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V-- SWf3SS ssssaaiar July 3 1 972 THE DESERT SUN B1 Seagren Sets World Pole Nursery Pirates Stopped By Steven Vault Record At Eugene Gene Lube Sports Editor Major League Standings Stevens put the Reds ahead 1-0 in the top of the first inning He singled stole second advanced to third on an error and scored on a fielder's choice In third Stevens walked stole second and scored on a pass ball Martinez went all the way for the pirates giving up three hits In the other Senior League game George Strebe and Chris Putman worked on the mound for the Dodgers who beat the Angels 6-3 Mike McCullough and Strebe collected two RBI's each as the Dodgers rallied from a 2-0 defi cit in the third to take a 4-2 lead then coast to victory In the National Little League Palm Springs Lions stayed ahead of the pack with a 3-1 win over JC Saturday night Sport Car Center got a little bit of breathing room in the American League race by beating Builder's supply while second-place Kiwanis and third-place Palm Springs Ford were losing to Rotary and Palm Springs Tramway respectively Three games are on tap in the American League tonight All leagues will enjoy the Fourth of July holiday Tuesday night American EUGENE Ore (UPI) A few years back after he cleared 17 feet in the pole vault for the first time Bob Seagren predicted 18 feet was a strong possibility And now that he has cleared 18 feet and in fact 18-5 3-4 for another world record at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials Bob says a 19-foot vault is imminent Seagren took the world record to within six inches of 19 feet under near-perfect weather conditions Sunday as America's track stars continued to shatter old standards and threaten others in a smashing prelude to the Munich Olympics later this summer Seagren and Kjell Isaksson of Sweden shared the old mark at 18-4 1-4 set on May 23 in a special head-to-head tussle at El Paso Tex Seagren said he plans to take things easy for a while and then pick up the pace again leading to the Munich Games in late August Ralph Mann the former Brigham Young star took second billing when he set an American record of 484 in winning the 400-meter hurdles Richard Bruggeman of the Ohio Track Club was second in 488 and Jim Seymour of the Southern California Striders was third in 493 to also win Olympic berths Other winners Sunday included Mike Manley of the Oregon Track Club in the 3000 meter steelpechase Frank Shorter of the Florida Track Club in the 10000 meter run (28:356) and Bill Schmidt of the Army in the Javelin (270-6) Doug Brown of Tennessee and Steve Savage of the Oregon Track Club were second and third in the steeplechase Jeff Galloway of the Florida Track Club and Jon Anderson of the League Standings Riva Ridge Flies National League East I pci gb Pittsburgh 42 25 627 New York 42 27 609 1 Chicago 37 31 544 5 St Louis 37 33 529 6 Montreal 30 39 435 13 Philadelphia 24 45 348 19 West pet gb Cincinnati 43 27 614 Houston 43 28 606 Los Angeles 38 34 514 7 Atlanta 31 38 449 11 San Francisco 30 46 395 16 San Diego 24 46 343 19 Results St Louis 7 Phila 3 Pittsburgh 7 Chicago 4 Montreal 4 New York 3 Houston 5 Atlanta 4 Cin 12 San Diego 2 San Fran 9 Los Ang 3 Today's Probable Pitchers All Times EDT New York (Seaver 10-4 and Capra 3-2) at Montreal (Morton 3-7 and McAnally 1 -10) 1:30 pm San Francisco (Carrithers 2- 730 Philadelphia (Carlton 8-6) Chicago (Hooton 6-6) at Pittsburgh (Blass 9-2) 8 pm Atlanta (Hardin 1-0) at Houston (Reuss 5-7) 8:15 pm St Louis (Wise 8-7) at Cincinnati (Gullett 3-3) 8 pm Games Los Angeles at Montreal San Diego at New York2 San Fran at Phila Chicago at Atlanta St Louis at Cincin Pitt at Houston) Games Saturday Night PS Lions 3 JCPenneysl Hathaway vs CVSLA (canc) Only games scheduled Games Tonight No games scheduled Games Tuesday Night No games scheduled Hal Stevens twirled a two-hitter and scored twice to lead the third-place Reds to a 2-1 won over the Neel's Nursery Pirates Friday night in Senior League play at Angels Stadium Steven had a no-hitter going until the bottom of the sixth inning with no ball being hit out of the infield Norman broke up the no-hitter with a single took second on a pass ball advanced to third on a fielder's choice and scored on a single by Rubin Martinez for the lone run off Stevens in the bottom of the sixth' Senior Dodgers Cubs Reds Pirates Angels Yankees Giants Mets Pirates 2 Reds 1 Dodgers 6 Angels 3 Games Tonight Angels vs Reds Giants vs Pirates fames Tuesday Night No games scheduled Dodgers SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants has regained his position as one of the most feared hitters in the National League Just ask pitcher Don Sutton of the Los Angeles Dodgers Sutton was the victim of a record-tying grand slam homer by McCovey as the Giants destroyed the Dodgers 9-3 at Candlestick Park Sunday grand slam was the 14th of his big league career tying him with Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves and the late Gil Hodges for the all-time National League lead pretty good company to be in" McCovey said knew it was gone as soon as I hit it I hit the stuffing out of it" The homer was to left field the opposite way most McCovey homers go Little Bombed By Giants rivals in the 1 1-4-mile race only two days after flying in from New York was worried all the Laurin said was his hardest race this year I didn't expect him to go to the front but always there" After a rest Riva Ridge will be pointed for weight-forage races in New York among which are the Woodward Aqueduct Man and Jockey Club Gold Cup in quest of Horse of the Year honors Riva Ridge earned $59900 for his neck victory over Bicker in the Hollywood Derby to send his earnings for 1972 to $358887 and his career earninp to $862150 making him the leading money-winner among all aetive thoroughbreds as he closed in on the million dollar milestone The winning time of 1:59 3-5 INGLEWOOD Calif (UPI) Riva Ridge has earned a rest says trainer Lucien Laurin as he prepared to fly the Kentucky Derby champion back to his home base in New York today after a quick Western invasion The Meadow Stable star was triumphant in the $109900 Hollywood Derby but Laurin and jockey Ron Turcotte agreed it was the closest and toughest victory of his career Carrying top weight of 129 pounds Riva Ridge led from start to finish but at the end he was only a neck ahead of Bicker with Turcotte whipping left-handed to hold his margin at the end The Hollywood Derby was Riva first race since his seven length victory in the Belmont Stakes and he gave away from three to 17 pounds to seven Fischer REYKJAVIK Iceland (UPI) Bobby time runs out at 8 am EDT Tuesday Fischer the 29-year-old Brooklyn chess genius must turn up in Reykjavik by then or lose the right to challenge Soviet titleholder Boris Spassky for the world championship a match that has generated wider interest than any chess game in history Fischer apparently bargaining for more money was hiding out in New York while the great debate of he show up or he?" raged The 24-game series was to have started Sunday But when Fischer show the president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Dr Max Euwe announced that he was postponing the deadline until noon Tuesday (8 am EDT) If Fischer does not appear for the Wants More Loot drawing of lots scheduled for that time he will be disqualified and lose his right to Federation some time back saying he would show up for the n9es Psyche Up Vida Blue Oregon Track Club chased Shorter across the line in the 10000 and Milt Sonsky of the New York AC and Fred Luke of the Husky Track Club finished behind Schmidt in the javelin Thus 15 more athletes won spots on the Olympic team Sunday for a total of 30 thus far On Saturday night Jay Silvester took the discus (211-2) Larry Young won the 20-kilo meter walk (1:35:564) Eddie Hart won the 100 meter dash in the world record equalling time of 99 Dave Wottle equalled the world mark of 1:443 in winning the 800 meter dash and John Craft won the triple jump with a leap of 56-2 There was only one event on program and it took up most of the day That was the first five events of the decathlon The second five events are on Tuesday's program along with the 50-kilometer walk Home was just a fifth of a second off the stakes record set by Count of Honor in 1956 carrying 117 pounds Riva Ridge was only the second horse ever to win the Hollywood Derby with 129 pounds Round Table carried that weight in 1957 By coincidence Round Table is the sire of Bicker which came closest to catching Riva Ridge Finalista which challenged most of the way and finished third is a son of Count of Honor the holder of the stakes record Riva Ridge was the second straight Hollywood Derby winner to fly out from the East for the race Last year Bold Reason came West to capture the rich race for 3-year-olds Quack which earlier in the year had been considered the top Western 3-year-old finished fourth in the Derby match Four times since then Fischer has canceled bookings on flights to Iceland The Icelandic federation which stands to lose much money if the match does not come off pleaded for Fischer Sunday and convinced Euwe to postpone the start of the match 48 hours to give Fischer a last chance I am not very said Euwe the last non-Russian to hold the world title from 1935 to 1937 He is Dutch The decision came after several rounds of closed negotiations involving Spassky Euwe the Icelandic organizers and Americans representing Fischer but not authorized by him to negotiate Hinson two birdies in his third round "I think it might have been because I was hungry even though I had a huge breakfast but no lunch" One shot off the pace at six under par 207 was Cesar Sanudo who had four birdies two on the front nine and two more on the back nine attitude is so good that my whole game has turned said Sanudo a six-year veteran from El Cajon Calif played well drove well and had only 30 putts' been putting like a demon since Lee (Trevino) gave me one of his putters at Kemper It finally helped me get over the know what I did and in my heart I know it wasn't what they said it he told me "but how do you explain that to the kids?" Jane Blalock was never accused of throwing any games What she stands accused of by other players on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour is a breach of golf rules Another way of saying that is she marked her ball improperly on the greens Still another way of saying it is she has been accused of cheating which is what the LPGA said when it disqualified her from an earlier tournament in Louisville fined her $500 and suspended her until next June 1 The Portsmouth NIL pm gained an injunction permitting her to keep competing on the $5 the all Susan Overhauls Pam American League East I pet gb Detroit 37 29 561 Baltimore 36 30 545 1 New York 31 34 477 5 Boston 30 34 469 6 Cleveland 27 39 409 10 Milwaukee 26 40 394 11 West I pet gb Oakland 44 24 647 Chicago 41 28 594 3 Minnesota 36 31 537 7 Kansas City 33 34 493 10 California 32 38 457 13 Texas 28 40 412 16 Results New York 6 Cleve 1 (1st game) New York 5 Cleve 2 (2nd game) Boston 15 Milwa 4 (1st game) Boston 3 Milwa 2 (2nd game' Minn 6 Chicago 4 (1st game) Chicago 2 Minn 1 (2nd game) Baltimore 7 Detroit 2 Texas 7 KC 5 (1st game) 10 inns KC 8 Texas 3 (2nd game) Oakland 3 Calif 1 Today's Probable Pitchers All Times EDT Oakland (Hunter 8-4) at Calif (May 2-5) 11 pm Texas (Paul 2-2) at (Drago 641) 6 pm Balt (Palmer 10-4) at Det (Timmerman 6-6) 8:15 pir Minn (Blyleven 8-9) at Boston (Siebert 7-4) 7:30 pm Tuesday's Games Texas at Cleve Minn at Boston Milwa at Calif Balt at Chi Detroit at KC New York at Oak would be nice to see the season start over so I could have some spring training" The won the game in the first inning on a triple by Joe Rudi a double by Reggie Jackson and a single by Angel Mangual Their third tally came in the third on a double by Rudi and Mike Epstein's second of three singles Wright scored the only California run He opened the third with a walk went to third on Sandy Alomar's single and came home on Andy Kosco's single The clubs wind up a three-game series tonight with Rudy May 2-5 going for the Angels against Jim Hunter 8-4 abrbH 4111 Alomar A 4111 Brrry rf 4 111 Koaro 4111 tlbvrr lb 4111 MrHulln A till Staalon rf i i Cardonas 4 I i I Kamtyrr 4111 WrtKld 4 1 1 Honan ph Kill Tdnk obrbM 4111 4 I 4111 4 111 111 4111 111! 4111 1 I 1 1 I III nin Kl MINI-1 Ml MUM-1 mH-Oakland Campon Kadi Jackm rf Hands lb Kpidmo lb Manpaal rf llmdrki rf Dnorao ('ultra lb War K-WngM I Cobfornu IH'JoriuM Cunkwoi rr I 7 I I I 7 Wnijbt I 11)117 I'H-Kumyrr WrM (llm-dnrt) TIM A114II TV Radio Tonight 6:15 pm Baseball (436) Orioles vs Detroit 8 pm Baseball (KPSI) Oakland at Angels 9 pm Boxing (5) Crawfords vs Lobato SUPPLY CO fr 'rii kvl Timr" KILL'EM DEAD with (RESIDCIAl MSCCTKKX) BILL MARIE FORD 565 WILLIAMS ROAD PALM SPRINGS Ph327-1 231 Games Friday Night Rotary 1 Kiwanis 0 Sport Car 1 0 PS Tram 1 PS FordO) Games Tonight Magruder vs PS Ford vs Kiwanis vs PS Tram on him have to be ready then" he said homer was immediately followed by another by young Dave Kingman his 18th of (he season go up there swinging and hope I get a pitch to Kingman said The Giants pounded the Dodgers for 25 runs including eight home runs in sweeping the three-game series The Giants now have won eight of their last nine games ASPHALT DRIVEWAYS SEALED 8 RECOATED QUALITY WORK LOCALLY LICENSED FwDilr Yaunatf-m Malarial Far Sala LOW PRICES call 325-8125 QEDQnSB Qgmro Gfeaauffl OH3Q 1 Elks Club 328-6531 challenge the 35-year-old Russian for the world chess title' An Icelandic friend of Fischer Freystrinn Thorber-bergsson flew to New York Sunday to try to persuade the American grand master to return with him He said he was acting as friend of Bobby Fischer" and said only know where to find him" He refused to answer other questions Fischer who has kept the Icelandic organizers nervously rushing to Keflavik international airport to meet every flight from New York for a week simply did not show up Sunday Officially there was no explanation He has not been in touch with the Icelandic Chess Federation or FIDE since he sent a cable through the US Chess said Wadkins a former US Amateur champion hit the fairway woods excellent I'm rolling the ball real well and I feel real comfortable with my putter right Wadkins who took a bogey five on the third hole rallied with six birdies over the par 71 6907 yard layout to card a 34-33 as he and Hinson were tied at seven under par 206 Hinson 27 of Douglas Ga who led the first round and was tied with Miller Barber after the second turned in another good round of 34-35-69 but he complained of feeling weak over the last eight holes which were played in the rain just ran out of energy" said Hinson who carded only thinking about hitting a homer because I had two strikes on me" McCovey said just was looking for a pitch to hit" McCovey feels a better hitter when he has two strikes Lm Mtfcl abrIM 4111 taukrl 1 1 i 1 Howutk rf 4111 Sprier 4111 HcCevey lb 4111 Kiupin 4111 Rederr 4111 GeRapber A II Kanin A 1 1 1 1 lUrtehal III HrMihnp III! 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scored his first career vic-toiy over Clyde Wright Sunday night and then continued his rivalry off the field can get psyched up for the Angels" Blue said not for him (Wright) I believe how many wins he has with the stuff he has" Staked to a two-run lead in the opening inning Blue pitched a seven-hitter as the Oakland beat the Angels and Wright 3-1 think Wright was up for the game" the 1971 American League Cy Young Award winner continued complained about eveiy pitch I guess that's because he doesn't give anyone credit for doing his There was no hint what touched off Blue who will be 23 this month and now is 2-4 after a 24-8 record a year ago Maybe it was Wright's previous success against him Wright took a 2-0 record against one win last season and one victory this year into Sunday night's game In the battle of southpaws Wright was tagged with his fourth loss against eight wins He went the distance giving up nine hits But Blue's win wasn't an artistic success He walked five and twice had to pitch out of bases-loaded jams The Angels stranded 10 men take a win any way I can get it" said baseball's most noted spring holdout guess I relaxed too much out there I had to work hard when I had men on base I MAMARONECK (UPI) Marriage and motherhood drained the golfing talents of Susan Maxwell Berning Mrs Berning one of the few married girls on the LPGA tour may have lost some of the strength she had a few years ago when she was one of the promising newcomers on the tour but she proved Sunday that she has lost none of her poise Trailing by four strokes entering the final round of the USGA Women's Open golf championship Mrs Berning posted a one-under par 71 and overhauled third day leader Pam Barnett down the stretch to win the tournament for the second time in her nine-year pro career Mrs 72-hole score was 11 over par 299 over the nigged 6266-yard Winged Foot Country Club course which was one stroke better than Miss Barnett Judy Rankin and Kathy Ahern Miss Barnett who had a three-stroke edge entering the final round had a 76 Sunday Miss Rankin posted CHAGRIN FALLS Ohio (UPI) Lanny reputation of being one of the best drivers on the PGA tour has borne itself out here as the 22-year-old rookie is tied with Larry Hinson for the 54-hole lead in the 150000 Cleveland Open golf tournament Wadkins of Richmond Va shot a four under par 67 in the third round Sunday as he missed only one fairway because of his accurate driving This was expecially important because of the pick clean and place rules under which the tournament is being played at the rain-soaked Tanglewood Country Club the place rule you don't have to worry about the How Do You Explain To Kids Gardner Reynolds Just East 67-625 Hyway 1 tour with any money she wins being held in escrow and along with that she instituted a million antitrust suit against LPGA But even should she win that suit she doesn't necessarily win those kids over to her the same ones Shoeless Joe Jackson was talking about FRONT END ALIGNMENT GABRIEL SHOCKS Lifetime Guarantee 1 By MILTON RICHMAN NEW YORK (UPI) "Say it ain't so Joe" A heart-broken kid his voice reflecting all the despair and anxiety he felt made that plea of Shoeless Joe Jackson more than a half century ago He made it in Chicago shortly after Jackson and seven of his White Sox teammates had been barred from baseball forevermore for conspiring to "throw" the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds Jane Blalock the 26-year-old women's golfer now playing under a cloud wasn't even born when the infamous Sox" scandal took place She hasn't even heard of Shoeless Joe Jackson yet he ind she have something in Jackson who died 11 years ago was no run-of-the-mill performer He was one of the best at his job So is Jane Blalock in her field To his dying day Shoeless Joe always insisted he was innocent of any real wrongdoing Jane Blalock makes that same claim and although she hasn't been charged with anywhere near as serious a transgression as Jackson was she is most disturbed by the same spectre he was until the very end Before he died in Greenville SC I spoke with Jackson who was then approaching 60 and in the course of our conversation he told me what really bothered him most was the general reaction of "the kids" Like that one who said to him it ain't so Joe" MOST CARS oo OENE MOIItl SCRVKI $4 OO OFF LUBRICATION INC WARRANTY SERVICE WITH OIL CHANGE FILTER HAND WASHED $300 (Appointment Onty) CHECK OUR GAS PRICES MON Thru FRI 694 SO PALM CANYON DR 3259956 E78xl4 NW F78xl4NW G78xl4 NW 4 $89 BRAKE t-o RELINE S4j 795 MOST CARS For 00 Plui FETT sr.