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Fitzsimons, Watson Grab Early Lead King Arnold Challenges Kids for U.S. Open Crown MEDINAH, III. (AP) the old king, Arnold Palmer, up there with the faced kids. And the guys who are supposed to win it are scrambling, sweating, beefing and, in one case, even threatening to blow the joint. The 75th U.S.

Open Golf Championship is off to a soggy, steaming and surprising start. Maybe things will get better in second round. as good as the good old days, even said a very pleased Palmer, a rejuvenated war horse of 45 seeking lost glories. felt I had charge of the golf course. I would like three more days just like Palmer was the only one of stars among the sub-par leaders after fashioning a steady sensational but not bad, as he described rain-soaked 7,032 yards.

Par is 71. He was tied with three others, including an Englishman. They trail a pair of freckle-faced youngsters, Tom Watson and Pat Fitzsimons, tied for the lead with 67s, and a 10-year tour veteran, Jim Weichers, who never has won a pro tournament, next at 68. Palmer, looking fitter and more confident than he has in years, was asked how it felt to be running ahead of his chief rivals with only a couple of kids and an outsider in front. win golf tournaments, he said.

all golfers. There are a lot of them and all tough. Besides, you can bet some of the older pys will be up there before the weekend is Palmer was tied at 69 with rangy Peter Oosterhuis, the player in Britain, Grier Jones and Lanny Wadkins, the latter another of the digging for the $9 million in gold. The only other sub-par shooter was Ben Crenshaw, 23, who was alone at 70. Jack Nicklaus, a 6-1 favorite to make this his 16th major tournament victory, shot a 72 and said, hit fliers on every other shot because the fairways were soft and been cut.

There were some awkward situations out Tom Weiskopf and Johnny Miller, who barely missed putts on the final hole in losing this dramatic Masters to Nicklaus, both skied to 75 and came off the course wth smoke pouring from their ears. Friday, June 20, 1975 And it all from the cauldron 95-degree heat and sweltering humidity. Notoriously quick to anger, Weiskopf got his dander up when he received an unfavorable ruling on the eighth hole and seemed to become more incensed as his round progressed. After reaching the clubhouse, he cleaned out his locker and began taking resolute steps toward the U.S. Golf Association headquarters, had he fumed.

going A couple of friends and his wife, Jeanie, intercepted him and cooled him down. Weiskopf agreed to personal protest. What happened was that on the 205-yard eighth, Weiskopf flew his tee shot over the green onto an area that had been badly botched by rains and spectator traffic. The ball landed in an indentation, resembling a tire track, and Weiskopf insisted he was entitled to relief. Sandy Tatum, chairman of the rules and tournament committee, disagreed.

He said the indentation was part of the natural character of the course. So Weiskopf had to play it. He hit his next shot over the green, took three from the edge and wound up with a double bogey five, erasing his two-underpar score to that point. had no heart for it after Weiskopf said later. was an unfair said Oosterhuis, who tried vainly to talk the officials out of their ruling.

should have got a A double one of several nightmares for the blond sensation of the winter plagued Miller, but it came on the 18th, He finished bogey-par-double bogey and was so upset friends thought he might wrap his putter around one of plentiful oaks. just finished he said. hate to finish bad. On the 18th I half-buried a ball in the trap, hit a spectator in the head and just played lousy. It was very He complained that the USGA had failed to mow the practice green and, when he got on the course, it was like playing two different courses.

was hke a municipal he added. tnree-putted the first hole. I got off to a bad start and then I struggled my guts out to keep above South Gary Player, a former Open winner and one of the favorites here, shot a 75. Defending champion Hale Irwin shot a 74 and was equally happy. But he found another source for discontent.

long waits, they were he said. took us 2 hours to play the round. awful when you have to he down and wait. just too much golf course and too many is the slowest, hottest, most frustrating and most unexciting Open I can Fitzsimons and Watson, a couple of hearty lads of Irish descent, got out early and were sitting in the clubhouse with their 67s and a nice lunch while the rest of the field struggled in the afternoon heat. They weren't mad at anybody.

See Results Page 19 Minnesota No Problem For Oakland Plumbers BLOOMINGTON, Mirm. (AP) World Champion Oakland have come up with their own unit to sabotage any title aspirations of challengers in the American League West. won four of five and put Minnesota back a said Oakland Manager Al Dark. got to prepare for Kansas The makeshift capitalized on strong pitching by Sonny Siebert, Glenn Abbott and Paul Lindblad and some daring baserunning for a a 5-2 victory over in 10 innings Thursday. Oakland won the final four games of the five-game set, which left the Twins eight games behind.

got to be thankful we could win this game resting some of our said Dark, who rested Bert Campaneris, Gene Tenace and Billy WilUams and used Reggie Jackson as the designated hitter. However, Ted Martinez, Ray and Angel Mangual filled in capably. all needed a rest for one reason or said Dark. series is a big one and got one coming up now with Kansas only runs were scored in the second inning when outfielders Bill North and Claudell Washington teamed up for a short Alphonse and Gaston scene on Steve lazy fly ball to left-center field, which fell between the two as they stared at each other. John then walked and both baserunners scored on Glenn double.

so praised losing pitcher Jim Hughes. try to be so fine with them because you know how bad a mistake can hurt, but then sometimes you can try and be too A throwing error by Hughes in the first inning set up first two runs and his wild pitch in the 10th let in the winning runs. Joe Rudi, who also belted his ninth home run of the year to Champs Named Best-Ever 1971 national champions have been named the best collegiate football team in the history qf the game after a year-long poll conducted by Football News, Ballots were received from every state in the nation and 11 countries, according to the Detroit- published newspaper, regarded one of the most authoritative voices on the gridiron scene. Football News called the selection, monumental tribute to Bob The paper pointed out that 1971 Cornhuskers whipped both Oklahoma and Colorado which finished 2-3 behind Nebraska in the national polls that year plus one of Bear best Alabama teams to earn the honor. undefeated team, which finished the year with a perfect 13-0 record, was led by quarterback Jary Tagge and eventual Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers.

Defensive tackle Larry Jacobson and middle guard Rich Glover both of whom later wim the Outland Trophy defensive end Willie Harper and 1-back Jeff Kinney were among the many outstanding players on the squad. The challengers to the best-ever Big Red team, included: The Blanchard-Davis Army team of 1945; The Lujack- led Notre Dame team of 1947; 1947 club; Minnesota of 1934 and Penn State of 1969, among others. cap three-run ioth inning, singled in a first-inning run and Sal Bando drove in the other with a single. Yankees 9, Tigers 2 Catfish Hunter retired the first 17 batters and finished with an eight-hitter while Roy White drove in five runs with a homer and a single to lead New York over Detroit. The first baserunner off Hunter, 10-6, was Tom Ver- yzer, who homered with two out in the sixth.

Ron LeFlore later doubled off Hunter in the eighth inning and eventually came around on a grounder for the final run. New York put together four hits, a walk and a throwing error by starter Ray Bare to score four times in the sixth, two on a single by White. He hit a three-run homer in a fiverun seventh off rookie Ike Brookens. Rangers 5, White Sox 3 Tom two-run double sparked a five-run seventh inning that carried Texas over Chicago, Chicago left-hander Claude Osteen carried a 3-0 lead into the seventh, but quickly surrendered a single to Leo Cardenas and a walk to Jim Sundberg. Cesar Tovar then singled through the left side to score Cardenas with the first run.

Champs Capture Two-Ball Scotch JOURNAL PHOTO BY RANDY HAMPTON Thanks Partner Ross Hect of Lincoln, is forced to play a shot from under a tree during the Lincoln Country Club Swingfest Friday. partner, Ed Burke of Imperial, left Hect with this dubious shot during the Scotch two-ball event. By Randy York They know the rules the first eight holes, but Mike and Howard Martig triumphed anyway Thursday in the Lincoln Country Club Swingfet. The Omaha pair carded a IS-hole oet to win the Scotch two-ball, the kickoff event in the 22nd annual LC'C Swingfest Golf Tournament. The win reinforces the favorite role for Friday and 36-hole best ball play.

Winterhalter and Martig are defending LCC Swingfet champions. guess we were lucky to wan the Scotch Two-ball, since we played the first eight holes, according to last year's acknowledged Winterhalter. Former rules stipulated that each member hit a tee shot, select the positioned one, then alternate shots thereafter. New rules allowed each member of a two-man team to bit a tee shot and a second shot before choosing the best position and alternating. might have cost us a couple of strokes, but you said Winterhalter, who credited partner for the rock today, playing right down the middle, as the pair scored a one-half stroke win.

Burt Folsom and Terry Branch of Rochester, N.Y., combined for a 61 total. Seldon Davey and Dick Kuhl finished third at 6D-2 in the 88- team field. Dick Wieland and Wayne Sintek finished fourth with a net of 62 and Gus Swanson and Wayne Barber of Columbus finished fifth with a 63. Scotch Two-ball boils down to your ability to sink Winterhalter, citing Ws partner for a IS-foot birdie putt on 1 and an 8-foot birdie on 14. The 29-year-old Winterhalter dehvered a 13-foot birdie putt on No.

2. He's a nine-handicap golfer. The 43-year-old Martig is a 12-handicapper, giving them 10'2 handicap strokes in the competition. The two finished with an impressive one-under-par 71 on their combined gross score with 13 pars, three birdies and two bogeys. Both bogeys came during the first eight holes in the shotgun start when they hadn't adjusted to the new rules.

figured it out on No. 18, Winterhalter said. That two promptly birdied the next two and reeled off eight straight pars to finish the round. Sports Briefs Senator Reaction Quiet Baseball Joan W. Payson, 72, president of the New York Mets, suffered a stroke last weekend and is at a New York hospital.

Gary Gentry, a six-year major league veteran, was released unconditionally Thursday by the New York Jackson, farm team in the Texas League. One-time Baltimore Oriole Rich oggins was purchased by the New York Yankees Thursday from Memphis of the International Coggins was sent to Memphis by the Montreal Expos, wdio obtained him from the Orioles in the Mike Torrex-Dave McNally trade. Former Nebraska pitcher, Ryan Kurosaki, was sent to Arkansas of the Texas League by the St. Louis Cardinals, to make room for hurler John Denny. was 0-0 and had a 7.60 ERA in seven games with the Cards.

The Cleveland Indians said pitcher Fritz Peterson was expected to be out of action for a week after cutting his pitching hand in a tractor accident ITiursday while working in his yard. Basketball John Wooden says definitely not going to coach the San Diego entry in the ABA or any other professional Forward Lonnie Shelton of Oregon State, the third player selected in the recent ABA draft, has signed with the Memphis Sounds. Jerrj West, who retired last fall from the NBA after 13 years, said never coach college basketball, recruiting is Football Tommy Reamon, the leading rusher in 1974, signed Thursday to play with the Jac ksonville Express of the WFL this year. Defensive end L. C.

Greenwood, a free agent since 1, signed a multi-year contract Thursday with the Pittsburg Steelers. Dallas running back Walt Garrison suffered a knee injury Thursday night during an e.xhibition steer-wrestling con- tist. By Andy Special To The Journal Washington The Congressional delegation with one exception has opted to maintain a low profile on a controversial interpretation of regulations prohibiting sex discrimination in intercollegiate athletic The sole exception was the only Congresswoman Virginia Smith of Chappell, who feels the Department of Health, Education and Welfare has no business messing around in this area. The issue came to a head this week when eight major football coaches, including the University of Nebraska's Tom Osborne, asked Congress to postpone plementation of Title IX provisions of a 1972 omnibus education bill. both the House and Senate disapprove or mandate changes, the rules sent out by HEW will go into effect on July 21.

They would require across the board equal treatment of male and females in gym classes, vocational training, financial assistance, faculty hiring, and athletic programs. The main sticking point is whether HEW ls correct in its interpretation that additional momes including those derived from non-taxpayer revenue producing sources will have to be pumped into women's sports to bring them up to par with activities, Osbome and the other coaches SC Petroleum Funds Aiding Local Swimmers Barb Harris demonstrates the butterfly stroke to a group of Lincoln youngsters taking part in a swimming clinic sponsored by JOURNAL PHOTO iV RANDY HAMPTON Phillips Petroleum Company. The clinic is designed to teach the four competitive strokes of swimming to the participants. By Uhuck Sinclair The same company that offers fine petroleum products for your car is also making competitive swimmers out of hundreds of Lincoln youngsters. Surprised? be.

The Phillips Petroleum Company has pumped milUons of dollam into the A A U. competitive swimming programs in the past several years, and the Lincoln chnic that begun Monday is just one of the group's educational endeavors The clinic, desiped to teach the four competitive strokes to participants at 10 different Lincoln lo- ations is seen by Woods pool clmic assistant and Lincoln Swim I'lub coach Ray Huppert as a shot in the arm to competitive swimming in the area. a cUnic of Uiis type will get these kids interested in competiUve swimming to the point join some sort of summer Huppert said. important thing for kids lo realize during this chmc is that we re not training them, teaching them, he, added. gone with a different stroke each day.

kids can pick up the fundamentals of what Master Derby Set For Gold Cup OMAHA, Neb. (UPl) Preakness winner Master Derby will compete the $100,000 Omaha Gold Cup at Ak-Sar- Ben on June 28, officials said today. Dick Becker, Ak-Sar-Ben executive direilor, said Mrs. Robert Lehmann, Master owner, informed him by telephone that her horse would be flown to Omaha next Tuesday from Arlington Park in Chicago. Master Derby alw has won tlto Louisiana Derby, finished second in the Belmont Stakes and fourth in tito Kentucky Derby to rank as one of the top 3-year-olds.

teaching. But going to take a lot of time and practice to gam the accomplishments that some of the swim club members Huppert said. just jump into something and expect instant The clinic is one of two Phillips IS putting on this year and Huppert reports that most of the 10 sites have been receivmg good cooperation and attendance Besides having four other assistants helping him at the Woods operation, Huppert has also enlisted the volunteer support of some of his Lincoln Swim Club members including national place finisher Barb Harris. kids have really had a great time with Huppert said. When I tell them something, a few heads might be wandering around, but when Barbie gets ready to show them something, all eyes are on Friday, all ten locations will hold swim with Phillips supplying all the awards plus a bath towel for those with attendance records for the five day dime.

argue that this would not only weaken the revenue producing sports like football nhich tor example supports other programs but would probably result in the destruction ot intercollegiate activities as they are now organized. They seek a moratorium on the application of the rules until an economic study has been made of the potential impact on college athletics and institutional finances. Ideally they would hke athletic activities exempted from the regulations, a view shared by -Mrs South and last year by Senator Roman Hruska, the state semor senator First District Rep. (Tiarles Thone decUned to take a position declaring that must study this situation thoroughly i Title IX is a complex far- reaching document that covers many subjects in addition to athletics. He has scheduled a series of meetings with officials here and is seeking input from Nebraska educators on the matter Hruska also has asked Athletic Director Bob Devaney and Osbome to provide specific information as to the effect of the regulations on the University of athletic program.

Until then, a spokesman said, he will have no further comment. An aide noted, however, that Hruska last year supported an amendment which would have exempted intercollegiate athletics from the provistoos of TiUe IX. Second District Congressman John McCollister also pleaded for more time to delve into the issue. It is known, however, that he disagrees with Osborne, feeling that expenditure for and men athletics is not required. He holds, however, that equal opportumUes for both males and females must be made available.

Smith feels that is m- appropriate that the federal government encroach into college athletics and declares that she feels that women want as concentrated a sports program as men. Senator Carl Curtis was unavailable fof comment..

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