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Section Ckrloiic (Dbscmr Wednesday July 5 1972 Tennis Baseball Golf Lee Ruins No-Hitter In 9th line into center field for the only hit as the Mets made off with a 2-0 victory in the first game of a doubleheader admitted after hit doubt about that But my immediate thoughts were that Nate Colbert was coming up I wanted to win the game too much to stand there crying in my beer Colbert can hit one out and he gives me the most trouble on that club Associated Press NEW YORK was a good Tom Seaver said and in but it came back over the plate a little The 27-year-old New York Mets righthander was talking about the first pitch he threw to San Leron Lee with one out in the ninth inning Tuesday wanted to win the game too much to stand there crying in my beer I lose the no-hitter on a mistake or a had pitch I was trying to throw Lee as good hard stuff as I could But a good hitter hitting over 300 so I can't worry about It was the second time In his career the hard-throwing Seaver lost a no-hit bid with one out in the ninth On July 9 1969 he retired the first 25 Chicago batters before Jimmy Qualls singled to center for the only hit was certainly Seaver Seaver philosophized lose the no-hitter on a mistake or a Lee swung at the low fast ball and broke his bat but tapped the ball on a soft Seaver See SEAVER PPg 4B Col 3 BY CAR LENGTH Wily Pearson Wins 400 Discipline The Key ictor Missed He Outdrives Petty Allison In Last Laps NOTES MUSINGS: A man called in to say he had a Fourth of July hangover: fireworks going off in his head and his tongue was red white and blue Herschel Caldwell who retired after 42 years on the Duke University football staff under seven head coaches summed up the secret to success in one word: discipline Said Caldwell: winning coach has it on and off the Vacation By BOB MOORE Observer Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH Ha believe you can beat it What else can you do but win with Bobby Riggs who is 54 wealthy and living in California has been called the greatest defensive tennis player of all time Riggs rated his top three players recently: all-time champ is Pancho Gonzales followed by Jack Kramer and Ellsworth To hear David Pearson talk you would be led to believe that all he had to do was climb behind the wheel of the Wood Brothers Mercury and victory was automatic in Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway By BOB MOORE Observer Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH Fla -David Pearson's idea of the perfect vacation is to stay home Oh he may play a little golf But sleeping is much more relaxing So it came as a real surprise to his wife Helen when he decided in March to take her to Hawaii over the Fourth of July Glen Wood however ruined hopes for a trip to Honolulu with a phone call last month A Foyt who had been assigned to drive the Wood Brothers Mercury in Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway had suffered second and third degree burns during a sprint car race at DuQuoin 111 and would be unable to drive for the Woods Nothing could be further from the truth It was brains and brilliant driving ability that allowed him to edge Richard Petty and Bobby Allison in an exciting finish Las Vegas has never supported football minor league baseball basketball or horse racing Oddly enough the gambling capital stages weekly prize fights with good results The only other city in America with steady pugilistic competition is Los Angeles Ring a special bell for Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf who retired at age 70 He toiled 30 years as an active coach and more recently scouted for the pros a Hall of Fame member The trio turned the 160-lap affair into a 19-lap trophy dash when they treated the record crowd of 67200 to one of the finest races in the track's 14-year history 40 Years Of Sunday Ball But Helen is smiling today as happy as if she had just spent two glorious weeks on the Islands And the only ones mad at Pearson for going to Hawaii are Richard Petty and Bobby Allison Pearson revamped his thinking three different times during the deciding 10 laps And it was Pearson who discovered the key that unlocked victory lane while Petty was forced to settle for the runnerup spot by less than a car length with Allison third another car length back Less than a second separated the three "I think David tricked Glen Wood said FIRST SUNDAY baseball game was held in July of 1932 at old Wearn field and drew 3000 The issue of sports activity on the Sabbath took on the same serious arguments as booze-by-the-drink Oddly enough the hostile attitude toward business (or sport) on Sundays strictly a church issue The legislature passed such laws in an effort to restrain pound-of-flesh peddlers from working their charges seven days per week Pearson outsmarted his rivals to score a narrow victory in the 400 Less than a second separated the three as they raced across the finish line after a sensational 19-lap trophy dash During the final 19 laps the trio were never more than three car lengths apart as they swapped the lead in machine-gun fashion don't have time to get Pearson admitted he first thought the smart place to be on the final lap was third But he learned during the constant swapping of positions by the threesome that want to be Sees Pg 3B Col 6 Winner David Pearson Cools Off From 130-Degree Track Temperature See WILY Pg 3B Col 1 Lawson Says COOL NASTASE STOPS CONNORS Jack Nicklaus in answering critics who score him for vacationing during the PGA tour: always felt when you play a special tournament such as the US Open you cannot just take a day or two and study the course Take Bobby Jones The year he won the Grand Slam he played in only six The Houston Astros say be happy if Tommy Helms hits only 255 if he continues his clutch performances The second sacker has been a treat at the plate with men on base The Tennes-see-Georgia Tech football game on Sept 9 will feature a kickoff at 5 pm in Atlanta The reasoning is to allow mid-day coverage of the Olympics in Munich for those who are glued to the tube Hawks Pact Steady Smith Trims Metreveli Not Honored Associated Press Associated Press Apart from that spell in the second set Smith was never headed He broke again to win the set at 8-6 with a finely angled forehand and a backhand return that clipped Metreveli's baseline Three splendid forehands gave Metreveli a service break at the start of the second set He hejd his lead to 4-3 and then crumbled against Smith's cunning returns The Russian missed with a half volley and Smith broke back at 4-4 who is rated one of the most improved players in Europe The compact little Russian scored with a lot of fine passing shots as Smith came in at the net but he was nnt able to maintain his attack long enough to get a grip on the match at any time my best surface" Smith said I'm not the only good grass player All the other three have played on grass and if you're good you can play any The big American had that extra touch of experience and consistency to beat Metreveli ATLANTA A1 Lawson assistant basketball coach at Florida State University filed a $1 million lawsuit against the Atlanta Hawks Monday in US District Court See CONSISTENT Pg 3B Col 3 Clicss Game Rivals Olympics Young Sets Lawson charged in the suit that the National Basketball Association team failed to honor a contract with him to play basketball during the 1971-72 season for a salary of $16500 American THAT ON-AGAIN OFF-AGAIN chess match between Bobby Fischer and Russia's Boris Spassky has outdone President visit to Moscow for intrigue The stakes both monetary and prestige have jumped to astronomical proportions In the short period of a week the two temperamental artists have parlayed their hi-jinxs into front-page coverage They have written a new book on publicity gimmicks Cry your heart out Muhammad Ali Old Tex Rickard the master promoter must be smiling in the great beyond WIMBLEDON England -Stan Smith served and volleyed his way into the Wimbledon semifinals Tuesday and found himself contending with three Europeans The tall US Army corporal from Pasadena Calif playing his best tennis of the tournament thus far whipped Alexander Metreveli of Russia 6 2 8-6 6-2 The Europeans all reckoned to be clay court specialists came through in one-sided duels on turf Ille Nastase of Romania ended the dream of 19-year-old Jim Connors of Belleville one of this Wimbledon heroes 6-4 6-4 6-1 Jan Kodes a chunky Czech hammered Onny Parun of New Zealand 6-2 6-3 6-4 Manuel Orantes of Spain downed the hard-hitting Colin Dibley of Australia 6-2 6-0 6-2 In a semifinals Smith plays Kories and Orantes meets Nastase Walk Mark Atlanta Hawks Basketball Inc and Hawks business manager Irv Gack are named as defendants in the suit which demands a jury trial Associated Press When Joe Lis moved in with Bill Robinson at Hawaii when the two Phillies were minor leaguers Lis said rather unsurely the first black roommate ever Robinson looked at him and assured him the first The suit claims basketball career has been permanently and says he lost $200000 in profits as a professional player and $200000 in potential fringe benefits EUGENE Ore Larry Young a 5-6 veteran from Sibley Mo became the fastest 50-kilometer walker in American history Tuesday when he captured his second walking event at the US men's track and field Olympic trials The walk and the decathlon were the only events scheduled Tuesday The 150-pound Young the only American ever to win a medal in an Olympic walking event was timed in 4 hours 13 minutes 44 seconds more than two minutes faster than the American record of 4:15:240 set in 1970 by Dave Romansky from the South Jersey Chargers Richard Nixon the picker of all-star baseball teams who is on leave to Washington chose his supercast last week and delighted fans far and wide with the exception of Georgians He omitted Ty Cobb from the select list which is like snubbing Teddy Roosevelt on the all-time presidential ballot He may come back to haunt Lawson charges in the suit that he entered into a and binding contract in with the Hawks in June 1971 but that in August of that year the team failed to honor the contract For the first time since World War II there are no Australians In the last four The unorthodox semifinals lineup is one result of the absence of the 32 stars of World Championship Tennis Including reigning champion John New combe of Australia The suit says that the failure to give Lawson a chance to perform to fraud and Smith who has been struggling to find his form throughout the tournament looked more like the man who reached the 1971 final His record on grass courts makes him a standout favorite for the title The world mark is 4:04:199 by Peter Seizor of East Germany The 31-mile walk started in JULY FOURTH IS USUALLY a festive afternoon at any baseball arena Gastonia edged the Twins 2-1 in a well-played game at Griffith Park and all of the witnesses could have been seated in a Greyhound bus It was like sitting at the bedside of an old friend and watching him slowly die The obvious diagnosis is in-'difference Is there an antidote? A spokesman said the Hawks declined comment we have had time to study the suit" A Photo 4 American Sian Smith Lunges For Forehand Return See YOUNG Pg 3R Col If.