AThe Journal Times Racine, Wisconsin Thursday, July 29, 1971 - Page 10
Bobby Fischer - New Hero
A lot of Americans have never heard of a chap named Bobby Fischer, but then a great many of them aren't interested in chess.
Bobby Fischer, however, has become a hero in the Soviet Union where he is challenging the world chess champion, a Russian named Boris Spassky.
The 28-year-old Fischer, representing the United States in the tournament, made a big hit with the Soviet press by winning 12 straight games against two other chess masters in the preliminaries Mark Taimanov, another Russian, and Denmark's Bent Larsen.
While chess is a national pastime in Russia, it has never attained the status in the United States of football, baseball or even bridge.
American interest in chess should perk up considerably if Bobby Fischer can win the world championship.
In any event, he has emerged as a brilliant star in the world of chess and deserves more acclaim in his native land.
