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Sports C5 ednesday, June 26, 1974 THE SUN- Big day for U.S. netters gjSjy jj (. Lolich blanks -Orioles JLigers win, 2-0; Weaver, Cuellar ousted By KEN MGEO 'tf Mike Cuellar lost the game and his temper last night 'as both he and Orioles' manager Earl Weaver were ejected during Detroit's 2-to-0 victory "at the Stadium. Mickey Lolich seemed undeterred by all the commotion The standings Page C8 and mesmerized the Birds on a seven-hitter for his --11th straight complete the Tiger left-hander's superb performance was virtually-obscured by the wild rhubarb' which came immediately after the visitors had scored Doth their runs in the top of the third inning. As Cuellar strolled off the mound, he said something to plate umpire Russ Goetz.

Goetz immediately thumbed the Oriole southpaw out of the game. Weaver joins With that both Cuellar and catcher Andy Etchebarren surrounded the umpire with Etchebarren trying to keep his pitcher at arm's length while A vifxfi 5 jf it- j''Aq8 rfr 1 Vr I Wimbledon crowds salute Ken Rosewall Wimbledon, England (51 Billie Jean King took her first step toward a sixth women's title, and Wimbledon rocked with cheers for an old favorite from Australia yesterday in the historic All-England Tennis Championships. It was another big day for the United States as American women scored heavily, while Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe joined teammate Stan Smith as dangerous factors in the men divisnon. Among the men, however. there was no salute to match that given 39-year-old Ken Rosewall, who made his debut here as a 17-year-old in 1952 and three times in the past two decades battled his way to the final without ever winning.

Rosewall sat out his greatest years because he was a professional the best in the world. The 150-pound veteran from Sydney, still dark-haired and boyish and with the most devastating backhand in the game, turned back India's brilliant young Vijay Amritraj for his second victory in two days. The score was 6-2, 5-7, 9-8, 6-1 and put Rosewall in the third round. Chris Evert idle "How wonderful it would be if Rosewall could finally win his Wimbledon," several spectators commented as hundreds hovered around Rosewall after one of his best perform ances. Billie Jean, making her first center court appearance after a first round bye, needed only 33 minutes to polish off an 18-year-old schoolgirl, Kathy May, of Los Angeles, 6-1, 6-1.

"Kathy was very nervous, she could have played better," the experienced Mrs. King commented charitably after her mercifully quick victory. "I felt good about the way I played. I only need to get more first serves in. I hit on only about 50 per cent." Mrs.

King's chief rival, formidable Chris Evert, of Fort Lauderdale, sat out yes terday's play with a welcomed bye and watched her favorites in her division advance almost without working up a sweat on a day that was gray and cool. Princess Alexandra, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth, watched the action from the royal box" See WIMBLEDON, C7, Col. 4 Sunpapers nhoio Wiibam G. Hois Oriole manager Earl Weaver, with catcher Goetz had ejected pitcher Mike Cuellar Etchebarren behind him, expresses from game in third inning for arguing calls, opinion to plate umpire Russ Goetz after Weaver ended up also being thrown out. 21 years ago yesterday, Al Kaline could not wait to return to dugout return en route to win over Ove Bengtson, of Sweden, more than three or four days for tournaments in New York and Johnstown Kaline Hard time at Wimbledon seen for WTT players eral days earlier that summer to a three-year $30,000 bonus contract, including salary, following a superb career at Southern High School where Kaline played second base and center field.

He hit .427 during his four years at Southern and was selected each season to The By JOAN GRAHAM London Bureau of The Sun London "You can tell the players who belong to the American World Tennis cir cuit," said Nikki Pilic, of Yugo slavia, "at Wimbledon this week. "They are the ones without the suntans." They are also the ones, it is being forecast, who will have a tougher time at this year's championship meeting than they might otherwise have experienced. Roger Taylor, Britain's No. 1 player and three times a Wimbledon semi-finalist, has warned: "The U.S. Team Tennis men are badly prepared compared with a normal year.

Jimmy Connors makes No break seen in ML talks By a Sun Staff Correspondent Washington The resumption of contract negotiations between National Football League owners and players yesterday deteriorated into acrimonious debate that left little hoDe a settlement could be reached to avert a threatened strike July 1. After a 6-hour bargaining session at union headquarters here, neither the owners' Management Council nor the NFL Players Association indicated any progress at all had been made. James Scearce, the federal mediator involved in the deadlock talks, sounded a pessimistic note as the two sides recessed for the night. Tremendous differences "A mediator is supposed to be optimistic," he said. "I'm trying but there are tremendous differences between the parties." Edward Garvey, executive director of the players union, characterized his mood as "discouraged." His comments during an interview only occasionally contained the biting edge for which he is well known.

Explaining why only a few members of the players bargaining committee were present at yesterday's session, Garvey said, "We don't want to tie up all our people just listening to Ted Kheel ask questions." -Kheel, the owners' labor See FOOTBALL, C9, Col. 3 By LOU HATTER Twenty-one years ago yesterday, a scrawny, frightened teen-ager off the South Baltimore sandlots could hardly wait to get back to the Detroit Tigers' dugout following his American League debut at Philadelphia's Shibe Park. Now, just 73 hits removed from the game's exclusive hit club, in which only 11 players claim previous mem bership, Al Kaline had all but forgotten June 25, 1953 as the launching date of a distinguished baseball career. $30,000 contract "I didn't know anything about it until Ernie brought it up," he acknowledged a reminder from Detroit announcer Ernie Harwell before last night's Tigers-Orioles game at Memorial Stadium. "That was the day I joined the ball club in Philadelphia." Veteran Tigers scout Ed Ka-talinas had signed Kaline sev the air with the ABA.

It now looks like we're going to play as we were last year." The Pacers' starting center, Mel Daniels, who will be 30 next month, is not yet ready for retirement, but he is capable of playing forward. Indiana's star forward, Roger Brown, is 32. Skinner sips Another Maryland collegiate star, 6-foot-6 forward Talvin Skinner, of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, signed a one-year contract with the SuperSonics on the condition he makes the team. Skinner averaged nearly 18 We are all short of outdoor play and long matches." The in team tennis, of many traditional aspects of the game such as playing only one set and scoring one- two-three-four instead of love- 15 has displeased most British fans and critics. It is a format which Taylor says does not suit him, for he is a slow starter and it is the quick sprinter who shines best in one-set matches.

But, he believes, Team Tennis is a fact of life and is here to stay. Pilic reckons "all the Team Tennis guys could "be in trouble. They've been indoors and most of them haven't had See TEAM, C7, Col. 4 Indiana picked Elmore in the first round of the 1973 ABA undergraduate draft. Bullet general manager Bob Ferry admitted Elmore is "not near any terms" with Washington.

"We made them another offer last Friday," he said. "With representatives there is no such thing as knowing how you stand. We expected them to come back to us. "I did not feel according to their response that we were that close." Elmore recently returned to his Springfield Gardens (N.Y.) home from a trip to Europe. He was not immediately available for comment.

Len Elmore weighs 'substantial' ABA offer Sun's All-Maryland team. Ka line also had starred on four top local amateur clubs- United Iron and Metal, West-port Legion Post 33 Gordon Stores and perennial champion Leones. Quick debut The late Fred Hutchinson was Detroit's manager in 1953. when Katalinas ushered the Ti- eers' new prospect into the former's Warwick Hotel room before that night's contest against the Philadelphia Ath letics. "I was a skinny, real shy guy had never been away from my home here Westport points a game for the Hawks and was chosen the most valuable player in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament.

He was picked in the third round of the NBA draft. Seattle also signed 6-foot-8 forward Dean Tolson, of Arkansas, its fifth pick, and 6-foot-1 guard Bertrand DuPont, from Dillard, its ninth choice. Los Angeles, of the NBA, announced the signing of its first choice, Brian Winters, of South Carolina, to a multi-year contract. Winters, a 6-foot-4 guard, was the 12th player picked in the draft. He shot 51 per cent from the See ELMORE, C9, Col.

6 arguing at the same time. Cuellar did manage to get in a snove at Goetz's back herofe Weaver rushed out to continue the The volatile manager seemed to butt Goetz with lis head and then clapped both tus hands like a thunderbolt in front of the umpire's face about an inch from his nose. After being ejected, Weaver tnen kicked dirt on Goetz three times as the umpire was walk ing away. "He Goetz called S.O.B. early in the game," Weaver said afterwards.

"If he can call Mike an S.O.B. and umpire then Mike can call him anything and pitch. How can Goetz tell what when he's walking off the mound. "J'w Cuellar Reappears "I guess the reason kicked out," Weaver reasoned, "was that I argued Violently. I did do that but Goetz made Mike look bad and thafjs the best stuff Mike had in his last three or four starts." During the debate, Weaver informed Goetz, that sending Cuellar back out to the mound in the fourth inning.

Sure enough, when the Tigers next came to bat, Mike came sauntering out and threw a few warmup pitches. "He told me he was sending See ORIOLES, 9, Col. 1 Oriole box score DETROIT BALTIMORE ab bl ab MStanley cf 4 0 0 0 Blair cf 3 fi Suthrland 2b 0 0 Orlcb 2b 3 of 0 Kaune an 4110 1 Davis an 3000 WHorton II 4 111 EWUlam lh 4 0 5 Lane If 0 0 0 0 Baylor If 4 0 0 0 Freehan lb 4 0 10 BRobinsn 3b .4 0 ARodraez 3b 3 0 1 Fullpr rf Situ 3 0 1 Nortnrup 0 0 1 Cabell pti Moses 3 0 2 0 Etchebrn EBrnkmn ss 3 0 1 Belaneer it MLolicb 0 0 0 0 Cuellar 10 0 0 4 0 10 3 i 0000 0000 oariana Total Detroit 32 a 7 1 Total 32070 not on goo 1 Baltimore 000 000 000 Belanser. W.Horton. DP Detroit Baltimore 1.

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has apparently regained the lead from England in the team scoring in its defense of the Onion Patch Trophy. Chesapeake Bay yacht fared well, but the results were still subject to official confirmation last night. Barring unexpected developments, it appeared that Don Tate's Cayene, E. N. Smith's Reindeer, and Robert Armstrong's Alert had swept Class in that order.

Frank Batten's Shadow stood third in Class behind Diane, a 44-foot sloop chartered for the Jim Mattingly of Stamford, and Alliance. The first yacht to finish In Class was Stanley sahl's Hot Canary out of Scars-dale, N.Y. nnl Charisma, which finished second in Class 3, alsolook runner-up hono.s by Recluta III, a 48-foot Frers design campaigned- iih I See YACHTS, Cf Col. I Elmore was the all-Atlantic. Coast Conference center last season, out-polling 7-foot-4 Tom Burleson of national champion North Carolina State who recently signed with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Burleson sought Pacer officials would not comment other than to say Elmore was not yet signed. Coach Bob Leonard said the team tried to sign Burleson. "Our plans for Elmore, if we sign him at all, depend on what we do trade-wise," Leonard said. "Obviously he's a pivot man. The last two weeks everything has been so up in By KENT BAKER The University of Maryland's Len Elmore, the nation's eighth leading collegiate Division I rebounder last season, may be headed for Indiana.

Elmore," the first draft choice of the National Basketball Association Washington Bullets, i weighing what his agent terms "a very, very sub stantial offer" from the Indi ana Pacers of the American Basketball Association. New York attorney Norm Blass, who represents Elmore, said, "he hasn't signed with Indiana but he has been en gaged in heavy and serious negotiations." recalled. "We arrived in Phillv bv train about 3 o'clock, and I was completely scared out of my wits. Hutch was very kind to me, though. He said that he knew very little about me except for the scouting reports, that he wanted me to sit beside him on the bench and would get me into a game as soon as possible." The decentivelv srnwlish Hutchinson was as good as his That very night, with the Athletics' chesty right- handed ace, Harry Byrd, on the mound 18-year-old Al Kaline was told to pinch-hit for the Tigers' pitcher.

"I went up to the plate In the seventh or eighth inning. nervous and wanting to swing and get back to the dugout as early as I could," he related. "So I hit the first pitch, a fast See KALINE, C8, Col. 2 LEN ELMORE Bullets may lose him throughout the race with Jesse Philips Charisma, Joseph S. Wright's Siren Song both.

like Scaramouche, Class yachts and Frank Zurn's Class A boat Kahili II. Kirsch gave the traditional bow to a fast boat and a good crew in explaining his victory, but he made special mention of Peter Bowker, his navigator, "who pinpointed the cru cial spot to cross the Gulf Stream and got us here." Bay boats do well Kirsch also cited the tight boat-for-boat competition with the second and third place fin ishers in Class and with Kahili II for sharpening the performance of his sloop. "That kind of racing adds something extra," he observed. "It keeps you keyed up. You are not liable to make mis takes." "When you have all that going for you," he added, "you can lose.

Harpoon, sailed by Mark Ewing, of Trappe, finished just before 11 P.M. (EDT) to be the 128th finisher. That Scaramouche named winner By ROBERT A. MEARA Sun Staff Correspondent Hamilton, Bermuda Scaramouche, the 54-foot 6-inch sloop owned and sailed by Charles E. Kirsch, of Sturgis, took top honors yesterday in the 635-miLe ocean race from Newport, R.I., to Bermuda.

Two-thirds of the racing fleet was sailing for the finish line at 11.30 (EDT) yesterday morning when the sloop designed by German Frers was declared the winner because no other yacht could overtake her on the basis of corrected time. Duel helps winner Kirsch's victory came In his first Bermuda race. Scaramouche, which also took Class honors in the Bermuda race, finished early Monday afternoon after sailing 3 days, 3 hours, 5 minutes and 14 seconds. Its time was corrected on the basis of its allowed handicap to 2 days, 15 hours, 59 minutes, and 56 seconds. Kirsch's yacht had dueled I 1 mmmmamm mmmwwm Mnlii'iiim' ii'iMii'vrfliii'iirnniiiiiiOiiiiiaiwi 1 ir Ti" mim vi iiiiiylyiiiiinfiiniUfBiiiiiioifiiiiiiiw in" AP York, Sumner A.

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