Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 33

iiieSiHkrmj) WEDNESDAY AUG 3071989 SECTION SCORES MORE D-2 SHORT STOPS D-3 LOCAL CALLS D-4 BUSINESS D-6 mpm wwmjt MiSfca A Gulf Coast Pearl River gearing up for openers DICK UGHTSEY By KEN ERNST Leading the defense will be end Eric Drake and linebacker Ricky Alexander a Pascagoula product Newcomers certain to add punch to the Gulf Coast lineup include wide receiver Anthony Clark of Pascagoula comerback Frontia Fountain of Wiggins and defensive end Warren Jones of Monroe La Sekul said David Cox will take over as the placekicker while quarterback Davis will punt Freshman Jamie Oatis of Pascagoula may also be called upon to punt Please see OPENERS D-4 decision to Hinds in the state junior college championship game and then was mauled 66-35 by Trinity Valley of Texas in last Texas Junior College Shrine game Sekul said Holmes which was 10-3 last year is facing a considerable rebuilding task this season is having to fill key positions with freshmen and inexperienced Sekul said Offensive standouts Bulldog fans are sure to watch Thursday include the passcatch tandem of quarterback David Davis and tight end Jesse Stewart COMMUHITCOLLEGE South Division playoff berth In the preseason coaches poll defending state champ Hinds is favored to win the South Division while Northwest is expected to top the North Division i Gulf Coast vs Holmes In opening against the Goodman-based Holmes the Bulldogs will be taking on the 1988 North Division champion Holmes is coming off two straight fosses both in postseason play Holmes lost a 25-20 STAFF WRITER The Gulf Coast Bulldogs and Pearl River Community College Wildcats are ready for the 1989 season bent on improving on less-than-gjowing efforts in Coach George Bulldogs officially open the season for Coast schools at 7 pm Thurs- day with a home game against Holmes Pearl first game is Saturday at 6:30 pm in Itawamba team managed to break even with a 5-5 in 1988 while squad posted a 6-3-1 mark falling just one game short of attaining a Big man on the suspension list Saints cut i to the max Toles on reserve Gilbert 12 others gone I ETTI DO WN ITO 60 The Sun Herald Hibbard Hayes draw major praise pair of major lea-ftflguers from South Mis-Milsissippi recently have received glowing tributes for their play on the baseball diamond They are Charlie Hayes of the Philadelphia Phillies and Greg Hibbard of the Chicago White Sox Hayes a graduate of Forrest County AHS of Brooklyn is plying his trade at third base for the Phillies Hibbard a product of Harrison Central is a regular starting pitcher for the Pale Hose seen Hibbard pitch and have closely followed his career But I aware that Hayes also was a South Mississippi product until reminded of the fact by Glenn Dewease who coached the youngster during his high schooldays Earlier this year Hayes was traded by San Francisco to the Phillies in the deal that sent relief pitcher Steve Be-drosian to the Giants After game in San Francisco in which the Phillies posted a 9-1 victory Giants manager Roger Craig had some kind words to say about the Mississippian: Hayes is a good ballplayer and if we have Matt Williams he would have been out there tonight a good break for Charlie to play in the majors Craig said he decided Hayes was expendable when the Giants banked on Williams for their third-base future Hayes went to Philadelphia with lefty pitchers Dennis Cook and Terry Mulholland In the Monday game Hayes went 3-for-5 with two doubles a homer four RBI and three runs scored Replacing Mike Schmidt at third base is not an enviable task but manager Nick Leyva says he plans to stick with Hayes as long as his mental ability matches his physical output a big part of our Leyva said sat him on the bench in LA for various reasons mostly because of a lack of concentration Sometimes instead of taking money a little tougher when you sit them on the Hayes who has committed an inordinate number of errors said he missed a sign in the LA series and it led to his brief benching was his way of letting me know I did something said Hayes who was charged with 17 errors in his first 54 games with the Phillies He had one game in which he committed four errors three in one inning Even with his erratic fielding the Mississippian has continued to swing a big bat and apparently has nailed down the job at third base Hibbard who has been in the White Sox starting rotation Please see UGHTSEY D-4 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ron Solt is the only established starter of 13 players that the NFL suspended Tuesday NFL shelves 13 players Toles Gilbert On a reserve Hsb Alvin Toles fifth-year linebacker Injury settlements: Daren Gilbert fifth-year offensive tackle 1 Michael Cadore 12ttwound draft choice Draft choices released: Fred Hadley eighth-round pick r'J'u (formerly of Mississippi State) David Griggs seventh-round pick Joe Henderson 10th-round pick Jerry Leggett ninth-round pick ii-v (from Mississippi State) Other cuts (free' agents) Bogie Magee wide receiver 1 Darrell Phillips nose tackle -v Dave Solon offensive tackle Jonathan Dumbauld defensive end Leroy Gause linebacker iA' Todd Wheeler center Jason Garrett quarterback roster next week To be eligible for the developmental squad a player must be a rookie or a first-year player and must clear waivers Center Todd Wheeler and quarterback Jason Garrett both free agents said they hoped to be picked up again on the six-man developmental roster not really Wheeler said feel like I proved a couple of things to myself aid other! people was the sort of thing where the numbers got me They have two great centers here in Steve (Korte) and Hilgy Joel Hilgenberg) and I knew that coming in Garrett didn't get to play in any of the preseason games but he said he still felt he got a fair chance just go home to New Jersey keep myself in shape this week keep my fingers crossed and hope the telephone Garrett said status USM also played Memphis State1 earlier in the 1964 season defeating the Tigers 20-14 in Memphis Memphis State was the favorite to win both of the meetings Purvis said some comments by' Memphis State head coach Billy Mur- phy stirred deep emotions in the Southerners and spurred them in the second game against the Tigers we upset them 20-14 Mur-! phy was really steaming and he guar- Please see USM D-4 By AUSTIN WILSON ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER NEW ORLEANS The New Orleans Saints bought out the rehabilitation period of fifth-year offensive tackle Daren Gilbert put fifth-year linebacker Alvin Toles on a reserve list and cut 12 players Tuesday to get down to the NFL maximum of 60 players under contract One of the cuts 12th-round draft choice Michael Cadore was waived in the same sort of injury settlement that Gilbert accepted Cadore injured his right knee during one of the first rookie practices of the preseason Toles wrecked his knee last season underwent reconstructive surgery and has been listed as physically unable to perform He was put on Reserve Physically Unable to Perform on Tuesday That means he cannot practice with the team for six weeks but may be brought back to the roster after that Gilbert still is recovering from a training camp knee injury and have been cut unless he agreed to it "And if we had put him on injured reserve he would have been dead to the football team out for the said General Manager Jim Finks chance to bring him Under the rules imposed for this 'season players put on injured reserve during the preseason are out fin: the year and players put on IR during the year are out for six weeks instead of the four weeks in effect for prior seasons Finks said the Saints gave Gilbert and Cadore lump-sum settlements to agree to be cut way have a chance to come Gilbert said just going to try to get healthy and come back as soon as Mora said he had never heard of injury settlements before this season but like to have them described as a way to get' around the new more restrictive rule on injured reserve been coming up on the waiver wire a lot the only way a player can have any real hope of coming back to a team this he said He said a possibility that some of the players cut on Tuesday could be signed to a developmental staring at me I thought 'AH you got to do is hit Running to your left very easy for a right-handed quarterback So I pulled up just a little bit turned and hit him right in the chest He just caught it and collapsed all in one motion He hugged the ball up in his chest and just sat down on his knees in the end zone The The victory enabled the Southerners whose nickname was changed to the Golden Eagles several years later to finish the season with a 6-3 record It was the first year that USM national small college champion in 1958 and 1962 had major college remain suspended until they no longer test positive In addition the league announced 30-day suspensions for Ram comerback LeRoy Irvin and Denver tight end Orson Mobley for the second violations of the substance-abuse program Three players have been suspended this summer for positive drug tests The biggest name on the steroid list was Philadelphia guard Ron Solt picked up last year from Indianapolis for a No 1 pick Solt played three series for the Eagles last year before injuring his knee and then missed the rest of the season Solt was the only established starter on the list Please see NFL D-4 By GARY MYERS NEW YORK DAILY NEWS NEW YORK The steroid suspension list shrunk from 23 players to a basically no-name group of 13 Tuesday after 9 about 10 players List of names D-2 who would have- been on the list were part of this roster cutdown to 60 players The league announced the unlucky 13 representing eight teams who were suspended without pay until at least Sept 27 making them ineligible for the final preseason game and the first three regular-season games If at that time their systems are dear of steroids they can be reinstated Otherwise they will end 1964 season on emotional winning Southerners NOTE: This is the last of a three-part series looking back at the Big Three in 1964 By JOHN BIALAS STAFF WRITER Vic Purvis always will remember the time a guy named Maxie planted a kiss on him It happened in November 1964 in Jackson Purvis then a junior quarterback for the University of Southern Mississippi had just helped the Southerners rally for a season-ending 20-18 victory against the Memphis State It was a 10-yard scoring pass to end George Rodman in the final minute Lambright had called the play during a timeout were in a slot formation to the left and ran what we called a sprint pass A pass-run option is what it actually Purvis said was a real fast developing play I came out showing run I was running as hard as I could And I saw the safety flying out to try to help contain The end George Rodman comes in there like going to throw a block And the safety just lets him go Rodman runs a curl in the end zone and his big ole chest was just USM 25 years ago Tigers Lambright (the USM back-field coach) was hard-nosed and tough But to tell you how happy everybody was he grabbed me and kissed me in the dressing room I know what to do IH never forget Purvis said in a recent telephone interview Even after almost 25 years Purvis still remembers the details of the game-winning touchdown too.