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Wednesday, July 5, 1972 The Lincoln Star 37 SPORF SIGM1S (ft o)R By Hoi' Brown By MILTON RICIIMAN UPI Sports Writer Blalock, LPGA In Legal Battle Now York (UPI) "Say it ain't so, Joe." A heartbroken kid, his voice reflecting all the despair and anxiety he felt, made that plea of shoeless Joe Jackson more than a half century ago. overnors Handicap To Joey dob THIRD AK FEATURE WON i i tbimms ii 0 He made it in Chicago shortly after Jackson and seven of his White Sox teammates had beca 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 "Black Sox" scandal took place. Joe Jackson, yet he She hasn't even heard of shoeless and she have something in common. 11 I Royal Harmony in the Cornhusker a week ago while Road Man finished third.

This race was duplicated with the Handicap when Royal Harmony again finished second. D. E. Whited held Royal Harmony in about three lengths behind Joey Bob for the first three quarters and then tried to make up the difference in the turn for home. Jj But the fleet-running Joey Bob kept his lead while King Terry dropped back to third.

Jbey Bob was timed in 1:49 almost two seconds off the track record set by Zorba 2nd on July 4, 1969 of 1:47 2-5. "I understand Road Man went to rocking in the final turn," Van Berg said of the horse he expected to win. "He was running real easy up until then and I thought he would probably go all the way. To be right truthful, I didn't think anyone could go all the way with Road Man even though he doesn't like anything over a mile." It was the third victory for Van Berg this year and his third in a row. British Fleet won the Gold Cup last Saturday.

Joey Bob returned $5.00, $2.70 and $2.20 to backers in the crowd of 19,257 while Royal Harmony placed for $2.40 and $2.20. King Terry returned $2.60 for the show. The winner's share of the $54,500 purse was worth $29,975 to Van Berg and Adcock while T. S. Devereux of Lexington, picked up $10,355 on Royal Harmony.

King Terry earned $7,630 for owner Ken Opstein. Next on the list for Van Berg is the President's Cup another race on the last day. And this time he may try British Fleet. "I don't like the weight they have on him," Van Berg said seriously. "They have him (British Fleet) at 126 two pounds over Hold Your Peace.

We'll probably run him anyway though. I didn't come here to practice." That's pretty obvious. Story on another Van Berg winner, Ak-Sar-Ben entries for Wednesday, page 39. Tuesday's Results First race, purse $3,600, 4-year-olds up, claiming, 4 turlongs, 1:10 2-5. Southslde Bov (Jones) 10.40 160 3.40 Snow Heels 11.80 7.00 Georaian Gold 3.20 Also ran Ozzle Sub, Vazuero, Lvnnaii, Dunnkwton, Alex Kelly, Output, Diaaer Tux, Reapers Prince, Sir.

Second race, purs $3,100, 4-year-olds ft up, $3,500 claiming, i furlongs, 1:10 4-5. Flitter Klu (Alexander). .43.80 1J0O 8.00 Mitchell's Hope 4.30 3.40 Dazzler (Ccoffey) 7.40 Also ran Bisque, Tom Skellv, Suoer Date, Manhatten Road, King Hunza, Iwarwia, Urban Bid, Gold Buoav, TsuluM. Daily Double (4 ft 4M8.10 Third race, purse $5,000, 3-vear-olds $10,000 claiming, mil ft 70 yards, T-l Mr. Exit (Whited) 4.40 3 40 3.80 Attach Patrol 9.0 4.80 Narani (Lively) 3.00 Also ran Drlft'rna Sands, Tamrans Image.

Queen Marie, Jim's Gem. Fourth race, purse $4,200, 2-year-olds, allowance, furlongs, Pro Raia (Ecoffev) 15.60 7.00 440 Country Jean (Lively) 5.20 3.80 Saladito (Alexander) 8.40 Also ran Harksorr, Rulinfl Prince, Dr. Pantano, Dry Kina, Real Keen, Aloha Man. Lucky Cue, Lawrence OiDsev Flv. Fifth race, purs $4,500, 3 ft 4-year-olds Nebraska bred, allowance, 4 furlongs.

1:11. Rovsl Lake (Meier) ....101.00 24.20 7.00 Little L.M. (Jons) 4.20 3.00 Axilla (Livelv) 5.00 Also ran Gem's Package, Amiles Duke. Distuneful. Jov Prince, Cider Dave, Tommy Part, Roval Disguise, Honev Sunday.

Exactl (I ft $413.00 Sixth race, purs $4,500, 1-year-ofds ft up, allowance, 4 furlongs, 1:10. Paul's Domino (Leeling). 10.20 (.80 5.00 Foreian Comet (Alexander) 3.40 4.00 3.00 Mr Swinger (Fleselman) 3.20 Also ran Star Natcufiah, Nandro, Turn Tarn, Choctaw Charlie, Beau Daveile, Bio Gyro. Seventh race, purse J-year-alds ft up, mil ft 1 Joev Bob (Movers) J.00 2.70 J.20 Roval Harmonv (Whited) 2.40 2.20 King's Terry (Chandler). 2.40 Also ran Sea Phantom, Action Getter, Pollution, To The Man, Road Man.

Eighth race, purse $4,500, 3 ft 4-year-olds, allowance, mile ft 70 yards, 1 :42 Scattered Clouds (Herrera) 31.20 10.80 4.40 Sunrise Road (Powell) 5.00 3 80 Admiral Corev (Burgos) 540 Also ran Bens Whiz, Sound th Ver" AWe' Ninth race, purse $4,300, 4-year-oldj claiming, mil ft 70 yards, 1 :40 3-5. Resuello (Livelv) 11 5M JAn Real Chance (Ecoffey) 5.60 4.00 Fair Landing (Jones) 4 bo Also ran Open Leaf, Chalet G. Mendv Ladv, In Demand, I'm Jax, Beau Dooe, Chelu. Exacta (3 ft 2) ,30 Attendance 19,257 Mutual handl $1,312,455 By RANDY EICKIIOFF Star Sports Writer Omaha Jack Van Berg was a little surprised with Joey Bob's victory in the Board Of Governors' Handicap at Ak-Sar-Ben Tuesday. He thought Read Man would 'be the victor.

"To be truthful," Van Berg explained. "I rather thought that Road Man would take it all." The 4-year-old brown gelding by Rany Late out of Marie Claire ran second throughout the majority of mile and Vs race behind front-running King Terry while Leroy Moyers kept Joey Bob well behind in third place. When the field rounded the final turn and headed into the stretch, Road Man moved ahead of King Terry but then Moyers moved the Cornhusker Handicap winner around on the outside and booted home the 4-year-old brown colt by Bold Hemp out cf Madam Bob to win driving by a length. "He broke real good, Moyers said while explaining Joey 's running, "At the first turn I thought he might be too much horse for me when he tried to i the others in front. "But he held in and when I started to move him up, he ran up on the leaders real fast.

He knew he had extra weight then," he grinned. In the Cornihusker, Joey Bob had carried 115 pounds while Royal Harmony was top-weighted at 124. For the Handicap, Joey Bob was listed at 120 while Royal Harmony lost a pound and started with 123. "They say a pound is a length," Van Berg explained. "That would have put Royal Harmony right up there and made it a little tougher race." Joey Bob, owned by M.

H. Van Berg Stables Inc. and Joe Adcock, beat highly-regarded EMPTY STAGE Chess tables and chairs await players, Russia's Spassky Demands Punishmenf For American jjfc rjm mill -ify play to begin Sunday. Fred Cromer, another official cf the U.S. Chess Federation, said he dad not know the full contents of the two Soviet statements which he said were delivered in Russian and wer3 available only in "a bad translation." Spassky's note asked Fischer for an apology, according to informed chess sources, but Cramer said "I cannot see Fischer apctogizing.

"He feels foe has done nothing wrong, he feels he wasn't involved" Cramer said. Dr. Euwe said he was still optimistic that the match could get underway Thursday. TITLE MATCH POSTPONED AGAIN Jackson, who died 11 years ago, was no run-of-4he-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, S.C., 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, "Say it ain't so, Joe." "I know what I did, and in my heart I know it wasn't what they said itwas," he told me, "but bow 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 she marked her ball improperly OR 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, N.H., pro gained an injunction permitting her to keep competing on the tour, with any money she wins being held in escrow, and along with that she instituted a $5-million antitrust suit against the LPGA. Winning Suit May Not Win Kid But even should she win that suit, she doesn't necessarily win all those kids over to her, the same ones shoeless Joe Jackson was talking about. I know how much the kids mean to Jane Blalock because she told me so herself sometime before she ever became Involved in her present difficulty. She had been named rookie of the year in 1969, the most improved player on the tour in 1970 and last year she finished third on the money list only to Kathy Whitworth and Sandra Haynie.

When I asked her what gave her tthe most satisfaction of all, she never hesitated a second. "What I enjoy most," she said, "what has given me the most satisfaction, are the young children who follow me around when I play. I'm not sure 'how much longer I will play. "I may quit In a year and I may play 15 more years, but I am sure about how much the children who watch me play golf mean to me. They make me feel I'm doing the right thing with my life.

-MET HURLER LOSES NO-HITTER IN NINTH Seaver One-Hits Padres In 2-0 Win "I received a letter, for example, after playing in a tournament in Kansas City. The letter was written by a girl, I'd guess she was 12 years old, and she had watched me for 18 holes. She said she wanted to I know you didn't she said, Jane Blalock championship at back in the pack. did not win Mamaroneck Before she went out to play, she said she knew everybody was watching her because of what has happened. She was right.

Many watched her this past weekend. Many who otherwise wouldn't have. Mane Blalock says she's getting used to that, even becoming immune. Perhaps. My guess is not completely, though, because I think she runs into the same problem shoeless Joe Jackson did.

How do you explain it to the kids? (Lincoln Star sports editor Hal Brown is on vacation. His Sport Signals column will resume next week). Lombardi, spoke for Fischer said Spassky's advisers submitted two statements-one by Spassky and the other from the Soviet chess federation. "The matter is so delicate that I cWt want to reveal the contents," Marshall said. He added that the discussions "were frank and we will hopefully be able to resume them tomorrow." "We aire hopeful that we will solve the problems tomorrow so the match can be played," Marshall said.

He refused to answer questions from newsmen and hurriedly left the conference room with the Rev. Lombardi, a Catholic priest and a chess grand master. The Russians refused to comment. The postponement was the second of the 24-game series which originally was scheduled to start Sunday. It was.

first postponed until Tuesday because Fischer demanded more money. It was postponed Tuesday after Spassky said Fischer had insulted him by not showing up in time for Peterson Nabs Ace Rod Peterson recorded a hole in one ait Colonial Golf Course Tuesday afternoon on the 120-yard par-3 seventh hole. Peterson used a nine iron to register the ace witnessed by playing partner John Ayers. Lincoln Midgets Win1 Ceresco Lincoln's Class midget baseball team from Northeast defeated Ceresco here Tuesday in a special double-header, 114 and 6-4. Nastase broke early but was hauled back to 4-4.

Each time he nosed ahead1 5-4. In the first set errors by Connors put him in front, but in the second it was his passing shots. In the thu. Connors held only one service game, to 15 in the third, as Nastase pulled out every shot in the book and then some. Afterwards Nastase said: "I got a bad draw.

I was surprised to be seeded second on grass, but I guess things have worked out. All those hard matches last week have helped play me in." Despite the score, Metreveli, the first Russian ever to be seeded at Wimbledon, gave Smith a tussle. Several times he was within a point or two cf a breakthrough but nevet was able to put it away. A poor backhand return of service also cost Mm points. Afterwards Smith said: "I felt kinda sluggish the last couple of weeks, but today was definitely the best I've played since coming here.

I felt good, hit the ball solidly and was eager from the warm-up." Smith and Kodes are 3-3 this year and he doesn't agree that Kodes can't play well on grass. "He always says that, then goes out and beats everyone like he did at Forest Hills," Smith said. REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI) Russian chess champion Boris Spassky stalked out of a meeting Tuesday, charging he and the Soviet Union had been insulted by Bobby Fischer and demanded the American challenger be punished before they play for the world title. Spassky's walkout forced another postponement of the World Championship match, worth $150,000 to the winner and $100,000 to the loser, until Thursday, at least. Representatives Spassky aod Fischer met for two and one-half hours late Tuesday but failed to resolve differences.

Attorney Paul Marshall, who with the Rev. William Sports Menu Wednesday HORSE RACING Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha, 2 P.m. BASEBALL American Association: Omaha Royals at Denver; American Legion Juniors: Lincoln Gerry's vs. Lincoln 1st National, Sherman Field, 8 p.m.; American Legion Midgets: Lincoln Haas vs. Lincoln Mid-America, Sherman Field, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday HORSE RACING Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha, 4 pm. BASEBALL American Association: Wichita at Omaha Royals, Rosenblatt Stadium, 7:30 p.m.; American Legion Midgets: York at Lincoln Franklin, Sherman Field, 5:30 p.m.; American Legion Juniors: York at Lincoln Mutual, Sherman Field, 8 p.m. Friday HORSE RACING Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha, 4 p.m. BASEBALL American Association: Wichita at Omaha Royals, Rosenblatt Stadium, 7:30 p.m.; American Legion Midgets: Lincoln Gateway vs. Lincoln 'Haas, Sherman Field, 5:30 p.m.; American Legion Juniors: Lincoln NBC vs.

Lincoln Gerry's, Sherman Field, 8 p.m. TENNIS Northeast Klwani Tournament at Northeast Courts. Miss Goolagong has more natural talent although her play in this tourney has beeen somewhat erratic and she easily loses her concentration. Miss Evert, though, has a steadier game and her forte is concentration. Schooled for many years on Florida' tennis courts by her father Jimmy Evert, a tennis instructor, she never seems to lose her poise and has been the darling of the tournament.

Connors was not too disappointed by his loss. "I didn't think I'd get past the first round. To get to the quarters was quite an experience, as was playing Nastase today," ne said. He paid tribute to the Romanian who "was just more consistent. I played as well as I could and think i did myselft justice.

He played just great. If he hadn't playedi quite so well I think I could have beaten him, but he was consistent and just great. Thats all there was to it." Nastase, who has the finest touch game cf any of the survivors, showed the 19-year-old Connors that heart is not enough. He hit winners from shots the teen-ager thought would win him points, while his passing shots were straight out of the text book. In both the opening sets, SMITH LONE AMERICAN IN SEMIFINALS Connors Ousted At Wimbledon Meet "I was trying to throw Lee as good hard stuff as I could.

But he's a good hitter. He's hitting over .300 so I can't worry about that." It was the fourth one-hatter of Seaver's career. The one against the Cubs in 1969 he refers to as his "imperfect game" because Quails was Chicago's only baserunner. Pete Rose doubled home three runs in a five-run second inrncing as the Reds, first in the National League West, whipped St. Louis and snapped the Cardinals' winning string, at seven games.

John Lowenstein hammered TOILING a': H'S i i Sir i II X' r' v-'- a two-run homer' and Dick Tidrow turned in an impressive relief performance as the Indians ended an eight-game baseball losing streak by beating the Rangers. Rookie right-hander Lynn McGlotihen hurled a three-hit shutout for his first major league victory as the Red Sox clipped the Twins and stretched their winning streak to five games, their longest of the American League baseball season. The 22-year-old McGlothen, making only his third. major league apperance since being called up from the minors, out- Mets' Seaver on way dueled previously unbeaten Ray Corbin, 4-1, who allowed six hits before leaving for a pinch hitter in the eighth. Home runs by Paul Ka3anova and Mike Lum fired a four-run Atlanta explosion in the seventh inning as the Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs, 5-1, in the first game of a National League twinight daubleheader.

And Jim Barr held the Phila- delphia Phillies to three hits as he hurled the San Francisco Giants to a 2-1 National League baseball victory. to one-hitter. By Associated Press Tcm Seaver held San Diego hitless until Leron Lee's broken-bat single with one out in the ningth inning and pitched the New York Mets to a one-hit 2-0 victory over the Padres Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader. The Padres bounced back to take the nightcap 4-2 with two runs in the ninth on Derrel Thomas' two-cut tie-breaking single and a subsequent error. In other afternoon action Cincinnati tripped St.

Louis, 6-1, Cleveland blanked Texas, 2-0 and Boston shut out Minnesota, 2-0. It was the second time in his career that Seaver lost a mo-hit bid with one out in the ninth. On July 9, 1969, he retired the first 25 Chicago batters before Jimmy Quails singled to center, tine Cubs' only baserunner. This time he walked four Lee and Nate Colber with two out in the fourth and pinch hitters Larry Stahl and Garry Jestaidt with two away in the eighth. After Dave Roberts grounded to second to start the ninth, Lee poked a low fast ball softly into short center for the Padres' only hit.

Colbert then grounded into a game-endinig double play. Seaver, a hard-throwing right-hander, struck out 11 and allowed only three baseballs to be hit out of the infield other than Lee's single as he became the National League's second 11-game winner. He has lost four-times. The Mets have never had a no-hitter in their 11-year history. "It was a good pitch," said Seaver, "down and in, but it came back over the plate a little bit." "I was certainly disappointed," Seaver admitted after Lee's hit.

"No doubt about that. "But my immediate thoughts were that Nate Colbert was coming up. I wanted to win the game too much to stand there crying in my beer. "Colbert can hit one out and he gives me the most trouble on that club. "At least," Seaver philosophized, "I didn't lose the no-hitter on a mistake or a bad pitch.

grow up to be just like me. 'but you were the the U.S. Women's Open golf Sunday either. She finished Australia taking on Miss Evert of Ft. Lauderdale, Fte.

in the other. Of course, it's the match between Miss Evert and i Goolagong that will attract the most attention. Connors and Miss Evert had been trying to make it a teen-age surprise American sweep in the traditional Wimbledon tournament and they even caused quite a stir off the court when British newspapers ran a picture of them holding hands on a date. The two teen-agers insisted they were just friends and there was no romance but the fortunes of the two teen-agers have been linked throughout the tourney. Now with Connors on the sidelines, it's up to Chris to keep the teen-agers' hopes alive.

Her match with Miss Goolagong, who won the Wimbledon tourney last year at age 19, has been talked about by tennis fans for the last year. Last year Miss Evert didn't enter Wimbledon while Miss Goolagong didn't enter Forest Hills when Chris stunned the tennis world by making it to the semi-finals at age 16 before losing to Mrs. King. New this will be the first meeting for Chris and Evonne. It's generally agreed that 'v i )-; II-; -v--' f.

-i i Jr I vT" i i I i fc. i If A I 3f v) ft. WIMBTJEDON, England (UPI) Jimmy Connors, one-half of America's teenage tennis combo, was eliminated at Wimbledon Tuesday, leaving 17-year-old Chris Evert in the spotlight on center court Wednesday for her Jong-awaited showdown match with Evonne Goolagong. Top-seeded Stan Smith of Pasadena, Calif, was the only American to make it to the men's semi-finals with a 6-2, 8-6, 6-2 victory over Alex Metreveli of Russia while Connors, the 19-year-old sensation from Belleville, 111. was losing to Hie Nastase of Romania 6-4, 6-4, 6-1.

In the other two men's quarter-final maxhes, Jan Kodes of Czechoslovakia beat Onny Parun of New Zealand 6-2, 6-3, 64 and Manuel Orantes of Spain topped Colin Dibley of Australia 6-2, 6-0, 6-2. In Thursday's Semi-finals, Smith meets Kodes, the man he beat in the final at Forest Hills last year to clinch the U.S. open title, while Nastase and Oranites meet in the other. The ladies were given a day off to rest up for their semifinals Wednesday in which Billie Jean King of Long Beach, Calif, meets Rosie Casals of San Francisco in one match, with defending champion Miss Goolagong of.