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PAGE 2S THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1)68 ace iTotest JTD TT 77 Hill Still ft iiroppeL ft mSPEEP Terrifying Start Opens Talk Of New Formation -fc IJIT- i. i.i i.i i i i ii iii Him ii'i'Ji i i in. i iii i i i a. imiiin -4S .1 fw IT fit1 I III 5 uiV. man, Speedway president, at the annual victory dinner in the Murat Temple.

(Star Photo) BIG PAYDAY-Englishman Graham Hill (right) winner of Monday's 500-Mile Race, received a $156,297 paycheck last night for his work from Tony Hul- Official 500 Finish Fengler wasn't about to condemn the start or the three-abreast lineup. "How many good starts have we had with this format in the last 50 years?" he pointed out. HE ALSO indicated that, in the final result, the lineup for the start was the responsibility of the Speedway. "The promoter establishes how the cars will line up," he said. Actually, Fengler and Steward Don Cummins and Referee Paul Johnson didn't have time to do much reviewing yesterday morning.

No sooner had Granatelli and Chapman satisfied themselves with the finish than fourth-place finisher Gordon Johncock was filing a double-barreled official protest. Johncock contended that: 1, he had been penalized one too many laps when he was left in the pits to make repairs on the restart, and, 2, that Clark should have been penalized a lap because his pit men were over the wall too soon on his fuel stops. THE DISCUSSION grew heated on the latter point with Johncock insisting, "You have to penalize them a lap!" and Fengler replying, "You don't make the rules here." Actually, Fengler was in agreement with Johncock that Clark's crew and that of Al Unser violated the rules on the refueling stops. But the maximum penalty he could impose was $200 $100 on each car and a severe reprimand. He went one step further and recommended that USAC Director of Competition Henry Banks review the situation and add whatever other penalties he deemed advisable.

THE OTHER half of John-cock's protest was also thrown out. Gordon thought the scorers should have started counting his laps as soon as he pulled out of the pits, but the rules state that a car starting from the pits on a restart must make one complete lap before man said. Granatelli added, "That we were working with faulty information for 100 laps, and consequently Clark was running slower than he could have." Granatelli added, "There's no question in my mind that Jim could have won if we had known the way things really stood." Both he and Chapman went out of their way to thank the USAC officials for their co-operation. Clark took the setback as pleasantly as could be expected. "Naturally, I'm disappointed," he said.

"But it was just one of those things. It's racing luck." CHAPMAN said he wasn't sure that he and Clark wouW return next year emphasized that the finish would in no way influence his decision. He did say, though, that "We would be happy to return if we could come back with Andy." To which Granatelli added, "You can bet they'll be back." Clark did salvage some consolation by establishing a new record for the fastest lap in the race. He turned the 18th lap at 159.179 miles an hour, beating the old mark of 157.646 set by the late Bobby Marshman in 1964. HILL DIDNT let the dispute over his victory bother him.

"Actually I was asleep" (when the review of the tapes was made yesterday morning)," he said. "I certainly don't begrudge Chapman and Clark for a checking the tapes. They were only protecting their interests." The 37-year-old Londoner indicated that he would like to return next year to defend his title "although it will depend on the European schedule." Although he left no doubt that he preferred the variety of grand prix racing, Hill said he thought that drivers should compete on all types of courses including the Speedway. What was his biggest problem Monday? "When the turns are all the same type, you have to guard against getting into a rut." HIS TEAMMATE Jackie Stewart, who had the race wrapped up until the oil pressure went completely kaput with 10 laps to go, said he was "absolutely certain" that his car could not have completed the race. George Bignotti, chief mechanic for both Hill and Stewart, said it was the right decision.

"The engine might have locked up and he could have hit the wall," he said. Stewart said he saw no reason why he won't return for another crack at the 500's pot of gold next year. Pos. Driver 1. Graham Hill 2.

Jimmy Clark 3. Jim McEIreath 4. Gordon Johncock 5. Mel Kenyon 6. Jackie Stewart 7.

Eddie Johnson 8. Bobby Unser 9. Joe Leonard 10. Jerry Grant 11. Lloyd Ruby 12.

Al Unser 13. Roger McCIuskey 14. Parnelli Jones 15. Rodger Ward 16. Carl Williams 17.

Jim Hurtubise 18. Mario Andretti 19. George Snider 20. Chuck Hulse 21. Bud Tingclstad 22.

Johnny Boyd 23. Don Branson 24. Billy Foster 25. Gary Congdon 26. A.

J. Foyt 27. Dan Gurney 28. Cale Yarborough 29. Amie Knepper 30.

Al Miller 31. Bobby Grim 32. Larry Dickson o3. Ronnie Duman Car American Red Ball STP Gas Treatment Zink-Urschel-SIick Weinberger Homes Gerhardt Offy Bowes Seal Fast Vaivoline Vita Fresh Orange Juice Yamaha Eagle Bardahl-Pacesetter Homes Bardahl Eagle STP Oil Treatment G. C.

Murphy Agajanian's REV 500 Bryant Heating Cooling Dayton Steel Wheel Gerhardt Offy Dean Van Lines Sheraton-Thompson Wyrui's Federal Engineering Prestone Leader Card Jim Robbins Vaivoline Sheraton-Thompson AU-American Racers Jim Robbins Sam Lioso Jerry Alderman Ford Lotus Racing Associates Michner Petroleum Harrison A FTER 3 HOURS, 27 MINUTES and 52.52 seconds of racing at the Speedway Monday, the checkered flag dropped and the bomb went off, almost all at the fame time. The bomb was in the form of roaring protests that "we won." and wrote a fitting climax to one of the most unusual finishes in 50 years of staging the 500-Mile Race. The protesters were, of course, Andy Granatelli and Colin Chapman, sponsor and owner of second-place finisher Jim Clark's STP Gas Treatment rear engine Lotus-Ford. Chapman approached chief steward Harlan Fengler immediately after the race, and Fergler gracefully retired behind the rules. THE RULES ARE THAT the official results will be posted on the door of the office of the chief steward at 8 a.m.

the following morning, ami competitors have 30 minutes to lodge a formal protest. The results posted yesterday confirmed what was proclaimed by the Speedway Monday. Graham Hill and his American Red Ball rear engine Ford was the winner. Clark was runner-up. The Speedway actually was on pretty safe ground at the end of the 500, simply by relying on the timing and scoring records maintained by an experienced crew headed by Richard E.

(Dick) Sauer, director of timing and scoring, and chief timer Ray House. As far as these fellows are concerned, 'he 500 is based upon a time sequence. And the backbone of this timing aspect is an electric eye, a precision-built printing timer, and a chronometer. The electic eye is nothing more than a beam of light which shines across the track at the starting line. Eiery time a car passes through the light the beam is broken and it actuates the printing timer in the timing tower.

THIS INSTRUMENT IS A simple, accurate unit which has printing wheels which work like the time clock in a factory. The wheels are turned electronically by a master clock, and when a timing card is placed between the wheels and a printing hammer the time is printed on the time card. The Speedway instrument functions in the same manner, except that instead of a time card the printing is done on a continuously moving strip of tape. The accuracy of the instrument is based upon a chronometer which has an electric contact on a balance wheel. JThis makes one beat a second, and the printing wheels on -the timer are synchronized with the chronometer.

The tape itself is marked by four printing wheels which imark from left to right the hour, minute, second, and 1100 second of the time when a car breaks the light beam across the track. As the tape advances through the timer mechanism, the number of each car breaking the beam is written manually Jby the timer at the point where that car's time has been printed on the tape. If the timer misses a number, it is not serious, because it will be filled in by back-up auditors who take the tape and fill in a lap column on it. In processing this tape, there must be a time on it for every car in the race. BACKING UP THE TIMERS are scorers who also have their own fail-safe system of keeping track of what is going on.

This operation is a little more involved and requires piore personnel. It starts with a scorer being assigned each car in the race, and being given prior to the start 200 cards, one for each lap of the race. These cards are pre-punched with both the car number and the lap number. Each scorer has these cards arranged in lap order so that the last lap card is on the bottom. As the car crosses in front of him, he looks at a clock in front of him and writes on top of the card what time his car crossed the line.

Then he discards the card in a box provided to receive it and goes to the next card. The discard box Is collected at certain intervals, and the cards contained therein are delivered to a punch operator who punches in the time written on the card. It now has the car number, lap number, and the time. The cards are arranged in proper order and are taken to auditors who compare them with the tape. If they are marked correctly, the time and numbers will compare perfectly with those on the electronic tape.

If the cards and tape do not compare, a back tracking operation goes into effect to determine where the discreptancies lie. Every 10th lap card is colored, and on the colored cards tne auditors fill in the exact time recorded by the electronic timer. THE CARD SYSTEM ALSO functions via the individual scorers sitting in rows with their car's number pinned on their backs. The man with the highest number of laps com-pleted sits in first place and so on down the line. If the position of a car changes, the scorer assigned to it moves up or down the line in sort of a game of high-speed musical chairs.

The electric timing tape and the scoring cards have to Check. This make a double check, but it is considered insufficient. There are two independent checks on pit stops. One with a special crew on the timing floor of the tower, and one by the technical committee members who are actually at the pit when a stop is made and make records which are furnished to the scorer at the end of the race. To say that there never could be a mistake in who won the 500 probably would be wrong from a purely esthetic standpoint, but they certainly would have to work at it By DAVE OVERPECK Most of the conversation at the Speedway yesterday centered over the terrifying start of Monday's 500-Mile Race after an expected protest of Graham Hill's first-place finish failed to materialize.

When the official finish was posted yesterday morning, Hill was still in first place and 1965 winner Jimmy Clark was still second, just he way they took the checkered flag. CLARK'S car owner, Colin Chapman, and his sponsor, Andy Granatelli, asked to see the timing tape. United States Auto Club officials said "Surely." Chapman and Granatelli found their error, said, "You're right, we're wrong" and that was that. But the conversation and controversy over the opening entanglement was still going hard and strong. The major points presented were: 1 The present starting forma-tion with three cars abreast is antiquated and needs to be changed to meet modern race and speed conditions.

A contributing factor if not the direct cause of the accident was the presence of cars with multi-speed gear boxes among cars without them. The start was too slow and the pace lap was the main cause. The three-abreast start puts the cars too close together in too little space at too high a speed so the crux of the argument went against the traditional format. The suggestion has been made that two-abreast or even single-file is required by today's speeds. SEVERAL drivers were voicing strong objections to the multispeed gear boxes.

The difference in the accelration rates of cars equipped with the shift units and those which were not had cars dodging all over the place to keen from runnin? over slower accelerating ma- cnines. One veteran driver was definite on what he thoucht should be done. "They ought to ban the rhinos (muw. speed gear boxes)," he said. "Even if everybody had them.

it would just take one missed shift and we'd have the same situation all over again." Almost everybody was saying the start was too slow. The pace car was driven by Benson Ford, vice-president of the Ford Motor Company. PROPONENTS of a faster start said that it would allow the field to string out more and thus have more room to maneuver on the start. There was also strong support for replacing auto industry executives with ex-race drivers at the wheel of the pace car. George Salih, chief mechanic on Johnny Boyd's Prestone Special, offered another solution.

"Why not have the pace car lead the parade lap and then let the pole car set the pace-lap speed?" he asked. "That's the way it's done on other tracks." ABOUT THE only group that wasn't discussing the start and offering changes were the USAC officials in charge of the race. "We haven't discussed the matter yet," said Chief Steward Harlan Fengler. "We always review the race in detail and make suggestions for improvements," he said. "And, naturally, the accident will come under discussion, but it hasn't as yet." 'Eliminated in first-lap accident.

Final positions awarded Lap leaders Andretti, 1-16; Clark, 17-64; Ruby, 65-75; Clark, 133-139 Ruby, 140-150; Stewart, 151-190; Hill, 191-200. Fastest leading lap By Clark, 18th lap, 159.179 miles an 157.646 set by Bobby Marshman, 1964). George Moore Bob Hunter of the Los Angeles Heraia-txaminer as saying in Atlanta: "We accomplished what we set out to accomplish, and that is the right of a baseball player to bargain. "Don and I had three 'final' offers from the Dodgers before we finally agreed on a figure. "OUR FIGHT was to establish ourselves at a certain plateau salarywise.

That's the battle of every ball player. "Mays and Mantle have earned big money for a long time. I've only made it for three years. If I had a good year, I expect a raise. And if I don't I expect a cut.

"I'm not going to fight for another big boost. I've reached the level where I want to be." 12 Hits By A's Crush Tigers Laps 200 200 200 200 198 190 175 171 170 167 166 161 129 87 74 38 29 27 22 22 16 5 Time 3:27:52.53 3:28:33.66 3:28:42.42 3:29:40.00 3:32:58.20 3:17:22.16 3:14:32.26 3:32:20.60 3:05:41.90 3:33:58.55 3:01:04.89 2:48:07.64 2:15:10.61 1:33:32.41 1:22:24.54 1:40:54.12 42:08.54 33:39.01 26:03.35 26:04.29 36:17.46 6:43.89 Speed 144.317 143.843 143.742 143.084 139.456 144.399 134.935 120.795 137.319 117.069 137.507 143.641 143.146 139.512 134.964 56.490 103.222 120.356 126.651 126.575 66.132 111.416 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 according to start. Clark, 76-86; uby, 87-132; record hour (new record, old White's H.R. Lifts Phils Past Mets New York (AP) Bill White's home run in the fifth inning snapped a 4-4 tie and the Philadelphia Phillies held off the New York Mets 6-4 last night behind the tight relief pitching of Ray Herbert. Herbert took over for starter Chris Short in the third inning and blanked the Mets on three hits until the ninth, when he needed help from Darold Knowles.

WHITE LED off the fifth against reliever Larry Bear-narth with his seventh homer, a liner over the scoreboard in right field. The Phils' first baseman added a run scoring single in the ninth for his third hit of the game. Bearnarth had replaced Jack Hamilton in the third inning, when the Phillies scored twice for a 4-4 tie. Nw York Phllodelphlo Hunt. 5 obr hbi Calllson.rf Allen.lf Clemens, If Gonzoli.cf Kuenn.ph Linz.pr Brandt.cf Groat 3 Dairmple.t Wine.ss Short.

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Fl M70I; Ft ill ft 71711 Established 144 vyv.v. the scorers start counting his laps. The "Who's in first" question was decided quickly and pleasantly. Granatelli and man said the tapes showed that the Lotus scorer had missed scoring Hill on one lap when Clark entered the pits for an unscheduled stop after his second spin. "THE SCOREBOARD also made the mistake and that only re-enforced ours," Chap- Jud Larson Sues Car Builder For 8500 Back Pay Race car driver Jud Larson sued car builder Joe Michner Jr.

for $500 yesterday In Municipal Court, Room 7, charging Micbner failed to live up to an agreement for the 500-Mile Race. Larson, listing his name as Eugene W. Larson, said he promised to drive Michner's car in the 500, and Michner promised to pay him $500 May 1, $500 May 15 and 40 per cent of all prizes. But Michner never completed his car and so notified Larson May 18, the suit said, and Larson was unable to make connections with another car owner. Michner paid Larson the first $500, the suit said, but not the second $500, which is what he is suing for.

Larson's lawyer is Forrest B. Bowman Jr. 200 NEW MUST BE CHRYSLER.PLYMOUTH Street Kansas City (AP) Danny Cater and Mike Hershberger drove in two runs apiece as the Kansas City Athletics rapped 12 hits and stunned the Detroit Tigers 7-1 last night. Pirates Lose To Cubs, 2-1 Pittsburgh (AP) The Chicago Cubs took advantage of a wild streak by Pittsburg southpaw Bob Veale in the fifth inning last night and scored two runs that held up for a 2-1 victory over the Pirates. Ernie Broglio walked seven but limited the Pirates to four hits and led off the Cubs' decisive inning with a double.

HE ADVANCED to third on a wild pitch, then Veale hit Adolfo Phillips with a pitch before Joe Amalfitano scored Broglio with a sacrifice fly. After Billy Williams lined out, Phillips stole second and Ron Santo singled him home with the winning run. Wildness by Broglio led to the only Pirate run, in the fourth. Matty Alou led off with a walk, but was forced at second by Gene Alley. Manny Mota's single and a walk to Willie Stargell loaded the bases.

Broglio then walked Roberto Clemente, forcing in a run, but got the next two batters. Veale fanned 10 cubs in seven innings before he was lifted for a pinch hitter. Chlcogo ob tl MovH 1 1 a Pittsburgh ob bl Alou.cf Alley, ss Motalf Clmente.rf Paglroni.c Veaie.p Lynch. oh 2 0 0 0 4 10 0 3 0 10 3 0 0 0 Amlfltno.2 3 Wllliomi.rf 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 Thmi.pr 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 irowne.lf tundiey.c iroolin.o 3 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 NtchUon.p 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 IOIOIS 28 4 Chlfoan ruin fvin nm 1 Pittsburgh 000 100 0OO-I E-BoilSv, kinnr npPitfhumh 2. lOB-Chicaao 7, Pimburah 7.

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Cater collected three hits and Hershberger two, pacing the A's to their highest hit total of the season, while Larry Stahl homered. Fred Talbot posted his third pitching victory against four losses. The Kansas City righthander lost his shutout in the eighth when Al Kaline singled in a run, then was lifted in the ninth after a leadoff double by Orlando McFarlane and a walk. Detroit ob bl Konsoi City ob bi WAulffe.ss Cosh.l Kallnt.cf Sporma.p 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 Stahl, If Hrshbgr.rf Hrrlsn.l D.Gren,2 Nossek.cf Roof.c Talbot.p Krousse.p Totals 5 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Nrthrup.rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 McFrlne.c 2 0 4 0 2 Brown, If 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Mnbquet.p 10 10 Gladding.p 0 0 0 0 Trcwskl.ph 10 0 0 Pena.p 0 0 0 0 Horton.rf 110 0 Totals 33 I I 1 Detroit Kansas City 4 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 34 7 12 7 000 000 010- 1 112 300 OOx- 7 E-Wert. DP-Detrolf 1, Kansas City 2 LOB-Detroit 8, Kansas City 7.

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PB-McFarlane. Melcs Trouble Pulled Muscle Bloomington, Minn. (AP) Minnesota Manager Sam Mele, whose leg trouble turned out to be nothing more serious than a pulled muscle, is expected back at the helm tonight when the Twins open a baseball series here with Detroit. Mele was hospitalized Monday. Dr.

Bill Proffitt, the club physician, said there was some fear the trouble might be a recurrence of phlebitis, an inflammation of the veins. It was determined in the hospital, however, that a muscle in Mele's right calf was pulled. The assumption was that it happened when Mele leaped out of the dugout in Cleveland to argue with an umpire. Coach Hal Naragon led the team during Mele's absence. CHmiE TAYLOR Koutax, Drysdah Will Not Run In Salary Race Again Jmrsm OVER SAYS: LLmS.

CARS WA 6-3343 Los Angeles (AP) "I do not foresee Don and I being an entry again." I So said Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax when questioned about salary negotiations next year. Prior to this season he and teammate Don Drysdale staged a joint holdout, settling after 32 days for a reported $125,000 and respectively. i KOUFAX was quoted by Has Workout i New York (UPI) Kauai Ring, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, had his final major workout yesterday for Saturday's running of the Stakes when he breezed miles In 154 flat. SOLD! "WE'RE REALLY TRADING" CHARLIE TAYLOR'S fflaDGDsifEm 34th and North Illinois.