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The Pemaeoli New 3B Wednesday, Febfuory 20, 1980 PJC Opens Baseball Season With a Bang Briefly Erxleben Hieaded For Cowboys? ripped a run-scoring double in the third inning. The Bucs host George Wallace Junior College of Dothan, in a double-header Saturday at the PJC field. highlighted the second game with a towering 370-foot home run over the centerfield wall in the fifth inning. Tom Brazzil had an rbi-single in the second and Craig Filippi defense while scoring single runs in the second, third, fifth and sixth innings. Freshman Fettig, who hit for an unbelievable .667 average his senior year in high school, players disputed an officials' call.

The second game almost a repeat of the first with a few changes, of course. Pitcher Dave Droshak took over where Hughes left off, baffling the Lurleen Wallace hitters for seven innings. He went the distance, allowing three hits while striking out eight. The Pirates supported Droshak with a flawless Tom Fettig's run-scoring triple to score Steve Rhodes, who reached on a single, and an rbi-single by catcher Sam Sorce to score Fettig. The Bucs, who will play SI regular-season games this year, completed the scoring in the second inning with another pair of runs.

Bobby Hilaman doubled and scored on a double by Rhodes, who later stole home from second base while Lurleen Wallace iJiWow Mara mh i J'1 When you open your season with twin shutouts, there's not a whole lot one can complain about Pensacola Junior College baseball coach Buddy Kisner didn't bother trying. "We made a couple of mistakes in the first game but they were not all that bad," Kisner said of his Pirates' 4-0 season-opening victories over Lurleen B. Wallace State Junior College Tuesday after- Colbert Puts End To Drought noon at the PJC diamond. "Overall, I was pleased with our performance. We hit the ball real well and we had two well pitched games." Sophomore pitcher Keith Hughes, who turned down a major league contract to finish out his career at PJC, blanked the Alabama visitors in the first game, scattering four hits over seven innings.

The fire-balling righthander struck out six and walked three. "Keith looked pretty good," said Kisner. "He weakened a little towards the end, but we decided to let him stay in since he had the shutout going. He had gone seven innings before in a practice game, so he was ready to go that far." The Pirates supported Hughes with four runs, two in the first inning on 0 0,0 SAN MARCOS. Texas New Orleans Saints place kicker Russell Erxleben says a deal is in the works to trade him to the Dallas Cowboys for Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, the San Marcos Daily Record reported today.

However, officials of both teams denied the report. "They're trying to get Henderson, so it looks like they might trade me for him," Erxleben told Daily Record sportswriter Gregg Echols in Austin during the weekend. "I don't know if it would work out, though," the former All-America kicker at Texas said. "Dallas might not want me since I make about three times what most kickers are paid. They might not want to pay that much for a kicker." However, if veteran quarterback Roger Staubach decides to retire and punter Danny White moves into the starting job, the Cowboys would need a punter to fflfflsBOSB) ii'n i ai -r-n linu BOAT SHOW SPESOflt, CHRIS CRAFT 21 1 SCORPION Cuddy cabin, sleeps two, has head, bunks, teak cabin doors, soft top, wet bar, electric horn, ice.

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St. WE'RE OPEN AT 7:30 A.M. replace White, bncleben had a 45-yard punting average one season at Texas. Cowboys General Manager Tex Schramm said, "I don't know of any background to this report. I don't know of any substance to this matter either." New Orleans Coach Dick Nolan also denied the possible trade.

"I know of no truth to this matter. This matter has never been discussed and it never will be," he said. Henderson, the controversial linebacker fired by Dallas Coach Tom Landry last November, asked the Cowboys coach earlier this month to try to trade him to New Orleans. Since then Henderson has been to New Orleans to talk to Nolan. Erxleben, a native of Seguin, said, 'This might be a good move; I just don't know.

I'm going to New Orleans Thursday to discuss the matter, so we'll just wait until then and see what happens." Speed Skater Arrested LAKE PLACID, N.Y. Speed skater Peter Mueller of Dousman, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of attempted petty larceny after he tried to take an Olympic flag from its pole, police said. Mueller, 25, a gold medalist in the 1976 Olympics at Innsbruck, was to be arraigned before Village Judge James Moscatello Thursday night. Officers found Mueller at 1:30 a.m. across from town hall, trying to take down a flag with the Olympic symbol.

Mueller raced in the event here Tuesday, taking fifth place behind teammate Eric Heiden, Canadian Gaetan Boucher, the silver medalist, Vladimir Lobanov of the Soviet Union and Frode Roenning, who shared the bronze medal. His gold medal in '76 was in the event. AUTO SERVICE CENTER jsS" s''Ct: fl IRMlMiiiiij yjLj gQKj HORpW iiTLlJS RSI PI SERVICFSTORES 111 I 5 1 ifc. jj B78-13 Cruiser, ill 1 --H AVjtl SsH I A A A Mil TIRES! I a determined Dan Halldorson to win the $300,000 Tucson Open by four strokes Tuesday. Rain had delayed completion of the opening round until last Saturday and extended the tournament through Tuesday.

Storms have also ravaged Southern California for the past week, and Colbert and the PGA tour could be greeted by more of the same in Los Angeles. With a closing 3-under-par 70 that put him at 22-under-par 270 for the 72-hole Tucson tournament, Colbert birdied the final two holes to thwart Halldorson, a young Canadian who had cut Colbert's once-substantial lead to two strokes with three holes remaining. "For just a fleeting second, as I stood in the bunker at No. 15 and looked at him on the green," recalled Colbert, "I had that old sinking feeling. Then I said to myself, "Wait a minute, things, are going wrong here.

You've hit bunker shots before, Colbert, so do it and let's get Colbert hit close enough to the pin to make an easy putt and par the hole as Halldorson sank a birdie putt to cut the difference to two strokes. But Colbert, winning his first tournament since 1974, paired J6, then birdied the final two holes as Halldorson took pars the rest of the way. Allen Miller of Pensacola finished third with a closing 67 that put him at 275, while Tom Purtzer's 68 gave him fourth place at 276. Andy Bean, with a final round 69, and defending champion Tom Lietzke, with a 70, finished eight strokes back of the winner. Although the rains appeared to have little effect on the par-73, Tucson National course, it and the chilly weather did cause Colbert some grief.

Troubled by back spasms the past few years, Colbert had to visit a chiropractor a couple of times during the tournament, which drew out to six days. He collected $54,000 for his fifth PGA victory, while Halldorson, a non-winner, got $32,400 more than the sum of what he's won in two previous years on the tour. Colbert, who won $91,000 last year after two injury-plagued campaigns that saw him drop from the top 60 money list, said he didn't really take Halldorson seriously until they began the final nine holes. "I finally realized that this kid, Dan, wasn't going to make any mistakes, that he was coming at me," said Colbert, who began the round with a seven-stroke cushion over Halldorson and three WrcfTK 'I'll vt. the first time it was raced in an Olympics.

Van Brocklin Recovering ATLANTA Norm Van Brocklin, former coach of the Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings, was up and walking around Tuesday, trying to dodge a nurse and smoke a cigarette less than 24 hours after brain surgery. "Sure I've got a headache I feel like I've had a brain operation but I'm doing great," Van Brocklin said while pacing the Special Care Unit of Emory University Hospital. A nurse followed, "You can at least wait until tomorrow to smoke." She finally left. "Fire one up," commanded the coach. It was the second such operation in just over a year for Van Brocklin, once quarterback of the world champion Los Angeles Ram's and the only quarterback to beat Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers in a championship game.

"He's as healthy as any fellow his said Dr. Alan Fleischer, who performed the brain surgery. "And he's probably stronger than most I think he'll probably be home in a week." Home for Van Brocklin, S3, is a pecan farm about 60 miles southeast of Atlanta. On Monday, Fleischer drilled a hole in the left side of the Dutchman's skull and removed a small artery from the scalp. He stripped it into a larger artery on the brain's surface.

The operation is designed to increase blood flow and lessen the likelihood of a stroke. Hart May Seek Trade ST. LOUIS Contract negotiations between the St. Louis Cardinals and veteran quarterback Jim Hart have reached an impasse that Hart says may force him to seek a trade. Hart, who leads active National Football League quarterbacks with 2,160 career completions, said Tuesday the Cardinals had offered him a contract on a "take it or leave it" basis.

"They have given us no alternative," Hart, 35, said. "I'm not trying to force a trade; I'm not looking for a trade. But I can't take their offer." A free agent since his last contract expired Feb. 1, Hart has been pursuing a new, multi-year pact for more than eight weeks. He said Tuesday that he is considering a jump to the Canadian Football League, or possibly even retirement.

Hawks Sign John Brown ATLANTA The Atlanta Hawks have signed forward John Brown to a contract for the remainder of the season, the National Basketball Association team announced Tuesday. Albany State Hires Coach ALBANY, Ga. Former minor-league pro football player Willie Williamson is the new head football coach at Albany State. Williamson, 35, replaces Whitney Van Cleve, who resigned in December after a 1-9-1 season, the school announced Tuesday. Van Cleve had been coach for three years.

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