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0 TIMES-ADVOCATE sud it 3 Baseball Roundup 5 Football Roundup 6 Golf Roundups 6 Scoreboard SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1981 Rogers' British Open lead: but not comfortable nice, together a 54-hole total of 205, five under par for three trips over the Royal St.Georges Golf Club links. But he was one of the few Americans able to survive the gusty breezes that raked the course that is situated in a sandspit jutting into the English Channel. Final-round coverage begins at 11 a. m. on ABC (Channel 10) Defending champion Tom Watson all but took himself out of it with a scrambly 75.

Distraught Ben Crenshaw, a single stroke back when the days play started, spent most of a nightmare afternoon thrashing around in the deep, deep rough and finished with a 76. And Jack Nicklaus, though he managed a 71, failed to get the superior effort he needed to sustain any dim hopes he may have had of acquiring a fourth title in this, the most ancient of all the worlds golf tournaments. He was at 220, 10 strokes over par and 15 behind Rogers. He had opened the tournament with the worst round of his spectacular career, an 83, then re SANDWICH, England (AP) -Bill Rogers said his huge, five-stroke lead going into todays final round of the 110th British Open Golf championship was comforting, but not comfortable. Im happy with my score, and Im happy to be leading, said the man sometimes called The Panther after hed put an impressive amount of distance between himself and the rest of the field in yesterdays third round.

But five shots, eight shots, theres no such thing as a comfortable lead in a major championship. Match two birdies and two bogeys and thats four shots and that can happen in a hurry, Rogers added. Those guys are going to be coming after me. Ive got to be aggressive, continue to be aggressive. Ive got to come back and play good tomorrow.

He added, without a change of expression, And I fully intend to, by the way. I can promise you one thing. There will be no protection tomorrow. I will not be trying to protect anything. Rogers avoided a general American collapse in the third round with a three-under-par 67.

He used his deadly accuracy and only one bogey in the last two days to put bounded with a 66. I said Friday Id need to shoot two more 66s to have any chance, Nicklaus observed. Now, after a 71, 1 guess Ill have to shoot 61. Nicklaus, the holder of 17 major professional titles, then paused for a moment, grinned wryly and added, And even that might not be enough. With most of the American stars backing off, laconic Mark James of England and young Bernhard Langer of West Germany moved into second place at even-par 210.

James, 27, a former British Ryder Cup player who was fined for misbehavior in the 1979 matches in West Virginia, had a solid, nobogey, two-under-par 68. Thats about as well as Ive ever played, said James, winner of four European tour events in a seven-year career. Langer, 23, son of a Munich bricklayer and winner of only one European title, spiced a round of par 70 with an eagle-three on the 14th hole. Langer and James were the only men in the field within eight shots of Rogers and, realistically, the only ones with any hope of overtaking him. Three shots behind them was Please see Rogers, B-6 Associated Press Photo jack Nicklaus tries to find some lost strokes Unanimous decision WBA title go to Spinks Spinks, relying almost exclusively on his left hand, pummeled Muhammad throughout the fight despite a slow start in the first three rounds.

Judge Duane Ford scored it 146-138, Lou Tabat had it 144-140, while judge Chuck Minker had it 145-139 for Spinks. 1 The Associated Press had it Muhammad, bitter about the loss, said that Spinks gold medal earned in the 1976 Olympics may have had something to do with the victory. You cant beat an Olympic hero in America, Muhammad said. He said, however, that by going the distance with one eye battered shut, I showed all of you how much heart Ive got. rounds.

But I pulled myself up and went on to win it, Spinks said. Spinks said he knew he had hurt Muhammad seriously when he put him down with a stinging left-left-right combination in the 12th round. The right hand hurt him bad, Spinks said. I saw it in his face. I was surprised that he was that strong.

tion and said that even during the bout there was no little voice telling him when it would be over. Spinks scored a unanimous decision over Muhammad to take the title in only his 17th professional fight. The new champion said he had felt he was leading but I just tried to keep myself under control. He shoox me up in the early LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) Several days before he won the World Boxing Associations light heavweight title yesterday, Michael Spinks was asked if he thought he would knock out Eddie Mustafa Muhammad.

Im not a good predictor, he said. It may go the distance and it may not. Spinks remained true to his predic Pardee's task: put Chargers in Super Bowl XVi Socks top Calgary in overtime By RICK HOFF T-A Sports Writer SAN DIEGO Its getting to be a habit for the San Diego Sockers, but as long as they keep coming up winners head coach Ron Newman will be satisfied. The Socks went into overtime again last night, and again they came out of it victorious as Kaz Deyna booted the game-winner off a free kick with 4:34 remaining in the first overtime period to give San Diego a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Boomers before 10,739 at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium. was very difficult with Julie Veee off the field, said Deyna, referring to Veees red-card ejection late in regulation time.

We only had 10 players on the field, and for 90 minutes we had been playing very hard. But it was a good finish. Hie free kick was set up by a handball call on Calgarys Paul DAgostino just outside of the penalty box. Deyna booted the free kick and Boomer goalie Jurgen Stars couldnt get a hand on it. been playing in Poland and England and Ive seen many scores from the free kick, said Deyna.

Its my favorite shot. Deyna game-winner saved face for the Sockers, who again dominated play for the most part only to lose a 1-0 lead on an unusual goal in the second half. The situation was not unlike last week, when the Sockers lost a late 3-1 lead to Tampa Bay before recovering for a 4-3 overtime victory. The Boomers, constantly frustrated by San Diegos back-line defense, finally broke through with a number of crossing passes in front of Socker goalie Volkmar Gross, who could only watch in dismay as a pass bounced off of San Diego defender Mike Pickering and into the goal for the equalizer at 67:45. Up to that point, Mike Stojanovics 16th goal of the year, scored at 35:27 off assists from Deyna and Ty Keough, had held up for a 1-0 Socker lead.

San Diego nearly scored just over 15 minutes into the match when Gert Wieczorkowski hit a header off of a comer kick that sailed just above the crossbar. Another excellent chance slipped away when Veee found Manu Sanon in front of the goal with 17 minutes left in the half. Sanon slammed a hard header toward Stars, but the ball hit the right post and bounced away. The Sockers finally broke through when Deyna hit a slow pass to Keough, who outran the defender to the ball and hit a perfect header pass to Stojanovic, who fired an easy shot past Stars. Sanon nearly gave the Sockers a two-goal lead just before halftime when he kicked a shot at Stars with just 50 seconds remaining.

But the Boomer goalie made a diving save to his right to keep his team within one goal. IStojanovic, who has already broken the Sockers club record for most goals in a season, nearly had a second score with 33 minutes left in the match, but Stars leaped up and punched a shot over the crossbar just in time, making one of his 14 saves on the night. -Veee, who scored the game-winner in last weeks win over Tampa Bay, was ejected by referee Richard Barnes with only 54 seconds left in regulation. The call seemed unwarranted as Veee appeared to make a good effort to avoid kicking Jurgen Roeber in Boomer territory. That was a yellow card, at most, said Newman, who raced onto the field and argued with Barnes at the end of regulation.

Despite the fact that the Sockers were playing short-handed, they Were able to score in overtime and maintain a share of first place in the Western Division. Los Angeles scored a 1-0 victory over Edmonton, ironically the winning goal coming on a deflection off an Edmonton player. Both teams now have 106 points, but the Sockers, now 13-10 on the season, have played one less match than the Aztecs. We started slow, but I think that was because we were a little worried and a little scared about what they did to us up at their place, said Newman, referring to Calgarys 4-1 victory over the Sockers last month in Alberta. But they didnt seem to be as good as they were up there.

JKaz was just brilliant. He played a great game and I thought it was fitting that he should score the winner. He has taken that shot many times in previous games. Hes hit the crossbar and the upright, and the goalies made a fingertip save. I told him to take 10 shots a day until he got it in.

And he finally did it for us. 9- z- Rh 9- tv', Former head coach is asked to repair critical defensive deficiencies By DON NORCROSS T-A Sports Writer With six minutes, 52 seconds remaining in the AFC Championship Game at San Diego Stadium, Rolf Be-nirscbke centers a 27-yard field goal. The San Diego Chargers now trail the Oakland Raiders, 34-27. Its the closest the Chargers have been since late in the first period. At one time the Raiders led by three touchdowns, 28-7.

You can feel the sellout crowds anticipation. Stop the Raiders. Get the ball back. Score another touchdown. Tie em.

Go into overtime. Score first and Super Bowl 81, here we come. It is not to be. Instead, its Mark van Eeghen left. Mark van Eeghen right.

Mark van Eeghen up the middle. And the Chargers never see the ball again. It Is a frustrating end to an otherwise fabulous season. Its bad enough that the defense gave up 34 points. Its even worse that they couldn get the ball back to their potent offense.

Most Sap Diegans were in mourning the day after the Raider loss. Except for one man Don Coryell. Coryell was in his office the next day trying to solve his defensive problems. He phoned a man in Virginia named Jack Pardee. Pardee had been released recently as the Washington Redskins head coach.

At first, Pardee said he wasnt in- terested. He wanted to stay away from football for awhile. But Coryell would not take no for an answer. By the end of the week, and less than two weeks after he had been fired by the Redskins, Jack Pardee was the assistant head coach of the Chargers. His task? To solve those defensive inadequacies and put the Chargers into the Super Bowl.

The quekion a lot of people are asking is, Why? Why would a man of Pardees stature, a professional head coach the past seven years and Coach of the Year on three different teams, accept an assistants job? The answer? Coryells quick action. Im sure he had to be the most disappointed man in the world the day after the loss to Oakland, said Pardee earlier this week, before the Chargers opened summer camp at UCSD. Please see Pardee, B-4.