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10 THE DAILY TIMES Evonne To Try Experiment In Wimbledon Match Devlin Hopes Quarterfinals Set For Today History Will Repeat Itself electrified this famed old tour WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Evonne Goolagong, the nament. Both Evonne and Chris have world's top ranked women's to win one more match before CLEVELAND (AP) Can Williams: The Splinter No Longer thev can meet in a semifinal historv reDeat itself? It otten that would pack the fabled all- does, and Bruce Devlin, the tennis player, was toying wiih an experiment today as she faced the challenge of ouch American stars as Chris Evert England Club. "She'll' be tough, all right. But she's someone new to me, onetime master plumber from Australia, hopes it will in the $150,000 Cleveland Open Golf and Billie Jean King in the and that means I'll be able to Tournament. Wimbledon Championships.

In 1970 Devlin shot a 66 in the The 20-year-old defending try out my experiment, No, I won't say what it is," Miss Goolagong said. third round of the Cleveland champion from Australia Open. In the fourth round, he Miss Goolagong's game nas burned up the course with a 64 and won the championship. been erratic in her progress to wasn saying what she had mind, but she let it be known that the target was Miss Evert, the teen-age prodigy who has today's quarter-finals, ishe dropped the first set and was in Devlin shot a 66, five under par on the 6.905 yard Tan- danger of losing to Russia's glewood Country Club course, Chess Start Is Postponed REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) The International Chess Fed eration postponed the start of the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world championship series until Tuesday after Fischer failed to arrive Iceland over tne weekend. The American cham Olga Morozova in the tourtn round.

Evonne's opponent in the quarter-finals is Francoise Durr of France, who has lost only six games in three matches. Miss Evert, the 17-year-old bombshell Jrom Fort Lauderdale, stuck to her practice of declining to speculate on what might happen when she plays Miss Goolagong. In the quarter-finals, fourth-seeded Miss Evert meets unseeded Patti Hogan of La Jolla, Calif. Chris and Patti paced the U.S. Wightman Cup team to victory over Britain here last month, winning all their matches.

Three other American girls have made the quarter finals-Mrs. King of Long Beach, Nancy Gunter of San An-gelo, and Rosemary Cas pion was believed still in New York. Fischer's 24-game match with the Russian world champion was to have begun Sunday, and the president of the world fed eration. Dr. Max Luwe, an nounced if the American chal lenger failed to show up by noon Tuesday he would risk forfeiting his chance at the in Sunday's third round of the rain-delayed Cleveland Open.

If history repeats itself, insofar as Devlin is concerned, he'll have to shoot a 64 in today's final 18 holes. A 64 in itself won't guarantee first place and the big winner's check. But it would take a 65 by the third-round co-leaders, Lanny Wad-kins and Larry Hinson, to deny Devlin the championship. Hinson, who had the lead or a share of it for the first two rounds, shot a 69 Sunday and was tied at 206 with Wadkins, who carded a 67. Cesar Sanudo was next at 67-207.

Then came Devlin, who had a one-stroke lead on fellow Aussie David Graham; Wilf Homenuik, a Dutch-born Canadian national; and Brien Allin. The Monday finish was set up after rain washed out Thursday's first round. Devlin's 65 was helped by a putter given away to good customers of a Cleveland plumbing firm. "It looks bloody awful," grinned Devlin, "but I'm hitting the center of the cups with it." Devlin represents plumbing concern. "I just endorse their products," he said.

"I was putting bad and I had changed putters twice already, and this assistant general manager said, 'WTe give away putters to good customers and I'll bring you one'." Homeniuk slammed a five-iron for a hole-in-one on the 165-yard No. 3 hole. "Don't I get a car?" he asked. "Here I am hitting a hole-in-one and no one is giving away Cadillacs." title. By IRA BERKOW NEA Sports Editor NEW YORK (NEA) He admits without a struggle (the mirror has already struck the final blow) that he is no longer the Splendid Splinter.

But he emphatically (with trace of smile) pronounces that he has not changed otherwise. "Well," Ted Williams pauses, hedges, putting his stockinged feet back up on his desk in the Texas Rangers' manager's small office, "maybe a little. It was 10, maybe 15 years ago that I began to have compassion for writers. I mean, that they had a job to do, too. That they had families and had to earn a living.

"But I still got this." He picked up a copy of an American League rule book and read the part that says reporters may come into a clubhouse only with the permission of the manager. He laughed and brandished the book like a hammer. "You know, I enjoy talking to writers now. Some things do change." Don Mincher the first baseman for the Texas Rangers pokes his head in the door. "Ted, I'd like you to meet Michael.

He's one of our biggest fans," said Mincher. "Michael's had some back trouble, but he's doing fine now." Michael wore a Rangers baseball cap and a brace that could be seen reaching around his neck from under his shirt. Williams rose from his chair quickly and young Michael appeared a little tree between two tall oaks. "Good ot see you, Michael," said Williams, in that clear, strong John Wayne voice. They shook hands.

"Keep doin' fine." (To Mincher) "Get him a bat, will ya, Don? Michael oughta have a bat." One could quickly size up Williams, standing there, capless, in short sleeve sweatshirt, knickers, stockings with blue stirrups. Natural with a youngster; his eyes crinkly and his smile warm. His hair is cut short and one wonders if it isn't so to conceal the increasingly grayness, just as on even the hottest days he wears a warm up jacket to shroud his paunch. If it weren't for the massive atmosphere of the man, his neck and arms could be described as beefy. But he appears lithe because of his animated talk that combines arms waving, hands darting with descriptive groans, grunts and other sound effects.

He sat back down and began to lace on his rubber soled baseball shoes. were for a time past). "Ted," a writer asked him, "do you think you could still hit Williams, who had a life time batting average of .344, the last man to hit over. 400 (.406 in 1941), has been retired as an active player since 1960, when incredibly, at age 42, he batted .316 with 29 homers. He took the question seriously, but did not hesitate.

Fischer's representatives in Iceland requested the post ponement on the grounds that als of San rancisco. Billie Jean, three-time Wimbledon champion and seeded No. 2 this year, plays Britain's Virginia Wade, seeded seventh and Mrs. Gunter and Miss Casals are paired against each other. Two American men are in the quarter-finals top-seeded Stan Smith of Pasadena, and Jim Connors, the 19-year-old rising star from Belleville, 111.

he was unable to play because of fatigue. But it was generally assumed that the request was part of Fischer's campaign to get more money out of the Icelanders. Fischer and Spassky have agreed to split a $125,000 purse, with the winner taking five-eights, and are also to each get 30 per cent of the sale of film and television rights. But Fischer is seeking an additional 30 per cent of the gate receipts, and his representatives have been negotiating this point with sponsors of the match, the Icelandic Chess Federation. Ted Williams he said, "I can still make contact, but I've lost the power.

"I got into the batting cage only once this season. It was an off day in Baltimore. I took about 10 pitches and didn't miss a swing. But when I hit the ball nothing startling happened. "I think I can hit the ball about 350 feet now, but that's about all.

"I liked the feel In the box, the digging in. Now, though, a 33 ounce bat feels like it's got weight. Once it was like a feath-er in my hands." Williams says he does not exercise any more. "What would I be trying to prove?" he asked rhetorically. He does haphazardly try to watch his weight.

He tried a big rubber belt around his middle for awhile. But it burst in public and he had to wiggle to keep it up and he said the heck with it. "I also don't drink 12 chocolate milk shakes a day like I used to," he said. One morning not long ago, he had a scare. He had a dizzy spell.

His wife demanded he get to a doctor. After a full series of tests, he found to be in fine health. "No cholesterol," he said. "That's good. Maybe it was from drinking so much orange juice over the years.

I used to squeeze and squeeze the oranges in Florida during all those spring trainings." He patted his ample stomach. "Do I look any older than a man of 54?" he wondered aloud. SINGING FOR A BIRDIE? Larry Hinson watches ope mouthed as his 25-foot putt heads for the cup and a birdie on the third hole today in the Cleveland Open golf tournament. Hinson and Lanny Wadkins tied for the lead at seven- under-par after 54 holes. (AP Wirephoto) CONVEmtNCf Second Place Seagren Smashes Pole Vault Marie Lead Decreased BARRIE, Ont.

(AP) Moe Norman won the Barrie Invitational golf tournament Sunday after Ray Carrasco of Fountain Valley, blew a six-stroke lead on the last nine holes. "I can't believe it," said Norman, of Gilford, after his 215 for the 54-hole tourney became the winning score, worth $1,500. Corrasco missed a four- SCULI7Z SPECIAL ONLY 6 br 1,25 BEER STORES OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT Easier To Pick In Firecracker EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Bob this year. He was back in form Seagren, the 1968 Olympic gold Sunday, however, pulling ahead medalist, cracked the world of early leader Dick Burggs-pole vault record Sunday, but man, the AAU champion from the Ohio Track Club, who fin he doesn't think the new mark foot putt on the final hole and finished one stroke behind at 216.

of 18 feet 5 inches will last long. ished second 48.6. The hometown crowd was on its feet in the 3.000-meter steeplechase as Mike Manley, a 1 "Nineteen feet is near, the DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) It might be easier to pick second place in the Firecracker 400 stock car race Tuesday than to single out the winner. In 16 events on the rich Winston Cup circuit this year, ei 25-year-old Seagren said Sunday after the vault that gave 3 0-year-old Eugene school Open Friday, Saturday, Monday IViles Till 9 him the No.l spot on the United teacher, finished first in 8:29.8 States track and field team for the Olympic Games in Munich.

and Steve Savage, his Oregon Track Club teammate, took third in 8:32. Scouting Vital To Major League Club's Draft Picks Seagren turned on a crowd of 14.000 at Hayward Field as he 'AltiT 58ft ther Bobby Allison of Huey-town. or Richard Petty of Randleman, N. has been runnerup 11 times. Between them they've also won eight events.

Allison is the leading money winner of 1972 with $113,335 and Petty is his srtnr claims. "Ten or fifteen years ago. you could see 'a 15 or 16-year old boy playing with men 10 or twelve years older and you could judge him against the more experienced closest pursuer with $112,035 in the bank. Throw in the Wood brothers' m. Mercury driven early in the player.

Now they play in their season by A. J. Foyt of Houston own age groups, and it requir and more recently by David es special skill to be able to Pearson of Spartanburg, S. and you have an odds-on quin- Tennessee's Doug Brown, who fell early in the race, fought back to earn the No. 2 spot in 8:31.8.

"Frank Shorter, born in Munich, earned a trip there as America's No. 1 runner in the 10,000 meters although he "ran out of water, dehydrated and cramped up about six laps from the end." Shorter had a big lead at the time and said he "just started jogging in," finishing first in 28 minutes 35.6 seconds. While Shorter and Jeff Galloway, his Florida TC teammate were finishing one-two, Jon Anderson poured it on in the final lap to finish third. Anderson, son of Eugene Mayor Les Anderson, was clocked in 29:08.2, Galloway in 28:48.8. In the iavelin, Army's Bill Schmidt threw 270-6 with Milt Sonsky of the New York Athletic Club second at 267-11.

conquered both 95-degree heat and nervousness to snap the world mark of 18-4 1 4 he shared with Swenen's Kjel Isaksson. He said the record vault, which came on his third attempt, wasn't one of his best, but it was good enough for him to finish ahead of Steve Smith and Jan Johnson. For the first time in history, three men cleared 18 feet in the same meet. Smith, from Cal State-Long Beach, and Johnson, from Alabama, finished second and third with vaults of 18-0'. An American record fell in the 400-yard intermediate hurdles as Ralph Mann, former Brigham Young star, clipped the tape in 48.4 seconds, four-tenths of a second under the previous mark he shared.

Mann, the world's largest hurdler at 6 feet 4, 180 pounds, has been troubled by mjruies neia or first and second place would eat tomorrow morning. But now he has to think in terms of numbers, not just one or two individuals. "For example," goes on Mahoney, "going into this year's draft, we had eight prospects listed in order. We were dratt-ing lfith. Before we could make a pick, our eight men were gone.

We had to have substitutes or we are out of business." RATHER THAN curtailing the scouting program, or looking for short cuts to trim expenses. Katalinas believes it must be intensified. "Scouting has become more difficult with the demise of semi pro baseball and the reduction in minor leagues," he YACHTING SHOES read the character and adaptability of a kid. "Scouting is an individual accomplishment, and some scouts can read into a boy better than tavorues. Foyt won two races and Technology has put man on the moon, but there still is no substitute for men beating the bushes to unearth baseball talent.

In the recent free agent the 12 American League teams employed a total of 377 fulltime scouts, plus an untabulated number of "bird dogs" to scour 40 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia to select a total of 422 prospective major leaguers. And, while California alone yielded 122 of the total draftees, the unrepresented states of Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, North Dakota, Maine, Montana, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming were covered with comparative thoroughness. "YOU'VE GOT to cover every area," says Minnesota Vice President George Erophy. "You never know where you are going to find a ball play Pearson three in the Mercury Foyt was second once. Petty.

others. No machine can read anything other than what it is now in a Dodge but earlier with a Plymouth, has five firsts and three second places. Allison, consistently at the wheel of a told about a baseball player. It may be done in footbail and basketball where they are dealing with maybe 300 Individuals. But in basebal! you are taking about up to 10,000 kids." Chevrolet, has won three races, The Skippers' Choice! Cool, breathable, hand-crafted elk tanned cow hide, dries soft for comfortable flexibility, extra wear.

Built-in tn1 -Ul He has finished second eight times. Bobby Isaac of Catawba, vides dav lona A 'i' 4 comfort. "Honey Dip" CHICKEN KIT 2 pes. chicken, 1 Art starting on the pole position in a Dodge he qualified at 186.277 miles an hour, has won once and finished second twice. "One thing that happened last year isn't likely to repeat," vowed the 37-year-old former Grand National champion.

"We won't have the hood coming up on us. Harry Hyde (crew chief) has added a fourth pin." Isaac won last year's Fourth of July feature with his hood flapping under only one of its three restraining pins and threatening to flop up against his windshield on the final laps. Susie Berning Cops Ladies' Title MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) Susie Maxwell Berning, who has competed in only seven pro tournaments this season because she says her 19-month-old daughter is more fun than golf, won her second U.S. Open Championship in five years when Pam Barnett frittered away a three-stroke lead.

Mrs. Berning, a 31-year-old frosted brunetie from Incline i i O) LTATHTR OXFORD I wv I cole slaw, roll, butter jelly er, and it's no accident that our first 11 choice this year were recommended by 11 different scouts." Neil Mahoney and Ed Kat almas who direct the player procurement operations for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers respectively, strongly second Brophy's proposition. "Scouting is the life blood of the game," says Mahoney. "It's an expensive item. Some clubs have tried a central scouting system or have tried to work together in a pool of information.

Others even have tried using computers. But there is no satisfactory substiture for the first hand reports from your own men. Eddie Pettyjohn Pettyjohn Stars In Speedway Feature I He started in 21st place as a late qualifier but benefited by mechanical troubles that struck down other contenders. I Village. started the day I four strokes off the pace but i surged past Pam and three oth 34 VARIETIES OF FOOD PLATTERS DRINKS ICE CREAM BankAmericard And Master Charge Honored HI EE DELIVERY Fit EE PARKING Fettyjjnn, the super er feature with Don Twilley in his '66 Chevy right behind.

The driver, has placed in the top three for five consecutive outings at U.S. 13 Speedway er pros for a final round of 71 and the $6,000 top prize. "This golf course is so tough," she said of the par 72 Winged Foot layout, "it can grab you some time during the round. I just happened to be fortunate to hae a few more pars and birdies than anyone else." Tne birdie that counted was Since 10C8 FfiC.V DL'R HARLUISECj? ana nas oeen iirs: in r.is idii three races. The eight-cylinder white black lettered automobile handled extremely well for "THE SCOUT, in my mind has the second toughest job in baseball.

Possibly umpinrg is tougher. But when a scout recommends an individual to his club he is putting himself ripht on the line. He's s'rietlv on hU Floating Tennis Court In Rough Seas LONDON (AP) Frenchman Alain Colas was reported surging through rough seas today in his "floating tennis court." the monster trimaran Pen Duick IV, well ahead of the feet of yachts in the Trans-Atlantic single-handed race. Race headquarters here s-ud he was last reported about 220 miles in front of -his nearest known challenger, British Stell helmed by British bank man- third feature event of the night was the Powder Puff for women drivers. Nancy Maimor showed no fear as she power powdered her way to first place in front of 12 other female drivers f'l'lowing her husband's first piae example.

The fi nlindcr feature end-') wi first. Don ol and IM4 Sawvpr of Elsmcre 1 The eyht cvlInd'T fea'ure saw Pet'yjohn in first, Tony Daiey of Smyrna second, and Doug Wist of Swiioury thjri. flLfifli MlvFM the experienced driver, as he gunned his way from his see-vd start notion 'o finish -e, I): P.u.-ey -rd and Naruv cf Berlin both copped It A place cm Saturday. Richard drivsrs his new 210 modified Chevy powered his way to pie la f- s.x cjlir.d- on No. 17.

the same hole that Miss Barn tt. Mrs Berning. who had picked up Ihree strokes on Miss Barnett on the front nine, sank ia 20-foot putt for a birdie 2 to even. Pam misled an jeiht -filler lor a bofeey. on.

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