7477 140 Ken Venturi MO John Lots 15X Gaasia Gary MM-dlecoff 1SX Dean Refrain with-drew Disqualified Dow Disqualified 'Hotpants Day' OAKLAND first hotpants day will be held Sunday June 27 at the Oakland Coliseum All women wearing those brief shorts will be admitted free to the doubleheader between the Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics It is also camera day so shhtter bugs will be able to mix a little cheesecake with snaps of their favorite ballplayers TAILORMADE SUITS A-l MISC SALES ioiiTnmn SSS-7SM ADIDAS By DAVID MOFFIT ATLANTA (UPI) The announcement that 1 Boyer would be leaving the Atlanta Braves was cold and impersonal a sharp contrast to the hot and personal feud that had precipitated it "Cletis Boyer will be given his unconditional release as soon as waivers are' obtained" said the announcement agreement between Boyer and -the Braves was consummated according to an understanding through mutual agreement" ALL there is to it we have nothing more to say" insisted Atlanta General Manager Paul Richards when he came out of a nearly two-hour meeting with veteran third baseman Boyer who had been loudly demanding his release for several days The announcement meant that the 34-year-old Boyer a major league player for 16 seasons would become a if none of the other 11 National League teams claimed him at the $20000 waiver price BOYER WHO just the pre By DUREN CHEEK MEMPHIS Tenn stay out of this This is my show" the brash golfer yelled to the black-haired fellow sitting in the grand stand at the 18th green With that salvo loosed at Danny Thomas Lee Trevino stalked back to survey his 15-foot birdie putt on the par 5 hole He punched it across the grass" only to fail short and settle for a sixr inch tap-in But it was all right The chunky Texan had done well enough coming up the long par 36 back nine at Colonial Country Club to take a narrow one stroke lead into third round of the $175000 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic "YOU JUST SIT over there and stand me Trevino shouted at the entertainer when he spotted him sitting on the bleachers surrounding the final hole The par gave him a 68 for the day and an eight under par 132 for tiie tourney Later In the clubhouse Trevino told newsmen that he liked the Bermuda greens here In comparison with the grass he found at other stops on the professional tour is poor grass" he said "Bent grass is for LARRY ZIEGLER who set the opening pace Thursday with a near record 62 fell back to a 71 mainly because of bogey trouble on the front and was in second place one stroke behind Trevino Chi Chi Rodriguez used his putter to pull into third place two strokes off the pace: Rod Funseth was at 135 all alone in fourth and Gene Lit tier who staged an early round charge' fell back to a three way tie at 136 with Randy Wolff and Ted Hayes Trevino opened his play on Orioles Yankees Swamp Relievers BALTIMORE (UPI) Baltimore Orioles swapped relievers with the New York Yankees giving up Jim Hardin and receiving Bill Bur-bach Burbach was then sent to the minors to make room on the Baltimore roster for 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first baseman drove in four runs with a homer and a single in a 04 California Angels win ever die New York Yankees HOPE" said Spencer ever now the longest slump ever had in basebalL" An offseason resident of Linthicum Md he had good reason to think about going back to Spiro old state Going into the opener of a three-game series with the Yanks he had only 2S hits and 11 RBIs a streak hitter and when going bad everybody gets me out" Spencer said Pm starting to hit now and not panicking "WE HAVE FOUR months left and I hope all uphill from Spencer homered with a man on base in the second Inning and drove in a pair of runs with his single in the third as the Angels snapped a 2-2 tie with six ranx Andy Messersmlth who allowed five runs in JU iwwtwge wgg credit for Ms fifth win in 10 decisions La Laguna Raceways PRESENTS THIS SUNDAY -MlLE FLAT TRACK MOTORCYCLE RACES Spectators 200 Children under 12 FREE Memphis Coll Scores MDUFHIS Twm (UFI) Second round ac ora In Ilia SI 75000 Danny Thomas Memphis Goff Clastic LEE TREVINO Carry Zloglor CM CM Rodrigue 'comfort than longevity" said Vandy "A trackman will wear out several pair in one season Paul Gibson l7TEPs national hurdles champion will wear out eight ten pair in one season The lucrativeness of the shoe business in track and field can be readily seen El Pasoan Gets In World Senes' MORE BRIEFLY What doing now: Andre Rabouinof El Paso is a rtar pitcher (7-2 for the season) for the Pan American College team which beat Texas in a playoff last week and will play in the College World Series in Omaha He is an Andress graduate If there was a star golfer named Jehovah would his gallery fans be called Witnesses? Mary Huana hopes tiie Dallas Cowboys change and give us some decent exposure this fall instead of indecent exposure Signs of progress: Women reporters today for the first time since 1909 can enter the garage and pit areas in the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race Footbal-losophy of Gale Sayers Chicago Bears star running back who was hurt most of the 1970 season: smaller speedier backs lit me take the pounding in pro football The defenses are getting bigger faster and more punishing Five years may be tiie limit for flashy breakaway runners" Quote of note from Tom Bradley who as a member of the Chicago White Sox staff shut out the California Angels in his last appearance against them on Dick Walsh Angels general manager: said I pitch in Triple A ball a year ago so he sent me to El PasoThen after I was moved to Hawaii and came up to the Angels in the middle 'of the season somebody quoted him as saying I was another Juan Marichal" And did you hear of the trainer who took a butazolidin tablet to ease a shoulder ache and then out-ran his horse around the track? No Bullfight In Cow Palace THINK a Cow Palace would be just the place for the closed circuit TV showing of the June 13 bullfight in Spain featuring El Cordobes But the San Francisco arena has banned the event TV announcer said there were 23000 plus at the NBA-ABA All-Star game in the Houston Astrodome last night Figures from UPI said there were 16364 A lot of those fans may have felt like they were partly gypped when Lew Alcindor show up You blame a guy for taking the day off when married But it shouldn't have been advertised that he was delaying his honeymoon to appear in the Houston game Andy Cohen says big league scouts are wondering if Marc Bombard is big enough for the majors At 170 Marc is bigger than some huriers done well in the I always thought performers in track and field were athletes until I heard Paid Strelrin the pa announcer at the El Paso Invitational call them "technicians" I guess they are at that Until he was straightened out on his putting by Gary Player Chi Chi Rodriguez said read the greens in Spanish and putted in English" Lee Trevino was ed as saying after all those high scores in the Fort Worth Colonial Invitational that should have run all of us out of town" Dave Roberts of Rice who missed the high rubber foam pit on coming down from a pole vault in the El Paso Invitational could have been hurt badly But his only injury was a sore heel and it was weH enough for him to compete in the California Relays in Modesto Calif today PRAYER As I go high I ay Oh show me the way Wherever I may roam Bow to hit the soft foam OswiUeo ADMISSION: Practice Fumetti Wolff Gene Lltttar Tod Hayes Art Wail Jr Chuck Caurtnay Phil Rodgers Jimmy Caibert Frank Grier Janes Rick Masseng Oan January Dwight Nevil Martin Roesink Momero Blancos Lea Elder Al Monger! 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