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TH SUN Sports C5 Wednesday, JnlyS, 1977 Sick Quax mm gets record 5,000 Palmer wins opener as Birds sweep Tigers for sixth win in row ew Zealand star BjLOU BATTER An attempted double-play peg by De- profit ted from stellar defensive plays bjr reaks track mark Marx eeianger. uauer ana Muser, wna. Registered in 1972 troit second-baseman Tito Fuentes caromed off the helmet of Oriole runner Doug DeCinces, allowing Ken Singleton to score the tie-breaking seventb-innins run, as -4 I twice triggered double-plays at first A major Detroit threat was throttled in the eighth inning after Mankowski and pinch-swinger Tim Corcoran led off successive singles Palmer pounced onv, Ron LeFlore's bunt for a third-base forced, Robinson tossed out Fuentes and Rusty Staub flied to Tom Shopay in left The 20-year-old Rozema. who posted a 26-9 record for his first two professional campaigns in the Tigers' farm Jielded only a second-inning single to' -lurray before the Birds broke his open-, tag-game spell in the fourth. 3 Dauer's bouncer found a hole up the middle for a lead-off hit Muser chopped another over Jason Thompson's head at -first base.

Dauer advanced to third and scored on Singleton's line-drive sacrifice fly to right Detroit limited to an opposite-field double to left by Oglivie in the second, matched that run on its fifth batting turnf. With two retired, Milt May rifled a sion gle to right He came around as Mankow--ski and Veryzer popped successive bloop hits into the same area. Defensive gems on both sides highlighted inning No. 6. In the visitors' half, Belan- -ger came up neatly with a slow bounder-' See ORIOLES, C8, Col.

1 f. mm Sunpapers photo Barbara Parmel was forced at second in seventh, bat throw to first bit his headgear and bounced into seats, enabling Ken Singleton to score. Detroit's Tito Fuentes stares at Dong DeCinces after the Oriole used his head to get winning run home in opener. DeCinces Stockholm (AP)-Dick Quax, of New Zealand, broke the world record for 5,000 meters yesterday with a time of 13 seconds. Jhat electrical clocking will go into the record books as 13.12 9, one-tenth of a second faster than the world record of 1313.0.

set five years ago by Emil Putte-majjs, of Belgium. It was a sweet victory for Quax, a 29-. year-old New Zealander who missed Puttemans's mark by only one-tenth of a second at Stockholm's Olympic Stadium last year. Quax, Olympic silver medalist at 5,000 meters behind the Lasse Viren, of Finland, last week ran the distance in 13.19.4 at the World Games in Helsinki. tl'ia glad I got it this year," Quax said of I his record-shattering effort, which came at an international meet.

"I really wanted to go for the record again here." uax's record was the third track and field world standard to be set in five days. last Thursday, Kenya's Samson Ki-mambwa beat the 10,000 meter world malt in Helsinki, also by one-tentb of a secfind. On Sunday, 18-year-old Russian Vladimir Yashchenko broke the high jump recofd by clearing 7 feet 7 inches. Karl Fleschen, a 21 -year-old West German, finished second to Quax in the per-sonal best time of 13.13.9, only one-tenth of a second off the West German record set here last year by Klaus-Peter Hilden-brand. Another West German, Peter Weight, was third in 13.14.5, another personal best.

Mark Manfred Kuschmann, former European champion, was fourth in 13.14.5 for an East German record. Toshaki Kamata of Japan produced another national record, finishing fifth in 13.25.4, two seconds ahead of countryman HidekiKita. Duncan McDonald of Honolulu, the American record holder at 13.19.4, took seyenth in 13.29.3. Rod Dixon, another New Zealander, was the pace-setter Quax needed for the record. Dixon held the lead during the first 3,000 meters, steadily nearing Puttemans's intermediate times for every When Dixon retired at the three-kilometer mark (1.86 miles), Quax overtook the lead with Fleschen running close behind followed by Weight and Kuschmann some 15 meters behind.

Fleschen passed Quax at the four-kilometer mark (2 miles), but the New Zealander grabbed the lead with one lap to go See TRACK, C10, Col. 1 Favored in British Open Nicklaus says he is in prime of career Baltimore edged the Tigers. 2 to 1, last night in the opener of a double-header. The Birds swept on to their sixth straight victory, 6 to 5, in the 12-inning nightcap, climbing past idle Boston into second place in the American League-East one game behind the New York Yankees. Singleton's single to right field on a full-count pitch from Tiger reliever Steve Foucault decided the overtime struggle before remnants of 11,565 Memorial Stadium fans.

Foucault came on after lefty Jim Crawford had issued successive walks to DeCinces and Pat Kelly to start the Oriole 12th. Last night's second game had become a 5-5 tie when DeCinces, knocked groggy by Fuentes in the opener, returned to deliver a ninth-inning single at Crawford's expense. The drive to left drove in Rick Dempsey, who had singled and advanced to second on a passed ball. Detroit had gone ahead, 5-4, in the eighth, when Steve Kemp doubled into the left field corner and came around when John Wockenfuss singled against reliever Scott McGregor. Two innings earlier, Lee May had electrified the crowd with a grand slam that kayoed Detroit's Milt Wilcox.

The towering clout off the left-field foul pole followed singles by Billy Smith and Kelly and a walk to Singleton. It wiped out 2-run homers In the second and fifth innings by the Tigers' Mickey Stanley and Ron LeFlore off southpaw starter Ross Grimsley. Singleton's dramatic single two minutes after midnight and with the city curfew law of 11.59 barring the start of another inning, made a winner of Dick Dra-go, who checked the Bengals on one single after replacing McGregor in the 11th. Jim Palmer claimed his 10th win of the season against eight losses on a seven-hitter in a twi-light game duel with the visitors' promising rookie right-hander, Dave Rozema. In scoring their fifth victory in a row, the Birds collected 10 singles off Rozema, owner now of a 7-4 record.

Rich Dauer, Tony Muser and Al Bumbry bad two apiece. Hits by Dauer and Muser and Singleton's sacrifice fly delivered the first Oriole tally in the fourth frame. The Tigers matched it a hajf -inning later, when Milt May, Phil Mankowski and Tom Veryzer strung together three straight safeties. Then came the freakish Baltimore break, delivering the decisive unearned tally off Rozema in the seventh. With one away, Singleton and DeCinces were aboard on singles to center and left Andres Mora bounced to Mankowski at third.

The latter's throw forced DeCinces at second, whereupon Fuentes unleashed his intended relay toward first. The ball glanced off the headgear of the sliding DeCinces, however, and bounced into the first-base box seats. Singleton came in from second on the error with the winning run. DeCinces left the field unassisted but required medical attention in the Oriole clubhouse. Brooks Robinson replaced him at third base.

Palmer fanned a pair, walked one and Orioles plan: no changes in coaches The Orioles' four-man coaching staff will remain intact with no changes planned in the foreseeable future, general manager Hank Peters and manager Earl Weaver announced after a meeting yesteK day. Brooks Robinson will retain his player-coach status, operating as the liaison contact for Weaver in the bullpen. Cal Ripken will continue coaching third base, a role Turnberry, Scotland (AP) -There have been hints and whispers that Jack Nick-laus's iron-fisted domination of pro golf may be diminishing. At age 37, he faces a relentless tide of newly matured stars Tom Watson, Hubert Green, Johnny Miller, Hale Irwin, Ben Crenshaw who are surging into a position of control in the game the Golden Bear has ruled so long. He has not won one of the majors the "Big Four" events of the Masters, United States and British Opens, the Professional Golfers Association Championship in almost two years.

Some critics have gone so far as to suggest he will never again win in those tournaments around which he has built bis unmatched career. Nicklaus disagrees. "At this age, I am in the middle of the prime of my career," he said after a practice round over Turnberry's par-70 Ailsa Course, site of the British Open championship that gets under way today. Britain's legal bookies also disagree. They have installed Nicklaus as a 6-1 favorite in the 156-man international Standings, Oriole boxes.

my ankle. "It didn't bother me during the Open, but it didn't allow me to practice the way I wanted. The result was a 74 in the first round and I wasn't really able to get anything going after that. I just put myself under too much pressure trying to come back from that 74. "The ankle is fine now.

No problem." Nicklaus, who has not played since the American national championship, followed his usual program and came here almost a week early to practice on the links course on Scotland's western course overlooking the Irish Sea. His desire is undiminished. If anything, it is heightened. "I'm playing better than I've ever played," he said, "probably because I'm enjoying the game of golf more than I ever have. I used to never play when I was home.

The last couple of years, I've been playing a lot at home, just because I want to, because I enjoy it. "I'll continue to play competitively as long as I enjoy it and feel I can compete. "I've won more majors 14 in the Big Four than anyone else. I want to win a lot more majors, build a record that will be very hard to beat. It will be beaten sometime by somebody.

All records are beaten. But the more I win, the more difficult it will be. "Right now I'm in the prime of my career. I feel I'm a better player than I've ever been. There's no reason I can't win a lot more major titles." His chief challengers are all familiar foes from the American tour with Weiskopf and Watson leading the pack.

"I feel I'm playing well enough to win at any time," said Weiskopf, who snapped See GOLF, C10, Col. 1 assumed by the veteran former farm-system manager nine days ago when Billy Hunter accepted the Texas Rangers' man' agerial assignment. Jim Frey remains as the Birds' first-, base traffic director And George Bamberger, Baltimore's respected pitching coach since 1967, will continue as Weav-; er's right-hand man in that dugout capaci-" ty. The meeting between Peters and-Weaver preceded last night's double-header here against Detroit It put to rest, for the time being, at least, a report that Frank Robinson -dismissed June as manager of the Cleveland Indians -might rejoin the Orioles as a fifth coach, 'filling Another Day the Hunter vacancy. field.

Other top choices, all tough, tested veterans of the American tour, are: Masters champ and leading money-winner Watson at 8-1; Tom Weiskopf at 12-1; defending title-holder Miller and U.S. Open king Green at 14-1; Crenshaw and Irwin at 16-1. Although he has been overshadowed by Watson's heroics this season, Nicklaus's spectacular history in the British Open makes him the man to beat He has won more often in the other majorsfive times in the Masters, four in the PGA, three in the U.S. Open. But his best record, overall, is in this ancient event.

In addition to his victories in 1966 and 1970, he has been second five times and third in three others, along with single placings at fourth, fifth and sixth a total of 10 finishes in the top three, 13 in the top six. And he is definitely ready for this one. "I've played very well this year," he said. "Actually, it's one of my best years. I've won three tournaments and had a good Masters.

Tom just played better, that's all. "The week prior to the U.S. Open, I was playing about as well as I've played in my life. Then I stepped in a hole and hurt Players delay settlement over Rozelle Rule Minneapolis (AP) A proposed court settlement of more than $15 million between the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) and National Football League clubs is being held up by objections from 17 players who are not happy with the agreement The agreement, given preliminary approval earlier this year by Judge Earl Larson of United States District Court, would provide cash settlements for players adversely affected by the NFL's so-called Rozelle Rule, which was found to be in violation of antitrust laws by Larson following several years of litigation. Some 3.000 past and present NFL players will receive money through the settlement, with amounts ranging from $150 to more than $20,000.

Of he estimated 3,000 players involved, 17 have come forward to protest the agreement Among them is Rod Walters, an offensive guard for the Kansas City Chiefs, who testified yesterday that although he has played just one year in the NFL, he was affected "just as much by the Rozelle Rule as guys who were drafted in 1972." According to the settlement, money will be awarded according to points as-See NFL, C7, Col. 4 The meeting left unresolved a By Alan Goldstein maneuver that will become necessary when outfielder Elliott Maddox, obtained last January from the New York Yankees in a trade for Paul Blair, is activated from the disabled list. Maddox has been progressing well in his long recovery from; a See COACH, C8, Col. 3 and got a polite round of applause. There were a few who remembered, but not the people who really counted.

"I always wanted to be a big-league manager," he said, "but I was too controversial for the establishment. I had that 'clubhouse lawyer' reputation. I was the player rep for the Orioles and felt I was helping the players. But that's the way you get a label as being anti-management" Since ending his pitching career with the Chicago Cubs in 1973, Pappas has not received a single job nibble from a major-league club. "I'm not going begging anyone for a job," he said.

"I proved I could pitch I came within one victory of becoming only the third guy in history Cy Young and Jim Bunning were the othersl to win 100 games in both leagues I know I could help a lot of clubs. But there's no loyalty in this game." Pappas is still bitter over his dismissal by the Cubs. "They let me go only three days before the 1974 season started," he said. "I had pitched the best ball on the club in spring training. Even rival hitters were telling me that I looked like I had my old stuff back.

The slider was there again-and my fast ball was really moving. "I told our manager, Whitey Lockman, 'I contributed something to this team 99 wins. I deserve a break. I want that 100th See ANOTHER DAY, C9, Col. 1 Oa Monday night, Mark Fidrych, with 25 career victories, walked off the field at Memorial Stadium after being shelled front the mound in the sixth inning and received a standing ovation from over 45,000 Oriole fans.

It was a remarkable accolade for a visiting player, but as "The BijrP' explained later, "I'm the magnet" he night before, Milt Pappas, with 209 career victories, walked unnoticed into Rip's: Memorial Stadium, a Softball field ofWS 301 in Bowie. "Just look for Rip's Motet and make a U-turn," said the girl giving directions 'This is as close as Pappas has been to Baltimore since 1965. the year he was sent tcHCiinnati for Frank Robinson -a trade thsj -would dramatically change the course of Oriole history that's how I'll always be remembered," said Pappas. "Just think how many pennants 1 helped the Orioles win by getting Robinson here," he laughed good-naturedly "Most people have already forgotten I won 110 games for the Orioles. That was the most any one had won for this team until Dave McNally passed me." Pappas, now visibly gray, is managing the Chicago Storm in the American Professional Slo-Pitcb League.

Sunday, the Storm dropped a double-header to the Baltimore Monuments before 3,000 fans. Pappas was introduced before the first game ft 1 1 I 1 iW wi JW in" 'f i I (imMMmX a ymsmm- xmmfi i WyMMCf-jM' rjr 4 1 I 4 y- A -v. v. "1 J- Crum turns down UCLA; he will stay at Louisville Louisville (AP) University of Louisville basketball coach Denny Crum announced yesterday he will not accept an offer to become head coach at Universary of California-Los Angeles, his alma mater, and will remain with the Cardinals. "It was the toughest professional decision I have ever had to make," Crum said at a news conference during which no questions were allowed.

But Crum said in a brief statement that factors in his decision were family considerations and his "love for the state, the city, the University of Louisville, the people and the fans here." Crum, 40, was once an assistant to former Bruins coach John Wooden during some of UCLA's best basketball years. In six seasons at Louisville, Cram's .789 winning percentage is second only to Jerry Tarkanian of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas among active major college coaches. Crum said during the weekend, UCLA had offered him the job vacated when head coach Gene Bartow resigned last month to become basketball coach and athletic director for the University of Alabama-Birmingham. UCLA athletic director J.D. Morgan would not confirm that Crum had been offered the job, saying only that "Denny was a seriously considered candidate" to succeed Bartow.

"We have interviewed other candidates," Morgan added, "and will consider others." Some persons had speculated he might take the UCLA job in part because of failure to recruit some of the players he wanted for Louisville. But in his statement at the news conference Crum took exception to such reports about recruiting. "We are happy with our recruiting program," he declared. Hart issued a statement before the news conference saying he was informed by Crum earlier in the day that Crum was staying, and that the coach then called UCLA with his decision. "Let me make it clear that at no time did coach Crum use the UCLA offer for See CRUM, C8, Col.

Like father, like son The Fourth of July was a work day for all hands on board Courageous and skipper Ted Turner received a helping hand from his 11-year-old son, Rhett, as they sanded the boom of he 12-meter yacht la preparation for America's Cup Observa- tlon Trials starting at Newport, July U. Con. rageoos Is battling Enterprise and Independence for the right to defend cup for the United States. DENNY CRUM decision.