A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week

FOOTBALL—NFL: The week's big game was in the Coastal Division of the Western Conference where LOS ANGELES upset Baltimore 27-20 after a scramble in which the lead changed hands three times and the score was tied twice (page 16). ATLANTA beat San Francisco for the first time in their six meetings, 24-12, as the sharp Falcon defense surprised Quarterback John Brodie with three interceptions. At Yankee Stadium, with five minutes to go, favored Minnesota seemed to have things sewed up with a 13-point lead, but NEW YORK's Fran Tarkenton, taking advantage of a fortuitous fumble, threw touchdown passes of 16 and 10 yards to rookie End Don Herrmann for a 24-23 victory, and new Giant Head Coach Alex Webster left the field to a standing ovation. Detroit's five-point lead Over the Steelers also looked safe until, with three minutes to play, PITTSBURGH Quarterback Dick Shiner threw four passes for 49 yards to set up a six-yard score by rookie Running back Warren Bankston and a 16-13 Steeler win. Despite harassment by a St. Louis defense that threw him for losses five times, rookie DALLAS Quarterback Roger Staubach got off a 75-yard scoring pass to Lance Rentzel in the first period and scored from the three-yard line in the fourth. Another Cowboy rookie, Running Back Calvin Hill, broke the close game open in the third quarter with a 53-yard scoring pass, also to Rentzel. Mike Clark added a field goal and the Cowboys won 24-3. GREEN BAY shut out Chicago 17-0 in their 101st meeting by confining Gale Sayers to 36 yards in 10 carries, intercepting two Bear passes and blocking a last-minute field-goal attempt. Eastern Conference champion CLEVELAND lost star ground-gainer Leroy Kelly in the first quarter because of a pulled hamstring but was carried ably by rookie Ron Johnson (118 yards on 17 carries, two TDs) and Reece Morrison (48 yards on 16 carries) to a 27-20 win over Philadelphia. Three scoring passes by Sonny Jurgensen for WASHINGTON overshadowed a good New Orleans ground game and the Redskins beat the Saints 26-20.

AFL: There were surprises on the junior circuit, too. A two-point conversion attempt that failed was the difference in DENVER's (2-0) 21-19 upset of New York (1-1). Pete Liske, playing for injured Bronco Quarterback Steve Tensi, threw for two scores and Floyd Little gained 104 yards against the world champions. A 98-yard punt by Jet Steve O'Neal set a new pro distance record. Prize rookie Greg Cook of CINCINNATI (2-0), ignoring the odds, threw for three scores and ran for a fourth as the Bengals whipped favored San Diego (0-2) 34-20. Cook even scored once for the Chargers—fumbling in his own end zone while trying to pass. OAKLAND (2-0) defeated Miami (0-2) 20-17 when George Blanda kicked a 46-yard field goal with 11 seconds remaining. A fine HOUSTON (1-1) defense dumped Buffalo (0-2) Quarterback Jack Kemp six times for a loss of 59 yards and picked off three of his passes while holding O.J. Simpson to 58 yards. Pete Beathard's passing (10 completions for 140 yards and one TD) gave the Oilers their 17-3 win over the Bills. Veteran Len Dawson and Mike Garrett combined their talents for 18 points as KANSAS CITY (2-0) smashed Boston (0-2) 31-0.

GOLF—For the first time in the 42-year history of the biennial Ryder Cup series, the U.S. and GREAT BRITAIN finished in a tie (page 67). England's Tony Jacklin sank a 50-foot putt for an eagle on the 17th green and halved the final match with Jack Nicklaus.

HARNESS RACING—Billy Haughton drove LAVERNE HANOVER to victory in straight heats in the $109,731 Little Brown Jug, the country's most important pace, at the Delaware ( Ohio) County Fairgrounds (page 70).

HORSE RACING—HIGH ECHELON ($12.80), a son of Native Charger, won his first stakes race, the 6�-furlong $149,780 Futurity at Belmont Park, by a head over Tepee Rings. Favored Irish Castle, winner of the Hopeful at Saratoga a month ago was third.

MOTOR SPORTS—JACKY ICKX, a 24-year-old Belgian driving a green Brabham-Ford, not only beat out Australian teammate Jack Brabham, 43, for first place in the Canadian Grand Prix for Formula I cars but also spoiled world-champion driver Jackie Stewarts attempt to tie the record of seven Grand Prix wins in one season. On the 2.5-mile Mosport Park course in Bowmanville, Ont., Stewart led the 20-car field until the 32nd lap, when he was forced out of contention as Ickx passed him on the inside on a 140-mph gravel corner. From then on the battle was between Ickx and Brabham, and it was not decided until the last lap. Ickx finished 46.2 seconds in front.

Mario Andretti clinched the U.S. Auto Club driving championship by winning the Trenton 300 on the 1�-mile Trenton ( N.J.) Speedway. Driving his Brawner Hawk-Ford at an average of 134.81 mph for 200 laps, Andretti finished five laps, or 7� miles, ahead of runner-un Roger McCluskey in a Coyote-Ford.

TENNIS—For the first time in the last four tries the UNITED STATES successfully defended the Davis Cup as Arthur Ashe, Bob Lutz and Stan Smith took five out of five matches from Rumania in the Challenge Round at Clark Stadium in Cleveland (page 22).

TRACK & FIELD—ANATOLY BONDARCHUK of the USSR bettered the pending world hammer-throw record at the six-day European Championships in Athens with a heave of 245 feet. Leningrad University student NADEZHDA CHIZHOVA won the meet's first gold medal with a world-record shotput of 67'�" that broke the previous record by 13 inches. Two French girls, NICOLE DUCLOS and COLETTE BESSON, ran the 400 meters in 51.7. Nicole was the winner, but both surpassed the six-year-old world mark set by Shin-Guem-Dan of North Korea by .2 second.

MILEPOSTS—DROPPED: Without much ceremony, the COACHES ALL-AMERICA FOOTBALL GAME, by the Atlanta Braves and the Football Coaches Association. The ninth annual game had few big-name players and drew only 17,000 fans last July in Atlanta Stadium. "We have no plans at all at the moment," said the coaches' executive director, Bill Murray.