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v. lhilnldl: ThoU" Menu's iaeb Folmair PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (JPI Jack Nicklaus headed a group of six players tied for the lead, while Arnold Palmer Jack Nicklaus. 71-73144 Lanny Wadkins 76-68144 Homero Blancas, Kermit Zarley, Bruce Cesar Sanudo 144s. Arnold Palmer 77-68145 effects of three consecutive bogeys in the home stretch and finished with a 73 for 144.

Palmer had a blazing 68 for a 145 total. That put him even with par for two rounds over the cool and breezy Pebble Beach Golf Coarse, stretching for 6,812 yards through stands of gnarled Monterey pines and flanked by the Pacific. "Well, I'm still even par and that's as good as anybody and better than most," said Nicklaus, who seeks this prestigious title as the second step In his quest for an unprecedented one-year sweep of all the world's major titles. "I just hope I got my bad round out of my system," he said after making bogeys on the 14th through 16th holes in the cool, breezy weather. moved Into position right behind a charging, birdie-birdie finish Friday In the second round of the U.S.

Open Golf Championship. The heavily favored Nicklaus, already the Masters champion and winner of more than $156,000 this season, shrugged off the a Reaves A Wealthy Eagle St.JIftrrBburguIimpa Pill lilt It 111! llf -FrU V- .41 Ismr mmim9hltm 111 fillip Mis if lapteraai ml liiiite' )m Li .1 i mi II I Saturday, June 17, 1972 I CLASSIFIED TlmM Wirt Sirvlcu PHILADELPHIA John Reaves hitched his football future to that of the Philadelphia Eagles Friday by signing a complicated contract that will bring him at least $200,000 over the next four years. The University of Florida quarterback, who broke Jim Plunkett's NCAA career passing record last season, was the first player chosen by the Eagles in last Janu- ary's National Football League draft. Reaves' contract does not contain a no-cut clause, according to Eagles' General Manager Pete Retzlaff, but the document does Include several Incentive bonuses that could enable Reaves to double his income over the next four years if he and the Eagles are successful. "My performance and the team's are tied together," the 21-year-old Reaves said.

"I get paid extra if I play a certain amount of time, if the team wins a certain number of games, if I lead the division and the league in passing and if we get to the championship playoffs or the Super Bowl." Reaves' attorney, Thomas C. MacDonald of Tampa, said the contract also Includes "a substantial bonus" for signing. Reaves appeared much less confident about his chances of stepping Into an immediate starting job with the Eagles than he did at a rookie camp in April. At that time, he talked of becoming No. 1 quarterback for the Eagles in 1972 ahead of veterans Pete Liske and Rick Ar-rington.

"I just hope I can make the team," Reaves said Friday. "Winning is more important than personal gain. I still have confidence in my ability, but there are more things involved. Pete Liske did a fine job last year. He's a good quarterback and if they continue to win he deserves to play.

"If I can push Liske to where he plays better, that will be satisfying, although I wouldn't be as happy as if I was starting." Reaves completed 603 of 1,128 passes for 7,549 yards and 54 touchdowns in three years at Florida. He holds 19 (See REAVES, 3-C) ina Reaves, Coach Ed Khayat: Together At Last A. i.V A' r'i Coo Chris Wades In New York Timet Service (c) WIMBLEDON, England With America's established stars elsewhere, 17-year-old Chris Evert stepped into the breach and defeated Virginia Wade in the key match to pilot the United States to a surprising 2-1 lead over Britain at the end of the first day's play Friday in the Wightman Cup at the All England Club. The little Floridian, ice cool In the clutch, blunted Virgin-la's big serve and volley game from base court and In the end, with Miss Wade bravely saving four match points from 1-5 down in the second set won 6-4, 6-4 on pure tennis Nicklaus, who shared the first-round lead with five others, was tied at 144 after 36 holes with Australian veteran Bruce Crampton, 22-year-old rookie Lanny Wadkins, long-shot Cesar Sanudo and a pair of former University of Houston players, Kermit Zarley and Homero Blancas. Wadkins, a former national amateur champion and the leading rookie on the pro tour this season with more than $50,000 in winnings, had a bril- liant 68.

ff Blancas, who won the Phoe- 4 nix Open earlier this year, had 11 one-putts on the tiny greens as he and Crampton matched. 70s. Sanudo, a Mexican-born American dti- zen who has yet to win in four I years on the tour, used an old. Lee Trevino putter to record his 72. Zarley had a 73.

"It's something of a relief," Palmer smiled after crisp' Iron shots left him birdie putts of four and six feet on the final two holes as he delighted 3 his vast and faithful gallery with a charge reminiscent of his domination of the game in ,5 the 1960s. "It's probably the "best 4 round I've played all year. Not the best scoring round, but maybe the best playing," said the 42-year-old who hasn't won a major title since the 1964 Masters and has been shut out of victories this season. His blazing 68, matching Wadkins' effort as the best in this tournament, left him alone at 145. He stormed past 49 players with his four-under-par round that put him in position to fulfill one of his most cherished ambitions another major title.

"I'd like to win another major one almost as much as I wanted to win the first one maybe as much," Palmer said. Defending champion Lee Trevino, just three days out of a hospital and still fighting the lingering "effects of a bout with pneumonia and bronchitis, birdied the final hole in the evening chill for a 72 and 146 just two strokes off the pace midway through the chase for the first of three National Open crowns he swept a year ago. He was tied with South African Gary Player, who had a 74, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Ralph Johnston, Lee Elder and Rod Funseth. Rodriguez and Zarley shared the first round lead with Nicklaus and three others. Orville Moody, Tom Shaw and veteran Mason Rudolph couldn't keep pace in the grinding pressure and subtle demands of the tough old course that refused to yield to par after 36 holes.

Moody slipped from a 71 to 77 for 148, Shaw went to 79-150 and Rudolph blew to an 80 one of more than two dozen scores of 80 or higher. Billy Casper, a two-time champion, had a 73 and was one of a large group at 147 as a massive jam of some 20 players were locked within three strokes of each other. Nicklaus had it three under par at one stage and appeared ready to make a rout of it until Pebble struck back. "I felt I was playing better as I went along and thought I may be able to get it a couple of more strokes under par, and then I got to No. 14," Nicklaus said.

Palmer, still accompanied by a huge, fiercely loyal crowd, coaxed six birdies out of the picturesque layout, but took a three-putt bogey on the eighth and bogeyed the 15th (See OPEN, 3-C) AP Miss Evert paired with Pattl Team Victory For Trinity ATHENS, Ga. Trinity University aces Dick Stockton and Brian Gottfried defeated a pair of Stanford All-Americans in the semifinals of the NCAA tennis championships Friday and swept the Bengals to their first team title. Stockton downed hard-serving Roscoe Tanner 7-5, 3-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, in a match that lasted nearly three hours. In the other seminfinals, the fourth-seeded Gottfried ousted fifth-seeded Alex Mayer, 7-6, 6-1, 6-3. The two Trinity players will meet for the singles championship at 10 a.m.

today. The team victory by Trinity (35 points) ended a UCLA-Southern California domination that began in 1959. UCLA (22 points) was the defending champion. Stanford has 29 points. In the doubles, Stanford spoiled Trinity's bid to provide all singles and doubles finalists.

The fourth-seeded team of Mayer and Tanner upset the No. 1 seeded team of McKinley and Stockton 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Trinity was the 1971 NCAA team runnerup and shared runnerup in 1970. The Bengals finished the 1972 season with a 27-0 Unbelievably, Rain Quarter-finals were Created Pond At Bartlett Park Only Slowed Florida Junior Play resumed shortly on fast-drying clay courts at Tennis Center, site of today's semifinals. Stumbling Defeat for Sally Greer in 18-under.

Staff Photos by James Wilson Smith, Gorman And 2-0 MEXICO CITY Iffl Touted Stan Smith and Tom Gorman needed only three sets each to give the United States a 2-0 lead over Mexico in Friday's opening play of the final round of the North American Zone Davis Cup Tennis Championship. Smith downed Vicente Zara-zua 6-2, 6-1, 6-2, and Gorman defeated Mexico's top player, Joaquin Loyo Mayo, 8-6, 6-3, 7-5. Smith, the tall, blond star of the U.S. squad, completely, controlled the second singles match of the day over Zara-zua, a substitute. Zarazua, who has little experience aa a singles player, broke Smith's service in the first game of the match.

From then on it was Smith's game all the way. The match lasted only 63 minutes. Gorman played a strong game in thetrst set, but was troubled with numerous double faults in the second set and appeared to have lost his rhythm. However, Loyo Mayo was unable to take advantage of the situation. Mexico's altitude appeared to take its toll on Gorman in the third set, but he had enough left to beat Mexico's star lefthander.

Heavy rain fell for a few minutes near the end of the first set but play was not halted. The match took only two hours. During breaks, Gorman took oxygen from a small tank while Loyo Mayo sipped cold water. Loyo Mayo was expected to be a tougher opponent for the fourth-seeded U.S. player, but Gorman at times has been a giant-killer.

In last year's Wimbledon tourney, Gorman defeated Rod Laver and advanced to the finals. "I was very nervous throughout the whole match," said Gorman, explaining that this was his first Davis Cup competition. Gorman's double faults cost him 10 points during the match, while Loyo Mayo had only six. Although Gorman's service got him into trouble a few times, he finally was able to overcome his problem and scored with well-placed balls. The winner of the best-of-five series will play Chile in Santiago for the American Zone title.

The doubles are set today and the remaining two singles on Sunday. Oak. IJ 4 i i V.i VrtersTVidro I fWU Calif. If AllEIlAill And to cap the afternoon Hogan to defeat Winnie Shaw and Nell Truman, recent finalists in the French championships, 7-5, 6-4, with the theatrical Miss Hogan volleying into open court to clinch it. Earlier, Joyce Williams of Britain defeated Wendy Overton of Washington, D.C., 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 with a 13-point burst in the final set that took her to 5-love and then the macth.

Miss Overton is also a Florida product. There are three singles and a doubles today, and with Miss Evert in top form the odds favor the United States to take its 37th victory in the 44-year renewal of the competition that started back in 1923. Unlike the great American names that have preceded her, Miss Evert does not have the big shot. The foundation of her game Is tactics and patience, to take Miss Wade at her best, draw the sting from her serve and outmaneuver and outthink her from deep court, demanded a maturity astonishing in a girl of this age. A week ago Miss Wade defeated Wimbledon champion Evonne Goolagong at Nottingham.

Earlier this year she had won the Australian title. There is no way to fault her performance. Yet she was drawn back and forth as if on a string, pulled up to the net on the soft shot and then lobbed or passed outright with Miss Evert's double handed backhand down the line. What a debut for a youngster on the sacrosanct turf of Wimbledon. Other Everts Triumph, Too By JACK ELLISON Of The Times Staff "She Won! 6-4, 6-4? Wow!" Pretty Jeanne Evert's brown eyes sparkled at the news older sister Chris had done It again, scoring another notable Wightman Cup victory.

The news received at the St. Petersburg Tennis Center also served to narrow the geographic gap between glory in the international matches at London and the Florida State Closed Junior Tennis Championships to the mere matter of a few upset victories. For, only a year ago, virtually to the day, 17-year-old Chris had gained the 18-under semifinals of the annual state championships here. International renown in last year's Wightman matches and then the U.S. Open (losing in the semifinals) still were highly improbable hopes of the future.

Friday, in fact, was a great day all-around for the Everts and hometown Fort Lauderdale, and adopted hometown St. Petersburg (where Chris first gained national acclaim in the Virginia Slims Masters). Jeanne and younger brother John led a victory parade of six Fort Lauderdale whiz kids and host St. Petersburg also placed six stars in today's semifinals at the Tennis Center, Bartlett Park, at noon. Admission is free for one of the top junior tennis shows in the nation.

The Sunshine City (well, mostly sunshine; several deluges hampering play Friday) has twice the number of semifinaiists as last year a barometer of its rising tennis fortunes. Leading the city's bid for state honor is 18-under defending champion Sam Vuille, the slim belter who has lost only four games in his three victories, and who meets sixth-seeded Brice Alexander of Orlando in today's semis. But the most notable St. Petersburg achievement was that of eight-seeded Mike Green, the Bishop Barry High star, ho gained the semis by upsetting third-seeded Scott Smith of Winter Park Friday despite losing a heartbreaking tie-breaker in the opening set: 6-7, 6-2, 6-3. He meets another npsetter, seventh seeded Grey King of Gainesville, who ousted second-seeded (See JUNIORS, 3-C) Boris: Fischer Has Persecution Mania scores 'He appears to have a persecution mania and thinks Soviet chess players tvant to harm him.

There is nothing to it and I feci sorry jor Boris Spassky MOSCOW (UPI) Boris Spassky, the world chess champion, said Friday he felt sorry for American challenger Bobby Fischer because of his "persecution mania" but considered him a remarkable player without whom the world of chess would be very dull. "If I had the freedom to choose my challenger I would ask for Fischer," Spassky told a news conference. Their world championship matches start July at Reykjavik, Iceland. Spassky, 35, was reluctant to comment on the 29 year -old Fischer's boasts that he would win the championship and his accusations that the Russians had plotted to deprive him of the title by arranging to hold the games in Iceland. But after repeated questioning, he said Fischer's "remarks make a strange impression.

He appears to have a persecution mania and thinks Soviet chess players want to harm him. There is nothing to it and I feel sorry for Fischer." Spassky also defended Fischer against charges of an over- "His talk about money may be only an effort to assert his individuality in a country like the United States where there is a lot of money." Spassky refused to predict the outcome of their match. "I do not know who will win but I am certain it will be an interesting and important event," he said. When the two Grand Masters last met in West Germany in 1970, Spassky won three games and the other two were drawn. But several days ago Spassky said that unlike Fischer he did not set out to be a world champion and that he would be "the happiest man alive if I were no longer champion." "I like to play chess for fun and not fame," he said.

"My idea of a pleasant evening is to share some wine with friends and play chess. Sometimes I lose on purpose to please my friends. "I look forward to Reykjavik as if It were a holiday." iprf 0 iV i)rholfiitiin CM) i vv (74), Clark (4-5) i'-H-ii r.f riding interest in making money from chess. "In my opinion, although he is anxious to make money out of chess that is not the only thing he cares for," Spassky said. 1: fc SttrKn: Critm.