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22 The Windsor Star. Friday, June 30. 1972 Jack egain two-game lead over Birds Dulmage Sox ninth 1 igers Sports Editor big the Tigers home to begin a four-game series with Chess goes other i cay in the ninth the last four on Bill Freehan's grand slam homer into the screen atop that ever-present wall and beat the Red Sox 8-4. That increased Detroit's lead in baseball's American League East to two games over Baltimore, who lost to the Yankees 4-3, and sent the The last time he saw it was Thursday night as manager of Detroit Tigers and his ardor hadn't cooled one bit. "Anything can happen in this ballpark and usually does," Martin said after the Tigers, blanked for eight innings by rookie Lynn McGlothen, scored eight runs By HERSCHEL NISSENSON AP Sports Writer The first time Billy Martin saw the friendly left field wall at Boston's Fenway Park he dented it with a run-scoring double as a brash young rookie with New York Yankees in 1950.

Orioles. Elsewhere, Chicago White Sox and Oakland split a doubleheader, the Sox winning the opener 4-0 and the Athletics the nightcap 3-1, Kansas City Royals took two from Minnesota Twins, 5-3 and BILL FREEHAN puts cap on it Briles for starter life the ninth inning defeated the Dodgers to move within a half-game of first place Cincinnati. Errors by Bobby Valentine and Steve Garvey opened the gates and the Astros capitalized on the timely hitting of Bob Watson. After one run scored on Garvey's error, his second of the game, Watson drilled a game-winning two-run single. Tommy Helms, Cesar Cedeno, Jim Lefebvre and Garvey all homered earlier in the game.

Cincinnati lost ground when rookie Jim Barr, making only his second major league start, stopped the Reds on eight hits. The 24-year-old righthander allowed homers by Johnny Bench (20) and Tony Perez (12) as he won his first game of the season. Chris Speier drove in the winning run with a seventh-inning single. Dave Roberts, the No. 1 selection in the summer baseball draft, had four hits, including his first major league homer, to lead the Padres over the Braves.

Roberts, who earlier this year was playing for the University of Oregon, rapped out a pair of singles, and a double besides his solo homer in the fourth inning. Hank Aaron homered for Atlanta, his 10th of the year and 654th lifetime. tent Buc bats. Richie Hebner belted a three-run homer, Bob Robertson and Gene Alley each knocked in two runs, and Manny Sanguillen went four-for-four to raise his season average to .336, as the Pirates snapped a three-game losing streak. Ernie McAnally took the brunt of the Pittsburgh assault, giving up eight hits and six runs in 3 1-3 innings.

He suffered his 10th defeat of the year against one victory. The Mets dropped a full game behind Pittsburgh in the East as Steve Carlton pitched a seven-hitter and drove in the decisive runs with a fifth-inning single. Carlton, who struck out 13 Mets to raise his major league-leading total to 159, broke an 0-18 batting slump with a two-run single to cap the Phils' four-run fifth. The lanky left-hander received a lot of support as the Phils banged out 17 hits, three each by Greg Luzinski and Larry Bow a. Luzinski also drove in three runs.

A throwing error by third baseman Ron Santo allowed Joe Torre to score the winning run from second base in the sixth inning as the Cardinals defeated the Cubs. The race in the NL West tightened as the Astros, with the aid of three unearned runs in By GREG GALLO UPI Sports Writer Nelson Briles talks like a man who's been let out of prison. Briles, given a pardon from the bullpen this season by new Pittsburgh manager BUI Virdon, is making a new life for himself as a starter. The veteran righthander won his third straight start Thursday night as he pitched a three-hit shutout to lead the Pirates to a 9-0 victory over the Montreal Expos. The opposition has scored only one earned run against Briles in his last 26 innings.

"I don't want to ever see that place (the bullpen) again," said Briles, a former 19-game winner with the St. Louis Cardinals back in 1967. "I figure I can do the job as a starter with regular work." In other National League games Philadelphia defeated New York, 9-4. St. Louis beat Chicago, 4-2, Houston rallied to down Los Angeles, 8-6, San Francisco stopped Cincinnati, 3-2, and San Diego defeated Atlanta, 8-6.

Briles, relying almost exclusively on his slider and palmball, baffled all but one ExpoBoots Day who collected all three hits. He had plenty of hitting support from the po- T1 IN GOLF SOME PLAYERS do better at match, rather than stroke play. However, almost all prominent competition today is conducted at stroke play which has two main features it rewards consistency and hurts the hot and cold competitor, and it keeps the field and more major names around longer. Chess has gone the other way, in part at least because Bobby Fischer demanded it. And this is the principal reason Fischer, the 29-year-old American, is favored in many circles to dethrone Russia's Boris Spassky in a 24-game match starting Sunday at Reykjavik, Iceland.

Fischer, conceded by his peers the most exciting chess player in the world, decreed several years ago he would never again compete in tournament play against force of Russian numbers. He argued, and so did others, that no single Westerner could hope to win the world championship because the Russians were able to exert so much massive candidacy. It is a simple fact that Russia mass produces more chess masters than any other country or even any group of nations. For that reason they have owned the world title for 45 years, a crushing domination broken only for three years in the middle thirties when Dr. Max Euew, a Hollander and now head of FIDE, the ruling body, intervened between tenures of the first of great modern Russian champions, Alexander Alekhine.

FISCHER HAS LONG considered himself the best chess player in the world. It enraged and frustrated him that his ambitions for world supremacy were stymied by the FIDE system of round-robin competition which served to perpetuate Russian dominance. He called it a Communist plot hatched in Moscow. FIDE has finally capitulated to his pleas. It allowed him to challenge through match play.

Head to head, he knocked off six major qualifiers in a devastating display of mastery. HIS FINAL OBSTACLE to getting to Spassky was Tigran Petrosian, a Russian and world champion from 1963 to 1967. He blew Petrosian off the boards last fall at Buenos Aires without difficulty. So now it is not Russia versus Fischer, but Spassky versus Fischer. The odds have swung to Fischer, a brilliant player at the height of his powers.

Spassky is 35, and in five games against Fischer has won three and drawn two. But, chess experts don't take much stock in that. In head-to-head play, Fischer is rated unbeatable by more disciples than himself. Fischer can become the first official American world champion. The strongest American of the past was Paul Morphy who performed in the 19th century.

Morphy was unofficial world champion of his time. He quit serious chess before he was 25. The first world champion, so recognized, was William Steinitz of Vienna. Steinitz ruled for 27 years through 1893. He died in poverty, insane, on Ward's Island in 1900, having moved from Europe to the United States while still champion.

A GERMAN, DR. EMANUEL LASKER defeated Steinitz and held the crown for another 27 years. A Cuban, the all-time great Jose Capablanca succeeded Lasker. After that it was the Russians from Alekhine to Spassky with Mikhail Botvinnik, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal and Petrosian in between. Nerves will play a major role in the matches at Reykjavik.

They will play three games a week, using three other days in the week for adjourned games. The rules call for 40 moves in two and a half hours, 16 moves per hour in adjourned play. The clock is a merciless taskmaster in match chess. The unsure player often blunders against time, and if the blunder doesn't get him, the clock does by way of forfeit. MASTER CHESS PLAYERS are notorious for the size of their egos, also for the depth of their apprehension.

The classic story on self-confidence concerns the Russian master, Efim Bogolyubov. When an admirer asked him whether he preferred the white or black pieces, he answered, "I octors defies Shirley Englehorn the auto accident eventually led to her current problem. Still, the latest comeback is her most remarkable since she defied medical logic. "He (my doctor) told me I'd never play competitive golf again, and I hope he's smiling," Shirley said Thursday after being the only woman among 150 entrants to match par over the rough W7inged Foot layout. Shirley's fine round gives her a one-stroke lead over Pam Barnett and Betsy Cul-len and a two-stroke ad- in an even par 72 Thursday to grab the first round lead.

It was her first apperance on the tour in 12 months, but those who know Shirley couldn't have been too surprised. Remarkable comebacks are no stranger to the 31-year-old veteran pro. She had to overcome a serious spinal injury in 1960 when she fell from a horse and she bounced back again in 1965 after injuring her ankle severely in an auto accident to win the Ben Hogan Award for comeback of the year. The injury sustained in ising career on the LPGA circuit. As early as three months ago, in fact, her doctor told her that she would never again play on the LPGA tour.

But either he didn't have any faith in his own work or he didn't know Shirley. When the opportunity arose for her to participate in the USGA Women's Open championship at Winged Foot Country Club this week, Shirley jumped at the chance and astonished everyone, including herself, by turning A ARONECK, N.Y. (UPI) Shirley Englehorn is having a little laugh today on a doctor in Caldwell, Idaho, who told her she would never play competitive golf again. Miss Englehorn, whose career as a pro golfer has been hampered by injuries, underwent serious surgery on her left ankle last July as her hometown doctor performed a bone fusion to repair damage caused by cartilage deterioration. The operation threatened to halt her prom vantage over Kathy Ahern, Kathy Cornelius, Marbo Sasaki and Gloria Ehret entering to-day's second round.

The course, described by many of the touring pros as the best the Open has ever been held on, took its toll on many of the big names. Mickey Wright, a four-time winner of the Women's Open, struggled to a 77, controversial Janie Blalock, the tourney's leading money winner, had a 78 and both Kathy Whitworth and Carol Mann could do no better than 79. Miss Blalock, whose ruh-in with the LPGA has created nationwide controversy, admitted that the pressure of the last few weeks had finally caught up with her. "I'm a little more tense than I would like to be," said Miss Blalock, who Wednesday received a permanent injunction from an Atlanta judge that will prohibit the LPGA from suspending her for "unethical conduct." 12-4, Milwaukee Brewers shaded Cleveland Indians 3-1 and California Angels drubbed Texas Rangers 12-4. Freehan started Detroit's big inning by reaching first base on an error by Boston second baseman Doug Griffin and scored on Paul Jata's single.

The big catcher completed the rout, drilling Bill Lee's first pitch on Freehan's second trip in the inning for his fourth home run of the season and third career grand slam. The Yankees ended the eight-game winning streak of Baltimore's Jim Palmer and beat him for the first time since Sept. 26, 1969. They chased him with three runs in the second inning on Ron Blomberg's homer and RBI singles by Jerry Kenney and winning pitcher Mel Stot-tlemyre and scored what proved to be the winning run off Dave Leonhard in the third on Bobby Murcer's triple and Roy White's single. Oakland maintained its five-game lead over Chicago in the West by splitting a twin bill.

Mike Epstein's two-run eighth-inning homer was the key blow in the nightcap after Dick Allen socked a two-run homer for the White Sox in the opener to support Wilbur Wood's 12th pitching victory. John Mayberry and Ed Kirkpatrick provided some lusty hitting in Kansas City's sweep of Minnesota. Mayberry, batting .538 with five home runs and 19 RBI over the last 11 games, drove in five runs for the night, one coming on his ninth homer of the season that opened the second-game scoring. Kirkpatrick, who had a two-run double in the first game, followed with a homer of his own. The Brewers scored three unearned runs in the first inning and Earl Stephenson, with help from Frank Linzy, made them stand up to give the team a six-game winning streak, longest since the franchise was founded in Seattle in 1969.

Rookie catcher Art Kusnyer drove in five runs with a triple and double and Vada Pinson slammed a three-run homer as California routed Texas. Pinson's fifth homer and Kusnyer's two-run triple highlighted a six-run third inning. Investigate baching of Vegas card LOS ANGELES (AP) An investigation into the financial backing of the Las Vegas, boxing card which drew an estimated $2 million or more has been opened by the federal government, it was learned Thursday. An official of the justice department's organized crime unit in Los Angeles confirmed that aspects of the fights are being checked and several subpoenas have been issued. He would not divulge the names of those being investigated because "we don't want to limit or prejudice our case." Neither would he elaborate on details of the investigation.

None of the four boxers in the two main events is involved, according to the official, who asked not to be identified. Bob Foster successfully defended his world light-heavyweight, crown by knocking out Mike Quarry at the end of the fourth round and No. 1 ranking heavyweight Muhammad Ali stopped Jerry Quarry in the seventh. Perreault stays with Sabres BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) The latest battle in the signing war between the National Hockey League and the fledgling World Hockey Association was won by the NHL today when the Buffalo Sabres announced the signing of high-scoring centre Gil Perreault.

The signing of Perreault, the NHL's rookie-of-the-year in 1970-71, climaxed a vigorous battle for his services with the Quebec Nordiques of the WHA. Perreault, 21, scored 26 goals and added 43 assists in his second year with the Sabres last season. In his rookie season, Perreault tallied 38 goals and had 34 assists to capture the Calder Trophy. bledon Smith hits at Wim tournament to get into the Wimbledon draw. Smith won 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 9-7.

Mayer, 20, troubled Smith with a powerful service but it finally failed him in the 16th game of the fourth set when he twice double-faulted. While Smith was having his troubles a potential new American woman star emerged on an outside court. Laura Dupont, 23, from Wilmington, shrugged off three match points in the second set to defeat one of the top British players, Joyce Williams, 7-9, 8-6, 6-2. Mrs. Williams, 29, is not seeded but is a member of Britain's Wightman Cup team.

In other women's second- round action, Chris Evert, the 17-year-old American tennis prodigy, showed few signs of nerves when she made her debut on Wimbledon's famed centre court. Miss Evert, No. 4 seed, beat Jan Newberry of the U.S. 6-3, 6-0. In men's third-round singles matches, second-seeded Hie Nastase of Romania had a comfortable win over West German Davis Cup player Jurgen Fassbender, 9-8, 6-3, 6-4.

To keep his shoulder warm, the West German played in a striped sweater which in-fringed Wimbledon's "all white" dress rule, and this led to an incident. Tournament referee Mike Gibson caught a glimpse of Fassbender on a television set in his office and telephoned the match umpire to instruct Fassbender to remove the offending garment. W7ith the score at 5-3 in the final set, the umpire asked Fassbender to take off the sweater. The German refused and Gibson, realizing the match was almost finished, rescinded the order. Fassbender left the court fuming about the incident.

"Why wait until 4-3 in the third before telling me to take it off," he said. He was unaware of Gibson's telephone call. Washout at Cleveland CLEVELAND (AP) -Drenching rains in the wake of tropical storm Agnes washed out the first round of the $150,000 Cleveland Open golf tournament Thursday. The rains came early, quickly turning into a downpour and forcing a 35-minute halt soon after play began. The bedraggled pros got in another hour of play before a driving storm rolled across the Tanglewood Country Club course.

Play again was suspended, but this time it did not resume. Tournament officials postponed the round after waiting one hour, 21 minutes. More than 2.38 inches of rain fell in Cleveland in 24 hours. It left Tanglewood's tiny valleys flooded and the greens under inches of water. og racing for Michigan? have no preference.

When I play white, I win because I have the first move. When I play black, I win because I am Bogolyubov." One of the best tales on apprehension would be the cigar smoking of Lasker. During a tournament, one of Lasker's opponents got him to promise he wouldn't smoke during the game. Lasker had a habit, apparently, of blowing smoke in his opponent's face. After a few moves, Lasker took a cigar from his pocket and put it in his mouth.

His opponent protested to the tournament director, saying, LONDON (Reuter) Stan Smith of the United States, Wimbledon's hottest male favorite for many years, overcame unexpected stiff opposition Thursday from lowly-ranked American tennis player Alex Mayer to reach the final 16 in the men's singles. Smith looked out of touch against Mayer, who had been forced to play in a qualifying London post to Bill Long LONDON, Ont. (CP) Bill Long was named general manager and coach of London Knights of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A Series Thursday and vowed to try to keep Mark Howe with the hockey club. Long replaces Doug Pratt, fired as general manager this month when it was revealed he had traded Mark Howe, son of Gordie Howe, former National Hockey League great, to Toronto Marlboros, and coach Bronco Horvath who was released by the Knights at the end of the 1971-72 season. Long, 54, coach-general manager of Ottawa 67s for the last five years, said he will reopen the Howe case immediately.

"As far as I'm concerned the trade never happened," Long said. New coach MONTREAL (CP) Head coach Sam Etcheverry of Montreal Alouettes Thursday received a new mandate and a new assistant coach. Sam Berger, owner and president of the Canadian Football League team, said he and Etcheverry had agreed "as of a week or 10 days ago" to review Etcheverry's three-year contract which was due to expire at the end of the 1972 season. LANSING, Mich. (UPI) A bill to create 10 greyhound racing tracks in Michigan, which backers say will boost tourism and employment, passed the Michigan Senate Thursday.

On a 20-17 vote the Senate passed and sent to the House legislation to permit tracks in Wayne, Muskegon, Macomb, Oakland, Saginaw, Jackson and Berrien counties, in Detroit, and in the northern Lower and Upper Peninsulas. The bill is expected to face a tough fight in the House. To establish a track, a county board of commissioners or a city council would have to approve the plan. Local citizens could petition for a referendum on the issue by collecting 5 per cent of the signatures from voters. "This is one good way we can draw in tourists and offer them something," Sen.

Harry De Maso, sponsor of the bill, said. "I can see them coming in from surrounding states and Canada to watch the races." "Play him, Bill! Biggest darn flying fish I've ever seen hooked!" TTTT 7T situation Hawk tudy "Lasker agreed not to smoke." The umpire responded, "But, he isn't. His cigar is not lit." Whereupon the man said, "Ah, but he threatens to smoke, and you know very well how he values a threat." SPASSKY IS REPUTED to possess an excellent set of nerves. No hangups are reported about him. On the contrary, Fischer has a history of wild reaction to distraction.

He is wont to make all kinds of demands concerning arrangements. THIS DOESN'T MEAN Fischer is likely to lose his cool in a tight game situation. On the contrary, his recent opponents have been the ones to lose their cool. Petrosian and two others he defeated in the eliminations wound up in hotel or hospital room seclusion suffering from nervous exhaustion. Fischer has done nothing in his life except study chess from the age of nine.

When he was 14 he actually had more experience than most chess masters twice his age. Some observers figure Spassky is in for a nervous breakdown. league a multi-year contract calling for $1 million and another estimated $2.5 million pact with the Jets. "Our lawyers are studying the matter," a Chicago spokesman said Thursday, "and until a decision is reached we have nothing to say." Elsewhere in the WHA, Dave Creighton was named general manager of Philadelphia Blazers. The announcement indicated Creighton, a veteran of 13 NHL seasons with Boston Bruins, Toronto and New York Rangers, will also serve as assistant to player-coach John McKenzie.

Among the other Blazer signees Thursday were forwards Bryan Campbell (Chicago) and Danny Lawson (Buffalo Sabres), Don O'Donoghue and defenceman Ron Plumb from the Boston organization and junior Richard Campeau. Onetime Chicago favorite Reg Fleming returned to that city with the WTHA Cougars while New England Whalers brought their roster to 17 by signing Paul Hurley, 26, a former Boston College ace who played last year with the Bruins' American League farm, Boston Braves. By Canadian Press Chicago Black Hawks claim reports they had a news conference scheduled Thursday to discuss veteran Bobby Hull's jump to the World Hockey Association's Winnipeg Jets was an attempt "to smoke out our legal activity in the case." But there was enough activity in the Toronto Maple Leaf camp to indicate the fledgling WHA is causing even the most reactionary of National Hockey League clubs some worry. The Leafs announced they had signed 12 chattels to the big-league club and another down on the farm at Tulsa in the Central League. The Toronto club usually goes to camp with at least a dozen or so holdouts.

But one they didn't come to terms with captain Dave Keon is still at large and Ottawa Nationals, who have the WHA rights to the veteran centre, are awaiting a meeting today between Leaf general manager Jim Gregory and Keon's agent, Mike Elik, before deciding on their pitch. Hull, 15 years a superstar with Chicago, culminated his much-publicized jump to the WHA this week by signing with the.