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THE SUN, Saturday, June 17, 1972 A 3 Spassky answers Fischer barbs MSBDC Mr. Spassky said at a press offered by the country that conference'here. hosts the matches is a matter of personal insecurity. "It is possible," he said. The champion made the remarks in response to persistent questioning about his reactions to Mr.

Fischer's needline of the trick on him. But this passion of Fisher's or, to be more exact, this mania has not been "I feel a little sorry for him, frankly. When a sportsman is in competition, he should think more about the contest, about more manly things." "that in the United States it is very important, the size of the By DEAN MILLS Moscow Bureau of The Sun Moscow Boris Spassky, the generally reserved and modest world chess champion, finally answered his American challenger's psychological warfare campaign yesterday with the cerebral equivalent of a right to the jaw. The American, Bobby Fischer, "seems to have acquired a sort of persecution complex," prize. Maybe this is not a pure Soviet chess establishment.

ly financial concern but a struggle for individuality." Mr. Fischer, 29, will be the "One gets the impression," Mr. Spassky said quietly, "that he thinks that Soviet chess players want to do him harm, to, as we ssy, play a mean first non-Soviet player to con I He suggested further that the well-publicized Fischer con- tend for the world title since cern for the size of the prize 1948. He and Mr. Spassky, 35, play their first game in Reykja vik, Iceland, July 2 the same day, the Russian said that his son, vasny, wm ceieDrate nis 5th birthday.

tFxv lift I The champion also revealed that he has broken with his long-time trainer, Ivan Bondar-evsky, for reasons he described only as "differences of theory and business." His new trainer and second for the match in Iceland is Yefim P. Geller, a Soviet grand .0 master who has worked with it Mr. Spassky since 1969. "A brilliant player" His comments about the state of the American's psyche aside, Mr. Spassky maintained his usual even manner yesterday in.

on the subjects of Mr. Fischer and the match. 1 ft I The challenger, he said, "is a m. it '4 '3 r.ut ft WA r- brilliant player. If he didn exist, it would be very dull in the chess world." His own mood, he told the journalists, is very good.

"I look forward to this match as to a great holiday, because it is a rare event maybe once AP in a lifetime. Maybe he will win, maybe he will lose. I think it will be a very interesting match from the viewpoint Lee Pierson pets Jethro, one of 27 wolves owned by John Harris California owner of 27 wolves says they are no threat to man of the chess art." The two men have met five times in non-championship matches. Three ended in wins for Mr. Spassky, two in draws.

Los Angeles m-A former I says the wolf is no threat to ers try to take the articles jack, Mr. Harris said. man. junkyard owner who keeps 27 timber wolves in his back yard Mr. Harris said his interest in wolves began 10 years ago The conservative game Mr.

Spassky has a reputation, among Soviet fans, for playing the conservative game preferring the draw over the uncertain chance of a brilliant win. when his wife brough one to their Northern California home for a college project. Space museum to open July 20 John Harris, 33, of Hayward, says he is trying to save wolf species from further decimation by taking two of his brood, Jethro and Clem, on national tours to convince the public that they and other wolves are not as dangerous as they look. "I am not saying that wolves are gentle as lambs," Mr. Harris said.

"I know they are not. Mr. Harris said he was jailed Mr. Fischer is known for his twice once for 10 days and the distaste for draws and his love second time for 30 days be of the daring attack a fact that has helped make him an cause he refused orders from Alameda county authorities to exciting, if irritating, phenome non for Russians. get rid of the wolves from their backyard pen.

In keeping with his custom, In the wild they live by killing Mr. Spassky refused yesterday other animals. After refusing for the third time, Mr. Harris said he won to provide any details on his "But they are not the danger to man that they have been the right to keep the wolves. training for the match, except to say that he has devoted a represented to be.

There has "It was then that I decided to tour the schools to educate the lot of attention to both physical never been a documented instance of a wolf attacking a people," he said. and chess training. clemi human on this continent, Red 11 Riding Hood to the contrary." He was in Los Angeles this Wapakoneta, Ohio M-The Neil Armstrong Air and Spa Museum will be opened informally July 20 the third anniversary of man's first landing on the moon. Formal dedication of the museum will probably be held in early fall. The $1 million facility features audiovisual presentations of the flight of the command module, Columbia, in which Commander Armstrong, Lt.

Col. Michael Collins 'and Col. Edward E. Aldren traveled to the Commander Armstrong, a Wapakoneta native, and Colonel Aldren made the historic landing in the lunar module Eagle. Video tape clips will show the flight from blast-off to the moon landing.

Admission will be charged in most cases, the money going to pay salaries of museum em week with Jethro and Clem. Mr. Harris said the wolf is being decimated by sheep and cattle interests and market hunters instead of being given its place in nature as a natural predator. He said the wolf has been reduced from 23 to 11 species in North now existing only in Alaska, Michigan, Minnesota and areas around Yel r1 lowstone National Park. Lecturing traveling "to ployees and maintenance costs The museum was financed educate tne people, Mr.

Harris appropriation keeps Jethro and Uem. on Other funds! leashes. The two wolves, he through a $500,00 from the state than 2,500 'said, have been co-operative came from more and steady, yawning and lick ing at bystanders who pat their heads and backs. foundations, corporations and individuals. Announcement of the informal opening came from the Ohio Historical Society which administers the Armstrong But Jethro has proven a bit to too playful at times.

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