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14 July 14, 1972 Colts And Rams Involved In Deal LOS ANGELES (AP) Foot-igot 100 per cent, and made It five-year contract double reverse sneaked abundantly clear that Tommy Prothro last year, Roaenbloom Brock, St.L into the front office Thursday Prothro remain as'answered, of the reasons WUms, Chi when Carroll Rosenbloom coach. 1 wanted the Rams is because Ail traded his Baltimore Colts for am tlw sole owner, tied up for five Oliver, Pit Angeles Rams, who the only way I would have Rosenbloom said that Irsay Bcknr, LA he told newsmen. Asked why and Keland, a former part-own- Alou, St.L the move from East to West, he er of Dolphins, wanted Major League Leaders By United Press International Leading Batters National League g. ab r. h.

pet. Mota, LA 61 194 31 67 .343 Cdeno, Hou 72 287 56 99 .345 ISnguiln, Pit 73 281 35 94 .333 given Baker, Atl 57 175 18 58 .331 had just been purchased by a pair from the Midwest. Changing hands was $19 million in the unique National Football League razzle dazzle said, is a great challenge here. We have won the Super Bowl in Baltimore. 1 like a challenge.

1 loved Dan a club in the East. want to get out of professional football, so 1 sell the club transaction which saved Rose-, nbloom capital gains taxes. i Reeves. He loved to win and so he explained. came the It happened this way: do 'idea of the Robert Irsay of Skokie, 111 Rosenbloom also said he had: Rosenbloom said he and Willard Keland of Racine, financial interests on the know how- much the Midwest- bought 100 per cent of the Bros.

Pic- erners paid for the for $19 million. tures and some others. Bariws. however, gave Irsay and Keland then president of the'the $19 million figure, swapped the Rams they had Rosenbloom said that finan- Cal Shblm, KC Pniela, KC Fisk, Bos Otis, KC Rudi, KC May, Chi Berry, Cal Mabry, KC Carew, Min 77 331 42 109 .329 79 316 54 104 .329 76 309 49 99 .320 76 313 47 100 .319 55 193 19 61 .316 70 270 32 85 .315 68 251 35 79 .315 American League g. ab r.

h. pet. 64 214 30 72 .336 76 293 47 93 .317 59 202 41 63 .312 75 284 36 88 .310 74 301 48 93 .309 77 272 47 81 .298 53 185 22 55 .297 77 254 24 74 .291 76 287 28 83 .289 It i had been seeking he would rate the Rams 74 265 31 76 .287 moi-e franchise I buyer for more than a year. He and Colts about even. Los Home Runs Kiiianrf uifhin negotiations leading to gele.s plays in the National Con- mn miict itn wiiK fh bcgsn cacly Isst feronce of the NFL and Kuigman, SF 21; Aaron, Atl month.

more in the American WiUiams, Chi 19; May, Hou $19 million cash to pay the Rams stockholders including the estate of the late Dan Reeves who controlled 51 per cent. avoided capital gains taxes by doing it this said Rosenbloom, who had i flown all night to be at a news conference announcing the i move. Rosenbloom had demanded 80; per cent of the stock be- Asked if he would honor the'enee. Bobby Fischer Does It His Way UPI Sports Writer cameras, the NEW YORK you chess board, aU fore he would entertain a switch. As things turned out, he Merle Club Car Tourney Begins This Evening Fischer had kicked about.

Spassky was all set. Everyone in the Reykjavik Chess Hall was holding his breath as the Russian, playing the white pieces, made the first and Colbert, SO 18. I AmerictD League: Allen, Chi Cash, Det 16; Jackson, Oak 15; Duncan and Epstein, Oak 14. Runs Batted In National League: Bench, Cin 69; Kingman, SF 58; Stargell, Pitt 56; Oliver, Pitt 55; May and Rader, Hou and Colbert, SD 54. lights, the American League: Allen, Chi the things 58; Mayberry, KC 47; May, Chi and Duncan, Oak 45; four tied with 44.

PitcUng National League: Nolan, Cin 12-2; Carlton, Phil 12-6; Seaver, NY 11-5; Jenkins, Chi 11-7; play said Wes Parker, first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and owner of one of more active minds, interested in the opening with the Queen Pitt 10-2; Cleveland, St.L mean the world cham-jpawn Sutton, LA 10-5. there. What was; the rush? He had an hour before he had to make the first move. Fischer set out to keep Spassky waiting. He do it purposely.

The official clock was ticking but he with-175 and a important things than a contests Thursday ihirrf iSS Parker, using a word chess match. Even a world Uague ac- Loliv is perfectly okay in a championship one. both games were atrophy to the fourth-place not in a. And bet on it. be late family newspaper, a word' again.

the way he is. game, Chapin pairings find meaning not only brass but, Finally, after eight minutes. In British Open Nicklaus Trails Only By Stroke MUUiFIELD, Scotland (AP) Defending Champion Lee Trevino vaulted into a tie for the top ipot in second round of the British Open Golf Championship with a one- major titles In a single lior titl season, said ha was amazed there more good scores. I saw what the weather was this Nicklaus under-par 70, while the in- said, said to myself, ought timidating Jack Nicklaus and six others lurked just one stroke back. The bold and brassy Trevino, who won this ancient crown a year ago to complete an unprecedented sweep of three na to shoot 65 because everybody else is going to be shooting The situation is remarkably similar to those of the third round of the Masters and the round of the U.S.

Open. lional titles, had a 36-hole played relatively pour- of 141, one under par for shooting 73 each time, but 6 8 Mmrfield course, a jnobody really took advantage of his lapses. As it is, he shot one over par putted for the bogey that left him one away. iron play was Nicklau.s said. I pionship going on I foUowing of this guy Fis- Gub Car slow pitch softball tournament gets under-1 the main reason, way this evening as four games i are on tap to start off the 12-, do you feel about him, team, double-elimmation affair do you like him or at Roodhouse City Park.

First place in the tournament will net the winning team $100 Tri-Countv a League MUIRFIELD, SCOTLAND: Jock Nicklout bloats out of rough onto the 15th greon during second round of the British Thuridoy. After three birdies on the bock nine, Nicklous took bogey on the 18th thot left him ot 142, one stroke behind lenders Tony Jocklin ond Lee Trevino. (UPI Telephoto) Ira Berkow NBA Sparta Editar slumbering monster of the Scottish Moors that awoke lo snare both Tony Jacklin and moved one stroke Doug Sanders. to the lead. Jacklin, the bright and I 32-year-old Nicklaiw could breezy young Englishman whoihave had a share of it hut bo- won the British Open in the tough 447-yard, par had to mount a courageous hole.

He hit a i I ",1 five iron short of the hole, the 13th hole to sa vage a 72 on the green and two- and a tie with Trevmo 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 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 Garner, Peter Big Payoff Awaits AWs Retirement LOUISVILLE, (AP) When age catches up with Muhammad Ali he will have one Townsend and first round lead- big payday coming, a er Peter Tupling. check from the Louis- Tupling, who liad an opening ville businessmen who spon- 68, blew to a 74.

Garner and sored his entry into the profes- Player matched 71s and Towns- i sional ring 12 years ago. end took a 72. The former heavyweight NEW YORK (NEA) business who won or CHAPIN The hosts walked lost. In the Firrt round pairings find meaning not brass but i "miimtes Waverly 8-6 as Greg Kel- riirniiinn jmuch more, and one which I during which time Spassky get home and Rod- Carrollton the opener Bobby Fischer, the up impatiently and walked knocked a pair of stringe abound. Sales toe 1 chess genius from Brooklyn hp tshonk Park Boarf, Capitol perhaps better than any other 'V facts the Roodhouse Railroad- word you can think of and tten sat down his social inmng and held on to ers at 8:00 and Jacksonville Nel fof STnightea; 022 5 me mgnicap.

serious game played by man, Fischer studied the hnarH 110 022-651 such a serious game and'minutes, then made his first' Whalen and Car, Brown Shoe Fit and Car-j requires so much concentration, move knight to King bishop Wnalen and rollton HAH each drew first I relatively few men play it. Less round byes. NO LOCAL MATTERS TO DISCUSS than 5 per cent in the United States even know the rules but an astonishingly large percentage has begun following the game the past few weeks. three. In his own mind, Fischer feels one little guy taking on the whole Russian government.

He feel this way LONDON (AP) Even after 90 years, villagers of Norton Bavant, Wiltshiro, have nothing to talk about. Sidney Davis, clerk of Warminster Rural Council, called a meeting in Norton Bavant Village Hall. ZV ouw politics, the'waverlv because of Bobby politics between coun-ichaoin Kendall Cooper and Aufdenkamp 3b Rodney Staake (2) iC), Whalen (W) HR Greg Kelley (C) Game 206 8 2 I played Debbie (The Pearl) Mason three games of one-on- one basketball recently. We played in the Queens College gym, her home court. It began as an odd experience, and it ended that way.

I mean, playing against woman is not like playing against Big Red at the al though Big Red also defies logic sometimes. Like wear one black gym shoe and one white gym shoe and explain, what, almost the same size, Which brings up a second point of this strange, inter-sex game: my grun.ing male chauvinism. I was a litle cross-eyed at the thought of losing to a broad. I had heard about Debbie 91X-10 9 Chapin tries, that is, but because of' a pale, chess politics, I m.l.. m.

Ilk. N.m«h|“,S.rt B. I 8 adjourned, meaning each man had made his allotted 40 moves in the five-hour time limit with guys and Dick Allen look like couple of amateurs when it comes to doing his own thing, HR Rusty Smith (C) lookeed for the minutes of these exampli perfect i uooer hand although meetings. There just Word had filtered down that era up and it worid chim- MEREDOSIA Arenzville continued its winning way in Tri-County League action Thurs- wUH palT of wins 11 i Fischer i over host Meredosia. can still get a draw.

The game went to Arenz- iFiTher viHe by an tali) as i-ithat first match Bnri.I.i—.-u second game, Beard sacked a home run for Only a dozen of tte 100 villag-; that first match with Boris least 90 years they still jpion. anything to talk Davis All the embroidery had been taken care of. The drapes, the Watch him go! play a completely Mason. About how she was the R. Miner and M.

College wo- Rusty Smith, basketball team last season, while only a freshman. About how she led the team to the New York State championship (she was named the outstanding player) and to fifth place in the national tournament. AfKl I had heard about her moves, the quick hips and d-ouble-pump jumps that made the crowds roar and that, inevitably, pinned on her the nickname, in admiring the winners and hurled a one-' comparison to Earl Monroe of hitter, striking out six. 'the New York Knicks. CAR and DRIVERS Magazine 'THE OPEL IS A CLEAR WINNER AND IT WON BIG" different game.

You can'bet on that, too. r.Z recently been invited to I and went on participate in the U.S. to win M. Randy rap-j baage.ball team tryouts. Be- ped a roundtnpper in a losing i 50 and 75 women have cause for Meredosia.

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131 N. MAIN Game Arenzville 220 156-8 8 Meredosia 000 1 A Bob Beard and Jay Wessler Greg Gordley and Steve Dickman HR Bob Beard (A) Game Arenzville 103 7 Meredosia 020 3 A Mark Smith and Eric Roegge asked to come to the training camp at Parsons (Allege in Iowa from Aug. 26 to Sept. 9. Sixteen will be choaen to play in the World Games in Moscow in 1973.

So she has been practicing daily indoors, often playing one-on-one games against men. 1 had never seen Debbie play, but as I laced my sneakers in the locker room, I had the feeling I was just one of noany flies in the next game, they usually say eure out of curiosity. guys take me too seriously at she says, amiably. soon they say, better start some By then loo Men have accepted her basketball playing easier than women. Other women, she says, are often envious of her.

do you play they ask. I like she replies. sometimes think insane, the way I practice so hard. But I want to get ahead. I want to excel.

I find thait women usually work hard at very many things. They understand what it takes. And never know toait great feeling of driving through a little, little space and then floating high up there in toe After playing Debbie, I had this new realization. For the first time in my life, I was with a woman and she was just another human being not simply, simplistically, a woman. We played hard, we played competitively, and the equality of camaraderie was absolute.

The blushing difference reared up only after I performed that sportingly chummy gesture of patting her on the rump after a good play. And I oeemed to do that frequently. Out of pure instinct. Trevino got his share of the champion, now training in Ire- lead with a 15-foot birdie putt on the 12th hole then parred in. Earlier, he matched two birdies, one a two-putt on a par five, with two bogeys on the boxing or on his 35th front nine.

He bogeyed the'birthday, whichever comes land for a fight next week against Al Lewis, will receive money as soon as he announces his retirement first, where he missed the green, rolled in a 25-foot putt on the second for a birdie three, but lost the stroke when he bogeyed the next from a bunker. first. Gordon Davidson, lawyer for the 10-man sponsoring group, said the fund totaled between $80,000 and $90,000 when the Nicklaus, already the holder agreement between Ali and the of the Masters and U.S. Open i sponsors ended in 1966. The in- crowns and heavily favored to terest since has pushed it past win here en route to an un- $100,000.

precedented sweep of all thei Taxes already have been paid on the sum Davidson said. The sponsors made the agreement with Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, in 1960 when he turned pro after winning the Olympic light heavyweight BRANDS HATCH, England; title. (AP) World champion Jackie The contract, which Davidson Ford Wrecked At Grand Prix Stewart of Scotland wrecked termed far the most bene- his new Tyrell Ford Thursday, ficial contract that any fighter shortly after setting the fastest had ever was not practice lap time for Satur- newed when it expired in 1966. British Grand Prix auto Under the agreement, the race. sponsors paid Ali a $10,000 After flashing around the bonus, a salary of $4,000 per Brands Hatch course in 1 min-iyear, all his expenses while in ute, 22.4 speed of and half of his purse 115.78 miles an Scot money, skidded off the circuit with a Later the sponsors increased collapsed suspension, but share of the purse money caped injury.

to 60 per cent. The Tyrell, however, is The sponsors also put part of doubtful starter Saturday, winnings into the fund, which means Stewart may have which Davidson said let to start way back in the grid in him live comfortably the rest of his old car, which was ranked his life, if invested 10th fastest. I The sponsors, each of whom Second overall Thursday $2,800, realized Peter Revson of New York in a very modest Da- McLaren, with a time of 1:22.7. vidson said. (A).

Randy Schute and web. The Queens College gymnasium is huge, and ba.skeus to grow endlessly above the gleaming floor. I saw Debbie, a slight girl, eating up a sweat- suited man at one far basket. She Is 5-5 and 112 Gercke 2b Tim Hatfield Dan Gercke (M) HR Randy Schute (M) ROODHOUSE SLOW PITCH MILWAUKEE. Wis.

Middle-aged sports fans of America, stand up and cheer. Once again, a professional athlete whose birthday occurred prior to 1932 deciding who wins stock car Prix racers except that races. At 49, Nelson spends engines of the Formula most of his time preparing machines are almost Plymouth. But the on-1 twice as big also a race ly reason not driving as sedans with engines under be served. Ah! The resplendence of it all.

A toast. A toast, I say, to one Roger McCluskey of Tucson, Arizona who, at a tad shy teammate to Roger is lack 2.5 liters, of sponsorship for two cars. George Follmer, a 38-year old This Sunday (July 16) Me -1 from Arcadia, Cal- Cluskey will really get a work-jifornia, has locked-up the Tran.s- out racing against the young'Am championship and nf H.rnin« 219 voo-a 1 thc MicWgan IntcF-; givcH American Motors the SnrinlS hSJ iTw I Speedway located ju.st, title. Going into I Jackson, the USAC the race, Follmer has given holding a 200-, Javelin 42 points, and he ha.s 95 driver points. McCluskey first race was cars and a 200 -mile race for! Follmer Ls enjoying one of car event back stock cars all on the same day.

'his best years as a profe.ssion- Naturaily Roger will drive in al race driver. Last Sunday ROODHOUSE She 5-5 and 112 ujjvci Ticking scored in every in-1 piiuncis. She has the ning but the second and stormed past the Roodhouse Railroad, ers in Roodhouse Slow Pitch Softball league action Thursday (from the rock 8 ht. i opera, Christ Supei- In the contest. Club Car gained a win by It turns out that Debbie has feit as Bear Hybrids failed to all the moves 1 had heard field enough players.

and more and batter be- was paced by She can dribble behind the Miller 200-mile race was chines and stock cars are racing iou.s wreck while 0 ai that It Michigan, on. of the I Road Altenta and FSflm.i victory wasn harmed to Me- weekends of the year for sports jumped in to fill the gap in Peoples, who blasted four home runs and knocked a single for a five for five performance. Denny Ganton helped out with a four for four showing, including a homer. Railroaders 000 600 0 6 12 7 407 143 x-19 23 4 2 Bob Davis (R), Darrell Clanton, Denny Clanton, Dennis Campbell (H) 3b Wibon Hoots (R) her back and between her legs. She can shoot in close with either hand; her jump shot is up, behind her right ear and olf her finger-tips before is, one can catch balance from the stutter dribble.

a nimble defender and is said to be a hell of a passer. She learned this from echooi yards, she f5he saw Cluskcy on a silver platter becau.se everybody else wrecked or went out of the race due to mechanical problems. Roger came from behind to win. In fact, Roger was so far back at the beginning of the race because of two unscheduled pit stops for tires while under the green flag that toe only person who really gave him a chance car fans takes place at the famous 4-miIe long Road Amer- gap second car. no wonder that the Union 78 Rac- lea road racing courw In Elk- ing Pan.l of Experts named hart Lake, Wisconsin.

Follmer to win anokher one al Road America. Follmer will also race in the Formula 5000 event on Sunday. Michigan has two races going this weekend. nothing to the sports car set. Road America has no less than three I Like McGus'keyrGeorgr'hates big events.

to all of that prize money Saturday is a 200-miIe race for grabs and not lake a shot Trans-American sedans, at winning it of winning was Roger hlmwlf.l Those are car. such as While most profe.ssional sports 4 That is, Roger and his car Mu.stangs, Javelins, to the vmmoAr uiuziej mechanic, Norm Sunday is a Formula 5(KK) race uals. it seems that age and consisting of two 96-mile heHts exDerience are the Nelson Peoples 4, Dale Devening, Den- playing in outdoor games. Nelson is further proof tt ny 1 lanron (H) asks to run with someoha age can be a proof that definite help in for lingle-seat, open-wheel cars that are similar to European experience are the thing.s that count in motor racing. Three cheers for middle age..

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