Whitworth, Wright Fall to 10 Back

Billy Casper and Gay Brewer birdied four straight holes and shot five-under-par 65 Friday that left them in a tie with Roberto DeVicenzo and Ken Still after two rounds of the Legends of Golf tournament at Austin, Tex.

Mickey Wright and Kathy Whitworth, meanwhile, shot a 72 after an opening round of 65, leaving the first women to play against the men in a PGA sanctioned tournament 10 strokes off the pace.

“I’m a little tired,” Wright said, “but I’m not dejected. Yesterday was such a great day I think we just had a little letdown. We’ll do better tomorrow.”

Casper and Brewer, defending Legends champions, slowed down after a fast start over the rain-soaked Onion Creek Country Club course and finished 36 holes at 13-under 127.

DeVicenzo and Still shot a six-under-par 64 with DeVicenzo making four birdies in the first 10 holes.

“We used my brains and his muscle,” said DeVicenzo, who won this best-ball tournament with Julius Boros as a partner in 1979 and with Rod Funseth in 1983.

Two strokes behind the leaders at 11-under came the teams of Miller Barber-Bob Goalby and Art Wall-Ken Sanders. Then came three teams at 10-under--Don January-Gene Littler, Lee Elder-Sam Snead and Jim Ferree-Charlie Sifford.

First-round leader Judy Clark pulled away from the field in the $175,000 S&H; tournament, shooting a seven-under-par 65 that gave her a seven-stroke advantage and a LPGA 36-hole record of 15-under-par 129 at St. Petersburg, Fla.

Clark, who shot a tournament-record 64 during Thursday’s opening round, just missed equaling that feat--sending a six-foot putt for birdie on the 18th hole past the cup.

Her two-day total, nevertheless, shattered the record of 131 established by Kathy Martin in the 1976 Birmingham Classic. Silvia Bertolaccini duplicated the score in the 1977 Lady Keystone Open.

Dale Eggeling, who shot a 69 after an opening-round 67, trailed Clark by seven strokes with a two-day total of 136 over the par-72, 6,013-yard Pasadena Yacht and Country Club course.

Jim Simons ignored rain showers and a soggy Tournament Players Course at The Woodlands to shoot a five-under-par 67, a 36-hole total of 136 and a two-shot lead in the unfinished second round of the $500,000 Houston Open.

Second-round play was halted after the day’s round started 1 1/2 hours late because of heavy rains that fell throughout the night. Thirty-six players were still on the course when play was suspended.

The incomplete rounds will be finished today prior to the start of the third round.