The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 29

rrrrr Crampton Sweeps Into PGA Lead 4 vtvi A 'lil' THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL TU Vrf- iw a 'j Saturday August 9 1975 Page 29 professional competitive hole-in-one on the way to a 6S and second place at 137 Nicklaus holder of a record IS major titles and the favorite in this one salvaged a 68 with gritty one-putt pars on three of his last four holes and moved into position at 138 Kd Dougherty a one-time major league baseball pitching prospect who took up golf out of boredom six years ago and John Schlee were at 139 and were the only other men under par Schlee had a 68 Dougherty 70 The big group at 141 included Tom Weiskopf with a second round 71 the veteran Casper who shot 72 and Watson with a 71 Defending champion Lee Trevino had a 72 and was tied at 14S with Arnold Palmer who has yet to win this event in a legendary career that includes everything else Palmer had a 72 South African Gary Player had to play his back nine in 31 for a 70 and 142 Host -pro Bobby Nichols shot a Bob Some of the more obscure names that dominated first-round play some gently some back into the pack and were replaced by the game's more prominent performers such as Crampton Irwin and Jack Nicklaus with Tom Weis-kopf British Open king Tom Watson and Billy Casper within striking distance Irwin the 1974 US Open champion who is bidding for a spot among the front rank of the game's greats scored his first Benson the club pro whose opening 68 had given him a tie for second fell back to 77 and 145 Johnny Miller the young man wlia enjoyed such spectacular record-setting success in the early season failed to make the cut for the last two rounds Miller saying he's tired and over-played had a 74 and a 152 total And that may be the best of the year His score has been bettered only by Miller's 61s on flat desert layouts in Arizona which don't compare with Firestone's length deep rough lurking traps and looming trees "I can't say I could have gotten much more out of it" he offered with a little smile He birdied the first hole from 30 feet He reached the par-five second with a three wood and holed the 15-foot eagle putt He just missed on a 10-foot birdie putt on the third and scored his lone bogey of the day on the 230-yard fifth He buried his tee shot in a bunker and had no chance Crampton flew a five-iron some eight feet from the flag and birdied the eighth then made three on the 465-yard par-four ninth converting a 12-foot putt He scored from IS feet on the 11th On the 625-yard 16th "the Monster" his third shot ran through the green to the fringe just a couple of inches from the deep rough He chipped it in from 30 feet That tied the course record He broke it on the next hole running in another 14-15 footer The Leaders AKRON Ohio Aug (AP) Bruce Crampton has spoken of it many times "The only thing missing from my career is a major the quiet unassuming Australian veteran has said repeated- a wistful quality in the voice that still bears a trace of his native Sydney "I've achieved much more so very much more nut of golf than I ever thought I would But yes now at this time of my career I'd have to say I'd like to win a major championship "It's the only thing I haven't done "It's really the only thing So Crampton a dour grim-faced competitor on the golf course but a pleasant smiling man away from the fairways took a major step in the fulfillment of his dream of glory with a spectacular but characteristically unsmiling 63 that propelled him into a three-stroke lead Friday in the second round -of the 57th PGA National Championship last of the season's four major tests of golfing greatness His seven-under-par effort over feared Firestone was a course record and a PGA National Championship record It has been bettered only twice on the tour this year and put him in a commanding position to reach the only goal that has eluded him a major championship He also tied the PGA record for 36 holes He passed the halfway mark in this tournament with a 134 total six under Firestone's imposing par Hale Irwin who has the happy habit of playing the tougher courses at his very best moved into position behind Crampton: and the tournament took on a more familiar appearance Get It Right Jack early in the second round of the PGA Golf Championship with 139 "Jack always has been my hero I rush out to watch him play every chance I get I hope I can meet him some Dougherty said No doubt he will A handsome six-footer with modish long hair and drooping black mustache Dougherty has emerged as one of the colorful dark horse personalities of the "Who's PGA AKRON Ohio Aug 8-L(AP)-Ed Dougherty had a message Friday for Jack Nicklaus: He spells his name D-o-u-g-h-e-r-t-y It is pronounced as in "hickory dickery "I read where Jack said he never heard of me and didn't know how to pronounce my the tall 27-year-old Vietnam veteran said after shooting a par 70 on the tough Firestone Course and taking the lead' UPlTtttphoto Ed Dougherty Applies Lucky Kiss Bruce Crampton Halt lfwm Jack Nicklaus Mark Hayes Grizzlies Hornets Seek To Maintain Philosophies I Ed Dougherty John Schlee JCShMd Al Geibtrger Maurice Ver Brugge Billy Casper Tom Watson John MahaHey Tom Waiikopf Butch Baird Lorry Hinton Tonigh 1 9s Starting Lineups DEFCNSE MEMPHIS CHARLOTTE MO ItO 350 335 335 333 175 170 3)5 1IO 71-03-134 724S-I37 7HS-1JS 07-71-131 139 7140-139 7347-140 70-70-140 7340-140 Ml 70-71-141 71-Tt-M! 70-71-141 7249-141 4P-73-U1 7340-141 70-71-141 71-71-142 70-72-142 72-70-14? 72-70-14? 72-70-142 09-74-143 71-72-143 73-70-143 7449-143 70-73-143 7449-143 7S40-143 70-74-144 71-73-144 73-71-144 73-71-144 73-71-144 71-73-144 73-72-145 00-77-145 75-70-145 73-72-145 71-74-145 73-72-145 7944-145 73-72-145 73-72-145 74-72-140 74-72-144 71-75-140 73-73-140 72-74-140 75-72-147 72-75-147 7471-147 75-72-147 72-75-147 72-75-H7 70-71-147 74-73-U7 73-74-147 210 255 313 355 305 213 300 IN 305 240 son will have to deal with two quarterbacks instead of one meaning John Huarte and Danny White who will be seeing his first action of the year after recovering from a hernia operation Gibson was talking to a Hornet advance man Thursday and he asked about White's status "Will he be Gibson asked he was told "Will he play "Yes" he was told "I was afraid of Gibson moaned Huarte and White present different problems for a defense Huarte is patient Tie picks at a defense but does not have the super arm White tends to go for the jugular instead of being content to watch' the patient suffer He has a super in comparison Charlotte has concentrated a great deal all week on avoiding costly turnovers The Hornets turned the ball over seven times against San Antonio Offensively running back Don Highsmith (carried 16 times for 50 yards) and quarterback Brian Dowling (13 completions on 23 attempts for 178 yards against San Antonio) are the keys Memphis has an offweek next week and next plays at Philadelphia Aug 23 In other WFL games tonight Chicago is at Shreveport Hawaii at Portland Southern California at San Antonio and Philadelphia at Birmingham "They look just awesome to he said "The offensive attack is extremely solid As an example Memphis ran 20 more offensive plays last week than Jacksonville That's what I call control "Memphis has super runners and good receivers But the key I believe is the offensive line After watching last game (he and former Memphis State University assistant Lindy Infante now coaching the Hornets' defensive backs scouted the Grizzlies) I'd have to say in all honesty that the offensive line has to be one of the best in the business" Infante who had made preparations to enter private business after the coaching change at Memphis State early this year when Fred Pancoast left to accept the head job at Vanderbilt talked about the Grizzlies' high-geared and high-priced offense "Our defensive backfield is looking forward to playing against a Warfield and (Ed) Marshall (Memphis' other top wide receiver)" he said "We have three reluming vets in the secondary (led the WFL in interceptions last season with 31) "It's sure nice to be back in Memphis too I've still got a lot of good friends here I can remember having a lot of good times in this stadium I hope our game will be one of those I can remember too" Besides the general worries of dealing with the Grizzly offense as a whole Gib By MIKE FLEMING It was once left to a famous football coach to remark when asked if he planned any surprises for a particularly important game "No podnar no shockers We're gonna dance with who brung In other words he was quite content to live or die on the field doing the things that had brought his team to that point in time And so it will be tonight in Memphis Memorial Stadium when the Charlotte Hornets confront the Memphis Grizzlies in a World Football League encounter at 7:30 The Grizzlies are 1-0 as a result of last Saturday's 27-26 victory over Jacksonville while the Hornets are 0-1 dropping a 27-10 decision to San Antonio John McVay general manager and head coach of the Grizzlies is not one to resort to trickery Neither is Bob Gibson coach 'of the Hornets who last year headed up the offense with the Grizzlies They both know and will tell you in no uncertain terms despite the fact it may ring true as some cornball piece of football philosophy that the club which blocks and tackles the best will generally end up on the big side of the score What it comes down to they will add is who takes advantage of the breaks and' executes properly during the flow of the confrontation Jim Dont Dove Hill Mc Money Dovtd Graham Don Jonuory Gory Player Fred Wempter Bruce Devlin Steve Melnyk Gibby Gilbert Loonord Thompson Boy Floyd Vic Regolodo Bob Murphy Mike Hill Art Well Bob Sfonton Lou Grohom Gil Morgan Moc McLendon Julius Boros Lee Trevino Gob Benson Jerry Heord Bud Allin Bobby Coto Chi Chi Rodriguez Jim Colbert Arnold Palmer Ben Crenshaw DeieOougioss Peter Dos ter huis Al Chondier Dennic Meyer Chorles Sittord Roger Wolson Andy North Tom Show Ed Sneed Eddie Peorce Forrest Feiler Bobby Nichols Tom Jenkins Gene Liftler Rolf Demmo Jimmy Wright Jerry McGee George Johnson Poui Moron "Gibby (Gibson) knows as much about our team as anybody on the McVay says "He was responsible for the offense last year and knows what we like to do when we like to do Memphis' offensive likes and dislikes haven't even changed perceptably with the addition of Larry Csonka Jim Kiick and Paul Warfield unless there has been instilled more emphasis on controlling the football Gibson after a workout yesterday at the stadium hit on this idea Or perhaps in a more succinct way as one of the Grizzly offensive linemen said recently try' as hard as I can to cat the guy's lunch right across from me He's doin' the same though I guess it depends on who's the By virtue of the talent on hand plus last week's scores the Grizzlies rate a 10-point favorite according to the soothsayers McVay however tends to show twitters of nervousness when such things are mentioned si 3 TODAY 9 AM UNTIL 6 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