Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, June 19, 1971 ilbert Erickson top ield in pen; A rnie ack spar ARDMORE, Pa. (RI) - Jim Colbert - armed with a "Moon Pie" putter - and obscure Bob Erickson romped into a tie for the second round lead in the United States Open Golf championship yesterday while two of the game's greatest stars got in a mild, verbal skirmish. Erickson, who has won only about $20,000 in three F years as a tourist, had a three-under-par 67 and Colbert had a 69 to tie for the top spot in the world's most prestigious tournament at 138. Behind them, alone in third, was 27-year-old Jerry McGee, a non-winner in five years on the tour but enjoying his best season with earnings of almost $46,000 already this year. The slim, blond McGee had a 67 for 139, just one back, and the only other man under par after 36 holes. Then came pug-nosed Gay Brewer, who hasn't scored a regular tour triumph since taking she 1967 Masters title. Brewer was at 140 after matching par 70s on the tight, treacherous Merion Golf Club course, a 6,544 yard layout. Associated Press Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus headed a big d had to depend on the golf tour for his group at 141-three strokes behind the leaders and ild have been near the poverty level with definitely in position to make a move, Palmer holed eading the U.S. Open with a classy 138. a 127-yard nine iron shot for an eagle two on the TIGERS OUTFOXED, OUTFOUGHT IF BOB ERICKSON had income last year he wou $3583, but today he is 1 Indians win battle of wits By ELIOT LEGOW Special to The Daily CLEVELAND - In a slatm bang combination of intricate managerial maneuvering, furious fisticuffs, and aggressively played baseball, the Cleve- land Indians shutout the Detroit Tigers, 3-0, last night, behind the booming bat of Chris Chambliss and the superb re- lief pitching of Vince Colbert. Managers Billy Martin and Albin Dark waged a classic battle of the minds before the physical part of the battle began. The two skippers shut- tIed players in and out of the game in frantic attempts to keep ahead of their rival. But Dark's strategies prevailed as did the young bats of the Indians over their geriatric Detroit opponents. Major Leaguer ~. StandingS Chambliss, a leading rookie-of-the- year candidate who hiked his average to .365 hammered. a home run and a triple to produce four Cleveland runs. The left-handed hitting Chambliss, who cast the fabled Hawk into the out- field when he captured the first base job, broke open a scoreless deadlock in the fourth inning with his solid triple just inside the rightfield line that scored Greg Nettles and Ray Fosse. Detroit managed to knock Cleve- land starter Rich Hand out of the game with only two hits and no runs. Dark lifted the sore-armed Hand for pinch- hitter and folk hero Gomer Hodge after the fifth. Relievers Ed Farmer and Steve Mingori quickly loaded the bases in the Detroit sixth with two walks and a hit batsman before Colbert was called in to counter Martin's switch from Cash to Kaline. Colbert, his sinker in fine form, retired Kaline on a force at the plate and then lisposed of pinch- hitter Gates Brown on a quick double play skillfully engineered by second basemen-engineer Eddie Leon. Nettles started two of the DPs and also made several of his trademarked diving stops on the third base line. While some fans may have been turned on by pitching, hitting and fielding heroics, the boxing fans among the 12,084 at Municipal Stadium, got their kicks in the eighth when the bat- tle of the bean balls reached its cli- max. Three Tigers had been hit by errant pitches by then and Colbert had received a warning and fine after near- ly dropping Katine. Bull Denehy retaliated on Fosse with a fast ball directed at his ribs and Fosse responded by racing out to Done- hy and levelling him wsth abarrel roll that served to clear both benches. By the time peace had been restored (nearly 10 minutes) Tigers Denehy, Willie Horton and Ike Brown as well as Cleveland's Fosse and the omni- present Gomer had been ejected and Billy Martin enraged. Chambliss's home run immediately followed the second pugilistic confron- tation in Cleveland this year Orioles pad lead; Siebert loses again From Wire Service Reports In other games last night, the Balti- more Orioles came from a 4-0 deficit with five unearned runs and beat New York, 6-4. Sonny Siebert lost his fourth in a row after winning his first nine and the Red Sox dropped an 8-5 game to Washington. Catfish Hunter grabbed his 10th victory with a 6-2 Oakland triumph over Milwaukee. In the National League, Gary Gen- try twirled a four-hitter and New York topped Philadelphia, 2-0. The Pirates kept pace with an 11 inning victory over Montreal after scoring four times in the ninth, 9-8. first hole enroute to a 68 and Nicklaus had a 72. First it was Nicklaus, the reigning PGA cham- pion and the man favored to win this title, who took a shot at the U.S. Golf Association officials who set the pins, terming them "the most diffi- q cult I have even seen in any round of golf I've ever played anywhere." Then it was 41-year-old Palmer, the game's great- est gate attraction, who scoffed at Nicklaus com- ments and took a jab at Jack for slow play. Ron Johnson's father defends the family's black sheep. Also, a hockey mogul busted by the law, and a Little League coach busted by a player's mother. See page 11. "If you want to talk about something unfair, how about finding two or three groups in front of you every time you walk to the next tee?" Palmer asked. And he named Nicklaus as the man who slowed it up. "I understand Jack got 23 to 25 minutes behind the group in front of him. When that happens, everyone backs up," Palmer said. While they were sparring, the 45-year-old Erick- son, a sometime tourist who has had to drop off from time to time because of financial troubles, and the peppy little Colbert moved into the lead. Some of the others at 141 included Australian Bruce Devlin, flashy Chi Chi Rodriguez, towering George Archer and former PGA champion Bobby Nichols. Lee Trevino rallied from a triple bogey seven to shoot 72 for 142. But some of the other great stars had their troubles. Billy Casper, a two-time Open champion and the 1970 Masters King, struggled in with a 77 for 151, He failed to qualify for the final two rounds today and tomorrow - the first time he has missed a cut in two years and only the second time in eight. Tom Weiskopf, winner of last week's Kemper Open, also missed. South African Gary Player, accompanied by a uniformed policeman after being heckled by two Negro men in Thursday's play, just made it,-shoot- ing a 71 for 147. It took a score of 148 to make it. England's Tony Jacklin, the handsome young man who won this championship last year, also missed. He had a 77 for 152. Labron Harris, the first round leader with a 67, faded far back in the pack, going 10 strokes higher with a 77, for 144. three records fall in NCAA track meet SEATTLE (MP)-Three meet records fell-in the decathlon, hammer throw and six-mile run-yes- terday and there were some upsets in the second day of the National Collegiate track and field * championships. In the gruelling six-mile, Minnesota's Garry Bjorklund won in 27 minutes 43.1 seconds. Ray Hupp, the co-captain of the Ohio State team, scored 7,456 points in the 10-event decath- lon, More significant was the 227-foot 10-inch hammer throw by Kent State's freshman from France, Jacques Accambray. AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pet. GRl Baltimore 39 21 .650 - Detroit 36 20 .563 5 Boston 34 28 .548 6 Cleveland 29 33 .468 11 New York 29 35 .453 12 Washington 22 38 .367 17 west Oakland 42 21 .667 - Kansas City 34 25 .508 10 Minnesota 34 15 .576 6 California 29 37 .439 14% Milwaukee 22 36 .379 17Y Chicago 21 37 .373 10 Yesterday's Results Washington 8, Boston5 Cleveland 7, Detroit 0 Baltimore 6, New York4 Kansas City 6, California 1 Minnesota 4, Chicago 3 Oakland 6, Milwaukee 1 Today's Games California at Kansas City. Chicago at Minnesota Oakland at Milwaukee Detroit at Cleveland New York at Baltimore, night Boston at Washington, night NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pet. GB Pittsburgh 41 24 .631 - New York 35 25 .583 3V St. Louis 36 31 .5371 6 Chicago 33 32 .508 8 Montreal 25 33 .431 12Y2 Philadelphia 25 37 .403 14/2 west San Francisco 42 25 .627 - Los Angeles 35 29 .547 5% Houston 31 33 .484 9% Cincinnati 29 36 .446 12 Atlanta 30 38 .441 12% San Diego 23 42 .354 18 Yesterday's Results Pittsburgh 9, Montreal 8, 11 innings New York 2, Philadelphia 0 Chicago 15, St. Louis 5 Cincinnati 6, Atlanta 1 Los Angeles 5, Houston 5 San Francisco 7, San Diego 3, second game inc. BIG SURPRISE Mays, Aaron, Bench still lead voting 5. NEW YORK ( P) - The National League almost certainly will have a starting lineup that includes outfielders Willie Mays of San Francisco, Hank Aaron of Atlanta and Willie Stargell of Pittsburgh in the All-Star Game against the American League July 13. The trio, which has accounted for 53 home runs among them, is running 1-2-3 in the outfield balloting, Mays lead with 284,000 votes to 281,644 for Aaron and 143,121 for Stargell. The only other outfielder with more than 100,000 votes in the fan balloting is Lou Brock of St. Louis with 118,194. Catcher Johnny Bench of Cincinnati continues to lead the vote- getters with 302,053 votes. Other leaders are first baseman Willie McCovey of San Francisco, second baseman Glenn Beckert of Chicago, third base- man Joe Torre of St. Louis and shortstop Bud Harrelson of New York. Harrelson leads in a tight three-way struggle with Maury Wills of Los Angeles and Don Kessinger of Chicago. The Leaders First base - Willie McCovey, San Francisco, 164,752; Orlando Cepeda, Atlanta, 115,142; Lee May, Cincinnati, 74,995; Wes Parker, Los Angeles, 47,621; Bob Robertson, Pittsburgh, 35,094; Dunn Clendenon, New York, 31,434. Second base - Glenn Beckert, Chicago, 112,918; Julian Javier, St. Louis, 78,706; Tommy Helms, Cincinnati, 74,209; Felix Millan, Atlanta, 57,857; Dave Cash, Pittsburgh, 57583; Ken Boswell New York, 43,902, Third base - Joe Torre, St. Louis, 145,422; Tony Perez, Cincinnati, 107,395; Ron Santo, Chicago, 106,404; Richie Hebner, Pittsburgh, 34,805; Bill Grabarbewitz, Los Angeles, 34,273; Don Money, Philadelphia, 14,727. Shortstop - Bud Harrelson, New York, 123,777; Maury Wills, Los Angeles, 117,978; Don Kessinger, Chicago, 116,684; Gene Alley, Pitts- burgh, 33,917; Dal Maxville, St. Louis, 25635; Chris Speier, San Francisco, 17,176. Catcher - Johnny Bench, Cincinnati, 302,053; Manny Sanguillen, Pittsburgh, 52,708; Dick Dietz, San Francisco, 44,242; Jerry Grote, New York, 29,405; Tim McCarver, Philadelphia, 25,405; Ted Simmons St. Louis, 14,952. Outfielder - Willie Mays, San Francisco, 284,800; Henry Aaron, At- lanta, 281,644; Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh, 143,121; Lou Brock, St. Louis, 118,194; Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh, 84,394; Willie Davis, Los An- geles, 83,412; Pete Rose, Cincinnati, 74,030; Billy Williams, Chicago, 53,495; Ralph Garr, Atlanta, 5195%.