The Bangor Daily News from Bangor, Maine • 33

,7 ''wy I v-v- I OT OOIt Speaking Of Sports by mmkmi 0 On orts pangor Mm Thursday July 6, 1972 Pago 33 0 sy I- i Yazs Slugging Days Long Gone lU Bangors American Legion Nine Kelley. In back are Bill Kearns, manager, Greg Corbett, Rich Newman, Bob Bissell, Mike Rice, Allan Porter, Rob Estey, Kevin Cahill, Kevin Griffin, manager Andy Constantine, and legion representative Charles Johnson. (NEWS Photo) Members of the Bangor American Legion baseball team are front row, left to right. Coach John Stubbs, Pete McCarty, Lee Sumner, Bob Tweedie, Steve Sawyer, Bill Green, Steve Hussey, Dave Dunham, Andy Freese, Fred Doughty, and Coach Bob Not since the ping pong match with the Chinese has an international match caused such a stir. The Olympics have taken a back seat.

The Wimbledon finds people asking, Whos Wimbledon? The world trembles in anticipation. A Tank and a Russian have a chess match. ft ft Were not quite sure how it has affected your life but for some, theyve even lost Interest in soap operas. For women this is serious because they could miss chapters of As The Stomach Turns. This chess match is going to be a fight to the finish, a death matchi Not even Chief Strongbow and Turo Tanaka in their tag tussle with the Mad Russians can compare with it.

1 Competitors tell how they must prepare for such a match, the physical exercise needed to get in condition, the mental mood needed to match wits. This is the greatest thing to hit Iceland since the Ice Age. Fischer and Spassky will go down in history with Dempsey and Tunney, Tinker, Evers to Chance Rockne and his Four Horsemen. Generations from now kids will listen in awe as details of this match are told. Perhaps best of all is the fact it will be televised.

The entire world can watch the breath-taking moves, the daring and the cunning. This should be a coup for a sponsor. Think of the minutes it will leave between moves, the opportunities to go to the refrigerator if youre having more American Legion Baseball On The Upswing In Bangor EOSTON (AP) A three, time American League batting champion with 257 lifetime home runs, Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox still commands respect, but his days as a long ball threat may be over. Yastrzemski, who will be 33 next month, cant buy a homer, even if he could part with a big chunk of his $165,000 a year from the Red Sox. Yaz, signed off the Notre Dame campus for a fat bonus, prepped two years in the minors before joining the Red Sox in 1961.

He reached a career high with 44 homers as he led Boston to the pennant in 1967 Kelley also pointed out the and earned the most valuable fine play of Bissell and Tweedie player award, defensively. Bissell is both a He slipped to 23 homers In pitcher and an outfielder andi968, but bounced back with 40 Kelley said his speed in the field to each of the next two seasons, is surprising. jbeing rewarded with a hefty The regular season is due to three-year contract Yaz really hit the skids last rain this summer, Bangor has a year finishing with only 15 Tv homers- a -2M batting average They play all their hame and just 70 runs hatted in. He 9. Sidelined a month, he returned to action witu the knee strapped.

He changed his thinking, forgot the long ball and bis average climbed steadily and moved steadily toward .300. Im just trying to hit the ball, the powerfully built outfielder said. Ive been getting some good rips, going to kft and center when the pitches are there. Im getting back into the groove, altohough Ive taken some extra batting practice. Homers? Im not thinking about them.

Theyll take care, of themselves. Despite his drop from home run leadership ranks, Yaz still is feared by American League rivals. Hes swinging like the Yas of old, Manager Chuck Tanner of the Chicago White Sox said in a recent visit to Fenway Park. As soon as he gets his timing down, hell tear up i few ball parks. He can win games all by himself.

Hes worth three hitters in the batting order himself, the guy before him and the one after. Larry Mahoney, Rich Newman, Mike Rice, A1 Porter, Kevin Cahill, and Rob Estey. Other players include Bob Tweedie, Bill Green, Steve Hussey, Dave Dunham, Bob Bissell, Fred Doughty, and Kevin Kelley pointed out that he has been getting excellent Performances from about all of his players, but mentioned Steve Hussey in particular. Hussey, a pitcher has an 0-1 record in only one outing, struck out 17 men in a 2-1 loss in nine innings. than one.

Sports In Brief games at Garland Street field and will be host to Waterviile Friday at 6 p.m. was plagued by a hand injury and personal problems. After- playing in his fifth consecutive All-Star Game, Yaz connected for only four homers, the last on Sept. 3. He hasnt hit one since, even in 28 exhibition games in spring training.

"We dont known what the Veteran Shack Inks Contract BY ROGER HUNTON Of the NEWS Staff 'Bangor High School baseball coach Bob Kelley and John Stubbs have taken over the reigns of the James W. Williams Post No. 12 American Lemon baseball team this summer In order to try to get tr- port back on its feet. The results have been successful thus far as the Bangor team is currently tied with Augusta at 5-1 for the Zone 1 lead. There are three other zones in the state.

Those playing for Bangor include players from Bangor, John Bapst, Hampden, Brewer and East Corinth. The only requirement is the player must nr' be 19 vears old by August 1. If Bangor wins their zone they will qualify for the state playoffs in Togus in August. The team is sponsored by the Bangor Parks and Recreation Department. Mny of the players are vejry familiar to Kelley as they have just recently completed the high school season.

Those from the Bangor team include Pete McCarty, Lee Sumner, Steve Sawyer, Andy Freese, Greg Corbett, While the match is underway a sponsor wont get rook-ed. Best of all, there will be instant replays. One prime move can be reshown to the World, and to top it all off, it can be done in slow motion. .7 Somehow it all seems unbearable. How can Nickiaus concentrate, politicians seek voters and bettors keep their minds on the daily double knowing not what will be the nefct chess move? I We dont know about you but well be happy when all this suspense, ends.

Then the world can start turning again. PITTSBURGH (AP) Veter-an winger Eddie Shack signed a two-year contract Wednesday golf team. (which we didnt publicize and we wth the Pittsburgh Penguins of Gibson, 61, was named pro certainly arent going to publi- the National Hockey League, of the year by the Profes-'cize now. He hasnt any prob- tbe dub announced, sional Golfers Association in lems this year. 1966 and again in 1971.

He re-j Yaz got off to a miserable tired in December 1971 as pro start this season and was hit-at the Westmoreland Country ting just .161 when he tore liga- TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) John trouble Red Sox General Gibson, has been named coach Manager Dick OConnell says, of the University, of ArizonaLast year he had problems Shack, 35, scored five goals and had nine assists with the Penguins last season. He previously played with the New News Wire Services The St. Louis Cardinals said Wednesday young righthander Scipio Spinks will undergo surgery for torn ligaments in his right knee and is through for the season. Spinks collided with Cincinnati catcher Johnny Bench in Tuesdays game in Cincinnati.

He scored from first base on a double by Luis Melendez. Team physician Dr. Stan London will operate on Spinks knee Thursday morning at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, the Cardinals said. The 24-year-old pitcher will have a cast on his leg for about six Weeks and then will undergo therapy.

York Rangers, Boston, Toronto, Los Angeles and Buffalo. Club in Chicago where he had served for 30 vears, ments in his right knee sliding into the plate in California May Saints Sign 2nd Draft Pick i NEW ORLEANS (AP) The New Orleans Saints said Wednesday they have signed Willie Hall, their No. 2 choice in the National draft, to a 1972 Hall is a linebacker frqtn Football League contract. foot-2, 217-pound Southern NOW OPEN IN BANGOR 1 Nl IrI TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY ONLY WERFUl DIRT BIKES TO SUPER POWERFUL ROAD BIKES FROM Guaranteed Coast to Coast DIIE-TKa F0M.4-IPLV TRACK The East German womens relay team set a world record mark of 3 minutes 28.8 seconds Wednesday night It held the existing record of 3:29.3. The Germans set the time in winning an invitation relay against the French womens team during the East Ger-many-Frane track and field meet at the Coiombes Stadium.

BOXING The Quarrys, who lost in the ring at Las Vegas last week, are still making headlines, but for them again its bad news. A motor home driven by Arawanda Quarry, 45, mother of boxers Mike and Jerry, had a flat tire and caught fire early Wednesday on the southbound Riverside e-way. Authorities reported no injuries but the vehicle was destroyed. All their boxing equipment was in the back of the motor home, Mrs. Quarry said, estimating the loss at $2,500.

HARNESS RACING Beau Winter was named Wednesday to represent New Zealand in the $125,000 Roosevelt International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway July 15 The 7-year-old gelding, who raced in New Zealand last season before being purchased by Canadian John Bosworth, is the fifth horse named to the lVi-mile event. Three more starters are to be announced this weekend. Invited earlier were defending champion- Une de Mai of France, Fresh Yankee of Canada and Speedy Crown and Flower Child of the United States. HORSE JUMPING Gerd i 1 1 a of West Germany, aboard Askan, won the jumping championship of the Aachen International Equestrian Tournament Wednesday. West Germans Hartwing Steenken on Simona and Hendrik Snoek on Faustus tied for second.

The best American finisher was William Stein-kraus of Noroton, who tied for sixth. There were 32 starters for the first course of 860 meters with 14 barriers and 17 jumps. Twenty-two qualified for the second course of 600 meters with 10 barriers and 13 jumps. Allison, Petty In Point Lead DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (UPI) Bobby Allison and Richard Petty maintained their positions Wednesday as the second leg and overall point leaders, respectively, in the battle for NASCARs Winston Cup Grand National point championship after finishing among the top three drivers in Tuesdays Firecracker 400.

Allison has 1,962.75 points in the second leg standings to James Hyltons 1,812.50. Cecil Gordon is third with 1,792.25 and Petty is fourth with 1,777.50. I Petty, who won the first leg of the Winston Cup, is the overall point leader with 4,730.65 points. Hylton is second with 4,661.70 and Allison is third with 4,656.85. Petty, who finished second to David Pearsons in Tuesdays race, moved ahead of Allison as the leading money winner with $121,760 to Allisons $120,260.

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