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LEWIS Special to The Daily SPRINGFIELD, N.J. - He didn't shoot another 63 yesterday, but Jack Nicklaus, had reason to be satisfied af- ter posting a one-over-par 71 to grab the lead midway through the 80th United States Golf Championship. Nicklaus, who, along with Tom Weiskopf came within one strike Thur- sday of breaking the Open record 63 for a single round, played what he con- sidered "a good round" in rout to a 33-38, on the 7,076-yard Baltusrol Golf Club layout. "I PLAYED well, actually," said Nicklaus, seeking his fourth Open title and eighteenth major championship. "All the putts I hit Thursday went in. Today they stayed on the edge of the cup. I didn't get anything in the hole." The forty-year-old Golden Bear is at 134 through 36 holes, an Open record. He hnl. cn t.- ,,nlra ad near fmi players who either matched or bested par yesterday. Tied at 136 are Mike Reid, Lon' Hinkle, Keith Furgus and Japan's Isao Aoki. Weiskopf, meanwhile, struggled to a five-over 75, including bogies on the last three holes. That put the temperamen- tal Ohioan in a tie for seventh with Pat McGowan at 138. Mark Hayes was alone in sixth at 137, while Tom Watson and Peter Jacobsen were five strokes off the pace. AFTER A record-tying nineteen golfers broke par Thursday, tour- nament officials tried to restore the in- tegrity of Baltusrol yesterday by making the pin placements extra dif- ficult. They succeeded in grand fashion, as Weiskopf would attest. "Yesterday, I thought there was one (pin placement) that was questionable. Today, there were three," said Weiskopf, who made good on his promise to play aggressively but at times saw his bold approach backfire. Nicklaus agreed. "The pins were really tough, about as tough as they can set them," he said. "A couple of them were on the border of being on the edge of a slope. The greens were quicker because they didn't put water on them and they'll be quicker (today.)" Nicklaus apparently didn't find the greens too hard to handle in the early portion of his round. He sank two birdie putts on the first three holes to place him at nine under. And when he recovered nicely from an errant tee shot on the fourth to salvage a par three, he seemed impossible to catch. INDEED, NICKLAUS had just that in mind. "I came out with the attitude to be as aggressive as I could - and leave the field behind if I get off to a good start," he said. But his putter failed him on the 470- yard par four sixth, as it has done all too often this season. He three-putted there for a bogey and lost another stroke on No. 11 when his drive caught a fairway trap. Matters got even stickier on the twelfth. He hit a short four iron which landed in a bunker, misplayed a sand wedge and settled for a double bogey five. From that point, however, Nicklaus reached each green in regulation, and recorded a birdie on the monstrous 630- yard 17th. FURGUS, PLAVING in the Open for only the second time, was tied with Nicklaus after 16 holes at five under. He then three-putted twice to fall a pair of strokes back. He shot a 70, four more than on Thursday but a good score con- sidering his tentative short game. "When you have a chance for a birdie you go for it, but if you don't, you don't try to force it," said Furgus, whose best showing this season was a third place - finish at the Dural Open. "'If you do go for it, you'll make bogey and double bogey." Reid, like Furgus a 26-year-old seeking his first PGA title, missed only one fairway on his way to a 34-33-67, which tied Craig Stadler for the day's lowest round. Reid expressed doubts that he has the ability to defeat the likes of Nicklaus, Weiskopf and Hinkle. "You don't win tournaments on Thursday and Friday," he said. "I haven't won on the tour so there are some questions on my mind about when I will win... Can I win?" HINKLE, WHO placed third on last year's earnings list, shot a par 70 (33- 37) despite a five on the par three ninth. After his round, he begged reporters to refrain from mentioning the tree dedicated in his honor at the 1979 Open. "I wish people would stop asking me whether they're going to plant a spruce tree in the middle of the green," said Hinkle, a native of Flint. "On the same level, if you ask them who won the Crosby or the World Series of Golf last year, they wouldn't know." (Hinkle, incidentally won both of those events.) The most surprising performance among the leaders had to be that of Aoki. In Japan, he receives the atten- tion Nicklaus commands here, but Aoki has not played well on the American tour. The courses are much longer in the U.S. than are the Asian Circuit, a troublesome factor for the slight-of- build Aoki. Aoki's putting style is unique - he opens the shaft and uses only the heel of the club - but it has been working won- ders the past two days. He used only twenty three putts yesterday during his second straight round of 68. Watson, who has yet to win an Open in nine appearances, was in the middle of the pack until he chipped in from 100 feet for an eagle on the last hole. He too closed with a 68, a figure which left him optimistic about the next two days. "I'm extremely happy about the way I played," he said. "If I had made a few more putts it could have been a lot bet- ter." THE GROUP of seven at even par 140 includes defending champ Hale Irwin, J.C. Snead, Lee Trevino, Stadler, and Gene Littler. Littler, 50, was an Open winner in 1961. * * * The field of 156 was sliced to 62 after yesterday's action. The final 'cut, 146, established a record low for the Open. The old mark of 147 was set in 1977. Among the casualties were Andy Bean, Johnny Miller, Larry Nelson, Jerry Pate and Gary Player. 4 SEVE BALLESTEROS strides to his car on his way to the airport after being disqualified from the U.S. Open. Ballesteros arrived late for his teeoff time and was disqualified. 4 Bailesteros SPRINGFIELD, N. J. (AP)-Seve Ballesteros, the young Spaniard who holds the British Open and Masters titles, failed to make his tee time yesterday morning and was disqualified in the United States Ope Golf Championship. He declined to talk with American reporters who tried to contact him at his hotel. He told British journalists, however, that he was "very upset" and may "never play in the U.S. Open again." His manager later issued a statement in which Ballelsteros was quoted as saying he thought his star- ting time was one hour later than it really was. "I was very hot when I heard the decision that I had been disqualified," Ballesteros said in the statement. "I didn't want to say anything I'd be sorry for. "I'm very disappointed." Ballesteros, who had shot a first-round 75 and was in danger of mising the cut when the field is trimmed to the low 60 scorers for the final two rounds, was confused; disqualified scheduled to tee off at 9:45 a.m. yesterday. When he did not appear, his partners, defending U.S. Open titleholder Hale Irwin and amateur Mark O'Meara, played away on schedule. He still had not reached the tee when they played their second shots. Under the rules of golf, the player is disqualified when his partners play their second shots on the first hole. "He came running on to the tee about 15 seconds af- ter they'd hit their second shots," said Lon Hinkle, who was in the next group off the first tee. Ballesteros said he thought his tee time was 10:45. The correct time had been published as early as last week. "I left my hotel at 9:25," Ballesteros said in his statement. "The trip took us longer than usual because of the traffic. It took about 20 minutes. I arrived three-four minutes late." It is the responsibility of the player, said Jim Hand, chairman of the United States Golf Association's Competitons Committee, to meet his tee time and to allow adequate time to meet such situations as traffic delays. "We regret being forced to take the action we did," he said. Apologetically, he said he had thought his starting time was an hour later and got hung up in traffic in his rush from his motel. Embassassed by his blunder, disappointed and-by his own admission "hot," the talented young Spaniard fled the course and sought sanctuary in his hotel, refusing to meet the press. Through an agent, he sent a statement, explaining his error. Fellow pros were astounded at his shortsighted- ness. "I always get to the course an hour before my teeoff time," said Jack Nicklaus. "Others do the same." "I haven't been late on the tee in all my 50 years," commented Arnold Palmer. 4 4