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Muncie Evening Press from Muncie, Indiana • Page 11

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Muncie, Indiana
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MUNCIE EVENING PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1972 PAGE ELEVEN Fischer Stays In Bed, Forfeits GET A10RE FOR your aorjEvsvoriyrj 1 LATGRArJTS I li 1 i i i i TJ I I I I i 2nd to Spassky REYKJAVIK. Iceland (VP1) -Bobby Fischer stayed in bed, ii ii i i i i iMk i so once again the world chess championship was in doubt. The 29-year-old American 1 I I I ii i I I Pi II i i i I i I i I i challenger failed to show for his second game against titleholder Boris Spassky of Russia to protest television cameras in the hall where they are playing. Referee Lothar Schmid swarded the game to spassKy, putting the Russian ahead two games to zero. Fischer challenged Schmid's ruling and the matter went to a 71 icommittee today made up of vliJuil It'i Semi-Annual Clearancs Sal ffiffr at th SQUIRE SHOP.

Stop Ji in today and taka advantage of tha great savings on HlLaiKlllllJ clothing for man and boys, all from our mm mmmm ii Xts ft 9015 mm 1 scnmid, his deputy, representatives for the two olavers and the organizers. There appeared to be little chance the committea would reverse the ruling. The big question remained one that has haunted the championship almost from the beginning: Would Fischer walk out? As Advertised on 4-PC SPANISH STYLE LIVING ROOM GROUP FISCHER HAS LOST INTEREST, PAL SAYS Icelandic grandmaster Frid- rik Olafsson, an old friend of Fischer, managed to get Into the suite of rooms where the cnanenger is staying in a downtown hotel. "He talked to me about COMPLETE anything else but the match," Olafsson aid. "He lost Interest in it six months ago." Includes: 3-cushion sofa, 2-cushion Fischer dropped the first of the possible 24 games to Spassky, who needs 12 pointsa loveseaf, club chair, and ottoman 'Balboa' country style Spanish design that looks win counts one point, draw one-half point to retain his title.

Time for. the second game so well in any Handsome, comfortable and practical upholstery just wipes clean! Kiln-dried hardwood frames; plus foam cushioning. came and went Thursday and 2805 Wpst 2805 West Jackson Fischer did not arrive. Aides said ha stayed in bed to protest HOURS: 10:00 A.M. TO 9:30 P.M., SUNDAY 1 1-6 the television cameras.

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