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Pacific Daily News from Agana Heights, Guam • 27

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Agana Heights, Guam
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27
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-v 'j -v 'i 'j PACIFIC DAILY NEWS WEDNESDAY JUNE 28 1972-PAGE 27 Spassky Puzzled By 125000 dollars with the winner taking five eighths Spassky said he would presumably play in a tournament in Dallas Texas after the world championship match He was accompanied at his news conference by three Russian grand and international efirm Geller Nikolai Krogius and Ivo Nei-who will act as his assistants during the match am He is a very practical Spassky who reputedly leads a life in comfort and luxury on his chess earnings said he did not know how much tax he would have to pay on his prize money from the Reykjavik match you know what Fischer 1 Will have to pay in he asked a newsman The total prize money here is Spassky looking calm and relaxed refused to predict the outcome of the match there are three possibilities he said He also ducked questions whether Fischer was the best chess player of the 20th century will answer that one when the match is he said He described Fischer as of a classical chess player than I Fischer was scheduled to arrive from New York early yesterday but officials said he cancelled his booking at the last minute Chess sources said Fischer was in seclusion in Los Angeles They quoted him as saying he had every intention to go to Reykjavik in time for the first game Spassky arrived last week to get used to conditions and the climate he told the news conference i REYKJAVIK (UPI) World Chess Champion Boris Spassky of Russia said he did not understand why US challenger Bobby Fischer failed to show up in Iceland today as planned Fischer will play Spassky in a 24-game match for the world title starting July 2 in the Icelandic capital know why he Spassky told a news conference Then he added with a broad smile Commander in Chief Fischer But Spassky 35 said he was confident that Fischer would turn up in time for the July 2 start of their world championship match I am hopeful we will play the first game next Sunday as Spassky said Officials of the Icelandic Chess Federation said they expected the challenger in Reykjavik Wednesday Rumors Fly In Alleged Deal cause every transfer of stock (of an NFL team) has to be submitted to the league for approval Nothing can be done pior to can take Rozelle added Rosenbloom was taking over as president of the Rams and that Don Klosterman general manager of the colts would replace Jack Teele as the general manager But in New York Rozelle said: cannot be true be NEW YORK (AP)-A Los Angeles radio sportscaster said Monday night that Carrol Rosenblum owner of the National Football Batimore Colts has bought the Los Angeles Rams-but NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle denied any deal had been made Jim Healy of radio station KLAC said he had learned from that Rosenbloom also the chairman of the board had completed the purchase last Saturday for $17 million that EDssiojQdOqjD too0 92 CHOOSE FROM FOUR MOD DESIGNS with the following For only $2 plus 10 empty packs of either WINSTON SALEM CAMEL VANTAGE or DORAL you can put love on your wrist with these exciting new watches styled for today's fast-living generation.

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