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P: In Scotland, the 95th British Open Golf championship was played on the rugged Old Course at St. Andrews. The winner for the second year in a row: Australia's sure-stroking, young (25) Professional Peter Thomson, whose total of 281 shaved two strokes off the Old Course Open mark he set last year.

P: The visiting U.S. chess players had a fine time in Moscow--except when they sat down at the chess tables. There the Russian grand masters, who whipped them 20-12 last year in New York, gave them their worst trouncing yet, 25-7. But the U.S. team had considerable consolation. Its own champion, Samuel Reshevsky beat Russia's World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik, 2 1/2-1 1/2.

P: His temper frayed by the heat and a prolonged 4-4 tie during a night game at Cincinnati, Redlegs Manager Birdie Tebbetts bawled that the Cards were stalling unconscionably. Cardinal Pilot Harry Walker roared a reply, and in no time at all Tebbetts and Walker grappled in the dust, triggered the season's most spirited rhubarb. While Cincinnati's monolithic (6 ft 2 in., 225 Ibs.) Ted Kluszewski laughingly held struggling Cardinal Solly Hemus in a bear hug on the sideline, some 15 brawls burgeoned all around the infield.

But it was really too hot to fight; few blows landed with real conviction. Cops soon stopped the festivities with gentle words. Penalties: a $100 fine slapped on each manager by League President Warren Giles, who had seen the Donnybrook in mute rage. Final score (if it mattered): Redlegs 5, Cardinals 4.

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