AWisconsin State Journal Madison, Wisconsin Tuesday, July 11, 1972 - Page 29
Let's Hear It For Fischer!
Today we present our semi-annual awards for exceptional performances in the field of athletic endeavor, or imagination in the art of making a buck.
United States chess master Bobby Fischer walked off with our two most prestigious citations.
First, Bobby gets the P.T. Barnum Tub-Thumping Trophy for superb advance work in publicizing his world championship match against Boris Spassky. ([He didn't need to. The Soviets were so busy putting their worldwide network of saboteurs into motion unleashing vitriolic Pro-Soviet attacks, it was all the “publicity” Fischer could handle.])
Fischer maneuvered the news media with sophistication ([again, the Soviets were responsible, for if it had been Fischer, the reports would've been glorifying Chess and speaking plain facts about Fischer, because he cared about gaining the respect, and support of his fellow Americans for Chess, and himself]) reminiscent of Barnum, who gave the world Gen. Tom Thumb, reputed to be the shortest man since Napoleon, and until Mickey Rooney. ([Indeed, the Soviets have alleged everything conceivable under the sun up till this point, eroding respectability of Chess in America, equating it with a “Circus” while smearing Fischer's character, in the hopes to turn Fischer's American-support base against him, so when Fischer strikes that death knell on Soviet arrogance, nobody will be watching… at least, the USSR hopes nobody will stick around for their humiliating defeat.])
Fischer induced editors to take chess out of the obituary section, forced the match onto Page 1, ([Fischer is being given far too much credit here for having THAT power and influence over editors, especially ones on the Soviet payroll … and if he did, they would be reporting positive reviews about himself and Chess. No?]) and singlehandedly masterminded a campaign that eventually elevated it to the sports page.
He took chess out of the drawing room and made it the chief topic of conversation in saloons and pizza parlors where the sport attained a stature never dreamed possible in this country. ([That's what happens when Americans AND Soviets have foresight enough to know the Soviet is about to have its *** handed to them…])
Bobby also finished first in competition for the Muhammad Ali Psyche Salute ([Why? Because he stood his ground and didn't let the Soviet bully him with their manipulation tactics and ultimatums and temperamental threats, to “not play” unless the Soviet got its way. Caving to pressure, like Euwe did, forcing the prize money reduced from Australia's bid of $225,000 down to a meager $150,000 to be divided between two men! Now why should Fischer be forced into settling for half his worth?]) presented for the most effective job of destroying an opponent's composure during the first half of 1972. ([The antisemitic, racist, double-tongue Soviet saboteurs had it coming!])
Win or lose, Fischer had Spassky spastic. Officials at a world championship event haven't been that confused since Jack Kerns quit managing prize fighters. ([Those Soviet-Icelandic organizers, were the AUTHORS of all their own confusion. The negative rubbish printed in newspapers, is merely Soviet “damage control.”])
Let's Hear It For Fischer! 11 Jul 1972, Tue Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin) Newspapers.com
