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On this date ...

1968: Steve Graham led the Clovis Wildcats during their opening football practice.

Clovis' coach said two-a-day drills would continue four more days in shorts before the team put on pads and began full-scale drills for a week at Cannon Air Force Base.

The season opener was scheduled Sept. 13 against Albuquerque Manzano.

In other sports news:

• Bob Gibson won his 14th straight game as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Chicago, 3-1. The hard-throwing right-hander's earned run average was 1.03.

• The Dallas Cowboys obtained middle linebacker Dave Simmons from the New Orleans Saints in exchange for a draft pick.

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