Page Eight THE SUMMER DAILY Saturday, June 16, 1973 Player still leads Open; Borek fires record 65 OAKMONT, Pa. (4P) - Gary Player saved a 70 with deft play around the greens but saw some surprise challengers whittle away at his lead yesterday in the second round of the United States Open Golf Championship. Player, who had a brilliant 67 in Thursday's opening round, had to scramble for his 137 total, five under par on the 6,921 yards of worry and woe that make up the Oakmont Country Club course. He saw his three-stroke advantage dwindle to a single shot. But the diminutive Johannesburg rancher wasn't worried about the second-day heroics that included a 65 by a man who wasn't supposed to be playing, club pro Gene Borek. "I'm not concerned with individuals," said Player, who has spent most of the year recovering from surgery. "My opponent now is the golf course." The giants of the game - Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Arnold Palmer - stayed in contention, but it remained for Jim Colbert and the obscure Borek to make the big moves in the most pres- tigious of all the world's golf championships. Colbert, a 32-year-old journeyman tourist from Kansas who was trailed by "my private gallery" including his wife and three children, fashioned a 68 in the muggy heat and moved within one shot of the front-running Player at 138. Next came Nicklaus, the defending champion and pre-tourney favorite to win his fourth U.S. Open title, New Zealand left- hander Bob Charles and skinny Johnny Miller, all tied at 142, just three strokes back of Player. All three posted 69s. Nicklaus, who drove a par four for an eagle two in Thursday's round, again had some spectacular shots. Borek, a 36-year-old club pro from East Norwich, NY., was the"big surprise of the day. His six-under-par effort set the course record and was just one stroke off the lowest score ever shot in any U.S. Open. g e rs t"I was just trying to make ifE ~ r S the cut said the father of four. le got in as a last-minute su- stitute for Dave Hill, who with- drew after playing four holes of practice round Tuesday. Borek's 142 total put him in a tie with Trevino, Palmer, streak- er Daily ing Tom Weiskopf and 52-year-old Julius Boros. Trevino slipped to a 72 and ducked any interviews for a trip to the practice green for some work. Boros and Weiskopf had 69s and Palmer took another 71. It was something of a disap- pointment for Palmer, who ap- peared ready to make one of his geles Dodgers for their seventh fabled charges - then bogeyed straight triumph. three of five holes. Bailey's homer, No. 9 on the "I three-putted and it just year, came . against reliever seemed to turn things around," George Culver, 2-4, and snapped he said. a 3-3 tie which the Dodgers had Colbert, who finished third in gained in their half of the the 1971 American national cham- eighth. pionship, said he thrives on the Joe Ferguson knocked in the pressure of this tournament. tying run for the Dodgers with a "To measure yourself, you single in the top of the eighth. have to play in the Open," he Ken Sin leton's bad - ho sin- said. AP Photo LEE TREVINO, who is considerably more serious about his golf game and sundry other problems this year than he has been in past years, chips the ball toward the third hole pin in the second round of the U. S. Open yesterday. Serious Lee shot a 70 to move him, giving him a 142, five strokes off Gary Player's pace., DARWIN COLLECTS SEVEN RBI'. Twins bomb T By The Associated Press DETROIT - Bobby Darwin drove in seven runs with two homers and two singles, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 13-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers last night. Teammate Harmon Killebrew added four RBIs in the 17-hit assault, knocking in two runs each with a single and double. Detroit's Jim Perry, 7-5, mak- ing his first pitching start against his former teammates, was rack- ed for four runs in the first inning and didn't retire a batter before Woodie Fryman relieved Major LeagL AMERICAN LEAGUE East Milwaukee 31 27 .534 - New York 31 28 .525 } Baltimore 2026.51t 1 Deteait0030 28.5170 Bosta 20 28 .401 2 Cleveland 22 37 .372 5'). Chicago 32 23 .581 - Minnesota 31 25 .553 1 ' Kansass Ciiy t3 oo .523t 3 California 29 27 .518 4 Oakland 31 29 .517 4 Tesas 19 00 .040 13 Yesterday's Results Baltimore 1, Texas 0 Minnesota 13, Detroit 6 Kansas City 7, Cleveland 2 Milwaukee 1, Chicago 0 Boston at Oakland, inc. New York at California, inc. Today's Games Minnesota (Blylevan 7-7) at De- troit (Coleman 10-5) Boston (Lee 7-2 or Tiant 7-6) at Oakland (Blue 5-3) Kansas City (Busby 3-7) at Cleve- land (Wilcox 4-3 or Boston 2-6) Texas (Dunning 0-3) at Baltimore (Palmer 6-4) New York (Dobson 1-0) at Califor- nia (Ryan 7-7) Milwaukee (Parsons 2-4) at Chicago (Stone 2-i) u him. Darwin began his big night with an RBI single in the first inning. He then blasted a two-run homer in the third, a two-run single in the fourth and a two- run homer in the sixth. Prior to last night's deadline for trading, the Tigers sent pitch- er Tom Timmerman and minor league infielder Kevin Collins to Cleveland for reliever Ed Farmer. Galloping Giants PHILADELPHIA - Willie Mc- Covey ripped a three-run homer ue Standings NATIONAL LEAGUE East w 1, Pct. GP, Chticago 30 25 .582 - ontreal 29 25 .537 31/ St. Louis 28 30 .482 6,! New York 26 29 .472 7 Pittsburgh 24 30 .444 8') Philadelphia s 24 35 .407 11 San Francisc's 40 20 (610 - Los Angeles 37 25 /596 1' ouston 35 29 .547 4'1 Cincinnati 32 04 .53 0 Atlanta 27 34 .46 11 San Diego 20 43 .317 19 Yesterday's Results Atlanta 8, Chicago 3 San Francisco 4, Philadelphia 3, 10 inn. Montreal 4, Los Angees 0 New York 5, San Diego 2 Houston 3, St. Louis 2 Today's Games Los Angeles (Osteen 7-3) at Mon- treal (Stoneman 1-2) Pittsburgh (Briles 3-6) at Cincin- nati (Gullett 6-4) Chicago (Reuschel 7-4) at Atlanta (Niekro 6-2) San Francisco (Marichal 6-5) ,at Philadelphia (Ruthven 1-5) San Diego (Caldwell 3-8) at New York (Koosman 5-5) SCs Louis(Gibson 4-6) at Houston (Forseb 6-6) Summ in the 10th inning last night, mov- ing San Francisco to a 4-3 vic- tory over Philadelphia. McCovey's 13th homer of the year greeted reliever Mac Scarce after he took over for Billy Wil- son following walks to Tito Fu- entes and Garry Maddox. The Phillies got two of those runs back in the bottom of the ninth when Willie Montanez sin- gled and Greg Luzinski homered with two out. But reliever Elias Sosa got the next batter to nail down the victory for Ron Bryant, who became the N a t i o n a l League's first 11-game winner. Bryant and Wayne Twitchell were in a scoreless duel until the seventh when San Francisco's Bobby Bonds homered with two out. It was Bonds' 16th of the year. Bonds' home run ended a string of 24 scoreless innings for Twitchell. Exciting Expos MONTREAL - Bob Bailey slugged a solo home run with one out in the eighth inning, powering the Montreal Expos to a 4-3 vic- tory last night over the Los An- gle with two out in the bottom of the sixth scored two runs and gave the Expos a 3-2 lead. Hammering Hank ATLANTA - Hank Aaron and Darrell Evans belted home runs last night and the streaking Atlanta Braves won their fifth in a row with an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Aaron's blast, his 17th this year and 690th lifetime, triggered a three-run fourth in which the Braves went in front to stay 4-3. The solo blast was a line drive over the left field fence, leaving Aaron 24 short of Babe Ruth's all-time record of 714. Evans smacked his 15th of the year in the first, a towering blast over the center field fence off Cub starter Bill.Bonham, 4-1. Halfway mark Gary Player 67-70-137 Jim Colbert 70-68-138 Johnny Miller 71-69-140 Bob Charles 71-69-1405 Jack Nicklaus 01-69-140 Julios Boros 73-69-142 Gene Borek 77-00.142 Arnold Palmer 71-71-142 Tom weiskopf 73-69-142 Lee Treviao 70-72-142 John Schice 73-70-143i Ray Floyd 70-73-143 Lanny Wadkins 74-69-143 Bert Yancey 73-70-143 a-Vinnie Giles 74-69-143 Tom Shaw 73-71-144 Ralph Johnston 71-73-144 Rocky Thompson 73-71-144 Jerry Heard 74-70-144 Bud Allin 78-67-145 Gene Littler 71-74-145 Miller Barber 74-71-145 Al Geiberger 73-72-145 Chi Chi Rodriquez 75-71-146 Tommy Aaron 78-71-149 George Bayer 72-77-149 Frank Beard 74-75-149 Sam snead 75-74-149 George Archer 76-73-149 Lee Elder 72-77-149