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I i i 'v f' yj PAGE 44 PACING DAILY NEWS SATURDAY JULY 15 1972 1 Trevino Tops Stack Jack One Back i five with two bogeys on the front nine He bogeyed the first where he missed the-green rolled in a 25-foot putt in the second for a birdie three but lost the stroke when he bogeyed the next from abunker Nicklaus already the holder of the Masters and US Open crowns and heavily favored to win here en route to an unprecedented sweep of all the major titles ina single season said he was amazed there more good scores As it is he shot one over par here and still moved pne stroke closer to the lead DAN GIBSON SPORTS EDITOR MU lit HELD Scotland (AP) -Defending Champion Lee Trevino vaulted into a tie for the spot in second round of the British Open Golf Championship with a onepnder-par 70 while the intimidating Jack Nicklaus and Mxfrpiers lurked just one stroke bacfj Tha bold and brassy Trevino who won this ancient crown a year ago to complete an unprecedented sweep of three national titles had a 36-hole total of 141 one under par for the 6892-yard Muirfield course a slumbering monster of the Scottish Moors that awoke to snare both Tony Jackhn and Doug Sanders Jackhn the bright and breezy young Englishman who won the British Open in 1969 had to mount a courageous rally from a triple bogey six on the 13th hole to salvage a 12 and a tie with Trevino for the lead Sanders a greying 38-year-old American veteran striving as hard to win his first major championship as Nicklaus is to get his 14th blew a two-stroke lead with a triple bogey seven on the final hole Sanders finished with a 71 and was tied with the favored Nicklaus and five others at 142 even par Also at 142 were American Johnny Miller who shot a sparkling 66 for the best round South African Gary Player and three young Englishmen-John Gamer Peter Townsend and first round leader Peter Tupling Tupling who had an opening 68 blew to a 74 Garner and Player matched 71s and Townsend took a 72 Trevino got his share of the lead with a 15-foot birdie putt on the 1 2th hole then parred in Earlier he matched two birdies one a two-putt on a par -Nicklaus: MUIRFIELD Scotland (AP) Jack Nicklaus found Scotland too hot for him Thursday a rare complaint in the normally freezing north of these British Isles but it was justified by the brilliant sunshine that bathed Muirfield during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship Nicklaus striving to win the crown as an essential part of achieving modem golfs first Grand Slam got warmer and warmer even as his play failed to catch Ore At 'the ninth hole his wife Barbara appeared with a new open necked shirt and Jack changed into it gratefully was just too hot out the American said that alL I play well Nicklaus faltered to a one-over-par 72 which left him with a 36-hole count of 142 at that time only one stroke behind early leader Tony Jacklin Another five players were tied with Nicklaus on 142 at that stage thought there was rto way I could possibly shoot out of the CHESS(ANDMONEY)ON THEIR MINDS-Boris Spassky (left) and Bobby Fischer (right) are involved in world chess championship billed by many as the match of the The action in 2nd match belied that title (AP Wirephoto) Fisdheir Slhxmfj Bewildering Bobby Then Protests Forfeiture Too Hof 60s but I just kept making mistakes Jack said afterwards fact I thought have to shoot 65 because everyone else would Maybe the course was more difficult than it Nicklaus struggled to consecutive bogeys on the sixth and seventh holes and also bogeyed the 10th and 18th But he kept his game under control with birdies on the 11th and 13th iron play was Jack said I play as many bad shots as in the opening round when 1 had Told that the Scottish weathermen have predicted plenty more sunshine through to the end of the tournament Saturday Nicklaus said it stays as hot as it is now the Muirfield greens are going to be like lightning already fast and gettin Nicklaus was asked if he felt any frustration over failing to whip his game to a peak course a bit he said have to feel that way if not playing as well as you know you can Camacho heroes in Northern triumph from first and second base The rest of the game was a duel-as there were only seven hits in the entire game five by Northern Armstrong had a no-hitter going into the fifth inning before Southern connected for two harmless singles one of them by losing pitcher Steve Owens pitching performance was also impressive Armstrong was a little wild in the fourth inning as he beaned two consecutive Southern batsmen with high inside pitches Centra East was to meet Central West in the nightcap In the nightcap Thursday night Central East had a 1-0 lead over the Western team in the second inning when heavy rain forced the to be postponed until after the end of scheduled play In contests Western tries to stop the high-flying North at I pm North Vs South: Armstrong Wins It i REYKJAVIK American challenger Bobby Fischer refused to turn up for the second game of his world chess match against Russian world champion Boris Spassky Thursday night and then lodged an official protest when the arbiter awarded the game to Spassky on default Icelandic chess officials said refusal to play in protest against the organizers rejection of the demand that all TV cameras be removed from the had put the entire $250000 match in danger Arbiter Lothar Schmid of Germany said early Friday that he had received a letter from Fischer announcing that the American was protesting the decision to give the game point to Spassky on grounds that the clock had been started even though the playing conditions in view were not adequate Fischer described this as a violation of the match rules set up by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Schmid said he was still waiting Tor a detailed document from camp He said the protest would be dealt with Friday morning by the match committee composed of the arbiterhis deputy one representative for each player and Icelandic officials Schmid said the decision would be announced at noon He would not speculate on the outcome but FIDE sources said it was unlikely that the -committee would change the decision which was based on one of the match rules It says that a player loses the game if he fails to turn up within one hour of the starting time of a game Under the match rules the winner will get five eighths of the prize money with three eighths going to the loser However Icelandic chess officials said it was unlikely that Fischer would get any of the prize money if he did not show up for any more games They said there were no clear rules on this but the general feeling was that a player must complete the match to pick up prize money The unpredictable 29-year-old American locked himself into his hotel suite and refused to come out to play because the organizers and the owners of the film and TV rights turned down his demand that all TV cameras be removed from the chess hall Icelandic chess sources quoted Fischer as saying he was not only protesting the cameras but also the fact that is a conspiracy against me The 35-year-old world champion appeared on stage in the hall in time for the match and stayed until one hour of the game time elapsed and Fischer had forfeited the game Arbiter Lothar Schmid of Germany made a brief announcement from the stage referring to rule five of the match rules which says that a player has forfeited the game if he fails to turn up within one hour after the clocks have been started The American camp announced four hours after the game that Fischer was filing an official protest against the decision to give Spassky the second game spokesman said they would protest on the grounds that the clock was started before the playing conditions were in proper order Tod Armstrong blasted a second inning double down the right field line driving in the only two runs of the game and allowed only two late inning hits from the mound as he led Northern Little League to second consecutive Guam 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