Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
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1974: The Tucumcari Senior League All-Star Baseball Team completed a two-game sweep of the Friona All-Stars with a 12-3 road victory.
Tucumcari earned a berth in the state Senior League tournament to be played in Las Vegas.
Eli Dominquez paced Tucumcari with three hits in the final game against Friona. He also had three hits in the previous game.
As a pitcher, Dominquez allowed just six hits and striking out nine in the clinching game.
Tucumcari’s manager was Gene Kreykenbohm.
— Dizzy Dean, the colorful pitcher of the World Series-winning 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, aka “The Gas House Gang,” and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, died of a heart attack in Nevada at age 64.
— The Dairy Queen in Tucumcari was offering a 39-cent Super Brazier chili dog for only two days.