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26-- THE DERRICK Thursday. May 25. 1972 Oil City, Pa. Fischer Expects To Win Chess Title Garden Column By LARRY ELDR1DGE Tk OriulM icbut itodUr M. hrriu.

OTf When Bobby Fischer: was asked how he'd take a defeat in his coming world championihip chess match, the brtuh American challenger replied: "If I lose, I won't be upset, because I'll know it a fluke." Remarks such as these, combined with Flscber's phenomenal success over the past couple of years, hate lulled many Americans into believing that tic can't be beaten? In their minds, the result of his match with champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union is a foregone conclusion. BtT DON'T LET last year's games or Fischer's egomania fool you. Upsets are always possible in any kind of competition. Furthermore, it's not really clear just how much of a surprise a Spassky victory would be. To be sure, Fischer has dominated the international scene lately, scoring an easy i in (he a i i tournament and then winning straight matches by lopsided scores to earn UK challenger's role.

In Spassky, however, the 29- year-old American will be meeting a much tougher foe than any of those he has disposed of so a No one follows the long und arduous road Ic the summit without being a great player, und Spassky got there three years ago by beating some of the same people Fischer did this lime. IK ALL THIS doesn't convince you that Fischer is in for a fight, consider one more fact. The two have already met five tunes in various competitions, and Bobby is still looking for his first victory. Now before you change your mind completely and decide Fischer has 110 chance at all, Jet me point out that Spassky's three victories and two--draws against Bobby were scattered over a period years and really aren't too relevant to the coining match. They do indicate, though, that Fischer is quite human and that Spassky can beat him.

A STRANGE fact about Fischer's play is that his games lire not always as sharp as his results would Indicate. There seems to be something about him a "merciless intensity," as a colleague once described it that indicates his foes to play below top form. When Fischer swept the U.S. championship with an incredible 11-0 score one year, for instance, Denmark's Bent l-arsen remarked disparagingly that his opponents had "played like children." But last year in the semifinals of the challengers' competition, it was himself who cooperated with similar nib-par MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SPECIAL OFF ALL SHOES IN STOCK EXCEPT INFANTS AND ORTHOPEDIC SHOES SHOES 233 Seneca OH City. Pa Phona 644-2332 play in absorbing a 6-0 beating.

Before that, Mark Talmanov of ihe Soviet Union had played as though in a trance to get swept out of the quarterfinals by the same score. FORMER world champion Tigran Petrosian put up a bit more resistance in the finals. The Russian outplayed Fischer badly In the tint three games, but Bobby pulled a surprising win In one of them and a fluke draw in another. Instead of being ahead 3-0, Petrosian found the match tied, and after another pair of draws his game fell apart as Fischer surged to a S-'i 2-4 triumph. It remains to be seen, of course, whether Spassky too will be spellbound.

So far he certainly hasn't shown much awe. The mental, physical and psychological strain of a match like this Is beyond the comprehension ot most of ut, but perhaps it suffices to point out that nearly all top players are in their 20's or 30's. Petrosian put which was duly noted by the Runlans after his loss. But Spassky, at 34, won't be giving away much of an edge in the gruelling, 24- game struggle scheduled to begin July I in Reykjavik, Iceland, and continue throughout most of the summer. Indeed, when all Is said and done, there seem to be as many reasons for picking one man as the other.

Thus, it's not surprising that predictions vary. Virtually all Americans pick Fischer, while most Russians KO with their man, so perhaps a more objective view can be obtained from outsiders. Window Boxes, Add To Beauty By M1LUCENT TAYLOR Steel Official Calls For Action On Foreign Market NEW YORK (AP) Edwin H. Colt, chairman of U.S. Steel called Wednesday for immediate government action to enable the nation's steel industry to compete in rapidly growing foreign markets.

In a speech to the 80th general meeting here of the American Iron and Steel Institute, of- which he is also chairman, Gott said, "it must be obvious to someone in Washington that something is radically wrong" when American steel imports could top exports by more than 6 to I as they did in 1971. Predicting that world steel consumption in 1985 would be Sears FREE LADDER STABILIZER WITH THE PURPHASE OF ANY SEARS LADDER DURING THIS SALE Save Mildew-Resistant One- Coat Latex House Paint double the 1970 level while the American market would grow by only 50 per cent in that period, he said ways must be found to stimulate greater steel exports from the United States, "I'm sure that the technology and the ingenuity exist within our industry to accomplish this, but our efforts will be in vain if we do not have new and helpful government attitudes toward our current export problems," Gott said. The U.S. government's recognition of the steel import problem indicated that the nation now stands the best chance in decades of getting a "more realistic" trade policy, he said. Colt also said that unless labor and management in the steel industry could soon make progress in devising a new method to preclude the "boom: and-bust" cycle that accom- panies contract negotiations.

there was a real danger that the "bust" would far exceed the "boom" when the current contract expires in 1974. He said he was hopeful that the impact which last year's hedge-buying in anticipation of a possible steel strike had on the jobs and incomes of steelworkers would lend urgency to the importance of finding an acceptable way to eliminate this recurring problem. Gott said 1971, a year in which "whatever could go wrong, did" for steelmakers, may have been a turning point for the industry. As an example, he cited a "breakthrough" in the form of union recognition that labor and management must work together to raise productivity. Good Bye Mule MILLERSVILLE, Md.

(AP) Among the unsolved cases at the local police station is the theft of Elwood Diggs' mule. Diggs said two men asked his father if they could borrow the 900-pound animal. The elder Diggs, near-blind at 92, said he couldn't describe the thieves but that they drove off with the mule in a red truck. Window-box gardens CBD add to the beauty of town houM or a summer cottage, and if allowed by the management, can satisfy the apartment dweller's yen to do a spot of (ardenbg. With the spread of container gardening from Europe (o the United States, window-box gardens have made a tremendous comeback.

Various models of boxes are now OB the market- Therefore unless one prefers to make one's own, a Httabto bos can probably be purchased locally. There are also bndwti for installation. Toe best kfafe are CtUfHila redwood tf ccdv. Metal ones can get IM hoi, and nwU pUrtte MM lack dralamf holes.Thelei(lhsb«adbethaiofthewMDWtll.tibwt«fi kJbg-srzrt wfadow, use two, as one loag out It tM heavy. There should be iitrles of to aad the taslde depth Aould be seven or eight tocher If painted the box should blend with the trim of fee although Ivory or cream is better than white.

Dark colon it- tract heat. If green, use a tone that doesn't dash with the green of the plants. Plain redwood or cedar is always good. For drainage broken flower pots, convex sides up, can be placed over each hole. Or you can put a one-loch layer of; clinkers or pea-size gravel in the box.

Cover your drainage, material with a layer of sphagnum moss to hold moisture. THE SOIL NEEDS to be fairly rich. Recommended to a mixture of three parts good garden soil and-- or leaf mold, one: part peat moss well-moistened, one-third part abarp builders sand, and to a bushel of all this, a three-inch flower-pot of bcoer meal and half a potful of dry manure. Plants from the nursery are usually preferred to raising plants from seed directly in the box, and can be replenished when needed. If you wish to raise your own (which meant no immediate flowers) start them in flats or cold frame and transplant them later.

Space even young plants seven to eight apart, mindful of their size at maturity. If the plants are in rows, allow three to four inches between the rows and stagger the plants. If the plants are in groups, have the higher plants in middle or at each end. Also keep to one color for each group. Not more than two colon is usually more effective in so snail a garden than is a riot.

IN SHADE, fuchsias, tuberous begonias, caladlums, cokus, rex begonias, and for trailers wandering Jew, vines manor, and ground ivy will flourish. Many of the plants that enjoy some sunshine, like lobelia and fibrous begonias, will get along also in a shady box. In full sun or where the plants get a good deal of sun, all the annuals will thrive. Try petunias, nasturtiums, marigolds, zinnias, verbenas, portidacas, or other favorites. For an autumn box chrysanthemums are lovely.

In winter fill it with evergreens and berry branches. Planted in a good soil mixture, the plants wont need feeding for about a month. After that, feed them regularly with soluble food. Watering depends on location and rainfall. Hot, sunny locations will need daily watering.

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