A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week

BOATING—ROBERT JAMES of Bena, Va., with his brother Dave crewing, won the Flying Dutchman class Olympic sailing trials at San Diego with a 3-1-7-4-6-3-1-DNF record for the eight-race series

BOXING—A battered JIMMY ELLIS retained his WBA heavyweight championship with a 15-round decision over unmarked Floyd Patterson, in Stockholm (page 26).

Light Heavyweight Champion BOB FOSTER failed to score a knockdown but damaged Roger Rouse with jabs and right-hands to earn a fifth-round TKO in Washington. Staggered once in the first round, Foster afterward controlled the fight. He was far ahead on points when Referee Joe Bunsa stopped it.

FOOTBALL—NFL: Quarterbacks starred as the 1968 season began on a high-scoring weekend. For WASHINGTON the man was Sonny Jurgensen, who, though still troubled by a preseason elbow operation, completed four touchdown passes in the Redskins' 38-28 defeat of Chicago—the only victory for an underdog. Don Meredith of DALLAS, another passer whose arm is feeling none too well, hit on 16 of 19 for 228 yards to blast Detroit 59-13. GREEN BAY won easily, as expected, over Philadelphia 30-13 as Bart Starr threw two touchdown passes. MINNESOTA, with the repatriated Canadian Leaguer Joe Kapp calling signals and firing, rolled over Atlanta 47-7. Fran Tarkenton and NEW YORK showed surprising ball control in the second half while handling Pittsburgh 34-20. Earl Morrall filled in nicely for the injured superstar Johnny Unitas as BALTIMORE defeated San Francisco 27-10, Morrall passing for two touchdowns. CLEVELAND'S Frank Ryan threw a touchdown pass, then the defense took over to turn back New Orleans 24-10.

AFL: HOUSTON and KANSAS CITY had a strenuous opening, each playing two games in less than a week, each winning one and losing one. K.C. took the first game 26-21 from Houston as Jan Stenerud kicked four field goals. But then NEW YORK's Joe Namath probed the weakness first uncovered by Houston's Pete Beathard—an uncertain K.C. secondary—and passed to Don Maynard for two long touchdowns as the Jets edged K.C. 20-19 in the Chiefs' second game. Houston came back from its loss to the Chiefs by defeating Miami 24-10. In that game Houston's strong defense, the key to the team's 1967 Eastern Division championship, reasserted itself and intercepted three passes, two of them in the end zone. OAKLAND'S running backs scored four touchdowns as last year's AFL champions got off to a strong start, trampling Buffalo 48-6. CINCINNATI, which in preseason games had appeared to be the best expansion team in pro football, confirmed that promise by beating Denver 24-10.

GOLF—ARNOLD PALMER had a birthday two weeks ago (his 39th) and then broke a prolonged slump by winning the $150,000 Kemper Open at Sutton, Mass. He thus became the first golfer to earn more than $1 million in prizes. In a late charge, reminiscent of his earlier days, Palmer came from three strokes back going into the final round to shoot a 67 and finish with 276, twelve strokes under par and four ahead of Bruce Crampton and Art Wall, who tied for second.

HARNESS RACING—CARDIGAN BAY, a 12-year-old New Zealand gelding trained by New Jersey's Stanley Dancer, became the first harness horse to earn $1 million by winning the $15,000 Freehold Special at Freehold, N.J., pacing the mile in 2:01, the fastest time of the meeting. Along with the $1 million, Cardigan Bay earned his retirement. He'll go first to Dancer's farm, then back to New Zealand.

Nevele Pride, with Dancer in the sulky, as usual, trotted to an easy 7�-length victory and a world record 1:59 clocking for the mile (on a ?-mile track) in the $100,000 Colonial at Liberty Bell Park, Philadelphia.

HORSE RACING—Running on grass for the first time in his career, DR. FAGER won the $100,000 United Nations Handicap by a neck over a 31-to-1 outsider, Advocator, at Atlantic City (page 70). The victory was Dr. Fager's 17th in 21 starts and increased his earnings to $965,592.

Nodouble finished 2� lengths in front of the favorite, Damascus, to win the $123,300 Michigan Mile and One-Eighth, at Livonia.