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Hope Star Sports Hull won't play in series unless he signs NHL contract Miller shoots course record in British Open HOPE (ARK.) STAR "I Thursday, WINNIPEG (AP) Bobby Hull, the Golden Jet of the National Hockey league for 15 vears. said Wednesday it will not be Canada versus Russia in the upcoming exhibition series, but rather, the NHL versus the Russians. Hull, his voice strained with omotion after being told he will not be allowed to participate in the series unless he signs an N'HI, contract, said: "Well then, it's the NHL against the Russians, not Canada that's what it amounts to. "This is supposed to be Hock- ov Canada, that's the name of the The name of the is Team Canada isn't it? have to change the njnme to Hockey NHL." Hull was one of 35 players named Wednesday by Team Vinada Coach Harry Sinden to participate in the team's train- iijg camp. However, one of the stipulations to playing is that inn player must have signed an N.HL contract before the train- ini: camp opens Aug.

13. Team Canada is the Hockey Canada-sponsored squad which meets the Russian National team in an eight-game exhibition series Sept. 2-28. Hull had said last month, when he signed a 10-year, million contract with The Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association, that he wanted to play for the team against the Russians. "Harry Sinden and I talked about it before and I asked him about this.

He said, 'I'm picking the team and I'll have the players that I want on my "So I guess they've changed his mind too but I think Harry Sinden has got more guts than that," Hull commented. The Hull, second- highest goal scorer in the history of the NHL, said the stipulation that players must have signed NHL contracts was a retaliatory move by the NHL against the WHA. MUIRFIELD, Scotland (AP) Young Johnny Miller shot a course-record 66, which included a double eagle, and took the early lead in the British Open Golf Championship today with a two-round total of par 142. While the young American pro was smashing the Muirfield links, Jack Nicklaus was having early trouble. NicWaus, the tournament favorite who shot a 70 Wednesday, opened the second round with five straight pars but then took bogeys on the sixth and seventh holes to lose a stroke to par.

Britain's Tony Jacklin, who shot a opening-round 69 to trail Peter Tuping, a little-known British pro, was two under par after 30 holes. Miller's stunning double eagle came on the 558-yard, par 5 fifth hole when he holed out his second shot to draw a roar from the usually reserved Scots. Other early finishers included Bill Casper, who shot a 74 for 146; Bert Yancey, 72 for 145, and Bob Charles, the New Zealand left-hander, 70 for 145. Nirklaus shot a one-under-par 70 in Wednesday's first round over the fi.8fl2-yard Murifield course. He was two strokes behind the leader, little-known British nro Peter Tupling, and one behind Britain's Tony Jacklin.

Nicklaus, overwhelming favorite to win his third British crown, shared third place with two other American players, Frank Beard and Dave Marr, Benches' homers carry Reds to 6-3 win By BRUCE LOWITT Associated Press Sports Writer Grandma and grandpa were little Johnny gave them something to brag about to the gang back home. Bench's grand- pbrents, Verda and Lon Chan-, were in the Riverfrojf dlum stands Wednesday night vjhen Cincinnati collided with Pittsburgh in the battle of National League divisional leaders. wanted a couple of home runs," Bench com- rtented matter-of-factly after he'd given them just and 24th round-trippers of tie baseball season to power Reds to a 6-3 victory over the Pirates. I In other National League gbmes, the New York Mets sjmt out San Francisco 4-0, Los hammered Phila- 9-5, St. Louis blanked tlanta 7-0, Houston outslugged le Chicago Cubs 10-6 and San Diego edged Montreal 6-5.

In the American League, Minnesota mauled Milwaukee 7-1, Detroit defeated Texas 3-1, Boston beat Oakland 7-6, Kansas City clobbered Baltimore 11-4 in 10 innings, the Chicago White Sox slipped past Cleve- I New, Yankees silenced California Grandma and grandpa weren't the only people in the stands that Bench had on his mind. Lou Fonseca, his batting instructor, was also on hand "to point out any of my mistakes," Bench explained. And how, pray tell, could the Cincinnati slugger, batting a solid .291 with 24 homers and 69 runs batted tops in the be making mistakes? "Oh, we had some kind of a signal," Bench said, "where I'd look over at Lou and he'd indicate to me any mistakes I was making. Yeah, he pointed out a couple of things," he Tennis game moves into the ghettos NF.W YORK (AP) Tennis hites are turning black. The name traditionally re- for the white-clad, country club Althea Gibson and rthur Ashe the token ex- spreading to the lettos.

white, Puerto learning the staid sport, not through endless eorv hut through instant cornet it ion. "Get down on it. man. Keep at arm parallel to the ground, eep that wrist up." Remember it's accuracy, it speed, that counts." Good movement, sweet- fart. Gotta get you a pair of leakers and you'll be that uch better." Eric Werner's booming com- ands and the kids' shouts of bounced off the Central ark tennis courts, where usu- lv the subtle "thump" of a ill off a racket is the only ind.

Werner, who is director of New York Junior Tennis squatted on the court front of the net. He scattered ills left and right along the ound and encouraged the kids sneakers and dingy ingarees. sandals and colorful aysuits. to scurry and return ein with the balm of the hand. Quick to follow was that alien racket.

Most kids thought it would weigh a ton and that they would have to give it a real wallop to get the ball across the net. "I thought it was like one of those bats that you have to rhoke up on." said Raymond Girado. a tousled 12-year-old who wants to play for the Angeles Inkers basketball team when he grows up. Girado had arrived that morning at an east side community center with every intention of going swimming.But a little arm-twisting by his director brought him to the tennis rourts. He left with a racket he had won by beating five other youngsters.

The New York JTL is part of the National JTL established in bv Sheridan G. Snyder, an establishment man from Darien. Conn. His organization has spread to major cities across the country and culminates each year with a national championship, this year in Washington. At first he had Ashe and Charlie Pasarell teach the kids the name.

But they taught theory and lost the kids. Now Ashe is a vice president of the NJTL and an avid booster. The teach- prs are people such as Werner, who knows more about street kids than tennis. he wouldn't say what he was doing wrong. Nobody else has been able to figure that out either.

Tony Perez countered a Pittsburgh first-inning run with his 14th homer in the second. Then, two innings later, with a runner on third, Bench leaned into Luke Walker's outside fastball and parked it over the right field wall to put the Reds ahead to stay. The Reds, beating the Bucs for the second straight night, maintained their lead over Houston in the West while Pittsburgh's East Division edge over the Mets was trimmed to games. Jon Matlack regained his rhythm with a four-hit, nine- strikeout performance for the Mets. "I've had trouble lately," the young left-hander said.

"Ive been overstriding. The upper part of my body has been fighting my legs. "I went out there today hoping to rebuild myself I guess I was doing something right," he added. Bud Harrelson did something right too, against the Giants, knocking half the Mets' runs with a two- run triple off Sam McDowell in the second inning. "Pitching and the outfield," groanded Phillies Manager Paul Owens, "they killed us." The five Phillies pitchers gave up 18 Los Angeles hits and the outfielders, running the wrong way at inopportune times, let the baseballs fall in for extra- base hits.

Wes Parker and Bill Buckner led the Dodgers' assault with three hits and two RBI apiece. Bullet Bob Gibson, who lost his first five decisions of the season, reeled off his ninth straight victory with a six-hitter and chipped in with a home run, his third of the year, to lead the Cardinals past Atlanta for their 17th victory in 21 games. Jim Wynn belted two home runs and Norm Miller and Lee May added one apiece for the Astros, overcoming homers by the Cubs' Billy Williams and Jim Hickman. Larry Stahl and Clarence Gaston clubbed homers for the Padres, who overcame a three- run Montreal first inning to overturn the Expos. Bulletin LOS ANGELES (AP) Carroll Rosenbloom, owner of the pro football Baltimore Colts, apparently acquired the Los Angeles Rams today.

and two Britons. Peter Townsend anrl Craig DeFoy. mood and attitude are fine after that first round where I didn't play too well but still managed a fair score," Nicklaus said. "I'm relaxed." In all major tournaments over recent months Nicklaus either led. or shared first place from the start in both the Masters and British Open, the first two titles he already has won on the road to the Grand Slam.

The British Open and the American PGA next month would complete his greatest ambition. than I did in the opening round here." Jack said. "Mv swing isn't far off what it should be. It's a matter of timing. Maybe I'll do a little more practice." Defending champion tee Trevino was one stroke behind Nirklaus with a par 71, along with South Africa's Gary Player, bidding for his third British Open crown.

Doug Sanders, runner-up to Nicklaus in thechampionshipat Muirfield. in 1966 and St. Andrews in 1970. also fashioned a 71. "Mv chances are pretty cotton pickin' good," said Sanders.

"I always enjoy coming to Scotland because I can relax here, slow down the pace a bit. Dodgers are grounded PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Los Angeles Dodgers spent an unscheduled night here Wednesday when their team plane was grounded by security measures stemming from a hijacking. A Dodgers spokesman said the baseball team, which played the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday night and was to fly home after the game, instead would leave Thursday morning. Chicago will get 1st pick in WHA draft CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) Chicago will have first pick today in the 12-member World Hockey Association's supplementary player draft involving some 600 players. Following Chicago in the draft will be New England, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, Houston, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Winnipeg, Alberta, Quebec and Ottawa.

The drafting orders will be reversed in even-numbered rounds. The draft originally was scheduled for Wednesday, but was postponed to give general managers of the teams more time to familiarize themselves with the procedure. A WHA spokesman said until now each WHA team has had 150 players on their negotation list. East team will now be permitted to put 50 of those players on a "freeze" list, with the others available for drafting by other clubs. THE LAST COUPLE of years have not exactly been the most successful of Arnold Palmer's golf career and he has noticed It.

Bobby loses first match; break-off is threatened REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer today was reported threatening to break off his world championship chess match with Boris Spassky unless all movie cameras are removed from the playing hall. "It's quite serious. He may not play at all," said a member of Fischer's entourage who asked not to be identified. Fischer was scheduled to meet the world champion from the Soviet Union later today at 1 p.m. EDT for the second same of their 24-game match.

The American challenger lost the first game Wednesday night. Fischer staged a 30-minute walkout shortly after the play began Wednesday, complaining that a movie camera 150 feet away was making him fiervous. The camera was hardly visible in the dimness outside the lighted players' circle, and it could not be heard by Fischer, but aides said the knowledge of its presence unnerved him. Chief referee Lothar Schmid of West Germany, who makes the decisions on all contested points in connection with the match, told Fischer during his walkout there was nothing he could do about the camera. Film and television rights for the match have been sold to an American promoter, and Fischer and Spassky are to get a share of the proceeds, estimated at a minimum of $27,500 each.

"It's up to Lothar Schmid whether Bobby plays," one of Fischer's advisers said today. Contacted at his hotel, Schmid said: "There will be a match tonight. If Fischer doesn't appear, he will take the consequences." A member of Fischer's camp said the "legal aspects are being studied." Richard Stein, a lawyer for the promoter who bought the TV and film rights, Chester Fox. said he was up all night with Fischer's second, the Rev. William and Fred Cramer of the U.S.

Chess Federation. Stein said that at one point Fischer walked in on the meeting, listened for a few minutes and then in a few sentences indicated he was adamant about expelling the cameras. Then he went to bed. In agreement with Lombardy and Cramer, Stein wrote Fischer a letter at 5 o'clock this morning appealing to the challenger to accept the presence of the cameras and go on playing. "I hope the letter will move him." Stein said.

Schmid said he was prepared to invoke two rules of the match against Fischer. Rule 17 prohibits in the name of "the highest principles of sportsmanship" that either player "distract or annoy his opponent." Rule 21 allows the taking of pictures during the match by official photographers as long as the cameras are "neither visible nor audible." The camera Fischer objected to was officially sanctioned. With a maximum of 23 more uames to be played, Robert Rvrne, the second-ranking U.S. grandmaster, said Fischer's loss "isn't necessarily all that significant. Either of these plavers can come back and win." A victory yields one point, a draw half a point, and after Wednesday's match Spassky needed 11 more points in the 24- game series to retain his title.

Fischer needs points to end the 24-vear Soviet monopoly of the title. Today he plays the white pieces, which gives him the first move and a slight advantage. The first game in the match began Tuesday, and Spassky White Sox edge Indians By KEN RAPPOPORT Associated Press Sports Writer Wilbur Wood is going his knuckleball is aoing someplace else. "I don't know myself where it's going." said Chicago White Sox left-hander after winning his 13th game Wednesday night, a 5-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Wood had his favorite pitch dancing in the dark in the first inning, successfully eluding Cleveland hitters.

But then the Indians discovered its whereabouts in the second, scoring three runs Wood literally held on by his fingertips, giving up just one run the rest of the way while his mates tallied once in the fourth and once more in the ninth on Carlos May's tie- hreaking single to pull it out. In the other American League games, the Detroit Tigers downed the Texas Rangers 3-1; the Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 11-4 in 10 innings; the Boston Red Sox trimmed the Oakland A's 7-6; the New York Yankees clouted the California Angels 50 and the Minnesota Twins ripped the Milwaukee Brewers 7-1. National league results: Houston 10. Chicago New York 4. San Francisco San Diego 6.

Montreal Los Angeles 9. Philadelphia St. Louis 7. Atlanta 0 and Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 3. Wednesday night's performance wasn't one of Wood's better ones.

The White Sox southpaw lost a 3-0 lead and then a 4-3 lead when the Indians came back to tie the game in the second and fifth innings. Rookie Tony Muser led off the Chicago ninth with a single and took second on a sacrifice bunt off Ray Iamb. Tommy Hilgendorf replaced Lamb on the mound and was greeted by Mav's single to center that made a winner out of Wood. The White Sox ace finished with a nine-hitter. Rookie Bill Slayback scattered eight hits while his Detroit mates took advantage of Texas for a pair of unearned runs ennmte to victo- ry over the Rangers.

It was Slayback's fifth start since moving up from the minor leagues on June 26. He boosted his record to 2-3 and helped the Tigers jump their East-leading margin to two games over Baltimore. Cookie Rojas' grand slam homer highlighted a seven-run rally in the 10th inning that helped Kansas City hand Baltimore its sixth loss in the last seven games. The Royals first broke a 4-4 tie when Baltimore reliever Eddie Watt forced in a run by hitting Piniella with the bases loaded. John Mayberry knocked in the second run of the rally with-a sacrifice fly.

After a walk loaded the bases again. Rojas delivered his home run. Bobby Knoop capped 'he rally with a run-scoring hit. Carlton Fisk drove in two runs, one with a seventh-inning homer that provided the mar- L'in of victory, to give Boston its loth victory in 12 games. adjourned it after 40 moves with Fischer in bad straits.

Five minutes after the game resumed late Wednesday afternoon. Fischer stood up, spoke animatedly to chief referee Schmid of West Germany and strode to a backstage dressing room. Major league roundup Today's Baseball Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS National League East W. L. Pittsburgh New York St.

I Chicago Montreal Philadelphia 48 45 41 42 34 28 29 33 36 38 44 52 Pet. G.B. .623 .577 .532 .525 .436 .350 7 West Cincinnati Houston I Angeles Atlanta 47 47 42 37 San Francisco 36 San Diego 30 31 34 38 43 49 50 .603 .580 .525 .463 .424 .375 6 11 18 Wednesday's Results New York 4, San Francisco 0 Houston 10. Chicago 6 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 3 I Angeles 9, Philadelphia 5 St. 7.

Atlanta 0 San Diego 6. Montreal 5 Thursday's Games Houston (Reuss 5-8) at Chicago (Jenkins 11-7) Pittsburgh (Blass 10-2) at Cincinnati (Nolan 12-2), Atlanta (Reed 7-9) at St. (Cleveland 10-4), Only games scheduled Friday's Games Atlanta at Chicago Houston at Pittsburgh, Cincinnati at St. New York at San Diego, Montreal at IAS Angeles, Philadelphia at San Francisco. American League East W.

L. Pet. G.B. Detroit 43 34 .558 Baltimore 41 36 .421 2 Boston 37 36 .507 4 New York 37 37 .500 Cleveland 32 44 .421 Milwaukee 30 45 .400 12 West Oakland 48 30 .615 Chicago 45 34 .570 Minnesota 39 37 .513 8 Kansas City 40 38 .513 8 California 36 44 .450 13 Texas 33 46 .418 Wednesday's Results Chicago 5, Cleveland 4 Kansas City 11, Baltimore 4, 10 innings Minnesota 7, Milwaukee 1 Detroit 3. Texas 1 Boston 7.

Oakland 6 New York 5, California 0 Thursday's Games Boston (Gulp 5-7) at Min- nesota (Corbin4-2). Cleveland (Riddleberger 1-1) at Texas (Hand 6-6), Kansas City (Splittorff 9-4) at Detroit (Ixilich 14-6), Only games scheduled Friday's Games Oakland at New York, 2, twi- night Chicago at Baltimore, 2, twi- night California at Milwaukee, Boston at Minnesota, (le'veTand at Texas, Kansas City at Detroit, Today's Major League Leaders Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMERICAN LEAGUE RATTING (175 at Srheinblum. KC, Piniella, KC. .318. RUNS-Harper, Bsn, 49; D.Allen.

Chi, 49; Rudi, Oak, 49. RUNS BATTED Chi. 58: Mayberry, KC, 47. HITS-Piniella, KC, 93; Rudi, Oak. 93: Alomar, Cal, 90.

DOUBLES-Patek, KC, 19; Rudi. Oak. 19; Fisk, Bsn, 18; Piniella. KC, 18. Bal, Rudi.

Oak, Fisk, Bsn, 5. HOME Chi, 18: Cash, Del, 16. STOLEN Tex, 24: Campaneris, Oak, 23. PITCHING (7 Kaat, Min, 10-2, .833, 2.22 Odom, Oak, 7-2, .777, 2.20. Cal, 138: Det, 135.

NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING (175 at Mota. LA, Cedeno, Htn, .345: Sanguillen, Pgh, .335. RUNS-Morgan, Cin, 73; Wvnn. Htn, 61; Bonds, SF, 61. RUNS BATTED Cin.

69: Kingman, SF, 58. HITS-Brock, StL, 109; R.Williams, Chi, 104. DOUBLES-Bonds, SF, 23; Cedeno, Htn, 22. StL, Rowa. Phi, Sanguillen, Pgh, 6.

HOME Cin, 24: Kingman, SF, 21. STOLEN Cin. 34: Brock, StL, 30. PITCHING (7 Nolan. Cin, 12-2, .857, 1.93 Blass.

Pgh, 10-2, .833, 2.74. STRIKEOUTS-Carlton, Phi. 182: Seaver, NY, 112. Solunar fables The schedule of Solunar Periods, as printed below, has been taken from Richard Alden Knight's SOLUNAR TABLES. Plan your days so that you will be fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover during these times, if you wish to find the best sport that each day has to offer.

Date July Day A.M. 13 14 15 16 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Minor 7:45 8:35 9-25 10:10 Major 2: 3:35 P.M. Minor Major 8:10 9:00 3:11 9:45 3:55 10:30 4:45.