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0 "tuiri in Tommie Smith Sets Two World Records (See Story on Page D3) TOP 0' MORN Vvf- -By Lou iUyseUk $jjt Sports Editor 1 Bradley Pulls Out of Came a Winner A good gambler is one who knows when it's time to get out of the game, whether he's winning or losing, and it would seem to apply to the very" risky business of coaching too. This might best explain the sudden resignation of University of Texas basketball coach Harold Bradley, who certainly goes out a winner. He obviously didn't win everything he would have liked but he can point back to 2 Austin, Texas, Sunday, May 21, 1967, Page Dl After Three Years as Bradley Assistant Promoted to pPost Southwest Conference titles in eight years, a 125-73 overall record and a 73-39 mark in SWC games. Only back in 1966 when his team went 12-12 did he fail to have a winning season and in all seven of the others the log ranged from 14-10 on up to 20-7 in the peak year of 1963. That was the season Bradley obviously had his best Texas team and the fierce 73-68 struggle the Longhorns lost to Cincinnati was the last big peak for the SWC in the NCAA playoffs until this spring.

SMU came along this past March and made a comparable one by pushing Houston in the regional finals after lick mmmimml ack By LOU MAYSEL Sports Editor The University of Texas Saturday turned to another favorite son, Leon Black, to become head basketball coach of the Longhorns. He succeeds Harold Bradley, who only Thursday announced his resignation after eight seasons at Texas. Black, captain of the 1953 Texas basketball team, has served as assistant coach to Bradley for the past three years. He came to Texas after five seasons of coaching at Lon Morris College, where he compiled a 131-35 won-lost record. Only two weeks ago another ex-Longhorn, Cliff Gustafson, was named as successor to Bibb Falk as UT baseball coach.

The announcement of the 35-year-old Black came though the office of athletic director 3 HAROLD BRADLEY Emphasized depth. came as a big surprise when it did come." Black indicated his hope of someday becoming UT basketball coach was an outgrowth of his long affection for the school that stemmed back to when he was a schoolboy star at little Martins Mill, which he and O'Neal Weaver carried to the Class championship in 1949. "It was my desire for many years to play basketball at the University of Texas and when I decided to coach, I had the same desire to coach for the University of Texas," he said. "It's just a dream-come-true type of thing. I'm very, very happy and honored to have this opportunity.

I think it's a tremendous challenge but I think we all kind of live on a challenge and it's good for us." Terms of Black's contract weren't announced and Black LEON BLACK, STEPPING UP AT U.T. He captained 1953 Longhorn team. Wild eiskoD Damascus Grabs Pulls A Darrell Royal and the news quoted Royal as release sayings "Leon has demonstrated by his previous record at Lon Morris that he is coaching material. It's lucky for Texas that he was on the scene. It made our choice an easy one." The appointment of Black to the head job, which Bradley officially evacuates on June 1, came as no suprise.

It has often been predicted he would be the eventual successor to Bradley and that he came to understanding. "I did not have a commitment to this effect. I did feel that if I did my job, being on the scene would give the people interested in the program a chance to know me," he said. "I've been hopeful since I came here that things would work out some time but It le Trinity River course. A four-way deadlock devel oped at 211 that included Charles Coody, 70, Frank Beard, 68, Homero Blancas, 73, and Gardner Dickinson, 72.

Bobby Nichols, Gene Littler and Gay Brewer were in at 212, one ahead of Arnold Palmer, Dan Sikes and Harold Henning, Palmer shot a 67. A thunderstorm flooded the course Friday night and a down pour early Saturday delayed play for an hour. The rains re sumed after most of the field had finished. Stockton, his eye trained on the $23,000 first prize, appeared imperturbable as he hovered around par through the first 14 holes. Then the bubble burst.

His approach shot to the 435-yard 15th slid off to the left of the Ereen and landed near a post, surrounded by cables. A ruline followed, and Stockton disagreed with it. He did get a free drop. He chipped poorly, then three putted from eight feet. Meanwhile, birdies at the fifth and 14th put Weiskopf back at even par, and, despite the rain, he narred the final four holes.

Neither of the two lead crs has won a PGA tournament. Stockton, a University of Southern California graduate, is in his third vear on the tour (See GOLF, Page D3) Larry Franks and Jimmy Gilbert came to a monumental upset of the defending champion Cincinnati Bearcats is easy for Bradley to recall. "We were two points behind with three minutes to play (actually Texas pulled to 66-68 with 2:41 left; and then we gambled and lost," Bradley recalled. Projecting it a little further, Bradley recalled, "Cincinnati should have won the national championship again that year. They had a 15-point lead on Loyola in the finals but they tried to freeze it." And the amazing Chicagoans came on to win it with a last-second tip-in in overtime.

Problems of Recruiting Are Fierce "Loyola only had five players too," Bradley remembered, which made them the kind of a. team he liked best to play. While others played with one or two substitutes, Bradley always strived for depth and his use of nine or 10 players frequently paid off. In fact, it's probably been the key factor since 1963 in keeping the Longhorns above water. Every year the writing fraternity could see Texas falling below .500 for the first time under Bradley and yet they never did.

The one big thing he couldn't lick was recruiting and it's probably the underlying reason that led to his resignation. He never came close to cornering the market and in fact it's a tribute to his coaching abilities that he won with those he did get. Bradley won't salute the idea that his recruiting has been sub-par this year. "I think we got three blue chips and the most anyone else got is two. Of course, we didn't get the big boy," he said.

He named 6-3 Billy Black of San Antonio Lee, 6-2 Donnie Voight of San Antonio Highlands and 6-5 Gene Salmon of Del Rio (a football recruit) as his prized three. He does point to the realities of recruiting that will face his successor too. "There are only enough good boys in the state each year for about one team and you don't have much luck recruiting out of state," he said. "The good boys usually won't come to Texas and not many of them can qualify academically in the first place. I had a list compiled of the 22 best boys in one of the Northern basketball states and when we checked their transcripts, only one of the 22 could have gotten in." More Basketball Interest Needed He sees "no overnight change" in the SWC's poor national basketball posture either until the state starts producing more prospects.

"Our good ones rate with the good ones anywhere but there aren't enough of them. I've watched movies of Indiana teams and where we have maybe two or three good boys on the floor, they'll have eight or nine good ones," he said. He had two quick suggestions when asked what could be done to spark interest in basketball in the state. "They ought to open the gyms in the summer and let the kids play. It'll keep them busy and keep them off of the streets," he said.

"Summer clinics ought to be permitted. What they do is create interest. You don't develop basketball players in one-week clinics. They give the boy good fellowship, allow him to set goals and let him draw comparisons with the other boys." Bradley says his future plans are indefinite but he doesn't rule out a return to basketball coaching. "I might (coach again) if the conditions were right," he said.

He denied the pressure of coaching was behind his resignation. "You learn to live with it. I don't think coaching the game is bothering my health. I did have a little spell a few years ago but I'm over that," he said. ing Louisville the night before.

How close Bradley's com bine that featured Mike HumDhrev. John Paul Fultz. BALTIMORE (AP) Damascus, beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby two weeks stormed through the stretch like a wild horse Saturday, and won the 92nd running of the $194,000 Preakness at Pimlico. Seventh, far back of stable-mate Celtic Air midway of the back stretch, Damascus moved into contention rounding the fi- r. A 1 X.

,1 i fit' I iiilj Jr4 i I WV'i i I vh4: tpw; 4 1 I iif? i r- .41 -if I I To himself was unable to shed any light on the matter. "I should be more concerned about things like that but I never have been. I've never given contracts much thought. I've always felt you should do your job, not worry about contracts, and things will take care of themselves," he said. Black inherits a squad that compiled a 14-10 record and finished in a tie for second in the Southwest Conference race but loses three of its six top players Noel Stout, Charley Turnbough and Mike Gammon.

A fourth Longhorn, Dale Dotson, went ineligible at midterm, after helping the team early. Black wouldn't hazard any guesses at what kind of material he inherits, which generally isn't thought of as outstanding. "The future of the ball club I i i because both are trai.iert by Frank Whiteley Jr. Shoemaker said jockey Nick Shuk on Celtic Air had not been instructed to take the early lead. Shoemaker took Damascus to the outside when he made his move and then shifted to the rail for the stretch drive.

"The field was bunched up," Shoemaker said, "and I had no shot to go through. I had no oth er choice than to go to the outside. Then he went to the inside because of the whip." By the time Damascus reached the stretch he already nal turn and when the field of 10 1 Reality, carrying the hopes of 3-year-olds straightened out for! Mrs. Frances A. Genter, re-home, he said good bye to his turned $4.60 and $3.60 while rivals.

Proud Clarion, from John Gal- In Reality was second, Ken-j breath's Darby Dan Farm, paid next year is yet to be determined. What type of a ball club we'll be is going to be determined after Oct. 15," he said. "There are a lot of adjustments that are going to have to be made within the group." Black indicated no decision had been made on naming a new assistant coach. "Coach Royal and I have discussed it but we need to discuss it further," he said.

Black had this description of the brand of basketball he wants his Texas teams to play: "I've always had the philosophy that we always want to be a team that carries the game to the opponent both offensively and defensively. To broaden it out a little more, we do like to run. We like to think of our running as (See BLACK, Page D2) ft how he would handle it. "It was different than the Derby because he had it when I called on him." Jockey Earlie Fires, aboard runner-up In Reality, said he thought his colt was in the perfect spot "but we got into trouble between the half mile and the 3-16 pole. "The leaders started backing up on us, and there was nowhere to go.

When I got clear at the 3-16 pole my horse felt strong and 1 thought I had a shot, but then he tired in the last 16th." Fires said he thought a pre- would have helped. Trainer Sunshine Calvert agreed that In Reality couia have used another race because he hadn't been in competition sm; April 1. "Maybe that horse (Damas- FORT WORTH, (AP) -Lady Luck abandoned Dave Stockton Saturday but the young Californian, with a 74, clung to a share of the lead with Tom Weiskopf in the Colonial National Invitation Golf Tournament. Weiskopf matched Colonial's par 70 to overtake the faltering Stockton while Ben Hogan, with a 69, slipped back into contention. After 54 holes, Stockton and Weiskopf were deadlocked at 205, and Hogan, bidding for his sixth Colonial crown at 54, was just three shots back.

The leading trio got caught in a rainstorm on the closing holes, but the only casualty was Stockton, who took a double bogey six at the 15th and blew the lead with a bogey at 18. His approach shot at 18 caught a trap and he pitched to within six feet of the cup and missed the attempt at par. Stockton, 25, flirting with his first tour victory, started the third round nine under par and four shots ahead of Weiskopf, who blazed into contention Fri day with a record-tying 65. Stockton chipped in from 60 feet for a birdie at No. 4, which Weiskopf bogeyed, and at that point had a seven-stroke lead.

Weiskopf had also bogeyed the par 4 second. Four strokes behind the leaders was George Archer, who, with a 69, was one of only six to dip under par on the soggy orse way duct on June 3 will complete the triple, last swept by Citation in 1948. Back of the first four horses in order came Misty Cloud, Barbs Delight, Ask The Fare, Celtic Air, Favorable Turn and Great Power. As the favorite, Damascus, trained by Frank Whiteley paid $5.60, $3.60 and $2.60. In to show.

Damascus' powerful stretch-run carried him across the finish line 2V4 lengths in front of In Reality, who was making his first start since winning the Florida Derby on April 1. It was another four lengths back to Proud Clarion and three-quarters of a length separated the Derby winner from Patrice Jacobs' Reason to Hail, who in the last seven weeks has traveled some 8,000 miles and got a piece of five major stakes. Damascus, chalking up his fourth victory in six starts this year, earned a record Preakness purse of $141,500 to boost his earnings as a 3-year-old to $260,460. In 10 starts since coming to the races late last season, the trim bay Kentucky-bred colt never has been worse than third. "There was no place to go but outside," said Shoemaker, watching a television rerun of the race.

"They were all bunched up and there wasn't much running room." Shoemaker said Damascus was inclined to get lazy when in front sometimes. "I whacked him pretty good i with my whip in the stretch to jkeep him from laying back," Shoemaker said. Shoemaker got Damascus vl rVTOr Kill c-r, urn ue diu iui ouuuy ussery on Proud Clarion. With Celtic Air, ridden by Nick Shuk, breaking on top. Shoemaker settled Damascus in stride but he was far back going the first turn and no better than seventh in the run down the back stretch as his stablemate reeled off the first quarter mile At this stage of the race, Barbs Delight, runner-up in the tarV nffprina tho mrwt enri.

ous contention. As they hit the one-half mi! pole, the trailers started closin? in and Shoemaker swung to th outside with Damascus. UPI Telephoto DAMASCUS THUNDERS ACPwOSS PREAKNESS FINISH LINE Easy ride by Willie Shoemaker beat In Reality, left, by two lengths. tucky Derby Winner Proud Clarion, off to a slow start, finished third with lightly-regarded Reason to Hail taking fourth place in the 1 3-16 mile race ran before a crowd of 38,371. Under the lash of Bill Shoemaker's whip, the son of Sword Dancer-Kerala carried the white and red-dotted silks of Mrs.

Edith W. Bancroft over the distance in 1:55 1-5. The time was the second fastest in the history of this second leg of the triple crown. The record of 1:54 3-5 was set in 1955 by Nashua who also sported the same colors when they represented the famous Belair Stud. Proud Clarion's bid for the triple crown ended up short.

The Belmont Stakes at Aque- Derby cus) would have beat us if we had three races, but I would have been more satisfied," Calvert said. Bobby Ussery, who rode Proud Clarion to victory in the Derby and finished a well-beat- en third Saturday, said his mount "ran a good race and I have no excuses. "I started my move coming into the half-mile pole and at that point I was only a half-length off Damascus, who was moving Shoemaker Sites Reason for Win amascus More Relaxed Preakness Than Put sd, i yf a BALTIMORE (AP) Jockey Willie Shoemaker said Damascus was able to show his heels to the Preakness field Saturday because he went to the post much more relaxed than he did as the beaten ravorite in the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago. "He wasn't shook up going to the gate the way he was in the Derby," Shoemaker said after guiding the son of Sword Dancer to a 214-length victory at Pimlico, worth $141,500 to owner Mrs. Edith W.

Bancroft. "There was a lot of noise at the Derby and he wasn't used to it. He was a kind of a different horse today." After three-quarters of a mib of the 1 3-16 mile race, Damas cus was running eighth in the 10-horse field. But he was only 5'i lengths off the pace being set by Celtic Air with whom he was coupled in the betting too," Ussery said. "But then; in 23 seconds flat, the half in 48 Shoemaker hit Damascus and had opened up a'314-length leadjvious race on the Pimlico strip he took off." Ussery said iriuuu i over In Reality and the crowd of! 38.371 knew the 92nd running of the Preakness was over.

Shoemaker said he was laying, farther off the pace than he had planned, but "I wanted to make one run with him today and seel I was running strongly When he; maae the move but -when Da- mascus took the lead he went over to the rail and I had to stay where I was out in the middle; of the track." I UPI Teleohoto THE NINE-HORSE FIELD AT THE PREAKNESS ROUNDS THE FINAL TURN Damascus, beginning to make his move, won the 92nd running..