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FiTCHBtRG SENTiNEL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1964 NBA SCOREBOARD By MURRAY OLDERMAN Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Substituting for Harry Griyton 76ers Romp Over Celtics, Greer Stars By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The embarked Philiielpiui 7Sers, Hal Greer Seidiag 'the charge, overthrew Boston's regtl Celtics ltt-119 Friday in i National Basketball LOS ANGELES (NBA) Don't try to prove by Association coup. E. J. (Buzne) Bavasi that professional football has- It was Use worst drubbing for: knocked baseball out of the box as the prestige sport Zoon since the stamp Act.

The; i mpr ica in "You're talking," said the general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, champions of the baseball world, "to the wrong man. We just drew 2,600,000. We averaged more every game than we could put into old Ebbets Field." Celtics' four-game win string i vanished and their Eastern Division lead over Cincinnati dwindled to two games. The Royals whipped home- standing San Francisco 101-93' and Baltimore edged St. Louis! 1115-113 in double overtime.

Greer connected for a career- The open blinds to his left revealed the outfield of high so points and led a pair ofj Dodger Stadium a couple of tiers below, the turf patched sprees, heretofore pri-j yellow by winter. Buzzie reached into his desk. vate toe Celts, that 1 "Look," he motioned, "I got season tickets to everything. I'm very fond of football people. "We had good years when we first came out here because people knew what the Coliseum was like from going to Ram games.

And we made Rams fans because they went to see the Dodgers paly. a 19 fieW goals and added to surpass his previous single-game high of 45, counted against the same Celtics five years ago. I The Celtics were as cold as Greer was hot. They made 50 1 field goals in 132 attempts. Phil-! "In a big city with diversified interest, one sport adelphia ran off nine straight 1 International Grandmaster- Chess Ace Fischer, 20, Performs Here March 2 Robert J.

"Bobby" 20-yeir-oM mterniuavil grandmaster OB his first trtnscooti- nental tour, wifi appear the Wacbusett Chess Club headquarters at the First Parish Church hall on Monday. Much 2, at 7 p. m. 1 Fischer is the subject of a feature story in the current edition of one of the popular national magazines. This youthful chess genius, only player to sweep thej United States championship, will play simultaneously against 50 opponents and will deliver a lecture.

His appearance will be exclusive to this particular area since Fischer will perform in Rhode Island the day before coming here and in Connecticut the day following his local show coreied U. S. CiMspwosiupjhaB to play is the V. S. down, Fischer hu becose Chess Federation's Chacipian- most widely-vritien about aadjsiip Meet of 1S58, WOK be soe- eoottovemil chess personality icwded Arthur B.

Bisguier as of this generation. S. Champion, mafcjng htm the by many experts to great-'youngest player in history to est chess master of all achieve this monumental honor. Fischer gave credence to this! Winning the Lessing J. Rosen- i .11 Uawhall TWi 'BOBBY' FISCHER Will Play 50 Opponents helps the other.

The first thing when the THE MATCHMAKER quarter 65-56. In the third period the 76ers put together 12 in a row to turn; a 79-69 lead into a 91-69 rout. THE. Liston-Clay Title Fight Could Be Financial Turkey ing. A general admission fee of two dollars will be charged here and a full attendance is.

ex pected the sale of tickets will be limited. General admission and a reservation to play in the simultaneous exhibition will be five dollars. Tickets may be purchased from any Wachusett Chess Club member, by being at the organ' contention by winning all his games against the strangest U. S. masters in the 1964 U.

S. Championship. Aa incredible performance! Final score 11-0! This result electrified even the non-chess a i i throughout the entire world, and lie is being acclaimed as the world's greatest chess master. The controversy engendered by his famous "unfinished" match with Reshevsky made world-wide headlines. It actually culminated in an even score but in the two subsequent en counters with Reshevsky.

Fis cber won both games. Having learned to play chess at the age of six. Fischer gave arly evidence of amaiing tal nt, and at the age of 13 became le youngest player ever to win le National Junior Champion- hip. At the age of 14, he won 1 le U. S.

Open Championship in field of 175. This victory made ization's regular Wednesday night meeting at the church hall located at the Upper Common or by writing to Edmund N. Wheeler, 133M: Blossom street, city. Checks should be pay- A fourth quarter cold spell cost the Warriors at San Francisco as Cincinnati ran a 77-73 to 97-85 with less than two Vu em ini MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP)-existent.

There were smau wut Chamberlain, who fin- Sonny Liston growled, Cassius 1 crowds and big yawns even at ished with 40 points, was knocked off another sonnet the fighters training sessions only Warrior to connect from'and the promoters sweated to- The widespread lack of enthu-i ab e( TM ko the field the first 10 over the massive disinter-'siasm was understandable. Few': At TM? age I of the finale. es in Tuesday night's heavv- expected it to be much of a came th US. cham Oscar Robertson paced the weight championship fight at fieht plon the hlstor of chess. Royals with 32 points.

Convention Hall. Liston, a massive Negro with' Sin Ume I 16 pro en Gus Johnson tallied 11 of his' it threatens to be a financial arms like pistons and hands like jhessmanship internaUon 15 points in the two overtime turkey at the gate, saved by a country hams, has won his last 1 al tournaments and matches sessions to spark Baltimore's record closed circuit television three fights two with i oyd i His latest international triumph victory after St. Louis had ral- network of 355 locations. Patterson and one with Ger was 1962 at stockholm th bed from 12 points back to tie "We've got problems, but many's Alfred Westphal in the i nte TM na1 in regulation Ume. things pick up." said Billifirst round and all in the total 1 handy margm a amst tte lead Richie Guerin of the Hawks MacDonald, paunchy self-made of little more than six minutes i la er of worl and Barney Cable of the Bullets millionaire who put up a $625 matched free throws for a 92-92 000 guarantee for the fight be- standoff after 48 minutes.

Terry tween the bull-strong ring killer, Dischinger's three-point and the poem-spouting Clay, one of the brightest and he won 1 and Rod Thorn's charity saved the Bullets in the a most delightful characters fight- Championship at Bay City ing has produced, has shown ln a fleld of indication despite his remark- "-e same year and0m a clea toss challenger from Louisville. speed and babbling tongue (ast. With four days remaining, the minute of the first extra period, advance ticket sale has hit only which ended at 96-69. Then well below the $800,000 Johnson and Si Green collabo: MacDonald estimates he needs rated for the key points in the to break even. While Liston and Clay put on 30 points finishing touches 90 blocks for the Bullets and Green had apart in the swank Miami 23.

Bob Pettit tallied 25 to pace Beach area, ticket men at six the Hawks, who still trail San windows at Convention Hall Francisco by two games in the stood around twiddling their thumbs. Nobody was queuing up second overtime. DUchinger scored Western Division. Boston is at St. Louis, Cincin- for tickets, nati at Los Angeles and New The electric excitement that York at games.

Detroit in accompanies heavy championships was non- sweep of 8-0 in the first N.Y State Open, at Poughkeepsie A six-time winner of th hat he is likely to last any onger than his immediate predecessors. He has been lack: in his latest workouts. Liston is a 7-1 favorite and it's an even bet Clay doesn't answer the bell for the sixth. Convention Hall seats 16,000. It appears that many of thei seats will be unoccupied when Liston and Clay tap gloves at MIDDLEBURY, Vt.

Dartmouth Ski Leader wald and Frank J. Marshall Tro- ihies, he qualified to enter the ntenonal competition, which was held in 1358 in Yugoslavia. During 1959, I960 and 1961, flscher successfully defended his U. S. Championship title.

Hs chose not to enter the 1962 tournament, and Larry Evans, a 'ormer U. S. Champion won the 1962 title. In 1963, Fischer became a 5-time winner by succeeding Evans as the titleholder. There is no secret that Fischer's greatest ambition is to meet the present world champion, Tigran Petrosian, in a title match.

A substantial purse to be the prize and winner to take all! Fischer's first en- 10 p.m. EST. Dartmouth took an edge of less! doing all right at 311 top and bottom, but aren't mov-! Dur ing tickets as fast as we'd like! competition at the 33rd Middle- in the middle," said MacDon- bur winter carnival. a point over host Middle-! es College into today's skij P' ne5 Wayne Wilkinson Ihosen Tri-State Skiing Member Wayne Wilkinson, a 17- year-old Fitchburg High School junior and a son of Mr. and Mrs.

A. Warren Wilkinson of 19 Crescent Heights, has been selected to represent the Tri- State area, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, in the United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association Junior Alpine Championship, to be held at Sugarloaf Mountain, Kingfield, on Feb. 28, 29 and March 1. Wilkinson, one of 25 Class skiers out of 3000 in the USEASA membership is one of 15 boys to be selected with six girls for the Tri-state team. From the Junior Alpine competition will be chosen the Junior National squad, comprised of 10 boys and five girls, who will compete in Squaw Valley, next month.

The local youth will repre sent the of this area in the Junior Al- counter with a world champion took place in October 1962, at the Chess Olympics finals at Varna, Bulgaria. Here he played the then world champion, Botvinnik, and the encounter ended in a draw. Bobby had an easily won game, but his attention became distracted. A serious student of the techniques of past and present masters, Fischer has achieved his own special niche in the technique hall of fame, by his masterful play in all stages of the game. His famous prize-winning "Game Of The Century," at the ige of 13, in the 3rd Lessing Trophy Tournament, 1956, is included in "Bobby Fischer's Games of Chess," pub- ished by Simon and Schuster.

He also contributes to the literature of chess in articles for Chess Life, American 'Chess Quarterly, and other publications. Presently he is serving as editorial consultant to the American Chess Quarterly. Dick's Regains Lead In Biddy Dick's Service Station re- jgained sole possession of first place in the city recreation South Fitchburg Biddy Basket- sir' lbaU League by defcatin A I iGagne's Construction, 54 to 20, College Basketball Could Lose 23 Confesfs aid. He has 6000 seats in the bot- The Indians took the first three places in cross country torn category, selling for $20 Friday, erasing an early Mid apiece, and 600 at ringside, go- dlebury edge in the downhill, ing at $250 appealing to the: Dartmouth ran up a total of atus seekers. The others sell! 197 55 Points to Middlebury's $50, $100 and $150.

1196.66. The University of Ver- MacDonald and his associates mon made a strong showing in years skiing, he won the Vermont Junior Giant Slalom Championship at Mount Snow, West Dover, last Jan. 12. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Winless Tukne is on the verge of completing the most disas- Press Poll, whipped Idaho 72-46 and DePaul. No.

9, romped against American University trous season in major college 85-59. They were the only mem- basketball history. bers of the AP Top Ten to play All the Greenies from New TM WJG VJ1CC1I1CO II 111 11CYY i Lakers came out here, I gave Lou Mohs (their general Orleans have to do is to lose to; in other mark. That would be the all- time one season bust. After the Green Wave lost its tnanager) our season ticket list." The football Rams wanted to move into the Dodgers' home at Chavez Ravine because Dan Reeves, their owner, thought he could jack his season ticket sales up to 40 or 45,000 in Walter O'Malley's eyrie atop the burrowed mountain.

Before Reeves decided to stay in the Coliseum, which made its conditions more attractive because of the pressure of a possible move to Chavez Ravine, Buzzie wasn't too eager to take Reeves' money as he said: "I don't know if it's feasible to have three teams in here at the same time (the Angels of the American League are also tenants)." Even the way pro football has intruded itself into the last month of the baseball season doesn't bother Bavasi. "Look at the last three years," he reviewed. Last season the race stimulated attendance right to the end. In 1962, Maury Wills' base stealing brought out the people in every city. In 1961, it was Roger Maris and his home runs.

"So it's not true the baseball season dies after Labor Day. A guy comes out on Saturday for a pleasant afternoon with his beer and pretzels. On Sunday, he can watch pro football. It makes a nice weekend. He can even bring the little lady.

"We don't want 'em all to ourselves. Why would we announce at our games when the Ranis are playing? We just want to get people out to sporting events." Bavasi's magnanimity overlooks the way football has siphoned off some of the athletes in the last decade. "The competition," he said, "is not as keen as people like to believe. Football likes the college guy. We want the youngster as soon as he gets out of high school.

We don't want those four years wasted. "Besides, today the dollar.talks." Buzzie asked his secretary to bring in the president's report. In it, salaries of 249 major league players were averaged and came to $19,500 annually. That's still more than the average halfback makes, "Somebody said last fall that Reeves' payroll was more than mine," he continued. "Over $500,000.1 don't want to get into a debate, but my 24 men got over $500,000, and that's not including the coaches and the managers.

Or the 15 other players we carry on Option. For us, $750,000 is more like it. "Don't forget. Football can get off the nut in the exhibition season. Then 1 risk is that if you lose the first two games the season is dead." SCOREBOARD, Page 5 -7-- games Princeton Mississippi State tonight and to'overcame Yale 81-72 Wake For- Louisiana State next Friday andiest nipped Clemson 75-73 Cita- they with an 0-23 took Virginia Military 79-77, Arizona downed Wyoming 81-69 Oregon defeated Montana 97-67 and Boston College humbled 21st straight Friday night by Georgetown, D.C.

107-92 be just one point, 63-62 to Missis- hind John Austin's record 49 sippi, Homer Cooke, director the NCAA Service Bureau,) The'14-11 overtime victory of came up with the information i Midwestern, Tex. over Austin must have brought fond memo ries to the oldtimers of the era that overshadowed the victories of Arizona State over New Mexico, Oregon State over Idaho 0 the famed Buffalo Germans and Oklahoma over Missouri. 50 years ago when low scores were the rule. Midwestern lee at the half 4-1 and the regula tion game ended 8-8. The Citadel holds the current one season bust record of 0-17 in 1955, disclosed Cooke, still dusty from searching his files going back more than a quarter of a century.

The Citadel also lost 37 straight over a three-year-span in 1954, 1955 and 1956 which is the longest major losing streak in the last 20 years, said Cooke, emphasizing that this, applies only to collegiate competition. Tiilane almost spoiled all this research by holding Donnie Kessinger, the Mississippi star, a mere four points and leading until midway of the second half. Then the Rebels got five straight field goals to go ahead for good at 58-52. Oklahoma snapped its 10 game losing streak by defeating Missouri 84-82 while Arizona State continued its comeback by edging New Mexico 47-45 and tying the Lobos for the lead in the Western Athletic Conference. Oregon State, seventh-ranked nationally in The Associated Ashby Cagers In Tournament ASHBY The Ashby High School basketball team will be one of 11 teams participating in the 21st annual Tri State Smal Schools Assn.

Basketball Tour nament, which will be held a Turners Falls High School 01 March 5, 9, 11, 13 and 14. i year ago, Ashby was the conso lation winner. Competing teams are: Wil liamsburg, Charlemont, Clark School of'Northampton, Hard wick, Warren, Marlboro (N.H. Sanderson Academy of Ashfieli Thayer of Winchester (N. H.

Hinsdale (N. Barre an Ashby. The local quintet wl make Its tourney start on Marc 5th at 8 p. m. against Marlboro.

on't get anything from the tel- vision monies, which may ross as much as $4 million. Nathan Halpern, president of heatre Network Television, announced that the fight 'ould be shown at 355 locations i the United States and Cana- with a capacity of 1,103,451 eats. The bout also will be earned by satellite communi- ations to at least 11 countries verseas, which should receive ie showing within an hour of ie fight's end. College Basketball Results By THE ASSOCIATED PRES Boston Col. 107, Georgetown 92 Columbia 82, Dartmouth 67 Penn 83, Brown 63 Princeton 81, Yale 72 Cornell 73, Harvard 71 Rhode Island 102, Colby 91 Springfield 105, Colgate 88 William 84, Bates 82 Mississippi 63, tulane 62 Louisiana St.

63, Miss. St. Wake Forest 75, Clemson 73 The Citadel 77 Southwestern, Tenn. 75, 54 Southwestern La. 84, Louisina Tech 75 Livingstone 89, St.

Augustine 2 Valdosta St. 70, LaGrange 60 Rollins 96, Florida Presbyte- ian 81 Oklahoma 86, Missouri 84 DePaul 85, American Univ. 59 John Carroll 88, Wayne St. 72 'No. Illinois 95, West.

Ill, 83 Nebraska Wesleyan 87, Par sons 79 Cornell, Iowa 87, Coe 77 Bethany 80, East. Michich. 73 Abilene Christian 92, Arlington State 75 Air Force 51, Denver 44 Oregon 97, Montana 67 Oregon State 72, Idaho 46 Arizona 81, Wyoming 69 Ariz. St. U.

47, New Mexico 45 Cal Poly Pomona 89, Orange State 73 San Francisco St. 81, Cal Ag- gies 67 Colorado Mines 46, Western State 40 Northern Montana 87, Montana Mines 75 San Josb '63, Loyola Los Angeles 62 Nevada 91, Humboldt State 63 slo Bay State or Notre Dame Rev. Brother Alphonse, S. director of athletics at Notrt Dame High School, announced oday that the Crusaders' has ketball team will not compete in Bay State Interscholastic Tournament in spite of efforts to enter that play. The NDHS director statec Bay State authorities informec iim that schools west of Wor cester have been ruled Ineligible for the competition, with cer tain exceptions.

Notre Dame, therefore, wil complete its 1963-64 hoop season at next week's seventh annUa Fitchburg State College Inter scholastic Invitational tournej a play which the South Streeter were champions of the past tw campaigns. the cross-country and gained third place. St. Lawrence was fourth after the first day, Williams, fifth; New Hampshire, tot and Norwich, seventh. Dartmouth's ace Eb Williams of Rpsendale, N.Y., won the gruelling cross country event vering the 10 miles in 1 hour, minutes and one second.

Indians Dick Durrance, of spen, and Sal Hannah, ranconia, N.H., finished sec- id and third. Panther Dennis Donahue of ssex Junction, was fourth, artmouth's Brian Beattie, of yndpnville, rounded out first five. The downhill on Worth Moun- in was won by Panther John lough, New London, N.H., in 1 inute, 16.4 Roger veteran of la the Nolan School gymnasium. The win gave Dick's a season's record of eight victories and two losses, snapping a top spot deadlock with Sonny's Barber Shop, which was beaten, 67 to 48, by Rayco Motors in the other contest on last night's doubleheader program. Earl Wood, with 26 points, was leading scorer for Dick's, while Mike McCarthy caged 22.

Don Marsh was the defensive star. For Gagne's Dave Buckley had 13 and Paul Mailloux four. Ken Draleaus excelled Lunenburg Eliminated WORCESTER Lunenburg High School bowed out of the Small Schools Division of the 25th annual Clark University Basketball Tournament last night when Nipmuc Regional of defensively Mendon gained a hard fought, National Basketball Association By THE ASSOCIATED PRES EASTERN DIVISION Pet. Boston 47 17 .734 46 20 .697 2 Philadelphia 28 35 .444 18V New York 19 48 .284 Z9V WESTERN DIVISION San Francisco 38 27 .585 -St. Louis 36 29 .554 2 Los Angeles 34 32 .518 4V Baltimore Detroit 28 37 .431 10 16 47 ,254 21 Friday's Results Philadelphia 144, Boston 119 Baltimore 115, St.

Louis 11 (2 ots.) Cincinnati 101, San Franclsc 3 Today's Games Cincinnati at Los Angeles Boston at St. Louis New York at Detroit Sunday's Games Philadelphia at New York Detroit at Baltimore Los Angeles at San Francis- Monday's Games Boston at Detroit 72 to 69, victory in a semi-final tilt in the local city school's gymnasium. West Boylston posted a 67 to 55 win over Douglas in The winners led, 7-4, 22-8 and 38-13, at the conclusion of each night's other semi-final contest to earn the right to meet Nip- muc for the championship on of the first three periods. The loss was the 10th of the loop season for winless Gagne's. Roger Grpssi paced the Ray- tne cos' win with 23 points, while Steve DesJardins had 18 and Rick Rivard 16.

Steve Carter ivas the defensive standout. For Monday night at 8. Tonight at Sonny's, Al Cormier had 24 8, Millbury and.Westboro will-- clash for the Larger Schools Division crown. Lunenburg held a 18-17 advan lage at the close of the opening chapter with Nipmuc moving of each of the first three periods, uchika and Pete Ruschp, both Middlebury were second and tffird. The Middlebury women's ski 'am captured the carnival title or the second straight year ith a sweep of the slalom and iant slalom.

The Panther misses, compel- ng against seven other teams, cored 294.54 with Colby Junior ollege second and the Univer- ity of New Hampshire, third. The Panthers Lee Hall, of Concord, won both the lalom and giant slalom and ert blonde scored 200 points nd captured the skimeister itle. Marsha Fletcher, of Rutland, and Colby Junior College, vas second in the giant slalom third in the slalom. Mark Rice 10 and both Mike Guilfoil and "Butch" Gendron seven. Tom Pelletier starred on defense.

Raycos led at the conclusion ceCarpades Set br tomorrow Another in the weekly series of IceCarpades programs will ie held tomorrow at Lake Wha- om, starting at -2" p.m.- with about 30 to 35 entrants expected to participate in the automobile racing on the frozen surface. According to Relno Maki, in charge of the races, a program will be held each successive Sabbath that Ice conditions permit. ahead by a one-point margin, 34-33, at halftime. The Warriors of Mendon increased their lead to seven tallies, 49-42, at the end of the third stanza. The LHS Blue Knights rallied in the final canto and managed to tie the score with less than two minutes remaining on a three-point play by Leroy Allen.

However, the Nipmuc quintet was equal to the test and pulled ahead to win in the waning moments. John McDonnell was the high man for Nipmuc with 25 points on nine field goals and seven free throws. He was followed by Aldo Consign with 16(7-2) markers and Jim Grant with 14(7-0). Allen tossed in 11 double-deck- ers and six one-pointers to spark the losing attack with 28 points. Pete Carrier was second with 21(8-5) counters, followed by Tom Byron with 12(5-2).

14-7, 35-19 and 50-31. The Motors quintet is now 5-S on the season, whilt Sonny's is 7-3, a full game off the pace being set by Dick's. Persol Survives Knockdown, Wins NEW YORK (AP)-His youthful exuberance stood Johnny Persol in good stead in his fight with the veteran Eddie Cottop at Madison Square Garden Friday night. Knocked through the ropes for count of seven in the sixth round, the 23-year-old Yorker bounced back New and Fights Last Night By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK-Johnny Persol, 172V4, New York, outpointed Eddie Cotton, 171V4, 10. ROME, Italy--Salvatore Bur- hunt, 118, Italy, outpointed Brian Cartwrlght, US, England, 10, SAO PAULO, Brazil Panamanian featherweight Ismaell Laguna knocked out Oripes Dos) Santos; Brazil, 7.

National Hockey League By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday's Results No games played. Today's Games Chicago at Montreal, New York at Toronto. Boston at Detroit; Sunday's Games Montreal at Detroit. Toronto at New York, Boston at Chicago. Monday's Games No games scheduled.

gained a split 10-round decision in the nationally televised scrap. It was a disappointment for the 37-year-old Cotton from Seattle, the No. 1 light heavyweight contender who was making his Garden debut after 16 years as a pro. Persol, the favorite, won 5-4-1 on referee Arthur Mercante's card. Judge George Walsh had it 6-4 for Persol, while judge Bill Recht gave it to Cotton, 5-3-2, So did The Associated Press 5-4-1.

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