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I in i wwaiwtayitwwiWWWllwt 1 Stroke, uplingjtas i rater- fl Over Ja di icldaus In British Open Open cr6wn. By RONALD THOMSON Associated Press Writer I i the Masters and U.S.. Open, the first two titles he al-l ready has won On the road to tne uraiw Mam. me Bntisn MUIRFIELD, Scotland (AP) Nicklaus, overwhelming favor- Jack Nicklaus went into to-lite to win his third British day's second round pf the Brit-jcrown, Shared place with ish Open Golf Championship in two other American players, an unusual spot. He wasn't: Frank Beard ad leading.

and two Britons, Peter Towns- Open and the American PGAldrews in 1970, also" fashioned a next month would comple'e his 71. greatest ambition. "My chances are pretty rot- "I know I can play better, ton pickin' good," said Sanders. pro Peter Tupling, and one hind Britain's Tonv Jacklin end and Craig DeFo; "My mood and attitude are i fine after first round- 'where I didn't play too well but" still managed a fair-score," In all major tournaments, lover recent montns iucKiaus But I'm happy, the 32-; year-old American- star who. neeas tne cntisn title for me third leg of an unprecedented professional golf Grand SJam.

wicwaus snoi-a said. 70 In Wednesday's first Vound! "I'm relaxed." i fher has led or shared first! with-South Africa's Gary Play-; place from the start. These in-ier, bidding for his third British! FROM THE LEE SIDE Trevino blasts out of a sand trap 4 over the Murifield course. He was two strokes behind the leader, little-known British PC 7 4ewyf0- LEADS OPEN FIELD England, waves his cap after than I did in the opening round here," JacktiidT swing isn't far 'ofrwhat t' should beIt's a matter ofj timing. Maybe I'll do a-little more practice." Defending champion Lee Tre- vino was one stroke behind with a oar 71.

alomzi Rader scored on John Edwards' won, 10-6. (AP Wirephoto) Open in Muirfield. Eneland. Wednesday. Tunlinp's s- opening round of the Biilibli Open Golf-Chantpionship-at-Muirfield Wednesday.

Trevino carded a 71. (AP. Wirephoto via cable from Muirfield) underpar 68 was good enough to lead the field at the end of the first day. (AP Wirephoto via cable from Muirfield) Doug Sanders, runner-up to Nicklaus in the champinship at Muirfield, in 1966 and St. An "I Always, enjoy coming to IScotlaad because I can relax- here slow down the pace a bit.

"Back everyone seems to be rushing everywhere. If could afford it I'd get out of this rat Nicklaus'was among the latej starters in the rst round but he was scheduled for an early star' today. double to center field. Houston Padres, who overcame a three- rurr -Montre al fir sir inning to overturn Jhe Epoj. Wood Claims Bill Peter of Yorkshire, finishing first round of the over California to a lopsided 17-3 mark.

The Yankee righthander helped himself at bat, driving urtwo runs with a single as the Yankees scored four of their runs in the second inning to teat Lloyd Allen. THE EVENING A i lit JL As Sox Nip Tribe ROCKY MOUNT, N. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 13, 1972 BETWEEN ME AND THEE Doug Rader of Houston Astros scores safely as Chicago Cubs catcher Ken Rudolph. inning Wednesday at Chicago. Major 'Pittsburgh's Dismay By KEN RAPPOPORT Associated PJress Sports Writer Wilbur Wood is going places and bis knuckleball is going someplace else.

'I don't know myself where it's going," said Chicago White Sox left-hander after winning bis 13th game Wednesday -night, a -5-4 victory -over- the Cleveland Indians. Woqd had his favorite pitch dtocing in the dark in the first inning, successfully eluding Cleveland hitters. But then the Indians its whereabouts' in the second, scoring -three runs. Wood literally held on by 'his fingertips, giving up just one run the rest of the way while his mates tallied once in the fourth ninth and once more in the on Carlos May's tie breaking single to "pull it out Standings Bench Swats runs and Norm Miller and Lee Larry Stahl and Clarence May added one apiece for theGaston elubbed homers for the and parked it over the right field wall to put the Reds ahead to stay. I Astros, overcoming homers by misses wild throw in sixth 'it sas City clobbered Baltimore 11-4 in 10 innings, the Chicago White Sox slipped past Cleve-Tand 5-4 and the New York Yankees silenced California 5-0.

Gr andm a and grandpa tweren't the onlyr people in the stands that Bench bad on his mind. Lou Fonseca, his batting instruc'or, was also on hand tr 'Mn mi. VI MMIR uui nujr vi uijr iiua-t takes. Bench 'explained. And how, pray tell, could the Cincinnati slugger, batting a solid .291 with 24 homers and 69 runs batted in both tops in the majors possibly be making mistakes? To illyWillIam and for; straight night, Jim Hfckman.

'4 In the other American League games, "the Detroit Tigers feated the Orioles in 10 innings; the Boston Red Sox trimmed the Oakland -A's 7-6; the New YorlrYankees clouted the California Angels 50 and the Minnesota. Twins ripped the Brewers 7-1. National: League-' results: -r tyt Defending champion Lee on the 14th green during the TELEGRAM League Cleveland Milwaukee 32 44 30 45-Wt .421 10 .400 12 Oakland Chicago Minnesota Kansas City California Texas 48 45 39 40 36 33 30 .015 3 ,70 3 37 .513 8 38 .513 8. 44 13 -46 418 15 Wednesday's Results 5, Cleveland 4 Kansas City 11, Baltimore 4, 10' innings "Minnesota 7, Milwaukee 1 Detroit 3, Texas 1 Boston 7, Oakland 6 New Lork 5, California 0 Thursday's Games Boston (Culp 5-7) at Minnesota (Corbin 4-2), Cleveland (Riddleberger 1-1) at Texas (Hand 6-6), Kansas City (Splittorff 9-4) at Detroit (Lolich 14-6), Only games scheduled Friday's Games Oakland at New York, 2, twi- night Chicago at Baltimore, 2, twi- night California at Milwaukee, Boston at Minnesota, Cleveland at Texas, Kansas City at Detroit, a Prt r.Rt SalenTT 16 5.762 Kinston 14 6 .700 1 Salem 11 9 .550 4 Lynchburg 9 11 .450 6 Burlington 7 10 .412 8 ROCKY MT. 2 15 .118 13 Wednesday's Results Winston-Salem at ROCKY MT.

(2), rain Burlington at Kinston (2), rain Salem 10, Lynchburg 2 Tonight's Games ROCKY MT. at Kinston Lynchburg at Burlington Salem at Winston-Salem WHA Draft CLEVELAND, Ohio AP) Chicago will have first pick today in the 12-member Worv Hockey Association's supplr mentary player draft involvin some 600 players. Following- Chicago in thf draft wiH be New England. Cleveland, New" York, Phjla delphia, Los Angeler Minnesota, Winnipeg, Albert? Quebec and The drafv ing orders will be reversed even-numbered rounds. The draft originally' 'we scheduled for Wednesday, bcJ was postponed.

to give generj managers of (be teams mov time to familiarize themselvf with the procedure. A WHA spokesman said unf now each WHA team has car 150 players on their negotaiior list. East team will now be permitted to put 50 of those play ers oij a 'freeze? list, with the others available" for drafting by other clubs. JL JL By BRUCE LOWITT Associated Press Sports Writer Grandma and grandpa were there s6little gave them something to brag about to the gang back home. Bench's grandparents, Verda and Lon Chan-ey, were in the Riverfront Stadium stands Wednesday night when Cincinnati collided with Pittsburgh in the battle of National League divisional leaders.

"Grandma a couple of home runs," Bench commented matter-bf-factly after he'd given them just that his 23rd and 24th round-trippers of the-baseball-season to power; the Reds to a 6-3 victory over the -rr In other National League games, the New York Mets shut out San Francisco Los Angeles hammered Philadelphia 9-5, St. Louis blanked Atlanta 7-0, Hduston outslugged the Chicago Cubs 10-6 and San Diego, edged Montreal 6-5. In the. American League, Minnesota mauled Milwaukee 7-1, Detroit defeated Texas 3-1, Boston beat Oakland 7-6, Kan- "Oh. we had some kind of a "i went out there today hop-signal," Bench said, "where I'd jing to rebuild myself I I -'mm I 1 f' J- 'f nnil Houston 10, Chicago New York 4, San Francisco San "Dfego 677MojitrearT; LbsAnge- les 9, Philadelphia St.

Louis 7, Atlanta 0 "and Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 3. Wednesday night's perform ance wasn't one of Wood's better ones." The White Sox southpaw lost a 3-0 lead and then a 4-3 lead when the Indians, came back to tie the game in the second and fifth innings. Rookie Tony Muser led off the Chicago ninth with a single and took second on I sacrifice biiht-'Off Hay Lamb. Tommy Hilgendorf replaced Lamb" on the mound and was greeted by MaveKinp1i to -center that a "winner out of Woodf1 The White Sox ace finished; with a nine-hitter. Rookie Bill Slayback scat- tere(Tei2ht hits while his De troit mates took advantage of Texas errors for a pair of unearned runs-ehroute to victo- Ty.

over the Rangers. It was SlaybackTTifth 'start since, moving up-from-the-mi- nor leagues on June 26. Hei Leaf sliRainedOuI Today's Baseball By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -National League East W. L. Pet.

G.B. Pittsburgh New York St. Louis Chicago Montreal Philadelphia 48 29 .623 45 33t .577 3 41,36532 7 42 38 ,525 7 34 44 .436.14 28 52 .350 2 West Cincinnati 47 31 .603 Houston 47 34 .580 1 Los Angeles 42 38 .525 6 Atlanta 37 43 .463 11 San Francisco 5V 49 .424 14 San Diego 30. 50 .375 18 Wednesday's Results New York 4, San Francisco 0 Houston 10, Chicago 6 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 3 Los Angeles 9, Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 7, Atlanta 0 "San Diego 6, Montreal 5 ThursdayV-Ganies Houston (Reuss 5-8) at Chicago (Jenkins 11-7) PiUsburgh (Blass.

10-2) at Cincinnati (Nolan 12-2), Atlanta (Reed 7-9) at St. Louis (Cleveland 10-4), Only games scheduled Friday's Games Atlanta at Chicago Houston at Pittsburgh, -Cincinnati at St. Louis, New York at San Diego, N- Montreal at Los Angeles, Philadelphia Fran- Cisco, American League East L. Pet. G.B.

Detroit Baltimore Boston -New York 43 34 41 36 37 36 37.37 .558 .421 2 .507 4 .500 4 pawns Fischer, was down to his king and five pawns, two of them loose' on the king's side. One of Spassky's pawns threatened a. Fischer pawn. In his first Spassky captured that pawn. Fischer recaptured with his king and jthe game turned into an effort, by Fischer- to push his pawns a square at a time to the last rank under the escort of his king.

After "his walkout, he made an ineffectual sidestep with his king: In ensuing play all the pawns on the king's side were lost. Fischer shifted his king in a hopeless struggle to the other side of the board, where two of awns and two of Spassky's blocked each other's passage Fischer couldn't unblock because Spassky's bishop could protect his position from long I 56th move his king ap- up. Rocky Mount's struggling Leafs felr vfcunrrto heavens last night as rain and wet grounds forced postponement of the scheduled twinbill between the Leafs and the Winston-Salem Red Sox. Rocky Mount will travel to Kinston tonight and tomorrow night-for-single-games-with Eagles before returning home maintained their 1-game lead over Houston in the West while Pittsburgh's East Division edge over the Mets was trimmed to 13, Jon Matlack regained his (rhythm wifh four-hit, nine- strikeout performance forihe Mets. "I've had trouble lately," the young left-hander said, "ive been' overstriding.

The ripper part of my body has been fight- 'ing my legs. guess was doing something right." he added. Bud Harrel- son did somettung right too, against the Giants, knocking half the Mets' runs with a two-' run triple off Sam McDowell in the second inning. and the outfield," groaned Phillies Manager Paul Owens, "they killed us." The five' Phillies pitchers gave up 18 Los Angeles hits and the outfielders, running the wrong way at inopportune times, let the baseballs fall in for extra-base hits. Wes Parker and Bill Buckner led the JDodgers' asr saultiththreehits-and two KBi apiece.

Tibson7Hyho lost his 'first five decisions of the season, reeled off his ninth straight victory with a six-hitter and chipped in with a home runrrhis third" of the year, to lead the Cardinals past Atlanta for their 17th victory in 21 games. Jim Wynn belted two home" Walltout with Fischer's second, the Rev. William Lorabardy, and. Fred Cramer of lheU.St ChesS Federation. Stein said that at one point Fischer walked in on the meeting, listened for a few minutes and -then in a few sentences in dicated he was adamant about expelling the cameras.

Then he went to bed. In agreement with Lombardy and Cramer, Stein wrote Fischer a letter at 5 o'clock this morning appealing to the challenger to accept the presence of the Cameras and go on playing. "I hope the letter will, move Stein said. Schmid said he was prepared match against Fischer. Rule 17 prohibits in the name of "the hiehest principles ofj sportsmanship" that either player or annoy -Jiis opponent." Rule 21 allows, 'he taking ot, nictures during ifie match bV official photographers as long to ly HERE'S THAT MAN AGAIN Cincinnati's perennial man on the bases Scooter Joe Morgan got a life on a throwing error by Pittsburgh second baseman Bill Mazeroski in 4th inning of game Wednesday night.

He then went to third on a bunt by Bobby Tolan and scored as John Bench hit his 23rd homer of the season. Reds won, 6-3. (AP Wirephoto) look over at Lou and he'd in- dicate to me any mistakes I was making. Yeah, he pointed out a couple of- he added but he wouldn't say what he was doing wrong. Nobody else has been able to figure that out either.

Tony Perez countered a Pitts burgh first-inning run with his 14th homer in the second. Then-, two innings later, with a runner on third. Bench leaned into Luke Walker's outside fastball for a homestand that presents enamesoHheaHans in a five-day span Burlington visits for a -doubleheader Saturday, and another twinbill on Sunday afternoon. Salem's league-leading Rebels come to town Monday to open a three-game series presence unnerved him. 1 Chief referee Lothar Schmid the decisions on all contested points in connection with the match, told Fischer during his walkout there was nothing he Film and television rights for the match have been sold to an American promoter, and Fischer and Spassky are to get a share of the proceeds," estimated at a minimum.

of $27,500 each. "It's' up to Lothar. Schmid 'whether; Bobby one of Fischer's advisers said today With a maximnm, 2nd graf Contacted at his hotel, Schmid said 'There will be a boosted his record to 2-3 anat- Fischer Threatens Opening Loss Following BY STEPHENS BROENINY REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) visible nor audible." Tne camera Fischer objected was officially sanctioned. With a maximnm, nd graf as before Bobby Fischer today- was jresumed late. Wednesday after- noon, Fischer stood up, spoke animatedly, to' chief referee Lothar Schmid of West Germa- Iny and strode to" a backstagej Schmid followed him, and Fischer said he wouldn't continue play unless a moviecamera 150 feet from the board: was shut off.

Schmid said he With a maximum of 23 room helped the Tigers jump, their East-leading margin two games over Baltimore. t- Cookie Rojas' grand slam homer highlighted a seven-run rally in the 10th inning that helped Kansas City hand Baltimore its sixth loss in the last The Royals first bfoke a 4-4 tie when Baltimore reliever Eddie Watt forced, in a-run-by hitting Lou Pinlella with the bases loaded. John Mayberry knocked in the second run of the rally with a sacrifice fly. After a walk loaded the bases again, Rojas delivered his home run. Bobby Knoop capped the rally with run-scoring hit.

Carlton Fisk drove in two runs, one with seventh-inning homer that provided the margin of victory, to give Boston Us 10th victory in 12 games. Fisk's 12th homer in the sev-enth gave the Red Sox the run they needed to withstand Duncan's two-run homer in the Oakland ninth. Mel Stottlemyre continued his couldn't order the camera re-I moved. Fischer stayed away games to be played, Robert Byrne, the second-ranking U.S. grandmaster, said Fischer's loss "isn't necessarily all that significant Either of these players can come back win." A victory yields one point, draw half a point, and after Wednesday's match Spassky.

needed 11 more points in the 24-game series to -retain his title. Fischer needs 12 points to end the 24-year Soviet monopo- and ported threatening to break off his world championship chess match with Boris Spassky unless all movie cameras are removed from the playing "It's quite serious. He may not play at all," said a member of i-. Fischer's entourage asked not to be identified. Fischer -'was scheduled to meet the world champion from the "Soviet Union later today i at 1 p.m.

EDT for the second game of 'their 24-game match The American challenger lost the first game Wednesday night. Fischer staged 30-mmute: walkout shortly after the play began Wednesday, complaining that a -movie camera 150 feet away was making him nervous. lrJ mins, theacame back resumeu After Spassky's 56th move Fischer resigned; He reached over and stoppedlthe dock after 63 minutes had elapsed, offered Spassky his hand, fold- "Bis" scorecard out. He paused once to wave to match tonight. -llf Fischerko invoke, two rules of the; jot the title.

Today be playSjed the white pieces, which gives' him the first move and a slightthe audience, which was ap-advantage. Iplauding Spassky. When th nlav rAsnmivHlrantTp Finally Snasstv's doesnt appear, he will take the consequences." r. A. member of Fischer's camp, said, the "'legal aspects are being studied." Richard Ster a lawyer for the promoter who bought" the TV and 1 1 my rights, Chester Fox, said he was up all night Wednesday, Spassky had his The first game in the match began Tuesday, and Spassky adjourned after 40 moves in bad straits.

with Fischer Fivev m''nutes after the game the mastery over; California, snut- me camera was narary yisie ting out the Angels for the thirdjin the dimness outside thelight- "straight time this year with.a'ed "players and it could seven-hitter. The victory lifted not be beard by Fischer, but career advantage' a Vies said the knowledge of Uts bishop, that controlled proached the jam on the the blackV diagonals and three'queen's side Fischer gave as the cameras 'neither i 1.