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4 a-fri iff ejtt A tgrfW iJj VfA -s -4 fc -J CXLJCCTEdtrG Footsoldiers steal show vV Smith Edges By Nastase 1 I WIMBLEDON England (UPI) Hie excitement at Wimbledon 72 belonged to the women until two footsoldiera stole the show with one of the most exciting mens finals in the last 40 years In a 2 ho or 40 minute center court thriller Sunday top seeded Stan Snith of Pasadena Calif beat Romanian touch artist Die Nastase 44 64 14 44 74 Qldtimers at the club whoVe seen all the finals bach to the 1030b said the match was the best since Australias Jack (frawford beat Ellsworth Vines of America Min the fifth to win in 1933 Certainly the capacity crowd of 15000 fans wbo hung on every shot was satisfied with the feast of strokes and fighting tennis served up by the finalists more than made up for the disap pointment of Saturdays washout which caused the finals to be postponed 24 hours for only the fourth time in the 86-year history of the torunament Smith who has won a host of admirers for his court manners and charm off it was perfectly frank afterwards when he said: eighty per cent guts and luck got me through by way of tribute to Nastase who made the strokes which had the crowd on the edge of their seats Guts and a refusal to quit finally got Smith home and helped give the US its first double victory was distributed They argued it was they not die men who had helped keep interest alive during die 12 days and they should have received a bigger proportion of the $130858 cake Mrs King said at Saturdays Wimbledon ball she was not sure she would return to defend her title There is nothing left for me to achieve in tennis although I still love playing the game" she said Hie 28-year-old champion the leading player on the Womens pro circuit in America has often expressed her disapproval of the Wimbledon payout The 32 male contract professionals apparently were not missed The attendance of 298560 was only slightly down from last year but with a slight increase in the price of tickets the club took in $850000 Smith wholl be on Davis Cup duty in Chile at the weekend flew to Washington today to report to his Army base for 24 hours before rejoining his teammates in New York Wednesday evening for the flight to Santiago His next big assignment will be defense of his UJS Open title at Forest Hills when the WCT regulars will be in the draw since 1955 when Tony Trabert and Louise Brough were successful Billie Jean King of Long Beach Calif won her fourth ladies title on Friday Because the match was being played on army time Smith was unable to keep the $13000 top prize but at no time did he play as though money was a consideration Before the final he said: Winning Wimbledon means more to me than money He proved that when he saved three break points in die vital fifth game of the deciding set He came from 0-4 to break service in the 12th game to clinch die set and match Nastase who had hit wonderful passing shots on either wing made impossible looking returns and served well played a tired shot when trying to save the fourth match point against him a backhand volley into the net going for the line For Nastase there was a consolation check of $7800 and a share of the $1300 dollars for winning the mixed doubles with Rosie Casals of San Francisco Mrs King meanwhile shared the doubles title far the eighth time when she partnered Hollands Betty Stove to a 6-2 44 64 win over Francoise Durr of France and Australias Judy Dalton The winners shared $1560 Hie girls were upset at the way the prize money Allison Breezes To Volunteer Victory STAN SMITH STRETCHES FOR A FOREHAND RETURN he won the Wimbledon mens title by downing Ilie Nastase Canadian Open Won By Brewer Fischers Chair Arrives REYKJAVIK Iceland (UPI) The Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world chess match can begin Fischers favorite chair has arrived Hie swivel chair in metal and black leather was flown from New York to Iceland and put on the stage in the Reykjavik chess hall Sunday Spasskys Russian advisers arrived shortly after the much talked about chair and studied it suspiciously Thai they left without comment Now the Icelandic organizers face a new problem: Where to find a similar chair in Iceland? It would look better if both Spassky and Fischer had the same chairs" said Gud-mundur Thorarinsson president of the Icelandic Chess Federation Fischer took one look at the dozen different chairs die Icelanders had assembled from Reykjaviks furniture stores the other day sat down in some of them and then gave his verdict: Fly In my own chair Spassky the 35-year -old world champion did not seem to worry much about details of the $250000 match Before leaving for a salmon fishing tour of northern Iceland the defen chng champion said I am not going to argue about chairs chess boards and sets I will leave that to Bobby It makes no difference to me After lengthy and dramatic preludes both Fischer and Spassky appeared ready to start the first of their 24 games Tuesday Bobby is relaxed and ready We will play Tuesday unless Spassky Is ill said Fred Ckamer vice president of the US Chess Federation By TOM WHITE Executive Sports Editor BRISTOL By the time Bobby Allison took the checkered flag maladies of simburn beer blahs and acute boredom had struck nearly all 21000 spectators The flag offered relief from three numbing hours of motor noise and exhaust fumes and clutching beauty queens Allison told them of running on only seven cylinders as if to hold out the possibility he might still lose but the patrons who had paid $9 apiece with the expectation of keen competition were unsatiated The Volunteer 500 at Bristol International Speedway Sunday was never more than a two-car race And after the 210th lap it was a case of watching Bobby tack on laps sons was 23 laps down Bobby Isaac never was a factor in the race He qualified 11th on the second day after changing engines Friday He had engine miseries again Sunday McDuffie drove Johnson Citys Dr Don Tarrs 1970 Dodge to fifth place and Spencer of Bluff City went out early with rear end problems There were five caution flags and two wrecks Lee Roy Yarbrough blew an engine and slammed the wall hard in the number three turn on the 293 lap Allison darted high missing -Yarbrough sliding toward the infield Richard Brown hit the guard rail in front of the main grandstand on the 16th lap demolishing his cars front end World Series of Golf and boosted his money winnings for the year to $56596 This is a fantastic course Brewer said of the Cherry Hill layout Its too bad we dont get to play on more courses like this" Brewer said he played a practice round Thursday with Canadian amateur Nick Westlock and credited a FORT ERIE Ont (UPO Final acort tn tht Ctntdiftn and mooty winnings notebook of tips which belonged to Westlock for helping his putting game "This book helped my putting game quite a bit the new champion said Ive had trouble putting for a long time now and the book helped me straighten out my back and things like that A new record for attendance at a Canadian Open was set Sunday when 18 100 spectators pushed the total for the week to 83400 The old record of 66000 was set in Montreal last year 3 Vf rv 69 70-73 47 74 72 71 49 73 49 73 70 He won $6900 with an average speed of 92375 mph It was his second straight win here and car-owner Junior Johnson stretched his streak to three in a row For the first 209 laps it was a cat and mouse duel between Allison and Richard Petty Allison led the first 140 laps (which included three cautions and he came out a seven-second leader over Petty after first pit stops Petty pitted first at 130 laps but six men went over the wall (only five are allowed) and a NASCAR official held him up briefly standing in front of the car Petty nudged him to the sideline with the bumper But after Allisons pit at 140 the red and gold Monte Carlo began missing It ran fast enough but didnt have the accerlatkm out of the comers and I had to cut 1 them hard Bobby related afterward petty took quick advantage of the situation assuming the lead at lap 157 and ran about a third of a lap in front until the fateful 210th circle Craning into the first turn the left front tire blew on the Petty Plymouth and he slammed the front of the car off the guard rail Allison hit the brakes and drove low as Petty coasted to the pits The real effect of the incident wasnt apparent until later Petty lost only a lap on the tire change and seemed to be back into contention when the caution came out on lap 227 and he unlapped himself on 230 But the car had suffered damage to the radiator and run hot for the remainder of the afternoon On lap 284 the tale was told when Petty came in unexpectedly to cool down his engine and lost four laps Allison coasted over the last 200 laps As no other car could challenge him even with the missing problem Hie weakness of the field is apparent in the final standings Third place finishers Dave Marcis was 11 laps off the pace and fourth place Benny Par- ByDICKUSIAK FORT ERIE Ont (UPI) -Gay Brewer seldom smiles But he did Sunday and the reason for the grin was simple He had just won $30000 The 40-year-old Brewer withstood pressure from Sam Adams and Dave Hill to capture the 1972 Canadian Open golf classic title at the Cherry Hill Club The 1967 Masters winner finished at 275 nine under on the par 71 course He dickit have much breathing room though as Hill and the lefthanded Adams came in at 276 Hill and Adams had birdies on the par 5 18th hole and the pressure was on the greyhaired Brewer He responded by sinking i 30-foot chip shot out of the rough of the 15th hole for par He then calmly birdied the 16th and 17th holes and shot par on the 18th When youre destined to win youre Just going to win Brewer said as he finally cracked a smile He said he ran into some tough going at the start of the final round but then things started going all right Brewer shot rounds of 67 70 68 and 70 for the $30000 top prize Hill and Adams each collected $13875 Phil Rodgers finished third at 277 with Lou Graham in fourth at 278 Canadian George Knudson and Chi Chi Rodriguez tied at 279 Colorful Lee Trevino the defending Canadian Open champion came in with a final round of 70 and finished two under par at 282 It was the Uth tournament title for the veteran Brewer who joined the tour in 1956 Hie first place finish automatically qualified turn for the upcoming 1 Bobby Allison Hueyfown Alt 1972 Chevrolet 46900 2 Richard Petty Randltman 1972 Plymouth 44200 3 David Marcii Skyland 1970 Dodgo 42525 4 Bonny Parson Ellerbt 1971 Mercury 41500 5 McDuffee Sanford 1970 Oodge 41050 4 John Sears Eller be 1970 Plymouth 4435 7 Raymond Williams Chapel Hill 1971 Ford S745 4 Cecil Gordon Horse Shoe 1971 Mercury 710 9 Walter Ballard Houston Texas 1971 Mercury 435 10 Ben Arnold Fairfield Ala 1971 Ford S610 11 Elmo Langley Charlotte 1971 Ford 570 12 James Hylton Inmen 1970 Ford S54S 13 Bill Champion Norfolk Va 1971 Ford 4550 14 Chortle Roberts Anniston Ala 1971 Ford 4540 15 Jabe Thomas Christiansburg Va 1970 Plymouth 4555 16 Henley Gray Rome Ga 1971 Thunderbird 4520 17 Ed Negro Concord 1970 dodge 4510 18 Bobby Isaac Catawba 1972 Dodge 4560 19 Leroy Yarbrough Columbia 1971 Ford 4515 20 Dean Dalton Ashevllla 1971 Ford 4520 21 Bob Brown Milan Tenn 1972 Chevrolet 4465 22 Coo Coa Marlin Columbia Tenn 1972 Chevrglef 4455 23 David Boggs Morrisvilta 1970 Dodge 4445 24 Oavid Cisco Nashville Tenn 1972 Chevrolet 4435 25 Johnny Halford Spartanburg 1970 Plymouth 4425 24 Richard Childress Winston salem 1972 Chevrolet 4420 27 Ron Keselowskl Drayton Plains Mich 1974 Dodge 4414 74 Spencer Bluff City Ten 1970 Plymouth 4400 29 Frank warren Charlotte 1970 Dodge 4415 30 Richard Brown Claremont NC 1972 Chevrolet 4340 Open GoH Classic Gay IrMMr Oave HIM 13475 tarn Adamt PMI 7090 Low Graham 4150 Georg Knudson 5100 Chi Chi Rodriguez 5100 Bunky Henry 4230 Grier Jonet 4230 Brian Allin 3075 Lee Trevino 3075 Deane Bern an Sam Snead 3075 Gary Player Bruce Cramptqn 3 075 Robert Panasiuk 2250 Bobby Cole 2 250 George Johnson 2 250 Jim Colbert 1725 Tommy Aaron 1725 Don Mauengale 1725 Don Iverson 1725 Jim Dent 1 294 Arnold Palmer 1 294 Charles Sifford 1294 Bob Smith 1294 Bob Murphy 1043 Tom Watson 1043 Dick Crawford 1043 Bobby Mitchell 1 043 Mike Reasor 1 043 Tom Sanderson 1 043 Bob Rosburg 440 Leonard Thompson 440 Gibby Gilbert 440 Chuck Thorpe 440 Dick Rhyan 440 a Nick Weslock Jim Jamieson 715 Ron Cerrudo 715 Snead 715 Sieve Bogan 545 Bert Yancey 545 John Gentile 545 Bob Eastwood 377 Don Bies 377 Bob Men ne 377 Alberto Rivadeneira 377 Miller Barber 377 i- Bobby Greenwood 377 Jim Wtechers 377 Lanny Wadkmt 377 John Schroeder 273 John Schlee 273 Marion Heck 273 Dick Hendrickson 273 Rod Curl 273 Butch Baird 273 Bruca Fleisher 273 Rod Funseth 273 Takaaki Kono273 Bob Bourne 273 Bob Cox 273 Howie Johnson 273 Cesar Sanudo 273 Hale Irwm 273 Jack Ewing 273 George Shortrldge 273 Doug Ford 273 jerry McGee 273 Bob Johnson 273 Bob Lum 373 Bert Green 273 denontes amateur 4VS i 3075 175 3 075 47 70-44 79 275 74-44-73-47274 47 7M144-17 72 44 44 49277 47-49 72 70274 70 70-49 47279 70 49 73 47279 45 74 71 71241 70 72 70 49201 70 73 47 72282 70282 70242 49242 49242 44 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game between the Kingsport Royals and the Wytheville Braves was postponed due to transportation difficulties on the part of Wytheville According to team officials the game will be made up tonight with a doubleheader Game time for the opener is 6:00 LEE ROY YARBROUGH (45) COLLIDES WITH RAYMOND WILLIAMS IN THE TURN Yarbroughaleft the race but Williams finished seventh in Volunteer 500 Ryan Shines For Angels By NEIL HERSHBERG UPI Sport Writer The Pittsburgh Pirates appear to have solved whatever problems they might have had but they remain a riddle for Denny McLain The Pirates routed McLain with an early home run barrage Sunday and went on to defeat the Atlanta Braves 7-1 Willie Stargell led off the second inning with his 17th homer of the season and Bob Robertson hit a two-run homer that same inning When A1 Oliver Hit a three-run homer in the third the Pirates had a 6-0 lead and that was it for McLain who made his Atlanta debut last Tuesday in a 3-3 tie with Chicago I dont think there is any doubt that the Pirates are the best team in the major leagues Atlanta Manager Luman Harris Bass Named To Coach Memphis By MARTIN LADER UPI Sport Writer All that talk about the old Vida Blue being lost may be a tittle premature Hes simply moved down the pike and changed his name to Nolan Ryan That would appear to be the case at least after Ryan turned in another Blue-ish performance Sunday evening when he allowed only one hit struck out 16 batters including a league record eight in a row and retired the last 26 Boston hitters in succession as the California Angels beat the Red Sox 3-0 An inconsistent performer during his earlier career with the New York Mets Ryan has suddenly developed into the new zemski singled to right Ryan proceeded to strike out the next eight men to set an American League record whiffing the side in the second inning on nine pitches Ryans recent performances are what we thought he was capable of doing when we made the trade for him said Angela General Manager Harry Dalton who sent Jim Fregosi to the Mets last winter for Ryan and three other players We knew he had a great arm and a great fastball and curve While Ryan has boosted his record to 11-6 Blue last years sensation with Oakland is struggling along at 2-5 Mickey Lollch became the first 14-game winner in the major leagues as Detroit beat the White Sox 4-2 in the second game of a doubleheader after Chicago had taken the opener 5-4 Hie split enabled the Tigers to move into a first place tie in the East PP fourth said after Pittsburgh took the Just-ended series with the Braves straight game to the Texas Royals 3-2 In 10 innings three names to one The only reason they havent run off and left the other teams ta their division is because they got off to a slow start Harris continued But whatever their problems were earlier they sure dont seem to have any problems now The Pirates division-leaden in the National League East handed McLain his first National League defeat McLain was obtained by the Braves from the Oakland Athletics Birmingham far club in the Southern League two weeks ago McLain was shelled for six earned runs and five hits In the 2 1-3 innings he worked but Harris isnt about to give up on the More On Page 10 Col beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 and the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins $-8 In the National League the Culfo took a doubleheader from Cincinnati 64 and 10-5 San Francisco beat Montreal 5-1 Los Angeles beat the Meta 2-0 San Diego edged Philadelphia 64 Pittsbirgh beat Atlanta 7-4 and Houston whipped St Louis 12-6 California scored all three of its runs in the fourth inning off Sonny Siebert Vada Pinson Bob Oliver Ken McMullen and Leo Cardenas singled and Boston threw In an error news conference held Saturday to announce Bass appointment Instead another club official read Finelys statement After considerable discussion with Bob and consultations with other owners throughout the ABA I decided that Bob Bass is the man to coach my team said Finley who also owns the Oakland As and the California Golden Seals hockey team Finley who said he detests the nickname Pros is currently holding a contest with a $2500 first prize to find a new nickname Meanwhile the club remains nameless MEMPHIS (UPI) -Memphis professional basektball team named veteran American Basketball Association coach Bob Bass new head coach during the weekend Charles 0 Finley who recently purchased the Memphis team said Bass will also serve as temporary general manager of the ABA club until a permanent general manager is found Bass coached the Floridians based in Miami last season and had also served two years as coach of the Denver Rockets Finlay did not attend the 4 More On Page 18 Col 1 pitching sensation of the American League with five straight complete game victories two consecutive shutouts and 16-strickout performances in two of his last three games This was the best game Ive pitched in the major leagues" said Ryan a fast-balling righthander I had a better fast ball one night when I struck out 16 in San Diego (while with the Mets) but I have more of an idea of what Im doing now I put the ball where I want it Ryan who said he threw fast balls 70 to 80 per cent of the time opened the game at Anaheim by walking Tommy Harper on four pitches He then struck out Doug Griffin before Carl Yastr- Monday July 16 1972 KINGSPORT TIMES I.