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The Daily Northwestern Sat, July 8, 1972 17 rewers With Th ree Homers Rough Up As Blue in Win he lasted. It was.the most runs he has allowed in a game in his major league career Blue blamed part of his ineffectiveness on a pulled muscle in his left knee which he said he suffered while trying to field a ground ball in the fourth inning. It seemed to bother him as he jogged to first base after grounding out to second base in the 'fifth inning. ward. "It wasn't my best game." Manager Dick Williams of the A's didn't feel the injury was the reason for Blue's troubles.

"He gave up three runs be fore he was hurt. He was getting the ball up and didn't have his good stuff," Williams said. Blue gave up back-to-back homers to Dave May and George Scott in the first inning and was tagged for a two-run OAKLAND (AP) What a difference a year has made for Vida Blue of the Oakland Athletics. A year ago he had won 17 games and was cheered by capacity crowds wherever he pitched. A meager gathering of 6,348 fans showed up at Oakland Coliseum Friday night and spent most of the night booing Blue who was hammered for a 9-4 defeat at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Blue gave up tight runs in the little more than six innings He gave up a single to Bob Heise, walked Rick Auerbach and had a 2-0 count on rival pitcher Ken Brett when Williams took him out of the game in the sixth inning. The Brewers were one of Blue's favorite victims last season. He shut them out twice in" beating them three times. "He must have been more effective last year," Manager Del Crandall of Milwaukee said. Brown, who was traded to Milwaukee by Oakland 10 days ago, said Blue was not throw- "My knee hurt a little but not homer by former teammate much," Blue said after- lie Brown in the sixth inning.

ing as hard as he did a year ago. "He got the ball high but didn't have much on it," Brown said. The victory went to Brett, now 5 8. but ha needed relief help from Ken Sanders who picked up his 12th save of the season. Brett has defeated the A's three times so far this year.

Oakland collected 11 hits but left eight runners on base. Dave Duncan had a home run, Bert Campaneris had three hits including two doubles and Reggie Jackson, returning to the lineup after a day of rest, collected two hits. Milwaukee Oakland ab bi ab bi Theobald 2b 2 0 10 Camonrs it i 1 I I Clark 2b 3 112 Rufli If 5 0 10 Wav cf 4 1 3 Jackson cf 1 2 1 Scott lb 4 112 Bando 3b 4 0 10 Reynolds If 3 10 0 Eostein lb 4 0 2 1 Brigqs If 10 10 Tenace rf 3 0 0 0 Brown rf 4 112 Voss rf 10 0 0 Rodriguez 4 0 0 0 Duncan 4 2 2 1 Heise 3b 4 110 Cullen 2b 3 0 0 0 Auerbach ss 2 10 0 Shamsky ph 10 0 0 Brett 2 2 10 Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0 Sanders 1 0 0 0 Blue 2 0 0 0 Locker 0 0 0 0 Cepeda Ph 10 0 0 Knowles 0 0 0 0 Garrett ph 10 0 0 Totals 34 Totals 39 4 11 4 Milwaukee 201 002 400 Oakland 110 000 110 4 Brett, Bando, Clark. DP Milwaukee 1, Oakland 1. LOB Milwaukee 2, Oakland 8.

2B Duncan, Campaneris 2, Epstein. aaMay (6) Scott (8), Brown (2), Duncan (11). SB Campaneris, Heise. SF May. Nastase Is Foe tr Smith Set for Net rmals WIMBLEDON, England, (AP) Stan Smith, the giant U.S.

Army corporal from Sea Pines, S.C., tangled today with Hie Nastase of Romania in the finals of the Wimbledon men's singles. If Nastase wins, he'll be the first Eastern European player to carry off the title. If Smith wins, it would be the first time since 1955 that Amer- ship Tennis and were unable to play here this year. Smith's confidence took something of a beating Friday when, together with his Davis Cup partner Erik Van Dillen, of San Mateo, he was easily beaten in three sets by the South African duo Fred McMillan and Bob Hewitt in the finals of the men's doubles. Today will be a test for Billie Jean King as well.

She is trying to be the first woman for five years to capture three titles partnered by Clark Graebner of New York, against Nastase and Rosemary Casals of San Francisco. The match was halted by rain with the score at 9-8 and 5-5 in favor of Nastase and Miss Casals. The other mixed doubles semifinals between Kim Warwick and Evonne Goolagong of Australia and Peter Cramer and Pam Pretorius of South Africawas postponed because of the rain. the women's singles and doubles and the mixed doubles. Billie Jean herself did it in 1967.

With the women's crown already firmly in her possession, she is in the finals of the women's doubles, paired with Betty Stove of The Netherlands, against Judy Dalton of Australia and Francoise Durr of France. And in the mixed doubles semifinals Friday night, she was trying to reach the final, ip er bb sa icans captured both singles ti Brett 5-8 Sanders Blue 2-5 Locker Knowles 7 9 4 3 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 6 a 8 6 2 3 13 110 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 '''v Ryun Gets Last Chance For Olympic Spot Today Smith Smashes One Power smashing Stan Smith of the United States meets Romania's Hie Nastase in the men's singles of the Wimbledon tennis championships today for the crown. Smith reached the finals by defeating Jan Kbdes of Czechoslovakia UPI photo Grant Kuhn tles. That year, Tony Trabert took the men's crown and Louise Brought the women's. Billie Jean King already has won the women's title for the fourth time since 1966.

She beat the defending champion Evonne Goolagong of Australia, 6-3, 6-3 in a low-key final Friday. Smith, last year's runner-up and the No. 1 seed this year, started off the gruelling tournament as hot favorite. But Nastase, primarily a clay court expert, has been playing better and better in each round, whereas Smith has been stumbling. Smith himself admitted after his four-set semifinal against Jan Kodes of Czechoslovakia that his confidence hadn't been as good as he'd wanted so far this year.

Nastase, the Romanian Army Lieutenant who delights the crowd with his artistry and speed, has been improving with every match. His semifinal against Spaniard Manuel Orantes was one of the classics of the 1972 Wimbledon a tournament spoiled from the academic tennis point of view because the top pros are under contract to World Champion Owners Greater Auth ority EUGENE, Ore. (UPI)-The hour of decision comes up for Jim Ryun tonight in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. The one-time king of the middle distance events faced the same test a week ago and failed it.

Now, it's a matter of passing or staying home while the rest of America's track and field stars go on to Munich for the Olympic games next month. Ryun breezed through the first two heats of the 800 last week but wound up fourth and out in the final as Dave Wottle came out of the pack with a killing finishing kick to not only win the event but also tie the world record. All Ryun has to do is finish in the first three to win a second straight Olympic berth. If Friday's performance was any indication, you'd have to bet Ryun, who holds the world records in the 880 yards, mile and 1,500 meters, will finish in the first three. Running easy, he let others set the pace in the 1,500 meters heat, took the lead halfway through the third lap and then blazed home in a 54.2 final lap for a 3:42.2.

Finals in the shot put, long jump and 200 meter dash also are on tonight's program, next to last in the 11-day trials. Sunday's windup show will include finals in the hammer, marathon, high jump, 110 hurdles, 400 meter dash and 5,000. When the show is over, there will be 68 certified athletes on the team which America hopes will reign supreme once again in the Olympics. The 1,500 semis wound up Friday night's show, which ended on a note of bitter disappointment for Howell Michael of the Marines and Tom Von Ruden, only a few months ago one of America's best at 800 and 1,500 meters. Michael won the final heat in the good time of 3:43.2 but officials set him down after studying films of the race for more than 40 minutes for bumping McAfee.

McAfee was declared the winner with MacDonald second and West third. "I was swinging wide to go (on the final curve) and McAfee came with me," said Michael. "We brushed elbows I can see no harm was donc.we both qualified." Von Ruden wound up fourth and out. He previously failed to qualify in the 800, so it's the end of the line for the veteran middle distance runner, who was a member of the 1968 Olympic team. Tom Hill, the only man to beat world, record holder Rod Milburn the last three years, ran a wind-aided 13.2 in a heat of the high hurdles Friday; Fred Newhouse turned in a 44.2 in the 400 dash; Randy Matson had a throw of 6914 in the shot put, Al Schterman threw the hammer 229-8 and Preston Carrington long jumped 26 in other top performances.

Kuhn added that if the owners had held a similar meeting last summer "it might have contributed to the solving of problems" which led to last spring's first major league baseball strike. Another joint meeting of the owners will ge held Aug. 8-9 in Kansas City. The owners, meeting for only an hour and a half, did not dis cuss upcoming contracts which must be negotiated. The basic agreement expires Dec.

31 and deals with contracts, reserve clause, maximum pay cuts, trades, ex-p day-night double-headers and so "on. The present owners-players contract which deals with the pension fund, the cause of the strike, expires March 31. Saintly CHICAGO (AP) Major league baseball owners Friday set the groundwork for future negotiations by modernizing their collective bargaining procedures. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, whose powers were somewhat broadened, presided at the joint meeting of owners. Also attending the session were presidents Joe Cronin of the American League and Charles Feeney of the National League and John Gaherin, the owners' negotiator.

The owners scrapped the old Player Relations Committee of 10 members and will replace it with a six-man panel to be named later and headed by the respective league presidents. Kuhn, who previously had to give notice of 20 days to call special meetings of the owners, can now call emergency meetings upon "reasonable notice." The commissioner also will co-ordinate activities of the two major leagues in respect to player relations matters. expect the new player relation setup to be more efficient and- effective," said the commissioner "and as a result of these moves I expect a more smooth collective bargaining process." Honest J. D. Roberts Halts 'Quarterback Sneak' ly after receiving two telephone calls in quick succession from a woman who said she was calling from Dallas.

The FBI was called in and agents instructed Roberts to set up a meeting with the persons trying to sell the playbook, later determined to be a version of Rams' secrets used last season. "It was really something to watch those guys work," Roberts said. "When they moved, they moved. They told me exactly what to do. All I Sweetan, 29, formerly with the Saints and the Detroit Lions and more recently with the Rams until being cut last year, remained jailed today under $25,000 bond.

Boswell, 31, Sweetan's cousin, was held in lieu of $5,000 bond. Both are from Dallas, Tex. U.S. Atty. Gerald Galling-house said a federal grand jury would begin considering the case Monday.

The story began when Roberts notified National Football League headquarters in New in the motel lounge where he was supposed to meet the man later identified as Wayne Bos-well. The fan insisted, on buying the coach round after round of drinks. "Two more Scotch and waters and that would have been it," Roberts said, explaining that Boswell was nearly two hours late for their meeting. Boswell and former pro quarterback Karl Sweetan wound up being charged by the FBI with interstate transportation of stolen property and fraud by wire. NEW ORLEANS (AP) J.

D. Roberts of the New Orleans Saints played undercover agent Friday, but says he's not ready to turn in his coaching whistle for a badge. It was serious business when the Saints' head coach, every word being monitored by nearby FBI agents, met with a man trying to sell him a Los Angeles Rams' playbook. But for Roberts it also had some elements of a cops-and-robbers comedy. For one thing, Roberts bumped into a rabid Saints fan York on Wednesday immediate-had to do was talk to the guy." Compared With Days of Old -s UV i'vy )r I i 'I i If I i Iy-f -ft Hfy 'f to tr1 I 1 A I 1 4 Fischer Is Playing for 'Peanuts By ANN HENCKEN Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) The insulted egos and white-knuckled tensions before the Fischer-Spassky chess match may seem to be a blazing battle, but pale beside the tales of blood-thirsty games in Medieval Iceland.

Chess boards in the 12th and 13th centuries were often the center of treachery, revenge, intrigue and murder, according to sagas of the time. Games were often interrupted because somebody was getting hacked to pieces. When a certain King Louis lost a chess game to Rognvald, he stood up in a fury, shoved his chessmen into a bag and smashed his opponent in the face with it, leaving him a bloody mess. "Take that" exclaimed the king. Rognvald rode off in a panic.

But his brother stayed to split the king's skull open. These stories are sagas from Willard in Reykjavik may be too bright. It may distract him. Fischer could take a lesson from King Valdemar, in the year 1157. The king concentrated so hard on his chess game that when Canute gave him a big kiss, he didn't even look up from the board.

It took a troop of enemy soldiers rushing into the room to get his attention. The king leapt up to fight. He fell with a wounded thigh. But his men covered him with their bodies for protection. They were chopped to bits, and the king escaped.

The game was never finished. Concentration could have been the downfall of Eric Plovpenning, a wise ruler, it is said. He was lured to the chess table by his blackhearted brother in the summer of 1250. The brother abused Eric as he sat playing -chess, and Eric was killed that very night. Poor King! Little did he merit so cruel a checkmate!" was the comment from Fiske.

Fiske's "Chess in Iceland and in Icelandic Literature," published in 1905. It is said that American chess champion Bobby Fischer has gotten the highest stakes in history of chess for his series beginning Tuesday in Reykjavik with Boris Spassky, the world champion. Even though thousands of dollars of prize money are on the line, today's championship prize is chicken feed. Rognvald played King Louis for his head. A woman was the prize in one knightly saga.

A king put up his horse, falcon and sword for a maiden and engaged in a game, winner take all. The king lost. He left the game on foot, unarmed and unloved. Little consolation do you derive from the game of chess for now I own your costly objects!" said his competitor. Talk about concentration.

Today, Fisher feels the glare of the elaborate chess table i Backhand by Nastase Romania's Hie Nastase brings a powerful backhand to his match against Stan Smith of the USA in today's finals for the men's singles tennis championship at Wimbledon, England. Nastase downed Spain's Manuel Orantes to meet the top-seeded for tre title. UPI photo.