Corpus Christi Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 17

2 Local Players Signed by SWC Harry The Hat And Love Affair Two Corpus Christ! players were among high school sen-iirs signing with Southwest Conference scliools this morning on the first legal day of signing under conference rules Randy Kerbow a 6-1 295-pound speedster fullback from Flour Bluff was among the earliest signecs in the state He put his name on a pre-enrollment application with Texas AIM shortly after the 8 a starting time coordinator of recruiting Jake Helms was here for the occasion Morris Official Ray High center-defensive end Jim Morris signed with Texas at noon Moms had previously been announced as committed to Texas Longhorns' assistant coach Leon Manley was here for the signing Kerbow son of Mr and Mi's Herman Kerbow 421 Glcnoak was the lead- ing scorer last season He had 86 points on 13 touchdowns and eight conversion points He is believed to be the first Flour Bluff athlete ever signed by a Southwest Conference school Helms left here to go to Victoria where he was scheduled to sign up Victoria High tackle Mike Faulkner while Manley went to Mission to sign center Lee Lyles who had previously announced for Texas In other signings around the state: Arkansas football coach Frank Broyles signed Joe Fer-g the widely-sought quarterback he once called of the real great athletes in the United description of the flashv star of Woodlawn High came while he was one of 30 or more coaches hoping to get Ferguson Ferguson IK pounds and 5 foot-2 said he had picked Arkansas because it plays "my type of offense" He said that 3-Game Gird Set In SWC Second Round Of Play Begins Rv The Associated Press It's a different story the second time around says Baylor basketball roach Bill Menefee who leads the Bears into the second half of the Southwest Conference race tonight against Bice has played everybody and if they got beat they're thinking what didn't work and they're thinking what else they ran do" said Menefee who has directed the Berfrs to a tie with Texas for the SWC lead at the halfway mark Both are 6-1 The Aggies host the University of Texas and Southern Methodist is at Texas Tech in other league games tonight Baylor is ranked 19th in the Associated Press mainr college poll and has a 14-3 overall record best in the league Explaining Baylor's surprising success Menefee said: boys have hung In there when they weren't supposed to win and blown their cool I've had some boys that have just really come through We needed somebody to supply some scoring punch and LatTy Gate-wood has done that" Rice hosts Dayton in a nonleague game Thursday and another full schedule of league games is on tap Saturday until he made his final decision four days ago he had ser- iously considered Louisiana State Broyles also arranged to sign five other players They are ends Mark Hollingsworth and Jim Hodge and fullback Acie Griffin of Woodlawn Gordon Bongaerts of Captain High School and quarterback Allen Dennis of! West Lake High Blue Chipper The University of Texas picked up one of the state's blue chip players in Bruce Gaw a 6-foot 2-inch Dallas Bryan Adams High School tac- kle Gaw a 210-pounder was voted outstanding defensive player in District 11 4A and was named to the All-State -team Texas also signed four Aus- -tin Reagan players from the Class 4A championship team They are Mike Bayer All- State end Rusty Campbell end and defensive back and son of an assistant Longhorn coach tackle Cary Kipp and Allan Moore a defensive back and punter Also signing with Texas were Coy Page Austin Travis Linebacker and Leonard Hanson back from El Paso Coronado Five Te Tech Texas Tech signed five plav-ers They are Gary Campbell 6-2 215-pound running back from Ennis Ike Thomas 6-3 215-pound running back from' Gr anbury: Vince Freeman 6-4 240-pound lineman from Lubbock Monterrey and-twins Donald and Ronald Rives from Wheeler Donalds is a 6-2 200-nound bade and-Ronald is a 6-3 215-pound lineman TCU signed eight players including three of the top receivers plus a blue chip back and linebacker Heading the list were ends Lane Bowen -of Brownwood Rusty Ward of -Arlington and Mike Barmore of Pasadena linebacker -back Lee Harris of Azle tackle BcftTY Leatherman of Fori Worth Carter end Guy Mor-riss of Arlington Houston running back David Dixon of Hal-tom and quarterback Don Bodenhamer erf Arlington Bowen Ward and Harris all were considered blue chip-' pers SheiWtiGltmeg TUESDAY FEBRUARY 111 969 3-B Sneaky Try North Carolina's Rusty Clark hugs the ball as North Carolina State's Jim Risinger reaches under and around in an attempted steal during last night's game (AP Wirephotol ports The powers ol major league baseball recently hired New York attorney Bowie Kuhn to occupy the exalted position of high mogul of the game and it wild be they missed a bet While the name of Harry Hat" Walker was never mentioned even in speculation it would appear the brass hats could have done worse than The Felt Hat Walker may not revere baseball on the same level as God mother and-or i-ountiy but if any of them slip just a little going lo be replaced in that tie at the top One of the top hitters in his playing days and a recognized authority on the skill now as past manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates and current field general of the Houston Astros Walker's best hitting on his visit here yesterday was in favor of his sport and against its critics He never went so far as to give the Grand Old Game a share of the credit for the United States' leading role in winning World War Two That may be spreading the gospel a bit thick but on the other hand the offspring of rounders probably didn't hurt the cause either What Walker was really doing of course was professing his own undying ardor to the game and indirectly taking to task the others in the sport who sit back and accept the wave of criticism so popular in recent years instead of doing a job of positive selling It doesn't take a genius to recognize the efficacy of that theory If the people most involved in the baseball industry believe in it enough to sell it to others certainly no one else will More Widespread Appeal Walker debunks the prevalent belief that baseball is- losing its mass appeal Many years ago he claimed the National in which Harry has spent almost his entire adult drew of every 38 people in the United States A couple of years ago Ihe National League drew one of every 13 and that doesn't include the American League" Walker also likes to point out that if it were not for baseball the explosion of new super-stadiums which have marked the the Astrodome Shea Stadium Los Angeles would never have oecured carries the freight in paying for the loquacious one said plays maybe eight games a year in the home stadium Baseball plays 81 games And yet football wants the stadiums built to suit their purposes Don't get me wrong I like football as well as the next guy But I think these things ought to be It has been 32 years now since The Hat signed his first baseball contract in the fertile farm system Branch Rickey was building for the St Louis Cardinals But even that was just a continuation of the path that apparently had been preordained for him Harry likes to point that really his entire life has been wrapped up in the game "My father was Walter Johnson's roommate and my brother (Dixie the Cherce' of sainted Brooklyn Dodgers folklore) replaced Babe Ruth in right field for the Yankees" Walker has been known to be an Irritant to some segments of the society that deals in me way or another with baseball so maybe he fit the Madison Avenue sterotype of a public relations expert But if dedication to a cause is a qualification baseball could do a lot worse than putting Harry Walker on the rostrum A Billy Graham he ain't but that love match of Romeo and Juliet was penny ante compared to the one Harry has going with baseball Even 66 Not Enough 25-4A 14-3A Two Titles Can Be Determined haired junior is the scoring leader with a 43 points per game average North Carolina scored 10 straight points early in the game to sprint in front of NC Slate and opened a 39-21 lead by halftime Charlie Scott Bill Burning led the Tar Heels to their 18th victory in 19 starts Scott had 22 points and Bunting 21 Joe Serdich hit 26 for NC State Dan Issel's 26 points led four Kentucky double-figure scorers and the Wildcats rode a fast start to their easy victory over Mississippi State Manuel Washington led Mississippi Stats with 30 points Miss over Spring Hill 110-79 Tulane's balanced attack led by Johnny Arthurs Terry Ha-big and Bob Spurck overcame Maravich's scoring spree and enabled the Green Wave to beat LSU Arthurs had SI points Ilabig 26 and Spurck 17 as Tulane shot 56 per cent from the floor Maravich playing on a bad knee and a sore ankle sank 25 field goals and 16 of 20 free throws shattering the SEC single game record of 60 scored bv Bob Pettit of LSU against Louisiana College during the 1953-54 season The 66 points were seven more than Maravich had over scored before The floppy- By The Associated Press Iistol Pete Maravich shut up Tulane but when the smoke had cleared it was Louisiana Stale that came out full ot bullet holes Maravich set a Southeastern Conference scoring record Monday night pumping in 66 points but Tulane overcame the one-man show for a 110-94 win Elsewhere secend-ranked North Carotin? and fourth-rated Kentucky only teams in The Associated Press Top Ten to see action Monday moved lo easy victories North Carolina bombed North Carolina State 8562 and Kentucky rolled past Mississippi State 91-69 In othrr games Georgia Tech walloped Air Force 88-67 Duke downed Maryland 93-83 Georgia took Alabama 87-78 Florida edged Vanderbilt 75-73 and Tennessee beat Mississippi 61-45 Also it was South Carolina 106-79 over Clemson Colorado 92 Oklahoma 69 Kansas 45-41 over Oklahoma State Creighton 94 Oklahoma City 80: The Citadel 79-77 over Virginia Military Seattle over Portland 107-63 and Southern games this year Miller is 12-0 in district and 28-4 for the year the most impressive Buccaneer record since 19S7-58 when they registered 29-2 under coach George Utterback King and Carroll always a battle when the two get together will be trying to determine third place in the district behind Miller and Victoria Carroll is 8-4 in district while King is 7-5 and a King victory would create a logjam for third Gregory-Portland can wrap up its crow tv downing Tulo-so-Midway but if the Wildcats falter they could wind up tied with Bishop for the top spot Gregory-Portland is 12-1 in Zone and Bishop is 11-2 Taft already has sacked up District 28-2A with an 11-0 record and the Greyhounds are merely hanging around waiting for the state playoffs Two of three basketball districts involving Corpus Christ! teams may be resolved tonight with time running out on two Both District 25-4A and District 14-3A's South Zone probably will be decisively decided tonight white the outcome in District 28-2 A no longer is in doubt The latter two districts close their regular season play District 25-4A ends Friday Tonight's 7:30 schedule is: Port Lavaca at Miller King at Carroll Moody at Victoria and Victoria Stroman at Ray in 25-4A clashes West Oso at Flour Bluff and Tuloso-Mid-way at Gregory-Portland in 14-3A: and Calallen at Mathis in 28-2A Milter can wrap up its first district basketball title since 1960 whipping Port Lavaca winner of only three district Cokes Gets KO Race Judge SALEM NH til John S-Stewart who acquired the nickname in becoming one of the National Hockey League's all-fmw great defenseman in 12 sea-' sons with the Detroit Red Wings was named today presiding judge for Rockingham -Park's spring harness punches with left jabs before the deciding blow the first strong punch of the bout It was the 55th victoiy in 66 fights for the 31-year-old Cokes The loss was Cobb's third in 16 pro fights and the first time he was knocked out ST LOUIS IR Welterweight champion Curtis Cokes of Dallas scored his 27th knockout Monday night with a right hand chop to the jaw of Don Cobbs of St Louis at 2:52 in the first round of a nontitle bout Cobbs 25 scored a few light Capsule Look at College Draftees by Texas Pros HOUSTON OILERS 1 RON PRITCHARD linebacker Arizona State 21 6-1 222 Antioch Calif Concensus All-American lineback and key figure in Arizona Stale's great defensive unit which ted nation in rushing defense allowing only 57 yards per game Voted Spaulding Award as outstanding defensive player In East-WeM Shrine game Also played in Hula Bowl and Senior Bowl 2 JERRY LEVI AS split end Southern Meth-odisl 22 5-10 175 Beaumont Catted the "mot exciting player' in the Southwest Conference since Doak Walker Was sophomore lineman of the year and has been All-SWC for three seasons Concensus All-Amencan as a senior Lev las broke aV of Doak Walker's season and career records on punt and kickoff returns and shattered all of Benton Musslewhite's school receiving records Named Most Valuable Back and Player in Senior Bowl and Most Valuable Lineman in American Boul Winner of the Ft Worth Kiwams Hub SWC Sportsmanship Award for 1968 3 ELBERT DRUNGO offensive tackle Tennessee State 22 6-5 250 Columbus Miss Named to Pitthurgh All-American team in '68 Piaved tight end and caught 21 passes for 220 yards and 3 TDs All-Stale fullback In high school Has excellent speed (4 8 in 40) Will tie used at offensive tackle All-Conference light end for three years 3a RICH JOHNSON fullback IlliiHHs 21 51 210 Canton Illinuis Workhorse of the Illinois backfield Most Valuable Player on team Second team All-Big Ten Ranks as one of Illinois top ground gainers in modern era Was number two rusher In Big 10 as a junior 4 CHARLIE JOINER defensive back-flank-er Grambling 22 5-11 185 Lake Charles La Three lime All-Conference flankerback but wiU be tried first as a defensive back where he geles and is now going to school in Pasadena He has 50 speed and played defense until his final year lie was a high school whiz at Fairfax in Hollywood Calif and played for Los Angeles City College before going to Weber Birthdate is 51547 11 Clarence Williams Prairie View 554 250 defensive tackle Landry calls him a "good athlete with potential" From Sweeny Clarence was a 48-foot shot putter and 145 feet discus thrower while lettering in track A physical education major he played offensive tackle in college Birthdate: 53-46 12 Bob Belden Notre Dame 524 210 Suarterback A reserve quarterback at Notre lame for three seasons Belden has size intelligence and a strong arm going for him plus the fact he's a capable dropback passer Bob was an outstanding high school player making AH-Ohio at Canton A member of the Blue circle Honor Society Rob played well when called upon and he had plus statistics in something of a mop-up role for the lush 13 Rene Matison New Mexico 50 185 flanker A sprinter Matison didn't go out for football until nis senior year when he caught 13 passes for 180 yards and one TD A native of Gary Indiana where he attended Roosevelt High School Matison runs the 105vard dash in 93 the 220 in 21 flat and the 60 in 60 Birthdate: 9-12-46 14 Gerald (Jerry) Iutri Northern Michigan 6-4 256 offensive lineman Jerry played on defense until his senior season when he was moved to offensive lineman where his future seems to lie He has good speed at 51 and in high school at Stephenson Mich he competed in basketball and track He ran the high hurdles in 168 threw the shot 48-2 and high jumped 510 BIrtli-date: 516-47 15 Bill Justus Tennessee 51 ISO defensive back An All-State quarterback at Fulton High In Knoxville and an All-State basketball player too And after giving both sports a shot as a freshman at Tennessee he chose to devote full time to basketball He was AIVConferenre last year and wilt repeat as he tops the Vols in scoring with a 19-point average and is second In rebounding Under Southeastern Conference rules he would ne eligible to play football next year and there has been some talk about it He's 21 16 Floyd Kerr Colorado State 53 195 defensive back An outstanding basketball player for Colorado State snd bar not pteyod football since he starred for Washington High School South Bend Indiana He has 48 speed He and an identical twin brother Lloyd have been regulars for two seasons and are averaging about 15 points per game each So Identical are they that Floyd claims his picture is not in the CSU brochure He claims both pictures ate of Lloyd 17 BiU Bailey I-rwis Clark 544 260 defensive tackle All-conference wilh good speed at 525 Also lettered in wrestling white playing football as a regular for three sec uni Birthdate: 517-47 was recognized as the team leader without being cnplasn He was captain senior season and culled defensive signals lie made all-Rig Ten hi- last two seasons He has 49 speed Birth Date: 11-24-46 3b (From San Francisco for Harold Hays) Halvor Hagen Weber State 55 250 defensive lineman of his football is ahead of him" says Landry Hagen played only one ea-son at Ballard High in Seattle one season at Siiorcline Community Junior College and two at Weber State From spring bail until the si art of the season his junior year he went from 210 pounds to 240 He added 10 more for his cniar year He has good tpeed at 5 0 and is recognized as a "hitter" 4 (To New Orleans for Dave Simmons) 5a (To Baltimore for Andy Stynchula) 5b (From Los Angeles for Coy Bacon) Chuck Kvle Purdue 6-t 220 linebacker A three-war regular tor Boilermakers Chuck was a UPI ll-America as a middle guard and played in the East-Wel and Hula Bowl games He was a good shot putter in high school at Highlands High Li Ft Thomas where he a Vo won a state high school diving championship 6 Rick Shaw Arizona State 544 305 flanker A former qiiarterback-llanker-comer-back at Arizona State Rick by-passed his senior vear of college to play for Calgary in the Canadian League last season and was drafted ith hope he might decide to return to United States to plav He has great speed at 46 He played corner-back for Calgary 7 Larry Bates Emory Henry 5-114 1M flanker Larry played a major role in his team's establishing a NA1A offense record of over 5000 vards this season Urry rushed 96 times for 648 vards and four touchdowns and caught 61 passes for 1202 yards and 12 TD's A four-year regular he started out as a quarterback and as a sophomore moved to running back and flanker 8 Elmer (Benny) Benhardt Missouri 524 220 linebacker Mobile and tough Benhardt ill face the test of conversion He was a regular defensive end for three seasons for Missouri but will be tried as a linebacker He was credited with 10 tackles behind the line his senior sea sun and registered five traps in great effort against Alabama in the Gator Bowl lie attended River-view Gardens High Li St Louis He has 505 speed Birthdatc 2-10-47 9 Claxton Welch Oregon 5-11 200 RUNNING RACK A first rale inside runner Welch piled up 525 yard rushing last season despite missing three of the last four games with injuries As a junior he gained 474 yards rushing and caught seven passes for 109 yards He was secotu ally to Simpson in the All-Conference balloting lias 47 speed Birthdatc: 7-3-47 III StuHri Gottlieb W'ehcr State 53 250 offensive line An intense player who was tagged Dog" by his teammates Stuart Is working as a bouncer on the beach in Los An All-Star games Younger brother of Dallas Cowboys star Dan Reeves 13 JOHN TYSZKIEWICZ guard Chattanooga 23 51 235 Sayreville NJ A four-year let-terman who had started 23 straight games before a knee injury sidelined him in '68 Finished strong after recovery 18 LLOYD WAINSCOTT defensive tackle-lincbacker University of Texas-Austin 22 51 235 LaMarque Texas A versatile performer for Longhorns An All-State and All-American high sthnol at LaMarque Excellent pass rusher with good range and pursuit Two-time All-SWC and named to some All-American teams in '58 17 MFLVIN AUTRY center Southern Mississippi 21 53 230 Hattiesburg Miss Big strong and good speed Has played both center and guard All-State in high school Played in the Senior Bowl and North-South game DALLAS COWBOYS 1 Calvin Hill Yale 53 230 running back Is a great athlete and certainty has a chance to be a super star" says Coach Tom Landry very very excited When you pick as late as we did (24th) and get a guy in this category I think it's Landry says Hill who has 46 speed has three shots running back tight end or linebacker He rushed for 1512 yards during his rareer caught passes for 858 and threw for 298 A native of Baltimore he attended Rivcrdale Country School in the Bronx where he was a T-formation quarterback As a freshman he scored five touchdowns against Princeton He kicked In high school and once in practice kicked a 52-yard field goal He holds Yale records for broad tump (2514) and the triple Jump (51-54) hits three times as hard as Jimmy Brown did when he was at Syracuse" says former Columbia coach Buff Doiielli Birthday: 1-2-47 2 Richmond Mowers Jr Tennessee 50 183 wide receiver said Landry 'we'll see how fast Haves Is one of the reasons we drafted Flowers Hayes has never had to run before" There were of course other reasons For Instance as a sophomore Flowers caught 35 passes for 407 yards and five TD Ax a junior he caught 41 for 585 and four TD's It is senior season he caught only 25 and 180 and seven TD's But that was because he was switched his final season from a wide receiver to tailback He rushed 111 times for 375 yards And all three seasons he had good kickoff return averages 3a Tom Stinclc Michigan 52i 228 linebacker From his time at John Marshall High in Cleveland until he completed his collegiate career at Michigan Tom has shown not only excellent performance on the field but also leadership qualities He was recognized for this as a freshman defensive end by receiving an award given annually for leadership qualifies As a junior he 6 WILLIE GRATE split end South Carolina State 22 6-4 225 lonway So Carolina A big strong receiver who was wingback in college Rushed 40 times for 183 yards as a junior and caught one pass for 12 yards As a senior carried 59 times for 321 yards and caught five passes for 143 yards Runs the 40 in 46 in shorts and has run a 465 quarter In track 7 MIKE RICHARDSON halfback Southern Methodist 21 5-11 185 Ft Worth Texas A two-year starter and All-Southwest Conference halfback in '68 Rushed for over 1000 yards as a senior on pass-minded team A very strong tough runner with excellent balance Also a top-notch receiver 8 GLENN WOODS defensive end Prairie View AIM 22 6-4 250 Lufkin Texas All-Conference defensive end who averaged 10 tackles a game As a junior averaged 20 tackles a game and has intercepted three passes during career Younger brother of Oiler tight end Alvin Reed 9 ED WATSON linebacker Grambling 22 6-2 222 Coushatta La All-conference at Grambling and named the outstanding defensive player in the '68 LiUlc Rose Bowl game Great speed (46 in 40) and great range and mobility 10 JOE PRYOR defensive end Boston College 24 6-5 230 Played at Boston College in 1965 before flunking out of school Has been in service and will he discharged in June 10 JOE NAPONIC quarterback Illinois 21 641 190 Jeannette Pa Hit 63 of 213 passes for 813 yards as a senior but has been hampered by injuries Strong quick arm and very sound fundamental quarterback Was the starting quarterback in 1964 prep game between Texas-Pcnnsyl-vanla Big 33 contest 11 TERRY MAY center Southern Methodist 22 8-4 224 Iowa Park Texas All-Southwest Conference tackle and captain of '68 Pony team A three-year starter including sophomore year it fullback 12 GEORGE RESLEY defensive tackle Texas 22 56 260 Ft Stockton Texas A wcighlman in track who played football only his Junior and senior years Exceptionally strong Could lift more weight than Randy Matson when both wre shot-putters Finished second in SWC shot pul last year with 5544 and had best of 57-4 Used as both defensive guard and tackle al 13 RICHARD PICKENS fullback Tennessee 21 5-10 210 Knoxville Tenn Unsung hero of the Vote for last three seasons led the Southeastern Conference as a junior with 53 rushing average An excellent bkickcr and hits the holes very quick Has real quickness agility and balance 14 ROY DON REEVES defensive back South Carolina 22 5-11 182 Amrrirus Georgia The leading receiver and scorer as a halfback on the 64 South Carolina freshman team Played safety as a soph and mlascd his junior year wlih a knee injury Stalled '87 eaxin (redhlrt) as an offensive back but moved to defense due to inurles on defensive unit and was a starter in '58 Played in North-South and American Bowl 4a ROY CERELA kicker-defensive back New Mexico State 21 5-10 185 Powell River BC Soccer-style kicking apccialist who also plays defensive back Ranked seventh in the nation as a senior in punting with a 41 6 average Has great leg strength as the fail lhat he kicked off 47 times as a senior and the opposition was able to run only 18 of them back meaning the other 29 went out of the end zone Kicked 16 of 20 extra point attempts and 6 of 17 field goals during rareer 5 JOHNNY TEACOCK defensive back University of Houston 21 6-2 205 Goliad Texas One of the top defenders of Houston's fine defensive secondary A three-year starter and named to third iram All-America by AP Played quarterback In high school Intercepted five passes as a senior for 66 yards and one touchdown Played comcrbark for Houston but will be used as a afely by Oilers.