A Roundup Of The Week July 12-18

BOWLING—VIRGINIA PARK of Whittier, Calif. rolled six straight strikes to beat Bev Ortner of Tucson 247-191 and win the $20,000 Metroplex Open in Dallas.

BOXING—DAVID (Poison) KOTEY of Ghana knocked out Shige Fukuyama of Japan in the third round to retain his WBC featherweight crown in Tokyo.

CHESS—HENRIQUE MECKING of Brazil (13 points), VLASTIMIL HORT of Czechoslovakia and LEV POLUGAEVSKY of the U.S.S.R. (both with 12�) were the top finishers in the Manila Interzone chess tournament, qualifying for the field of eight who will play next year for the right to challenge world champion Anatoly Karpov. U.S. contestants losing out were Lubomir Kavalek (10�) and Walter Browne (8�).

GOLF—DAVID GRAHAM of Australia shot a 12-under-par 272 to win the $300,000 Westchester Classic in Harrison, N.Y. by three strokes. Tied for second were Fuzzy Zoeller, Tom Watson and Ben Crenshaw.

Judy Rankin shot an 11-under-par 205 for a five-stroke victory in the Borden Classic at the Riviera Country Club in Columbus, Ohio. Tied for second were Hollis Stacy and Patty Bradley.

HARNESS RACING—SOOTHSAYER ($17.20), with Del Miller driving, won the $166,290 Dexter Cup at Roosevelt Raceway by 5� lengths over Nevele Thunder in 2:02[4/5].

HORSE RACING—The Sheepshead Bay Handicap at Aqueduct had enough entries to require two divisions. GLOWING TRIBUTE ($8.80) and FLEET VICTRESS ($3.60), both ridden by Patrick Day, were the winners, running the 1? miles in 1:49[1/5] and 1:49 respectively (page 50).

MOTOR SPORTS—JAMES HUNT, driving a McLaren, survived a multi-car crash at the start and became the first Englishman in 18 years to win the British Grand Prix, covering the 76-lap race in 1:03:27.61 at an average speed of 115.19 mph and defeating world champion Niki Lauda by 52 seconds.

OLYMPIC GAMES—The Games of the XXI Olympiad were opened by Queen Elizabeth of England. At the end of the first day of competition, teams from 25 countries had withdrawn (page 14).

BASKETBALL: Adrian Dantley's 22 points, Mitch Kupchak's 19 and Scott May's 16 led a balanced attack that gave the U.S. a first-round 106-86 win over Italy.