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I I PACIFIC DAILY NEWS THURSDAY JULY 13 1972-PAGE 27 British Open Players Say Nicklaus Is The Man To Beat I I I ships one at a time enough to think Nicklaus said when asked about the Slam repdating himself with almost reflex action pulling out of the same phrase time after time said before the season WIMBLEDON: Stan Smith of Sea Pines SC holds the winners trophy after winning the Wimbledon Singles Title He defeated Ilie Nastase (L) of Romania 4-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 and 7-5 in a thrilling battle that lasted well over two hours (UPl) MUIRFIELD Scotland (AP) a good look the spectator said in a rich Scots burr draping an arm over the shoulders of his young son one of the 20 most famous men in the He pointed a gnarled and knobby walking stick at the formidable figure of Jack Nicklaus who stood with eyes narrowed against the gale-force winds whipping off the Firth of Forth during a practice round for the 101st British Open Golf Tournament Nicklaus already holder of the Masters and US Open Championships ruled as an overwhelming favorite to make this ancient crown the third step on the road to golfing immortality gunning for Grand Slam an unprecedented one-year blitz of the Masters US Open British Open and American PGA National Championship scheduled Aug 3-6 at Birmingham Mich legal bookies made the 32-year-old Golden Bear a 9-4 favorite one of the lowest prices ever quoted in golf to capture his third British Open title in the 72-hole event that begins Wednesday on the 6892 yards of Scottish moors that make up the par Muirfield links His drive toward the Slam has excited the imagination of fans and duffers around the world and even has the golf-crazy usually fiercely loyal to their pulling for Jack to bring it off But he like to talk about it playing the champion 4 I I 1 Sale Of Boston Celtics Approved By NBA Board Schmertz 46 of Lakewood NJ is a part owner of the New England Whalers of the new World Hockey Association He had been a minority stockholder in the Portland team but divested his interest in the Trail Blazers upon purchasing the Celtics The Celtics will continue to play in Boston Garden where they have a year-to-year lease and Arnold Auerbach will remain as the president and general manager it was disclosed However it is expected that Schmertz will try and build a new stadium in the Boston area to house the Celtics and Schmertz who purchased the Celtics from Investors Funding Corp which had owned the dub since 1971 will be only the second sole owner in the 26-year history The other was the late Walter Brown who bought the team in 1946 He died in 1964 is a very good sports town and consent that with the proper promotions and an intensive season ticket sales drive we can improve the said Schmertz ready to do whatever Red feels is Last season the Celtics had their biggest attendance in history more than 300000 NEW YORK (AP) The sale of the Boston Celtics for $51 million to real estate tycoon Robert Schmertz was approved Tuesday by the National Basketball Board of Governors At the same time the board rejected a $5 million bid by nine-man group from Milwaukee and Chicago headed by Marvin Fishman for purchase of the Chicago Bulls In Making the announcements NBA Commissioner Walter Kennedy said that the governors did not vote unanimously on either action but he did not disclose the vote Thirteen of 17 votes were needed for approval Match Adjourned Spasslcy Favored JACK NICKLAUS: THE MAN TO BEAT' started that the four championships were being played on courses I like no secret of his love affair with Muirfield which he has called the best in He first visited it an 1959 as an amateur with the US Walker Cup team then won his first British Open on the same layout in 1 966 never lost here and looked mildly surprised when a man asked him to make a pick other than as the most likely to win even thought about Nicklaus said He competed since taking the US Open in the wind and cold at Pebble Beach but has never triumphed over the Soviet Spassky made his first move Tuesday all by himself in the shadowless illumination of the stage at 2500-seat Sports palace There was something surrealistic about the world championship series with prize money of about $300000 dollars starting with only one man sitting at the chess table Fischer as usual was late JOIN OUR FIGURE DANCE and FREFT STYLE SKATING CLASSES FORMING NOW REMEMBER MATINEE Wads Sat Sun SESSION TONIGHT 7-11 PM You Must Wear Socks Snacfc Bar Skata Salat-Rantab SKATELAIiD Marine Dr Dededo 746-2238 GEORGE CORPORATION AUTO AIR-CONDITIONING NOW OPEN IN TAMUNING REYKJAVIK Iceland (AP)-Bobby Fischer made his opening assault on the Soviet Chess fortress Tuesday night but world champion Boris Spassky repelled it and left the American with a tough fight for a draw when their first game was adjourned The first game of richest world chess title match was called after 40 moves and 3 hours and 34 minutes of play It will resume Wednesday at 1 pm EDT or 5 pm Reykjavik time When play was called off for the night there was little left on the board: a king and five pawns for Fischer a king three pawns and a bishop for Spassky US grandmaster Robert Byrne 'said: is going to have trouble making a draw I see how Spassky can Svetozar Gligoric the Yugoslav grandmaster commented: is doubtful whether black can save a Fischer is playing the black pieces and Spassky the white which means the Russian had the first move Fischer has played Spassky five times in the past The three times he played the black pieces he lost Playing white he was able to salvage two draws PINTO Air Conditioning Unit ONE DAY INSTALLATION 12000 Milas or Ona Year Warranty Parts-Servica-Rtpatr Factory Exffcriancod Tachnicians Custom and Hiddan Units for afl makas including Foreign Cars CHECK OUR PRiCESI Call 74S-2CU Drive coo! with an 4LA-R-A for AftA aign dfeactfy i.