Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 47

Carroll edges Brownsville and clock second time The snap was bad on the extra point try and it was 15-7 at 5:13 of the third period Both teams suffered from fumbleitis in the final 12 minutes as Carroll had reoccurring problems in the exchanges between the center and the quarterback and turnovers blunted any would-be offensive threats obviously made some adjustments at halftime and rammed the opening kickoff back down Carroll's throat Sophomore David Villarreal the Eagles top rusher for the evening with 59 yards in 11 carries spearheaded the push as he earned three times on the seven-play series including a 45-yard burst that ended on the Carroll 16-yard line Quarterback Eliseo Gonzales went around the right side for the final two yards the kick was good and at 9:19 of the third period it was 9-7 About four minutes later Carroll ended the scoring if not the drama for the evening as they reeled off 62-yards in five plays Talented David Sheppard nullified most of the game by the weak Carroll passing game finally got into the action as he got the call twice on end-arounds getting 29 yards the first time and the final 13 and a touchdown the jaunts of 23 10 and 29 yards but the six-points were credited to Medford Jones who swept the left side for the final six yards and the score with 1:40 left in the first quarter Jones also had a 37-yard gain between Teichman's 10 and 29-yard bursts The kick failed and the scoreboard stayed at 64) until one second before the halftime gun At that point Reeves a 149-pound junior clicked on a 22-yard field goal to send the Tigers into the pits with a 94) bulge The tally was the end product of a five-play drive (in one minute and 20 seconds) by the Tigers that featured a 14-yard run by Robert Forbes as the senior running back broke two tackles in a third-and-one situation A 22-yard interference call moved the ball into field goal range Brownsville which had racked up the grand total of 18 yards rushing in the first half Statistics SrawnwiMt CirrM II It in 100 St ns si4 0 I 1 I MtO 414 Ml HO tolMtlM toning Veer attack 132 of them by fallback Mark Teichman as they controlled the tempo of the game most of the wav The Eagles grabbed a fumbled punt on the Carroll 36-yard line and immediately marched to the Tiger 26 before the home team first asserted itself Defensive back Mark Reeves leaped high in the air and speared an overthrown pass at the Tiger six-yard line That seemed to point his teammates in the right direction and Carroll put together a 94-yard march that used up 3 minutes and 18 seconds of the clock and nine plays Teichman carried the ball six of those snaps including torpus By CRAIG BIRD Sports Stiff Brownsville packed eight plays into the final 56 seconds of the game six of them passes but the Carroll Tigers survived several close calls and still had a 15-7 lead when the Buccaneer Stadium clock finally wound down Ironically the tension the crowd endured as two of the passes were dropped and two other overthrown as the receivers streaked open near the goalline may have been caused by a mistake in the time keeping At the beginning of the second half the clock was started with 13 minutes showing instead of 12 but the error apparently wasn't noticed and it didn't seem likely it would make any difference anyway The Tigers pumped 255 yards rushing out of their Houston CORPUS C1IRISTI TEXAS SPORTS AND OUTDOORS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9 1973 Gamecocks rack Javelinas 34-14 TOM SUDELL TACKELS BROWNSVILLE ELISEO GONZALEZ AFTER GAIN (Photo by George 1iley) Met quarter Hix kicked again Jacksonville drove to the five where a fumble stalled the drive and Hix kicked a 24-yard field goal A 32-yard kick by Hix in the final seconds of the quarter boosted Jacksonville to a 24) halftime lead failed to show any semblance of an offense except Ranger from him in the seventh inning Friday night during the baseball game and got the news that I had been waiting for I've known Martin since he coached third base at Minnesota" Martin said of his relationship with the press "I'll be honest with yai if you'll be honest with me I'll be available for interviews and 1 plan to make speaking engagements and promote this team" Martin said that he will emphasize pitching and defense with the Rangers who have won only 47 games and are 33 games behind Oakland in the ALEast Asked if he could bring a winner to Texas like he did at Minnesota and Detroit Martin said "Ask me Dec 31" Martin will begin immediately to manage the Rangers and was in uniform for Saturday night's game with Oakland The minor league manager at Denver Del Smith upset Court takes fifth Open By EMIL TABUABUE Caller-Times Sports Editor JACKSONVILLE Miss -TWo veteran seniors and a freshman so new he wasn't even listed on the program sparked explosive Jacksonville Sate to a 34-14 season opening thrashing of Texas in Paul Snow Memorial Stadium here Saturday night Quarterback Ralph Brock tailback Boyce Callahan and fallback Richard Crump were the main cogs as the Gamecocks romped to a big early lead then rebounded after scored two quick touchdowns in the third quarter to make it respectable Brock picked the defense to pieces with a first half passing display Callahan lived up to his reputation by slashing through the smallest of holes for consistent gains and Crump made Jacksonville fans envision an exciting season with his brilliant runs Jacksonville scored on three of its first five possessions with Brock Callahan and Crump turning in the big plays Backed up into its own end of the field through the entire first quarter the Javelinas fell quickly behind 14-0 On their second possession the Gamecocks scored in three FOREST HILLS NY (AP) veteran Margaret Court of Australia reclaimed her women's crown winning the title for the fifth time and a scrambling little Czech named Jan Kodes dropped a bombshell Saturday by upsetting the topseeded Stan Smith in the US Open Tennis Championship The 31-year-old Mrs Court from far off Perth fashioned one of the greatest performances of her career in beating her 22-year-old Australian heir-ess apparent Evonne i Of course that final or extra minutes kept anyone from leaving early as Gonzales and Ventura Salazar shuttled at quarterback spot Ventura got the only completion out of the frenzy a 15-yard toss to Villarreal on a 4-10 situation with 25 seconds left but the rest of the time either the Eagle receivers couldn't hold it or the quarterbacks threw long Defensively Carroll's Rick Spencer Reeves Steve Kurtz and Keith Nugent enjoyed happy evenings SECTION!) for two brief flurries in the second quarter The Javelinas drove from their own 25 to the Jacksonville 32 their deepest penetration of the half before Wendel was thrown for a huge loss that killed the drive The Hogs made one more foray after the last Hix field goal when Wendel hit Taylor with a See Gamecocks page 2D boss BILLY MARTIN (AP Wlrephoto) Wilber managed Texas Friday night Martin became the third manager in two years since the Rangers moved their franchise to Texas from Washington Hall of Fame great Ted Wiliams left the club after managing one season here in which the Rangers finished in the cellar Open lead best showing has been a tie for seventh a week ago in the Greater Hartford Open Winner of each of the four major tournaments in his brilliant career Player is closing in on the $1000000 mark for career earnings with $950000 going into this event Many of golfs big names were missing from the field here including Masters winner Tommy Aaron PGA champ Jack Nicklaus US Open title-ist Johnny Miller and British Open champion Tom Weiskopf who are competing in the World Series of Golf at Akron Ohio Player winner of the PGA title last year captured the $50000 World Series first prize in 1972 title Kodes won the unique exciting duel 7-5 6-7 1-6 6-1 7-5 breaking Smith's service in the 11th game of the final set and then winning his service without tow of point 11 A record crowd of 15137 filled the big concrete hone-shoe at the West Side Tennis dub and most of them stayed glued to their seats until the follow ball was hit -a Smith forehand that soared over the backline The Kodes-Smith match was a battle of escalating fortunes See Court page 4D The Golden Bear owned a three-stroke lead when he punched his third shot towards the green It just failed to carry and plugged in the muddy bank on a side of a pond guarding the front of the green After considerable searching Nicklaus located the ball took his right shoe off and stepped into the slimy water He found the ooze was too slippery put his shoe back on and steppkl in the water again Goolagong7-65-76-2 Immediately she leveled a challenge at the person who has hurt her most Bobby Riggs would like another go at him" the queen of the courts said am playing at my The day's high drama however was provided in the final match-a two hour 57 minute marathon between Smith and Kodes marked by controversy and finished in near darkness with even the linesman almost unable to see the ball brings together the winners of pro golf's Big Four championships The final round of this two-day 36-hole chase for a 150000 first prize will be played Sunday Nicklaus a four-time winner of this tournament jumped out to a quick lead then blew it with bogeys on two of his last three holes plays from the 32 with Callahan exploding the last 17 yards with 8:35 left in the first quarter Joe Hix kicked the extra point Two possessions later Jacksonville ripped 78 yards in only seven plays with Brock passing 30 yards to Callahan 21 yards to wide receiver Terry Grammar and then hitting Martin ARLINGTON (AP) Billy Martin 45 whose run-in with American League President Joe Cronin over the spit-ball cost him his job at Detroit was signed to a multi-year contract Saturday by Texas Ranger owner Bob Short speaks as of this date dt the success of this franchise in Short said as he introduced Martin at a packed news conference "I know he will win" Cronin suspended Martin for three days after the fiery former New York Yankee star ordered his pitchers to throw greaseballs Jim Campbell the general manager of the Tigers fired Martin last month the 18th while Nicklaus made bogey five after missing the "The course played very tough and made us look like we were playing worse than we did" Nicklaus said "I think I was lucky to shoot what I did It wasn't very good but I'm still not out of said Miller of us were doing anything very Aaron said he wasn't bothered by back trouble that has hampered him since his victory in the Masters this spring "I just didn't play very well-but then I haven't played very well for a long time" said Aaron who bogeyed six of seven holes at one stretch Aaron British open champion Weiskopf and Open king Miller are making their first appearances in this event Nicklaus who scored his 14th major triumph in the PGA is making his ninth start in this event The runnerup receives $15000 with $7500 to the No 3 man and the last place finisher gets $5000 Weiskopf rallies to tie Nicklaus fhxisti Statistics Ml Jack II II III It II I I 11-310 4J 1st 1M 10 I 0 1 4-410 4-M loti sss Grammar again with an 11-yard scoring pass on the second play of the second is new acknowledging did a good job from foul line to foul line" Martin who piloted the Tigers to the AL Eastern Division title last year and was fired at Minnesota after a confrontation with owner Calvin Griffith said "1 can make no great Martin said think we will have a fine club here I've been beat by them They have good speed and good arms" Martin who had a 257 lifetime batting average in the major leagues said he will spend the rest of the season evaluating the talent of the Rangers who have the worst team in the major leagues He added "We will also'be trying to win the rest of the season Winning is Asked how he felt about his job security with Short who fired Whitey Herzog Friday night after Herzog only had 10 months on the job Martin said "I'm a two-time loser and losing jobs doesn't worry me" Short said he had spoken with Griffith Campbell and Cronin about hiring Martin "They wished him well" Short said were happy he is still in the American League In fact Griffith told me he hoped I signed Martin before Monday so he could start selling tickets" Martin said "I've always been good friends with Cronin But I'm going to defend my players right or wrong That's the kind of manager lam" Martin was asked how he plans to handle such controversial players as the Rangers' Alex Johnson Martin replied "I'm controversial aren't The players may not like you some of the time but I've always made the statement I'd play Adolph Hitler to win" Martin's hiring ended a telephone search for him by Short "You just can't believe how hard it is to find the guy" Short said got a telephone call See scores Schroeder also was at 205 after his round which was demolished by a triple-bogey seven on the par-four 487-yard fifth hole the same one that hqjt Grier chances Jones also two strokes back entering play had a double bogey on that hole and finished with 73 for 207 Heading a group at 206 was 1970 Southern winner Mason Rudolph and Curtis Sifford They each shots 69s Saturday In a group at 207 was unheralded Dick Rhyan who ran off a spectacular 63 that missed the course record of 62 set two years i IMhu owuy ago in the tournament by Mitchell AKRON Ohio (AP) Tom Weiskopf came from four strokes back with a late rally and tied Jack Nicklaus for the first-round lead Saturday in the Wbrld Series of Golf Each encountered a variety of problems en route to matching the 71s one-over-par on the vast rolling acres of the 7180-yard Firestone Country Club course johnny Miller had a 73 and The most dramatic action troubled Tommy Aaron strug- came on the 16th "The Mon-gied to a 76 in this event that ster" a 625-yard par five He finally blasted muck and mud flying-some 30 feet behind the hole He two-putted for a bogey six while Weiskopf birdied and took two strokes off his lead was kind of Weiskopf said "seeing you with your shoe off standing in the water I get tired of seeing you hitting 300 yards down the middle all the time That was real Weiskopf gained a share of the lead with a routine par on BANK (AP Wlrephoto) Gary Player takes Southern page 4D Others at 207 were unknown Sam Adams who had a 66 Chi Chi Rodrquez with a 70 and rookie Larry Stubblefield with a69 Player unperturbed by the blistering humid heat that has seen the temperature in the 90s for the past three days had four birdies and one bogey The little South African who shot rounds of 69 and 65 the two previous days over the sunbaked 6791-yard par-70 Green Island Country Club course was making only his ninth start of the season His season was slowed after undergoing major abdominal surgery in November and he has earned only $130d0 His COLUMBUS Ga (AP) --South Africa's Gary Player rounding into superstar form once again after recent sup gery mastered intense heat and carved out a 67 Saturday for a two-stroke margin after 54 holes of the $100000 Southern Open Golf Tournament with a 201 total The 36-year-old Player winner of 88 tournament victories closed in on his first 1973 triumph after second round leader John Schroeder faltered in the 90-plus degree heat with a three-over par 73 Forrest Fezler was second two strokes back at 203 and a 66 while defending champion DeWitt Weaver and Jerry McGee shot 67s to get within four shots of the lead at 205 JACK NICKLAUS FINDS HIMSELF IN TROUBLE AT THE A A A r-.