The Daily Tribune from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin • Page 17

Chess really used to be bloodthirsty YORK (AP) The insulted egos and white-knuckled; tensions before the Fischer- Spassky chess match may have seemed to be a blasting battle, but paies beside the tales of blood-thirsty games in Medi- cval Iceland. Chess boards in the 12th and 1 centuries were often the ceater of treachery, revenge, intrigue and murder, according to sagas of the time. When a certain King lost a chess game to Rognvald, he stood up in a shoved bis chessmen into a bag and smashed his opponent in face with it, leaving him a 1 bloody mess. "Take exclaimed the king. RognvaM rode off in a panic, But his brother stayed to split the king's skull open.

These stories are sagas from Willard; Fiske's ''Chess in Iceland in Icelandic Literature," pub-: lished in 1905. It is said that American! chess champion Bobby Fischer! has gotten the highest stakes in the history of chess for his ser- ies in Reykjavik with Boris Spassky, the world champion. Even though thousands of" dollars of prize money are on the line, today's championship prize is chicken feed. Rognvald played King Louis for his head. A woman was the prize in one knightly saga.

A king put up his horse, falcon and sword for a maiden and engaged in a game, winner take all. The king lost. He left the game on foot, unarmed and unloved. "Little consolation do you de- rive from the game of chess for now I own your cosuv ob- 1 jects!" said his competitor. Illinois has new racing law! SPRINGFIELD, III.

(AP) -Stockholders in horse-and har-; ness-racing enterprises will' have 10 disclose their holdings and will be prohibited under new Illinois from contrib-' 10 persons campaigning: for or holding public office. Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie; signed legislation Tuesday quiring the disclosures in an effort to prevent a recurrence of: recent scandals in connection the ownership of race-' track stock. i The law, in the form of two' companion bins passed by the 5 General Assembly during their spring session, requires desiring to conduct harness 1 racing or horse racing to file an application the Illinois' Racing Board and the secre-l tary of state's office.

The requirement applies to' anyone having five per cent more interest in the racing en-; terprise, an aide to Ogilvie said. It further requires any changes in names or addresses; of anyone holding the to be filed the secretary of state as well as any change ofi ovrnership affecting 25 per cent, or more of the controlling inter- est of any license that must be' approved by the racing board. In related action, Ogilvie signed legislation uhich trans- 1 fers to the Department of Law Enforcement the duty of pro-' viding security at race The function previously rested WHh the Illinois Racirg Board, i Meanwhile, the board, the chairmanship of Alexander' MacArthur. focused on the elimination of so-cailed perfecta ar.d tnfecta races on Illinois tracks. During hearings in the State-; house Tuesday.

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