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Nicklaus 6 Back The Morning After Trim Lee Nab IVI I I McEwen Tribune Sports Editor i si f- tV A' -k1 Ooen eaci THE TAMPA TRIBUNE 'v" i a tx -x. xSS xxx MUIRFIELD, Scotland tf "Well, we were kinda all bunched up," Lee Trevino said with that impudent grin, "and I figured somebody ought to do something." So the Super Mex, the defending champion in the 101st British Open Golf Championship, did just that, swaggering and laughing his way into sole control of the third-round lead yesterday with a stunning string five birdies on the last five holes. The brilliant streak, which included a chip-in on the final hole and a two from a deep sand trap, staked him to a course-record-matching 66, and a one-stroke lead over England's Tony Jacklin. TREVINO HAD a three-round total of 207, six under par on the sun-splashed, 6,892 yards of Scottish Moors that make up the Muirfield Links just south of the Firth of Forth. Jacklin had a 67, four under par, for 208.

That set up the same final round pairing, Tre- vino-Jacklin, that there was a SECTION CLASSIFIED SATURDAY JULY 15, 1972 Breakfast Bonus Over your two chilled plums, a bowl of Plant City strawberries with milk (not cream) and sugar, bowl of corn flakes with sliced bananas, two glazed donuts and milk, then coffee, these leisurely Saturday morning breakfast additives: Norm Carlson the unsea worthy sports information director of the University of Florida, has been among us as the Gator opener at Tampa Stadium against Southern Methodist is bearing down (Sept. 23, night), reporting the latest good news and bad news about Florida's limboish football pro-, gram, and seeking to feel normal again walking forwards. Carlson recently bought a new boat and motor to replace the one he sank four times near his lean-to off Lake Crystal in the Ocala National forest. The launching ceremonies before never-ruffled wife Petie, his houseful of kids and two German shepherds turned quickly into predictable disaster when the just-christened Third-And-Long tumbled from the trailer and into the mud, new motor and all. Hours of pushing and shoving, crying and barking got the boat on the waves, so it could be slipped by Skipper Carlson into reverse for backing into position for a summer of water-skiing and fishing.

Only problem was the Third-And-Long backed all the way across the lake and into the cat-tails, then was backed all over the lake. It was stuck in reverse. It still is, these weeks later, the Carlsons causing some consternation from the herons and few residents as they back here and there and even trying to let the kids water ski with ropes from the front as Backup Carlson gave the Third-And-Long all it had, in reverse. He wouldn't admit that at times it was reminiscent of Florida's offense at times in 1971. 1-r "I called the guy I bought it from and he said I was dumb," said Carlson.

"I didn't think it necessary that he say that, but I didn't protest. I finally got him to agree to go fix it. I must say I did feel a little dumb riding around that lake with the wife, kids and dogs, backwards. You don't know which way to look. Confusing.

One of the dogs seemed to like it." Gator Problems Academic On the Gator circumstances these days, Carlson updated with these good-bad items: iuuiipu.i.iij.iaju iittiiliiraar ite x-v xx Xx Nv Lee's Hot pr Out: 444 SM J-3 Par In: 444 344 J54-3S 71 Trevtno Out 445 344 345-36 Trevino In 444 333 243-30 Jacklin Out 534 334 345-34 Jacklin In 444 343 344-33-7 Sanders Out 444 Ui 434-38 Sander In 444 3M 345-31 Barnes Out 444 443 Z45-34 Barnes In 444 344 54-35- Nicklaus Out 544 354 S44-3S Nicklaus la 444 354 244-3571 AP Wirephoto A Pain In The Neck three doctors but by the time he reached the third tee he was really suffering. The aging American still shot a 69 yesterday. Arnold Palmer grimaces in pain and grabs his shoulder during his third round in the British Open yesterday. Palmer was attended to by lx SXx 5 XX xx xX 'tNsXS lx-x 1 txxixS. -x fl I xf.

sxj xx Xx 1 y. '4 I 1 f. I av i i it f. )ax 4 1 1 i 4 I I i i Reds Roll On Defensive end Eddy Moore, figured to start at the left side, is gone. Academics.

It's a blow. Offensive lineman Walter Hutchinson and sophomore linebacker Joe Abbott probably are lost, too. Linebacker Ricky Browne may move 1 to defensive end. Season ticket sales will be about 20,000, down about 1,600 from last year. Ticket sales so far to the Florida-SMU game here are at about 13,500.

Tickets go on sale in the Tampa Bay area Monday, all Maas Stores, Marine and Exchange Banks ia Tampa. Mississippi wouldn't go along with a Florida proposal to move the Oct. 21 game from Oxford to Jackson, because "I want to win, that's why," said candid Rebel Coach Billy Kinard." Ex-Florida flanker and orator Carlos Alvarez is In Europe, hitch-hiking here and there and preparing to enter the Duke (not Florida) law school in the fall. He has not indicated yet if he'd have a press conference on his return. year ago when the Englishman chased Trevino to the title in the last of his three national championships.

Disappointed Jack Nicklaus, already the winner of the Masters and U.S. Open titles, saw his hopes for a never-accomplished one-year sweep of all the world's major titles fade and all but die as he drifted six strokes off the pace. "I just haven't played well all week, Niclaus said. At one time late in the day, Trevino, Jacklin and Doug Sanders were locked within two strokes of each other. Trevino took care, of that situation with his gallop down the backstretch.

"I don't think I've ever made that many in a row before," Trevino said. WITH ONE round to go, the dapper Sanders was in third place, four strokes back of Trevino. Sanders forced a 69 despite a double bogey six for a 211 total. Top Cards 6-3 Crosby and pinch-hitter Brant Alyea singled home a Cards run. St.

Louis' other run came in Big Brian Barnes of Eng- an inning later as Matty Alou land, a British Ryder Cup player and former tour per- former on the American Cir iiueuacKer rrea addou ot iirooKsvuie nas recovered well from his back operation and going in is the Gators' primary all-star candidate. Abbott and defensive back Jimmy Barr will be the only five-year players on this very young, anything-can-happen Florida team. Right now, three sophomores are in starting positions, linebacker Ralph Ortega of Coral Gables, offensive guard Burton Lawless of Punta Gorda and defensive back Tyson Sever of Clearwater. Others may probably will move up. Plans are for the aGtors to wear white with orange and blue stripes in most, perhaps all the games.

There are no plans to replace the lousy Florida Field scoreboard at the south end because "we may want to put permanent seats in there pretty soon," said Carlson. Head Coach Doug Dickey is out of the hospital, again and hobbling back and forth to work. Repair on that bad knee of his apparently was sufficient this time. Dickey has spent 24 nights in the hospital this summer with the "routine opera- tions." Touching Other Bases ST. LOUIS UP) Pete Rose's two-run single capped a three-run second inning off Rick Wise that carried the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-3 triumph over the St.

Louis Cardinals last night, their fourth straight National League victory. THE REDS scored their eventual winning runs off Wise, 9-9, as Darrel Chaney stroked a run-scoring single before Rose finished off the Cardinal starter with his two-run base hit. opened with a triple past Bobby Tolan's outstretched glove in center field and rode home on Joe Torre's sacrifice fly. cuit, was the only other player under par with a 69212. Nicklaus, shaking his head in baffled disbelief at his poor play, birdied two of the last AP Wirephoto Birdie Fever Lou Brock and Alou singled three holes to match par 71 for 213 a distant six strikes with one out in the eighth, but Clay Carroll came on for "The last three holes were Grimsley and got Torre to Jav- but just played horrl- ble the rest of the time," said PETE ROSE big hit Doug Sanders does a dance for cheering crowd after he putted for a birdie on the 9th hole in the British Open at Muirfield, Scotland.

Sanders shot a 69 yesterday. Reds' left-hander Ross bounce into a double play on Nicklaus, his dream of an un- precedented Grand Slam all but shattered. He already holds the Please See Page 5, Col. 8 Johnny Bench had delivered Grimsley, 7-3, took a one-hit- a run-scoring single in the ter into the fifth when Donn first inning before the game- Clendenon and Ed Crosby hit winning rally. singles, Dal Maxvill forced the first pitch.

Joe Morgan and Bobby Please See Page 2, Col. 7 Crenshaw Vie Today JUG JJj XJVUIO llil 3 V.VU1 C111VA gill Obi vv iwtunii coach, who is visiting us, took the kids fishing at Big Indian Rocks pier the other day. Corso hasn't fished as maybe his swagger suggests, the swagger up to rent a hook, a line, pole, even bobber. Then rather than asking the store-guy what he should know, he asked a salty-looking fellow in the parking lot what kind of bait he'd been using. The fellow said sardines.

The fellow did not mean canned sardines, the kind Corso went and bought from the 7-Eleven and spent the day futily trying to keep them on the rented hooks. And he thought the pier vets were laughing at his flashy getup. Thank goodness the chess mess is being reported on the straight news pages and we in sports don't have to make excuses for Bobby Fischer. Not sure we could stand Fischer and Duane Thomas in the same season. Seems almost traitorous to be pulling for a Russian over an American, in anything.

In case you missed it, that big chest of Steve Michalik, Mr. America 1972, caused him a special problem. It measures 52 inches unexpanded, 56 expanded. Nobody can have a 52-inch chest, thought two sky-detectives as they saw Steve board a plane at the Tampa airport for New York. They followed him aboard, kept him under surveillance throughout the trip and then unable to resist, frisked him and when all save Steve had disembarked at Kennedy Airport, they made Mr.

America strip to the last muscle. Bombs they thought he had hidden in some of his out-sized bulges. Mr. America was embarrassed by it all but quickly regained his composure and did not karate-chop the cops, of which he was more than capable, but instead commended them for their alertness, they he for his 1 I 'V. GARY KOCH in showdown I I DALLAS (Special) Temple Terrace-Tampa golfer Gary Koch will have his showdown match today with NCAA Co-Champion Ben Crenshaw of the University of Texas after winning both of his matches yesterday in the third round of the 69th Trans-Mississippi Golf Tournament.

Koch, the reigning Florida State Amateur Champion, knocked off Mike Heubinger of San Antonio 3 and 2 in the morning round and followed that win up with a 4 and 3 victory over Guy Cullins of Denton, Tex. Koch and Crenshaw will meet Saturday over the Brooke Hollow Country Club course in the first semifinal match with Wally Payne of Fort Worth and John Paul Sports on TV TODAY Cain of Houston colliding in the other semifinal. A 3 6-hole championship match will be played Sunday between the two survivors. Payne, a virtual unknown, knocked off Mickey Van Gar-big of Palm Beach, J-up to advance after the Fort Worth player had ousted Chuck Munson of Austin, Please See Page 3, Col. 4 -AP Wirephoto p.m.

Major league baseball (Houston at Pitts- TOMORROW 2 p.m. Michigan 200 auto race, Channel 10. 2 p.m. Major league baseball (Atlanta vs. Chicago), Channel 44.

4:30 p.m. CBS Tennis Classic, Channel 13. This Robbery Was Allowed Houston's Bobby Watson snares Rick Monday's bases loaded drive to thwart Chicago scoring bid. UU1 gu, vuauuti O. 5 p.m.

British Golf Open, Channel 10..