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College picks Oklahoma’s back, but Texas’ Royal isn’t By HERSCHEL NISSENSON AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) - This was a year ago in Dallas, just after the annual Oklahoma Texas Red River rowdyism. After winning five consecutive games in the series, Oklahoma had to settle for a 6-6 tie, prompting one of the Sooners’ coaches to form a “T” with his hands and say: “Tell Darrell we’re just calling time out. We’ll be back next year.” Well, next year is here, but Darrell Royal isn’t. At least he isn’t on the sidelines, having turned the Texas coaching chores over to Fred Akers and retired from the hot seat to a somewhat cooler chair in the athletic director’s office. An Old South tradition Deer hunting with dogs on way out By BILL BAAB The Augusta Chronicle JACKSON, Ga. (AP) - Hunt ing deer with a pack of hounds is an Old South tradition that dates back to the glorious plan tation days when cotton was king. The tradition is being carried out today, and there is nothing quite so stirring as a pack of hounds in full cry. But deer hunting with dog may be on the way out in Geor gia because some hunters are abusing the sport via Citizens Band radio. Jefferson County, for ex ample, has outlawed the use of dogs on deer hunts because of several confrontations between landowners and hunters. More than 300 landowners sent a petition to the Board of Natural Resources earlier this year urging that the agency support their move to outlaw dog drives for deer. It did. C. H. Cofer of Louisville, one of the landowners and a leader in the fight to stop dog hunting for deer, said the main reason was that “out-of-county hunters from the Augusta and Atlanta areas have no respect for any thing or anyone.” Last deer season, Cofer was driving down a public road ad jacent to his property and saw a pack of hounds cross his land. Presently, another vehicle pulled up with three persons in side. Bass fishing will never be same as last year at West Point Lake By CHARLES SALTER The Atlanta Journal WEST POINT, Ga. (AP) — A bass fisherman phoned a biologist at Auburn University to ask about fishing at West Point Lake. \ “When will it be real good? When will I start catching a lot of bass?*’ he asked. “Last year,” replied the biologist. “It’ll never again be as good as it was last year.” It’s sad but true. The bass population in the 26,000-acre reservoir that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers im pounded early in 1975 certainly is in trouble. Fishermen had believed the accepted theory that this new lake on the Chattahoochee River on the Georgia- Alabama line would be hotter than a pistol for perhaps seven years, then fishing would level off and the reservoir would begin a sort of decline after 10 years. But the very productive bass fishing didn’t make it to the third year. What happened will shock fishermen and maybe even the biologists. The fishermen have caught far more bass than an ticipated — and die lake is short on bass today. Bill Davies and Bill Shelton, both of Auburn, are among biologists participating in a joint Georgia, Alabama and federal study of the lake. They tagged bass of various ages and have done studies all over the reservoir. Few predators were in the lake to gobble up the bass that hatched in the spring and early summer of 1975, the spawn was excellent and a high percentage of the fish survived —for a while. The spawn was not quite as good in 1976 and was described as normal this year. The 1975 class made fine meals of threadfin shad and, by the spring of 1976, many measured 12 inches and weighed up to one and three-quarters pounds. Then the intense fishing pressure began to take its toll. “We understand what is happening,” said Davies. “The bass are being caught at a rate that we feel is extremely high.” The two biologists have concluded that fishermen have Akers has made some changes, and it’s no longer the War of the Wishbones. “What they’re doing now is lining up in multiple offensive formations and trying to make the big play by throwing the football a lot more,” says Okla homa’s Barry Switzer. “They line up in a lot of different things.” Oklahoma doesn’t. The Soon ers stick to the Wishbone and they usually stick it to the op position. Quarterback Thomas Lott, who makes them go, got his first starting assignment in last year’s Texas game. A scared sophomore, he now is a juiced-up junior. And for that reason, even though Texas has beaten three “I asked them not to hunt deer on my property whereupon they invited me to get out of my truck so that they could whip me,” said the 72-year-old man. “Some of these hunters, using CB radios to signal to each other when the dogs are closing in on the deer, have retaliated The outdoorsman against some of us landowners who have threatened to put a stop to such hunting,” Cofer said. “A cow was shot and killed in my pasture. It was about to give birth to a calf. They partly butchered the cow and flung the calf’s fetus out into the pas ture,” Cofer said. “One of my neighbors had two of his cows killed — shot by high-powered rifle — and another had the same problem.” Finally, Cofer and other land owners decided enough was enough. “This has been going on for the last four or five years,” he said. Last year, the Jefferson landowners petitioned the Board of Natural Resources to stop such hunting, “but the Atlanta-Marietta crowd got wind of it and had it put down, politically speaking,” Cofer said. nobodies by a combined total score of 184-15, the pick here is ... Oklahoma 34-24. week’s score, the poorest of the season, was 51 right, 24 wrong and one tie for a .680 percentage, making the season count 211-75-5—.738. Alabama at Southern Califor nia: This game was scheduled about a decade ago, probably when Bear Bryant and John McKay were on a golf course somewhere. Alabama probably could beat McKay’s Tampa Bay Bucs, but it will be a different story against ... Southern California 30-17. Pitt at Florida: The Panthers expect to have quarterback Matt Cavanaugh ready. Cav anaugh broke a bone in his arm “But we sent back the same petition this year and it was ap proved,” he added. A Department of Natural Re sources spokesman said that landowners in counties adjacent to Jefferson and in other parts of the state also have filed complaints. “Mostly, it’s been a case of pickup trucks traveling at high rates of speed along public roads, endangering pedestrians and livestock,” the spokesman said. “We receive scores of com plaints about cut fences, hunt ers driving their trucks through standing grain crops, hunting in some areas going for five or six days in a row, deer being shot from public roads, doe deer being shot illegally, hunters being profane and threatening bodily harm to objecting land owners — the list goes on and on,” he added. Jefferson County Con servation Ranger Bernard Ar thur said he would make cases against anyone hunting deer be hind packs of dogs, even if packs cross into Jefferson from an adjacent county where dog drives are still legal. taken at least 30 per cent, and maybe 60 per cent, of the bass. The class of 1975 has virtually vanished. “We can’t account for those fish not being present,” said Davies. “It’s unreasonable to assume that high a rate of natural mortality. We know from farm pond studies that natural mortality does not exceed 30 per cent a year.” He speculated that the same percentage would apply in a big impoundment. That means fishermen caught 50 to 70 per cent of the bass in less than two years. “This could not have happened 10 years ago,” said Davies, recalling that only a small percentage of bass fishermen could find the fish and then outwit them with artificial lures or natural bait on a hook. He observed that bass fishermen today are equipped with the latest scientific gadgets to locate good fish habitat and the fish themselves. They also are far more knowledgeable about bass habits and behavior, and are stimulated by local and national bass tournaments. In addition, the fishermen seeking crappie with min nows have taken a large number of young bass from West Point Lake. “A bass is not hard to catch if you know where they are,” said Davies, adding that patient fishermen sit for hours in suitable habitat waiting for the bass to begin feeding or to return home. “The 1976 year class of bass is now supporting the bass fishery in West Point,” he said. “The bass that are being caught now hatched in the spring of 1976.” The biologists believe West Point Lake offers “a real good opportunity” to manage the fishery in a major reservoir that is under very high fishing pressure. They declined to discuss in any detail any possible proposals for changes in fishing regulations, but admitted that a new minimum size limit might be worth con sidering. Georgia has a 12-inch minimum limit for largemouth bass. There is no minimum limit in Alabama. “There are going to have to be some regulations to restrict the harvest of bass,” Davies said. during an opening-game loss to Notre Dame and resumed workouts last week. It’s Flori da’s home opener and the Ga tors will be snapping after being embarrassed by LSU last week. Besides, Florida Field can be a snake ... Pitt 28-17. Michigan at Michigan State: Bo Schembechler wasn’t pass ing out any I-told-you-so’s after Michigan routed Texas A&M 41- 3 last week because what he told everyone about how good the Aggies were didn’t jibe with the outcome. The only peep out of Bo this week concerns his secondary. “It hasn’t been test ed like it’ll be tested Saturday," he says. Sure, 80, but you have a credibility gap in this comer ... Michigan 35-7. Some of the counties where dog hunting is still allowed in clude Burke, Emanuel, Jenkins, Screven and Washington, where the season runs from Oct. 15 through Jan. 2. Meanwhile, the Department of Natural Resources is seeking to combat such “slob hunting” through hunter education clin ics being held throughout the state. Robert S. “Bob” Baker, chief of the DNR’s education section, said that mandatory hunter education may be a part of Georgia’s near future. “Some Georgia legislators are showing an interest and some have gone so far as to draw up bills requiring such education before one can buy a hunting license,” Baker said. “The bills would affect only those 16 years of age or under,” he added. But Baker’s agency would be ill-equipped to handle such a requirement should it become law because, according to Bak er, “some 75,000 Georgia youngsters fall into the affected category.” So the state is conducting hunter education instructor’s clinics to try to build a force of individuals — both men and women — qualified to pass on their knowledge to those who need it. While the main theme of the course is hunter safety (60 per cent of the hunting mishaps in Purdue at Ohio State: A long Ohio Stadium day for Mark Herrmann, Purdue’s sensation al freshman passer ... Ohio State 35-7. Oklahoma State at Colorado: No more non-league patsies for the Buffs. It’s Big Eight play the rest of the way ... Colorado 28- 14. Nebraska at Kansas State: “I think this is the best Kansas State team I’ve seen in several years,” says Nebraska’s Tom Osborne. “They seem to play better in Manhattan and we’re gonna prepare just like we were playing Oklahoma or anyone else.” That’s bad news for Kansas State and good news for ... Nebraska 27-13. Brigham Young at Oregon ★★★★★★★★ SPORTS ★★★★★★★★ the state each year are caused by hunters in the 10-to-19 age group), “we’re also getting into the ethics of hunting and trying to discredit the actions of those we call ‘slob hunters’,” Baker said. “Hunter responsibility and wildlife management also are included.” Baker sees the school system as the vehicle carrying ultimate solution to reaching youngsters. “If every school in the state would offer one class a year to every sixth or seventh grade student, we'd soon have them all trained,” he said. Il P»tg Ipo • it - Yourself 1 [I Am hrli Hiiluinin 5| I 141 North Expressway Phone 228-5310 Quantity rights HP reserved * QpenMon.-Fri.9-7:30-Sat.M-Sun IM J Gumout Jet-Spray M ■ “ rmatex |U Carburetor Cleaner ■ ■ Form A Gasket I N "- 7,s ° $4 39 H ■ Gasket I RH| 1M 13 ”• I H I Seal I HIH H 1A or 2A ■ BMM . . . . C— ■ jagga ■ Wplgpppi Gumout Liquid H i»fl I Carburetor Cleaner H IEB 7Qc I no 7502 $ 129 BB I IS 2 ! 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The Wildcats begin Southeastern Conference play this week fresh from a 24-20 upset of Penn State and the SEC champ goes to New Orleans. But a hunch here says ... Mississippi State 21-14. Louisiana State at Van derbilt: The Bayou Bengals haven’t won outside Louisiana in 12 games dating back to 1973 and a 51-14 rout of Ole Miss in Jackson. Up-and-down Vandy gave Oklahoma a hard time, then barely squeaked past Wake Forest, played Alabama tough, then was clobbered by Tulane. Go figure it... LSU 27- 20. . Illinois at Wisconsin: “I never thought we would ever be 1-3, but we are,” Illinois’ Gary Moeller said following last week’s loss to Syracuse. How about 14, Gary? Except that Wisconsin may be looking ahead to Michigan, so let’s try this as the second Upset Special ... Illinois 26-22. Dartmouth at Yale: Where there’s a second Upset Special, can a third be far behind ... Dartmouth 13-10. East — Penn State 42, Utah State 0; Army 30, Villanova 17; Boston College 34, Tulane 20; Rutgers 44, Connecticut 6; Har vard 28, Cornell 21; Delaware 17, The Citadel 13; Colgate 30, —Griffin Daily News Thursday, October 6, 1977 Holy Cross 10; Navy 24, Air Force 16; Brown 21, Penn 7; Princeton 16, Columbia 12; West Virginia 34, Temple 14. South — Auburn 20, North Carolina State 15; Clemson 37, Virginia 14; East Carolina 33, Southern Illinois 6; Appala chian State 34, East Tennessee State 22; Florida State 27, Cin cinnati 17; Georgia 20, Mis sissippi 12; Louisiana Tech 24, Southwestern Louisiana 17; Louisville 23, Tulsa 13; Mary land 28, Syracuse 14; Miami, Fla. 24, Kansas 21; North western Louisiana 27, Nicholls State 20; North Carolina 24, Wake Forest 10; Northeast Louisiana 21, Fullerton State 20; South Carolina 20, Duke 14; North Texas State 28, Southern Mississippi 14; Southern U. 27, Bishop 7; Tennessee 28, Georgia Tech 14; Grambling State 35, Tennessee State 28; VMI 22, Richmond 20; Tennessee-Chat tanooga 24, Western Carolina 21; William & Mary 21, Virginia Tech 18; Furman 27, Wofford 7. RACES Senoia Raceway Sat. 9 Oct. 8 • Late Model Sportsman • Limited Sportsman • A & B Cadet GATES OPEN 6:00 RACES 8:00 Adults $4.00 Children under 10 FREE. 3 miles west of Senoia on Hwy. 16. Midwest — Ball State 30, Il linois State 15; Bowling Green 33, Toledo 21; Dr’e 17, Indiana State 16; Eastern Michigan 21, Ohio U. 14; Minnesota 28, lowa 14; Missouri 24, lowa State 20; Miami, O. 31, Marshall 14; Cen tral Michigan 38, Northern Il linois 14; Indiana 25, North western 13; Western Michigan 22, Kent State 21. Southwest — Jackson State 25, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 14; Baylor 27, Southern Methodist 17; Arkansas State 20, Lamar 8; Texas Christian 3, Rice 2; McNeese State 17, Texas-Ar lington 14; Texas Southern 20, Alcorn State 13. Far West — Texas Tech 24, Arizona 14; Idaho 28, Idaho State 26; Arizona State 32, New Mexico 20; New Mexico State 26, West Texas State 17; Wash ington 30, Oregon 20; Hawaii 23, Pacific 13; San Jose State 14, Santa Clara 12; UCLA 28, Stanford 24; Colorado State 27, Texas-El Paso 17; Wyoming 34, Utah 21.
