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wjf -Awtrr Jjwffctawit 13 Nof Probable But Possible a Dejected Nicklaus Laments On Shattered Slam' Dream course where Nicklaus had never before been beaten for a 278 total Nicklaus who briefly held the lead despite being six strokes away when the day's play started was one back He hunched over clenched fists still holding the putter His country had it in his pocket "It was some kind of shot" Trevino said of his play on the 17th "I thought those photographers had cost me'the tournament I really wasn't even trying on the chip" He finished with a 71 matching par for the day on the old face was contorted in dismay as his last chance for the Slam died on a 35-foot birdie putt that fell short on the final hole "I had it but I let it get Nicklaus said "If I had to be beaten glad it was by Lee some kind of player-something else" Later he turned to Lee grinned ruefully and asked: you go back to Mexico? You're doing this too often Both are staying in Europe for at least a week for exhibitions Trevino in Paris and Nicklaus in Munich Trevino in an unusually subdued attitude admitted after winning: i almost sorry Jack win the Slam It would have been good for golf But all out here to three more shots and was lying four off the green Jacklin was 15 birdie below the pin in three Jacklin appeared a certain winner He had a birdie possibility and Trevino was staring straight into the grim face of a bogey But the rags to riches guy who stunned the golfing world with his blitz of the American Canadian and Brit-1 ish Open titles a year chipped in for a par Jacklin who won this title in 1969 and the American Open in 1970 was shaken and bewildered Instead of a birdie he missed the putt then missed another from three feet and finished with a bogey Like a streak of Texas lightning the tournament turned around and the merry man from the Rio Grande border i admittedly had given beat en by a single stroke despite a course-record-matching 66 that fell just short of catching Lee Trevino given up I wasn't even trying I thought I was beaten' Trevino said of the key shot in the 72-hole tournament a delicate little chip from the short rough that he holed for a par five on the 17th It was that shot that pointed him to his second consecutive British title and left the loquacious Trevino speechless Trevino and Tony Jacklin were tied for the lead at six under par and were playing the 542-yard 17th hole Saturday on the moors just south of the Firth of Forth Nicklaus charging grimly determinedly had faltered with a bogey on the 16th and now was on the 18th at five under par on the 6892-yard par 71 layout Jacklin drove into perfect position Trevino exchanged some quips with the gallery approached the then stepped bowing his head and muttering to himself as a couple of photographers wandered onto the fairway He hit it into a deep pit bunker hacked it around in the corse heather and thistles for By ROB GREEN MUIRFIELD Scotland (AP) Jack Nicklaus still insists golfs Grand Slam just an idle dream "I still think it is possible" Nicklaus said after his bid withered under the brisht sun of the British Open Saturday probable perhaps But possible "Maybe even next year" The world of golf wondered This was supposed to be the year There was the man the giant player Nicklaus already established as one of the greatest performers the ancient game has ever seen The timing was right At 32 probably at the peak of his incredible career With the Open titles in half-way right Pebble Hills all are layouts he likes and plays well The desire was there in fantastic proportions This is something the composed self-contained man from Columbus Ohio wanted as much as anything in his life It happen Ho was beaten by a man who lAwSSfi Monday July 17 1972 8 i Hudson Wild Buf Effective As Northern Belts Dixie 10-2 ITS MINE Lee Trevino kisses the British Open Golf Championship trophy after he won tho title Saturday for the second year in a row He finished with a 72-hole total of 278 (Associated Tress Wirephoto) Cc Fischer Finally Decides To Play Takes The Advantage Over Spassky By RICK BAILEY Northern manager Bill Mullins said it: "He (winning pitcher Larry Hudson) was just wild enough to be effective" Hudson indeed was wild lie walked seven and hit three Dixie betters Rut Mullins quickly added: "When you hold Dixie to just three hits then done a good Because Hudson with a lot of help from his friends did a "good Northern defeated Dixie 10-2 in the Disrict IV Babe Ruth Tournament last night at Park cide squeeze play The first came in the second inning when the winners put together four runs Wayne Steels drove in the first one with a booming triple to right-center and later sewed on a passed ball With one out and the bases loaded Garland Christopher dropped a perfect bunt easily scoring Danny Rooney from third with Erwin Bryant from second close behind Johnny Bell dumped the second "double suicide squeeze bunt" (or whatever you call it) to bring home the final two runs in Northern's big sixth Ross and Christopher had other runscoring hits in the inning two-run single in the (CsMfeiMe Pas II) ning he had walked one Dixie batter and hit three more But no one scored the lead was safe and Northern put it out of reach with a six-run sixth inning John Lovern led off for Dixie and was hit So was Don Fucci With Mark Pfeiffer up one of friends (catcher Chuck Ross) caught Lovern slow returning to second after a pitch and picked him off Hudson hit Pfeiffer and walked Rusty Milburn before striking out Gottler Meanwhile some more of Hudson's friends were running wild on the bases and keeping Northern's hopes alive after an 8-1 loss to Dixie Saturday night Consider that twice Northern scored two runs on the sui Because Northern beat Dixie in the double-elimination event the two teams will play again at 6:30 pm today to decide the championship Hudson himself have much to say afterward "Talk to the he said "They were the ones catching the balls for me" Although he had runners on in every inning but one Hudson time after time worked out of difficulty more often than not with a strikeout He had 10 of those But one inning in particular stands out So much so in fact that Mullins called it the turning point Hudson was nursing a 4-2 lead in the fifth Before he struck out Dean Cottier to end the in dining room to cat and prepare game strategy Fischer 29 conceded the first game to the world champion on the 56th move last Wednesday removed despite the American's protests lie did not leave however and his seconds continued negotiating with the match orgainzers The committee's ultimatum came in a report which caused Cred Cramer a vice president of the US Chess Federation to walk out of negotiations with match organizers stormed nut "If there is no By IAN WESTERGREN REKYJAVIK Iceland (UPI) third game of the Bobby Fischcr-Boris Spassky world chess championship match was adjourned Sunday with the temperamental American challenger one pawn ahead after 40 moves Spassky was in trouble as he pondered bis 41st move which will be sealed in an envelope to Thorarinsson president of the Icelandic Chess Federation Thorarinsson said Father William Lombardy official second accepted the agreement on the American behalf The solution however appeared only temporary Judge Lothar Schmid of West Germany said he would try to have the fourth game moved hack into the auditorium The television cameras Th AU-S end play Leag next Th Cent In East stror so from it ca both and Whick Ousted From Tourney With 5-4 Loss when Spasky forced him into a hopeless position During that game the temperamental challenger walked out for 35 minutes to protest the presence of thp closed circuit cameras used to give spectators in the auditorium a better view of the playing board Ho refused to play the second game Thursday when match organizers balked at his demands to remove the eameras and Judge Ixilhat Sch- be opened when the match ramer said as he 'stormed out If there is no at 5 (1 resumes pm pm iim Monday Fischer ended' a they have torpedoed meanwhile were being moved aw-ay from the auditorium playing area to a balcony 175 yards away Chester Fox Inc owner of the television and film rights to the match said the five-hour playing session on! by insisting on inserting in-the attack forcing two queenl statements anil anti-checks in the 38lh and 39lh 'thZ Propaganda into the nu)Vrs icommittee rcort The Russians simply did not want to give Bobby a fair But under the agreement Even Nikolai Krogius one of the world champion's seconds mid of West Germany awarded tclcphoto lenses for the cameras won So has abou admitted Fischer now had a chance to win his first game in the match when the game is finished Monday The two played the game in a rinsed room with only the! worked out later the third game was to be played in the same building as the auditorium where the first game was held hut in a small backstage room the game to Spassky by forfeiture Spassky 35 must get 12 points to retain his championship Fischer needs points to win Each game gives the winner one point and a draw give each player ti point were being flown in to accommodate the new position After the agreement to play the third game in private was announced Fischer and Lombardy brushed past reporters waiting in the lobby of their hotel and went into a private arbilm prwnt after a drama- comi 44tJ bats goto) hittii strai East that of Sti the SIIARSBURG Ky Whick was the first team to he eliminated from the National Baseball Congress District Tournament here Sunday Hazard scored a 5-4 win over Whick to put the losers out of the double-elimination tournament Tn other action Sunday thp Pirates defeated Blue Grass Industries 4-0 and the Lexington Angels blanked Drift 7-0 in the winner's bracket The Pirates and Angels will meet Saturday in the bracket final at Frankfort Rod Jones and Steve Tucker combined to strike out six and walk only one to help the Angels wip while Rob Polanich led the seven-hit attack with a single and a two-run double Ray Muoin pitched a two-hitter for the Pirates and added three hits while teammate Jerry Crowe contributed two singles tn the right-hit drive Five other games that were scheduled for Sunday were rained out and will he rescheduled sometime during this week gam Frid thus team they' Jui Satu: t'1 ii I 14 ii 9 I sessi SAFE AT THE Northern runner Wayne Steclo slides safely into home scoring his team's second run in a 10-2 victory over Dixie in the District IV Babe Ruth Tournament Steele had tripled driving in a run before a Dorn Fucci pitch got away from catrher Kenny Crowe who was charged with a passed hall (Staff Photo) was big High mem seem go! over of 1 That Leonard Michigan Victor Merle Betten hausen Hurt Lninglon Angeli Oft? lftfi 4-7 7 0 Drill IKK K-4 3 3 Jnnw Tucker (SI and Smith Muncy Gibson (4) Stumbaugh (5) nd Akprs Pirate 9ft? Ml 1-4 0 Blue Grass Ind M0 MW 0-0 3 1 Muoio ind Pettit A Anderson ind Al'ison Hnrard 071 ftftj 0 -5 1 ft Whick 001 Ml 1-431 Patrick and Jews Wooten and Strong CL SUCCESSFUL Dixie's Mark Pfeiffer arrives at second base ahead of the throw lo Northern All-Star W'ayno Steele in second-inning action of last Babe Ruth Tournament game Northern won 10-2 forcing a showdown at 6:30 pm today for the District IV championship (Staff Photo by David Perry) tic day in which it was highly uncertain until only no minutes hrforc the start of the game i( there would be any play at all At one point Fischer went as far as to book seats on a flight hack to New York during the afternoon But the unpredictable challenger then suddenly rhanged his mind and agreed to play in a closed room where there were no television cameras to bother him Spassky leads the 24-game match 2-0 after beating Fischer in the first game and winning the second on default Robert Bryne a US grand master said "Bobby has a chanre to win this game He is a pawn ahead The only problem is that they have bishops of different colors which is a Krogius said Spassky made an error in his opening game around the 11th move hut he would not discuss it in detail will have to look at that he said When Spassky made his 4ls1 move filing it in a closed envcliqie he got up and left the table Fischer remained in his hlark leather swivel rhair pondering his response for 10 minutes before he finally took his protocol wrote his move stuck the paper into a big envelope and handed it to arbiter Lothar Schmid of West Germany who scaled it Spassky opened the game with his queen's pawn the same opening he used in the first which he won Fischer who showed up right minutes late opened with a also his opening move in the first game During the first part of the game Fischer argued with Spassky and the judges about the presence of the cameras in the small room The issue of rinsed circuit television coverage of the match was dealt with in an agreement worked nut only hours before The agreement which made Sunday's game possible called for it to be held in the small room rather than in the 3000 seat auditorium in the same building The aud- Unser Brolti Climb GNetl McCr Fossa Ball Dully Kilkff Caml Lamb JUNCTION 'burn center in Ann Arbor He)on the 80th right and Leonard of lost his took the shoulder arm near the Andretti of suffered third retired with CAMBRIDGE Mich Joe Ilcrmosa Beach Calif lap when Mario Nazareth Pa mechanical prob- Colbert Fires 69 To Break Away degree burns as the carjlems slammed into the wall com- But fate denied Kenyon mmg off the second turn and thrce-Ume midget champion hugged the fence down the back his first Indy-type victory as he ran out of fuel in the The second half of the twin backstretch of the 98th lap Tel Two Cleve Tmii DP Texai From Pack Win Milwaukee Open lead from faltering Mel Kenyon of Lebanon Ind on the next to last lap Sunday to win the Michigan 200 for US Auto Club championship cars at Michigan International Speedway The race was marred as Merle Bettcnhausen of Tinely Park 111 driving his first championship race was seriously injured in a flaming crash on the back stretch in the scrond lap Bettenhausen was listed in "critical hut stable at the University of Michigan Kllkft I ami Farm Breix Lindt Pina WP 200 a 200-miIcr for stock cars began immediately after the end of the championship 200 but was halted in the 16th lap when it began raining Kenyon was the only contender to take the one mandatory pit atop under the yellow light midway in the race and lose ground He took the lead Colbert from Overland Park Ken won just $42743 a year ago His host money winning year was 1970 whm he picked un $49212 The Monsanto was his only victory in six previous ynats on the tour Bv GENE IIINTZ I hole he added bogeys on the MILWAUKEE (UPI) fifth and seventh holes to Steady Jim Colbert his putter-apparently drop from conten-working to perfection broke! tinn from a tightly hunched field Then he blazed hack starting with a two under par 69 Sunday the second nine with a birdie to win the Jirionn Greater! eagling the 486-yrard par 5 11th Milwaukee ()en golf tour-jam! adding birdies on the 12th nament land 13th holes to climb within 1 playoff on the final hole which Colbert bogeyed The Atlantan who was trying to become the first black to qualify for the Masters with a win here missed a 10-foot putt that would have given him a birdie and a tin with Colbert The miss could have cost Johnson more than $16000 He picked lip just $853125 for his second place tie Allin also came within inches of a playoff hitting the pin on his return shot from the hark of the green and then making his putt for a par Colbert had just one bogey in addition tn the 18th that coming on the 195-yard third hole He hirdied the fourth eighth ninth and 11th holes For Leonard driving for the Pamclli Jones it was his first victory of the year and also the team's first The defending national champion averaged 140685 miles per hour for the 200-mile distance Bobby Unser of Albuquerque 1L who set a world qualify ing record (or a closed course Saturday when he guided his Eagle around the oval at 199778 mph dropped out of the race while leading in the 63rd lap Bettenhauscn's brother Gary who was among the leaders in the first two laps withdrew from the race to accompany his brother to the hospital Leonard now takes over the USAC point lead for 1972 He had been tied with Mark Donohue of Media Pa going into the race but Donohue was unable to compete because of a knee injury suffered in a Can- AtUnU Iccident at Road 11 was tiie first tour win for the 31vrarold Colbert since 1969 when he won the Monsanto and the S2iwh) first plare money more than doubled his 1972 winnings giving him $43474 for the year He finished with a RMiole total of 271 nr 13 under par While Colbert won the story two strokes of Colbert Hut Johnson thrn par red the rest of the way to finish at 70 for the day and 272 for the tourney He tied for second with Chuck Courtney whose 64 Sunday lifted him from a tie for 23rd: Brian Allin and Grier Jones One stroke further hack were Rod Funselh Bert Greene and of the final day was George icnce the audtiorium had Johnson who had an even more erratic round than on Saturday been keeping track of the Jim Wieehers Johnson nearly forced moves through television screens connected to cameras near the playing stage Fischer had booked passage on a flight home Sunday only hours after the committee regulating the match ruled the television cameras would not be when he fired seven birides and five bogeys tn remain tied with Colbert fur the lead after 54-holcs This time Johnson started with a birdie on his second hole and then ran into trouble After a double bogey on the par-3 GLSA Edges Cincinnati Marlins In Swim Meet Sports Today BASEBALL The Greater Lexington Swim Association won the fifth annual Breescland Invitational Swimming Championship by edging the defending champion Cincinnati Pepsi Marlins 1007-983 Twenty-two teams from eight slates participated in the Twenly-nina meet records were set during the three day meet with Iexington swimmers claiming their share of these times Individual high point trophy winners from Coach Steve Heilman's GLSA squad is coming to at Chicago (Radio WLEX-FM unis WLW: TV Ch 5 18) meet held in Ashland Ky'inrhided Chris Olden in the 9-10 JjjJj Tournament at Shil- Th Sears aTr Thursday through Saturday Following the Iexington Gators and Cincinnati Marlins in standings were the Greater Charleston (W VA) Swim Association the Battle Creek Barracudas (Mirh) and the host Ashland Aquabears hoys division with 5V4 points Aylctl Simpson in the 11-12 girls seel inn with 43 points and Mike Gallagher in the 13 14 hoys division Lee Krssingrr finished a close second tn the Marlins Mark Rhodenhaugh in the 8 and under boya division JUNK DAY WINS SADDLE PONY TITLE-June Day ridden by Cindy Cowan won the Slow Pony Championship for Fivc-Gaitrd Saddle Tonies at the Lexington Junior League Horse Show Saturday night Mrs Charles Palmer (right) presents the trophy while Mrs John Stapleton president of the Junior League presents the ribbons The escorts are Robert Weant and Dale Robinson and the ringmaster is Vincent holey (Staff Thoto) July ftIMIi (TV golf am City Tournament at Lakeside Golf II mm 1 A 1 i 1 1.