Longview Daily News from Longview, Washington • 13

The Daily News Section 2 Page 13 Wednesday July 12 1972 Ploy for world's chess IV 0 '-if- v'-'! -n i krc i title opens vt- -A sir i PIT Fs r- V' YT' I 2V 74 -v rssr- -5 -i sgvil rScrirrs i- J7 To be continued continues to study the board The opening match was adjourned after four hours and 34 minutes of play (AP Wirephoto) Boris Spassky left hands Lother Schmid referee a sealed envelope containing his next play for the continuation of the first match in the world's chess title series under way in Reykjavik Iceland Bobby Fischer center 21st annual Invitational set today History could be in the making today as the Longview Invitational Softball tournament nears its starting time of 7:30 pm Never in the history of the 20-year tournament has it been postponed by rain but there is that chance today Weather permitting the Standard Dairy Cheesemakers of Castle Rock will kick things off by meeting Portland Porter Scarpelli on the freshly manicured YMCA field The Lacey Merchants and the Vancouver Kings meet in second game at approximately 8 30 pm First round action continues through Friday night with the second round picking up Saturday morning and the finals set for Sunday afternoon and evening Thursday will find three games on the YMCA diamond Office Tavern of Kelso takes on Portland Pay Pak at 7 pm that day with Pizza of Beaverton playing the Olympia Senators at 8:30 pm and Longview's Chico Shamrocks facing Vancouver's Three Monkies in the nightcap Longview Softball Association president Bill Harrison has had work crews on the diamond for the past couple of days and it has a new look Players will no longer disappear in the deep ruts of the infield as City of Longview earth moving equipment has shuffled the dirt around supplying a new crown Harrison expressed a special note of thanks to Don DeGroot of the Longview Streets Department and to Russ Jensen of the Longview Fire Department for special services Games Saturday wll also be played at Tam O'Shanter Park through the cooperation of the City of Kelso Second round games are set for Tam O'Shanter diamonds Nos 1 and 2 The 15-team tournament promises to be one of the finest in the history of the affair provided the rain clouds stay away long enough to play 30 games Admission is 50 cents with passes canceled for the tourney Len Wilkens cage camp set here The Lenny Wilkens Basketball Camp is no longer a rumor but a fact The Seattle SuperSonic star guard and former manager will be in the Long-view-Kelso area for a three-day camp Aug 8-9-10 Registration is now being accepted for the camp which will be conducted in six sessions according to Bill Ammons Wilkins would like to have boys eight to 18 sign up for all three days in order to complete his instruction but will allow some to register for only one or two days The cost of the camp will be $20 for the three days or $7 per day The camp will be divided into groups for better instruction for the individuals One group will attend the morning sessions and another the afternoon sessions Ammons reports that Wilkens will award trophies to winners in several categories such as top freethrow er best defensive player best passer best dribbler etc Area and local basketball coaches have expressed much interest in the camp and it appears that a large turnout will be on hand when the balls are tossed on the floor The location of the camp still isn't definite but it could be Held in the Kelso High School gym There is still room for several more basketball hopefuls When the camp was proposed l'z-hour sessions were planned but Wilkens suggested that the sessions run longer in order to give more personal attention to each participant Now is focus Open Britain's Tony Jacklin another former titleholder was a 161 shot while Billy Casper and Arnold Palmer were 20-1 Trevino played only two practice rounds but was brimming with confidence course I can he said wouldn't bother coming here if I thought I couldn't" Beard in lead MUIRFIELD Scotland (AP) -Frank Beard having a poor year on the US pro golf tour took the early lead in the British Open today with a 70 One stroke better than defending champion Lee Trevino Beard carded a on the par 71 6892-yard Muirfield links while Trevino came in with a Arnold Palmer trying for his third British Open victory finished with a 35-38-73 Favored Jack Nicklaus was a late starter A steady rain started to fall just betore Trevino and Palmer finished Riley is among 7 finalists for OSU coach job CORVALLIS Ore Jack Riley of Lower Columbia College is among seven finalists for the job of head baseball coach at Oregon State University Riley 34 of Kelso coaches baseball and basketball and is athletic director at LCC Others are former major leaguers Pete Ward 34 manager of the Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the New York Yankees farm system Thomas Davis 35 baseball and football coach at Livermore California High School Jerry Droscher 34 head baseball coach at Scottsdale Arizona Community College Carl Hutzler 40 head baseball coach at Corvallis High School Dick McClain 33 head baseball coach and athletic director at Linn-Benton Community College Albany and Jack Smitheran 29 head baseball coach at Kansas State College Emporia Kansas An eighth finalist may be added later college officials said Doc Datsun's drive-in clinic Call for appointment Service Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a to 5 pm a I DATSUN5 961 Commerce Longview kVlLiljji Ph 425-3900 Nicklaus of British MUIRFIELD Scotland (AP) -Jack Nicklaus went into one of the most vital golf tournaments of his illustrious career today with his mind fixed on winning the British Open title and consciously blocking out thoughts of achieving the Grand Slam legal bookies have made the 32-year-old American an overwhelming favorite to win his third British crown over Muirfield's windy links beside the Firth of Forth After seven practice rounds on the 6892-yard par layout Nicklaus said: game is in reasonable shape I have pretty much made up mv mind what I will do when the chips are Thousands of golf fans besieged the course southeast of Edinburgh as play began for the 101st championship with prize money totaling about $120000 The main focus was on Nicklaus who needs the British title to complete the third leg of the Grand Slam-sweeping the four major pro tourneys He already has won the Masters and US Open The British Open and the PGA at Birmingham Mich next month would complete the sweep On the eve of the British Open Nicklaus mused: Grand Slam only becomes realistic if I win here So I'm concentrating on that" Nicklaus planned to sleep late because he was among the late starters Defending champion Lee Trevino had a much earlier starting time The bookies listed Nicklaus as 9-4 favorite with Trevino second choice at 6-1 and Gary Player of South Africa third at 12-1 Busy weekend for power boats Local power boat enthusiasts spent a busy weekend participating in the Kelso Summer Hilander Festival Saturday and competing on Capitol Lake in Olympia Sunday action saw John Ford and Vicki Franco flying high on kites all the way from Portland to Kelso while Steve Brown skiied the 52-mile distance to start things off Saturday's competition produced winners in seven divisions The gas eliminator and fastest flat bottom boat turned out to be Poison Ivy a Chrysler-powered Sanger driven by 18-year-old Dan Gorans and built and owned by Ron Gorans The fastest boat of the day was the Lucky Too driven by Bill Miller of Vancouver and owned by Steve Wagner Here are the division results: Saturday 40-41 BubTavlur Uarini Crtlt 5055- Dave York i Ki-ImiI Carlson 60 05-Jim Ilavis Salem) Ku in? Craft 65-70-Bob Stwlr i Longview Hillelt 70-75-Jiek Hilton i Kelso I Halli-tt 7580- Mike llushinan Vancouver I Barracuda 8085 Dave While i laingview i Barracuda Sunday 7080 -Jerry Bain 'Longviewi Sanger 80 90 -I lave White i Longview i Barracuda Fuel Don Tangen Woodland i Hallett each player who signs for the three days will receive 16 hours of instruction instead of four and one half Those wishing to register should contact Bill Ammons 308 South Pacific in Kelso Peggy Conley of Seattle and Dale Shaw of Sydney Ann Swanson of Seattle was next with 150 Spassky is favored in 1st match Ey STEPHENS BROENING Associated Press Writer REYKJAVIK Iceland (AP) -Defending champion Boris Spassky was favored by the experts to beat American challenger Bobby Fischer in the opening game of the world chess match when play resumes this afternoon The opener of the richest chess competition in history adjourned Tuesday night after 4 hours and 34 minutes of play and 40 moves by each player The game was to resume at 5 1 pm EOT Referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany will make 41st move The Russian wrote it on a slip of paper and handed it to him in a sealed envelope at the adjournment The two competitors their seconds and chess enthusiasts throughout the world spent part of the overnight break analyzing possibilities for the 11 pieces remaining on the greenand-white chessboard in sports hall: king and five pawns for Fischer: king bishop and three pawns for Spassky The match had appeared headed for a draw until Fischer tried to seize the initiative on his 29th move The lanky Brooklyn NY challenger galloped his bishop down a long black diagonal to snatch an unprotected pawn Spassky had offered A few moves later the bishop was trapped and lost in exchange for two pawns US grandmaster Robert Byrne said it was a blunder and commented is going to have trouble making a draw I see how Spassky can Analyzing the game for The Associated Press international grandmaster Isaac Kashdan termed Fischer's move "a rare miscalculation by the American He said it gave Spassky good prospects for a win Svetozar Gligoric the Yugoslav grandmaster present at the tournament said is doubtful whether black can save a draw" Spassky who had the first move is playing the white pieces Fischer the black Fischer has played Spassky five times in the past losing all three times he played the black pieces and getting draws'both times he played the whites WORLD CHESS Larger than life World champion Boris Spassky and challenger Bobby Fischer are dwarfed by the giant screen above them as they meet in Reykjavik Iceland Tuesday for the chess title The board shows the moves as they are made and the clocks record the time left for each player (AP Wirephoto) Price Johnsen medalists in Golf and had the advantage of the first move A draw counts half a point and a win a point in the 24-game hampionship match To dethrone Spassky Fischer needs points while the Russian can retain his crown with 12 points The winner will get $153125 in prize money the loser $91875 and in addition they will divide equally an estimated $550)0 or more from film and television sales CHAMPIONSHIP Kite's Shell wins Shell of Kelso won the girls softball tournament at Tam Shanter Park during the Hilander Summer Festival with a 7-6 victory over Kelso Javcees Riverside defeated Rose Valley 15-8 to take third place in the tourney with Rose Valley inding up in fifth place Fourth place went to Columbia Ford on the basis of a 10-5 victory over Rainbow Cafe Rainbow finished sixth The tournament was for the Midget Division of the Kelso Girls Softball Leagues At break Diagram shows placement of pieces as the world chess championship adjourned for the evening in Reykjavik Iceland Tuesday Fischer moving from the top is black and Spassky with the next move is white (AP Wirephoto Diagram) FISCHER VANCOUVER Wash (AP) Steve Johnsen of Seattle and Dick Price of Longview captured medalist honors Tuesday in the final round of qualifying play for the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Tournament Match play begins today second consecutive 69 brought his two-day total to a six-under par 138 Price who led after round fired a 73 Tuesday Portland's Mike Graham finished third with a 69 for a total of 139 Marilyn Palmer of Vancouver claimed the division medal with a one-under par total of 1 13 In a tie for second place at 149 were gums aim gawamuEem BASKETBALL CLINIC with Lenny Wilkens other Super Sonics 1 Vi hr sessions of personal instruction At least 3 Days ira Boy's 8-18 1st part of August If interested fill in and mail to Lenny Camp 308 Pacific Kelso Wn ran? 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