European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Sunday november 18, 1973 the stars and stripes Page 21 Watson holds world Lead despite 2nd straight 76 Mitt in the Knick of time Spencer Haywood of the Seattle supersonics grabs a rebound momentarily but Phil Jackson of the new York kicks seizes the Ball out of the hands of the sonics Ace rebounded and scorer. The kicks won the game on their Home floor 104-102. By Martin Lader Pinehurst . Up Young Tom Watson clinging tenaciously to his Chance for in Stant Fame and riches steadied himself in time to Salvage his second consecutive 76 Friday and incredibly hold on to a two stroke Lead after the seventh round of the $500,000 world open Golf championship. Although the 24-year-old wat son has gone 10 strokes Over Par in the last two Days while twice incurring penalties for hitting drives out of Bounds he carried a two shot advantage Over Veter ans Bobby Mitchell and Miller Barber into saturday s final round. Mitchell who has had a poor year with Only $34,000 in earnings moved into serious Contention Friday merely by shooting a one under Par 70 while Barber turned in a 72. With his 76, that included three bogeys and one double bogey Watson s score for the seven rounds ballooned to 499, two Over Par. This Means that of the Field of 240 that started play in this richest Golf tournament Ever a week ago thursday not a single player has so much As matched Par for 126 holes. It could have been even worse for Watson whose gallery included his Bride of four months As Well As his parents. He started the Day six strokes in front of Barber Ben Crenshaw and Jerry heard but lost five shots to Par Over the first 11 holes on a warm but Windy Day. He then settled Down to match regulation figures Over the final seven holes How Ever and enhance his chances of coming away with $100,000, the biggest prize in Golf history. Crenshaw after closing to within two strokes of the Lead Early in the round suffered a double bogey himself on the seventh Hole and added another bogey on the 13th to wind up at two Over 73. This left him at 502, three shots behind Watson. I did t play All that bad said Crenshaw who is Only 21 and competing in his fifth tournament As a pro. I really feel i could have scored better than 73 today. I just was t putting Finley makes 6-heur Appeal to Kuhn says commissioner will reconsider $7,000 in fines by will Grimsley. New York a Charles 0. Finley met with baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn for nearly six hours Friday and came away with a Promise that the commissioner would re Eval uate the $7,000 in fines and in definite probation slapped on him for conduct in the last world series. The meeting ended on a conciliatory note and i am optimistic that the meeting was Worth while the controversial owner of the world Champion Oakland athletics said after the head to head confrontation in the com missioner s office. Kuhn declined to hold a joint news conference with Finley and appeared before reporters after the a s owner had departed. The commissioner said he had had a court stenographer on hand for the session and had taken about five hours of Tran script testimony. As a judicial officer which i am in this Case it is proper to permit a person to present his Case with whatever witnesses he deems necessary. I shall study the transcript and make a judgment  the White haired Rapperly dressed Finley said he had explained his actions to Kuhn and had produced two witnesses and that the commissioner had seemed to be sympathetic to his presentation. Finley meets press i was fined on three counts placed on probation and embarrassed As hell Finley said after leaving the conference. The commissioner brought Mike an Drews Here and put him before a press conference to give his Story. Although i was Only a few blocks away he did t give me the Courtesy of asking my View Point. I was convicted without a hearing. I have not committed any crime and i told the commissioner  asked if there was any higher authority to which he might a peal if he does not receive favor Able reaction from the commissioner the Chicago insurance executive replied you bet your Fanny there  while he declined to elaborate on this statement he left every indication that he might seek redress in the courts. Finley was fined $5,000 for at tempting to place Reserve in fielder Andrews on the disabled list after Andrews had made two errors in the 12-inning second game at Oakland which gave the new York mets a 10-7 Victory. He also was fined $1,000 for making a Public announcement that the mets had refused an Oakland request to activate a player named Manny Trillo to bring the a s squad to the 25-Man limit. The other $1,000 Fine was assessed because Finley ordered the lights turned on at the Oak land coliseum in the Bottom of the ninth inning of the overtime second game a prerogative of the umpires. He also was placed on indefinite probation. Finley said he did not under stand what probation meant. I be never found it in the Blue Nastase edges out Connors in London London a romanian Tennis Star Hie Nastase edged America s Jimmy Connors 7-6, 5-7, 7-6, after three hours of nip and tuck Friday night to reach the final of the Dewar cup. Nastase was to play Tom Okker of the Netherlands in sat urday s final for a first prize of 3,000 pounds $7,200. Okker beat Mark Cox of Britain 6-0,7-6. The Nastase Connors Duel kept a crowd of 3,000 on tenterhooks from Start to finish at London s Royal Albert Hall. It was a match of Long and Des Perate rallies Deuce games and chances missed on both sides and the two men kept up a Stream of wisecracks across the net to add to the entertainment for most of the match con nors 21-year-old Lethander from Belleville 111., matched his famous opponent in stroke play and Speed around the court. Nastase Brilliant and careless by turns had the Edge when it mattered most in the two tie Breaks in the opening and final sets. Nastase had a match Point at 5 4 in the final set but Connors double listed backhand saved him and the thriller went on for 20 minutes More. Connors backhand however let him Down in the last decisive tiebreaker. He netted two and Nastase won it by 7-3. Julie Heldman London based new yorker and Britain s Vir Ginia Wade were to contest the women s final saturday. Miss Heldman beat Jil Cooper of Britain 6-3, 6-1, and miss Wade downed another British girl Glynis Coles 6-1,6-4. Book baseball s official Book of rules and i asked the commissioner about it. He said he would re evaluate that As Well As the three  Finley said he defended his actions on All three counts. In the Case of Andrews he added i did not fire him. My Only offence was that i had him examined by our team physician or. Harry Walker. Or. Walker found that he was injured and advised that he not play any More. A club has the right at any time not just in a playoff or world series to request that a player be put on the disabled list. I did it and i was fined $5,000." the a s owner said he would have risked a lawsuit if he had used an injured player and the player had aggravated the in jury. I am in the insurance Busi Ness and i know that i would have been open for one hell of a lawsuit Finley said. He related that he had brought two wit Nesses for the Andrews incident John Claiborne head of the athletics farm system and Rob Erta Johnson his private Secre tary who wrote up the medical report which Andrews was  sign. More witnesses the commissioner asked me for additional witnesses Finley said. On the matter of the announce ment to the press of and to the spectators that the mets had turned Down his Appeal to activate Trillo Finley said that he Felt he had acted in a proper Spir it. Bob Sheffin and Yogi Berra mets general manager and Field manager respectively agreed to letting Trillo play he added but Chub Feeney the nation continued on Page 23  although he said just two Days ago that he did t have a Chance to win Here and amended that a Day ago to maybe Crenshaw now feels he is in position to take it All. I m Kinda glad i m in the position i m in now he said. I m still in Contention. There s one Day to go and i la Hope for the  As they did the Day before Watson s troubles started when he sent his booming drive out of Bounds. This time it occurred on the Short Par three sixth when he drove into the Trees on the left. Following a Fine second drive Watson almost minimized his trouble but his 12-foot putt that would have left him with a bogey lipped the cup and rolled out. He then bogeyed the ninth and Lith holes before saving his Lead. Anytime you do something like that it makes you feel bad Watson said about his two stroke penalty. I did t play that Well today and i feel very fortunate to still be in the Lead after that 76. I was fortunate to make a number of Par saving  a psychology graduate from Stanford Watson added it s better to be two shots ahead than two shots  he also reckoned that a 71 saturday under the same course conditions should be Good enough for him Towin. It s anybody s Ball game now with just a two stroke differ ence he said. But i m still feeling  Mitchell who joined the tour in 1966 and has won Only twice had one of the Day s few trouble free rounds Over the 7,007-Yard, Par 71 no. 2 course of the Pinehurst country club. He had two birdies against Only one bogey for his 70. The 42-year-old Barber had two bogeys and one Birdie and called it a real Good round of Golf for me. I played a steady round of Golf nothing exciting. I missed about three fairways All Day and just two greens because of  tied for fifth place at 504, five strokes off the Pace were tour Rookie Lon Hinkle with a 72 and Leonard Thompson with a 73. The leaders Pinehurst . A seventh round scores Friday in the $500,000 world open Golf tournament on the 7,007-Yard, continued on Page 23 Yale crewman is drowned Derby Conn. Up a Yale University rower drowned late thursday after he apparently tried to swim to Shore while seven other Crew members Clung to their damaged Shell. Police said Carroll Swartz 19, of Juneau Alaska drowned after the team s Shell struck a water skiing ramp about 5 45  in the Housatonic River during practice. The seven Crew members Clung to the damaged Shell until a Yale motor launch which followed the team rescued them. However  tried to swim about 50 feet to the Shore in the Hilly Waters and disappeared. His body was recovered Sev eral hours later by police and firemen scuba divers