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-SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1957 PAGE IS THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR Sports Editor Russo, Teague Uninjured In Skids Bryan Tops 144 MPH For Record 1957 Lap VOU ARE welcome to select whoever you wish to win the 500-mile race, but Billy Vukovich Jr. is picking Jimmy Bryan. The 13-year-old boy was about the most intent and absorbed spectator on the Speedway grounds vesterdav as he visited the track death in 1955 after winning two consecutive races. By JEP CADOU Sports Editor Paul Russo and Marshall Teague escaped injury In a tair of accidents and Jimmy Bryan's 144.5 lap high lighted an afternoon of blazing speed yesterday on the VUKOVICH FAVORITE Billy Vukovich 13 years old, son of the famed 1953 and 1954 500-Mile Race winner who was killed in the 1955 race, visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time yesterday and immediately looked up his favorite race driver, Jimmy Bryan, national driving champion who had a practice lap yesterday at 145.596. (AP Photo) race qualifications.

miles an hour to sit on the pole position for the 41st "500." The qualifying marks of 146.056 for one lap and 145.596 for four laps are expected to rail. A survey of the garage area showed there are 25 cars ready to attempt qualification today and six others may try it if things work out right for them. Bryan's lap in the Dean Van Lines Special was the fastest of the 1957 practice period but the cigar-smoking driver from Phoenix was far from satisfied. "I'LL HAVE to go faster than that tomorrow," he said. Other laps at 144 or a shade over that were turned in yes terday afternoon by Andy Linden in the McNamara Spe cial and Gene Hartley in the Massaglia Hotels Special.

Other fast travelers were Freddie Agabashian in the Bowes Seal Fast Special at 143.8, Sam Hanks at 143 in the Belond Exhaust Special, Eddie Sachs at 143.5 in the Peter Schmidt Special, Pat O'Connor at 143.5 in the Sumar Special and Keller at 142 in the Bardahl Special Most observers revised their predictions of the speed neces sary to make the race upward to at least 141 as the result of the plethora of fast laps turned after morning rains closed down the track and probably slowed it slightly. Russo, a 43-year-old grand father from Canoga Park, Cal, lost control of the powder blue Novi momentarily going through the northeast turn and the car skidded sideways, dipping down below the white line. BUT RUSSO regained con trol and drove on around the track into the garage area, beating the ambulance that was sent out on the incident. Russo shrugged off the im- Here Is Speedway Time Chart You can time the cars during practice and qualifications for yourself today and tomorrow wkh a watch and the following time chart: Speedway Lineup Car No. Driver 1 Jimmy Bryan 3 Don Freeland 4 George 5 Jimmy Reece.

6 Johnny Boyd. Car Name Dean Van Lines Ansted-Rotary Federal Engineering Hoyt Machine Bowes Seal Fast Ready To Go The following cars are ex pected to be ready to qualify today: Car I Jimmy Bryan. Car 3 Don Freeland. Car 5 Jimmy Reece. Car 6 Johnny Boyd.

Car 9 Sam Hanks. Car lOJohnny Thomson. Car 12 Pat O'Connor. Car 14 Freddie Agabashian. Car 16 Al Keller.

Car 18 Dick Rathman. Car 19 Jack Turner. Car 22 Gene Hartley. Car 25 Jud Larson. Car 28 Johnnie Tolan.

Car 33 Billy Garrett. Car 48 Marshall Teague. Car 52 Troy Ruttman. Car 54 Paul Russo. Car 57 Jjmmy Daywalt Car 73 Andy Linden.

Car 77 Mike MagilL Car 83 Ed Elisian. Car 88 Eddie Sachs. Car 98 Johnnie Parsons. Those who may run arts Car 7 Bob Veith. Car 8 Rodger Ward.

Car 26 Jim Rathman. Car 31 Cliff Griffith. Car 43 Bill Cheesbourg. Car 34 Jim McWithey. portance of the mishap, saying "I just got sideways for a while.

How long was the slider Chief Mechanic Jean Mar- cenac said he didn't even know Russo had experienced trouble until reports came to the garage to check the condition of the car. Russo was leading the 195S race in the same car when he hit the wall on the Southwest turn. He was unhurt in that mishap, too. His best practice speed so far has been 143 but the car is believed capable of a lap at 145 or better. The second Novi, driven by Tony Bettenhausen of Tinley Park, is not expected to be ready for qualifications today but probably will be ready by tomorrow, when time trials will be held from noon to 6 p.m.

EXPECTED to give Russo his stiffest competition for the No. 1 starting spot are O'Connor, Troy Ruttman in the John Zink Special and Agabashian. Ruttman owned the previous season top at 144.3 before Bryan's speedy circuit yesterday. The spins taken by Russo and Teague were the 13th and 14th of practice period. In another mishap, Al Her man drove the Dunn Engineer ing Special down into the grass on the Northeast turn when a connecting rod was thrown through the engine, cutting it in two.

The car is not expected to be repaired in time for qualification today. Teague, a Daytona Beach, Fla. driver, was overtaking a Bowes Seal Fast Special driven by Johnny Boyd and said he was unable to keep from hitting Boyd without "losing" his own car. The Sumar spurt a full turn on the track, ducked into the infield and spun another three- quarter turn, coming to rest on the edge of a drainage ditch. The car was not dam aged.

7 Bob Veith Bob Estes 8 Rodger Wolcott 9 Sam Belond Exhaust 10 John D-A Lubricant 12 Pat Sumar 14 Fred Agabashian Bowes Seal Fast 15 Tony Bonadies. Ray Brady 16 Al Keller Bardahl 18 Dick Sumar 19 Jack Bardahl 22 Gene Massaglia Hotels 23 Elmer Travelon Trailer 25 Jud Larson John Zink 26 Jim Chiropractic 27 T. Bettenhausen Novi Aut. Air Cndtr. 28 Johnnie Greenman-Casale 31 Cliff Seal Line 32 Jimmy Davies Trio Brass Foundry 33 Billy Federal Engineering 34 Jim Mc Wit Federal 35 Chuck Weyant.

Jim Robbins 42 Dempsey Wilson Martin Brothers 43 Chapman 45 Bill Cheesbourg. Las Vegas Club 48 Marshall Teague Sumar 49 Ray Mequiar's Mirror GL 52 Troy John Zink 54 Paul Russo Novi Aut. Air. Cndtr. where his famous father met will allow the car to attempt quanrication until it has paint job.

THE TRAFFIC on the Spefdway for a while yester day afternoon looked like race day. We counted 18 dif- iercni cars running at one ume ana mere were some brief Individual speed duels. One time, there were five cars coming out of the northwest turn into the main stralgha way in tight little bunches. THIS YEAR'S "500" will start with the longest pace lap" history run by the most powerful pace car in Speedway annuals. F.

C. (Jack) Reith, general manager of the Mercury Di vision and a Ford Motor Co, vice-president, will lead the field around the track for parade lap at about 60 miles an hour, starting out from the pit driveway. The race cars will start off in single file and assume their positions in the field in rows three abreast after getting on to the track, itself. Riding mechanic" on the 1957 Mercury Convertible Cruiser which Reith will drive will be Anton (Tony) Hulman Speedway president and the man who has elevated the Speedway from a collection of rundown and ramshackle grandstands into the most beautiful and up-to-date racing plant you could hope to see. AFTER THE parade lap, the Mercury will accelerate until it is doing approximately 90 miles an hour coming down the main straightaway on the second lap.

Reith will swing his Mercury into the North entrance to the pit lane while the field of race cars crosses over the starting line in front of the new control tower. Reith arrived in Indianapolis last night and will get in some practice in the pace car during the next few days You'll see him at the track today if you're out for qualifi cations. Scoreboard AMIIICAN ASSOCIATION I fct. Wlcrllla 1 .7 SI. toil It 10 ,43 Mlnneaaellt 19 1 .433 INDIANAPOLIS IS I Chorleete .14 1 .471 Omaha 14 .467 Denver 10 14 .417 Leeilville .207 G.I.

'i i V4 6 6 7 "A NATIONAL If AOUi 1 17 IS IS 13 II 7 rt. .704 .454 .400 .556 .500 .33 .30 .10 CI. 'i'A 3 4 sv, Cincinnati Miiwaeitea reeklvn St. le.te N.w Yerk AMERICAN IIAOUI W.n lest Pet. Chlcote 17 7 .701 N.w Tare.

1 ,640 Cleveland 1 .640 oslen IS 13 .534 Otlr.il 14 14 .500 Kansas City II 14 .43 talllmere 14 .360 WesMnei.n Jl O.I. 4 7 IV, lift Yesterday's Results AMfMCAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Wichita f.etleened, raw) Minneapolis 3, Denver 1. Omaha at St. Pawl (rain). Chorleslen 4, leuiiville 2.

AMERICAN IIAOUI Detroit 4, Naw Tar. 1. Cleveland 3, Weehinalm I. Chiceaa 3. lattfrtiara 2.

teste) 4. Kansas City J. NATIONAL IIAOUI Iraakhm at Cnlcaaa rain). Cincinnati II. Naw T.Hc I.

pittibwrah at Milwaukee faailaanad. tilleaelpht St. lexis 1. Today's Schedule AMIIICAN ASSOCIATION INOIANAPOLIt at Wichita (2, niahl. Mlnneapelfa at Denver fnlahrl.

Omaha at Si. real (nihl). lawiavtlla at Charleston tnifht). AMIIICAN IIACUI twl. Chicaaa art laltimaca I vs.

vviant iv-n. Detroit at N.w Tack n.M w. laraan 12-Ot. Kama City at eosten-Mer. on J2r3) ar rmrarran fl-Vf vs.

maan Cleveland at Washinatan Gmtrim Ml vs. Aeemerhv (1-3). NATIONAL IIAOUI Nana Yard at Cincinnati S-! (1-2) vs. Nashall (1-0). Pltuburah at Mllwaulcaa-Parkav lereerta 14-11.

reetlrn at CMceee-feares (1-11 vs. lath (0-4). ruiioeeipnie at ft. taais-Simmana (2-1) Mlsall 10-1). Hurt Gets Post Petersburg, Ind.

(Spl.) War-nen Hurt will replace Fred Oy-ler, as assistant coach of the Winslow High School basketball the coming basket season. 'ate snack iy the famous la mac burger. a-nHl 12 avory waakdoy night. laatlana'a mail maa'ani restaurant tetirii aaar arlinatan at Ball by the Young Vukovich said It Jimmy all the way for me, as he posed for pictures with the cigar-smoking driver from Phoenix, who won the first national driving championship of the United States. Billy formerly had disclaimed any ambitions to follow in his famous father's footsteps but when writers asked him yesterday if he had any desire to be a race driver, he replied, "A little." IT WAS the first visit to the Speedway for Billy since 1952, the year his Dad crashed into the wall while leading the race with only nine laps to go-Billy is here with his mother, Esther, and his 15-year-old sister, Marilyn, for the qualifications and race period.

They arrived in mid-afternoon and spent the rest of the day watching track action from the Tower Terrace grandstands behind the pits. Marilyn doesn't agree with her brother. Her favorite to win the race is Pat O'Connor, the handsome Hoosier driver from North Vernon. OTHER SPEEDWAY visitors yesterday included Duke Nalon, former Novi driver, and Lee Schoenith, who drives the famous Miss Gale boats in high-speed hydroplane competition such as the Gold Cup. Nalon refused to speculate on whether he might drive relief for the Novi team this year, as he had planned to do last year in case it was necessary.

Schoenith was just here to enjoy himself. PAUL RUSSO Is one of the foremost believers in the Speedway superstition of it being unlucky to have a woman set foot in your garage before a race or practice run. A woman reporter was allowed into the garage area yesterday and visited the Novi "stable, among others. Russo lamented hjs long slide yesterday afternoon that he was "jinxed" by the female vjsitor. Observers thought Russo did a beautiful job of manhandling the Novi through its slide and regaining control without any serious consequences.

And, he showed the kind of stuff he was made of by going out a half-hour after the slide and running more than 140. WHEN THE No. 98 Aga-janian Special was pushed out to the track just before closing time yesterday, it represented a victory in a grim battle with the clock for the team. Only five days before, the car was badly damaged when Johnnie Parsons hit the wall in a Sunday practice mishap-Builder Eddie Kuzma was flown here from the West Coast the night of the mishap and he and Chief Mechanic Frank McGurk and his assistants had been laboring long hours rebuilding the machine. Parsons unfortunately got In only one practice lap and that was mostly under the yellow light for Marshall Teague'a spin.

The Teague car was clear off the track and Parsons asked for permission to run slow "shakedown laps but couldn't fight his way through the red tape before the 6 p.m. closing time came. The car is finished except for painting part of the hood which was replaced. It is doubtful if USAC officials 500-MILE RAGE QUALIFICATION TRIALS Exciting Speedway Action as the nation's top driven qualify for the nation's top race! with TOM CARNEGIE BOB RHODES PAUL LENNON TODAY and TOMORROW P.M. WFBM-TV Channel 6 ptnnf4 hf Federated Dlstrb.

Corp. Wake Up OH Company Wynn Friction Proofing Co. eve of opening of 500-mile Russo slid 380 feet in thi Novi Automotive Air Conditioner Special on the northeast turn. Teague spun and skidded 762 feet in the Sumar Special in the same turn. Neither car hit anything.

A crowd of 100,000 persons is expected to throng the Speedway today to witness a heated pole position battle with Russo regarded as the man to beat. Gates will open at 8 a.m., the track will be available for practice beginning at 9 a.m. and qualifications will start at 11 a.m. Weather forecast calls for afternoon showers and thunderstorms, so the action is likely to be hot and heavy as soon as (he four-lap, 10-mile time trials start. Most observers expect it to take an average of over 146 Gross Holds Giants, Reds Triumph, 11-1 Cincinnati (UP) Southpaw Don Gross pitched his third straight complete victory for Cincinnati's first-place Redlegs last night as they crushed the New York Giants, 11-1, with the help of two homers by slugging Frank Robinson.

Gross pitched a five-hitter and blanked the Giants until Dusty Rhodes homered in the eighth. Robinson drove in four runs with his two homers and Gus Bell, who also homered, like wise drove in four runs. With the second and third-place Braves and Dodgers idled by rain, the Redlegs stretched their National League lead to a game and a half over Milwaukee and to three games over the Dodgers. Bell broke a scoreless tie with his third homer of the season into the right field bleachers off loser Curt Bar clay in the fourth. Robinson connected for his first homer' of the game in the sixth to in crease Cincinnati's lead to 2-0, Cincinnati AS A Naw Yard AS A 4 12 4 2 2 Poit.rf 5 2 Bell.cf 5 3 Ukmon, 1 Mavt.cf Sonar, If Krjtr.c Soancar.sa Oilman, 3 BiiodM.rf Barclay, Uoblncki 0 II 1 2 0 I 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 I 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 Kb, nton.lt 5 3 Oowa.l 5 3 Bo, lev 4 0 Hook, 3 3 I McMlon.ll 3 I Gramoa.M 1 I 3 I McCrmck.p 0 To'ali 30 Tatali 38 16 77 10 24 18 'Grounded out for Margonari in aighlh.

Ran for Sail in aighlh. New York 000 000 010- 1 Cincinnati 000 1 01 45 1 1 E-lockman. Socncer. Hook. RBI-Rhodet.

Post 3, Ball 4, Robmion 4. 2tV-Mavt. Po. Ball. 8obinon 2.

S- Grou. DP-Schoandianit, Spvk.t and lock- man; McMillan, Tampla and Crowe. Lett- New York 4, Cincinnati 6. BB McCormick 2, Groft 2. SO-Barciay I.

Marcjoneri lf Gross 3. HO-Borclay 10 in 5 7,. Margo- 2 in 'A, McCormick 4 in 1 It and Eft-Barclay 6-2. McCormick 5-5. Gross 1-1.

W-Grss, (3-0 I -6a relay 10-31. U- Jackowski, Crawford, Venzon, Salanfant. Millers Win, 3-1 Denver A Minneapolis defeated Denver, 3-1, in an American Association baseball game here last night. Mimieaaeli 100 110 000-7 Denver OOO BOO OlO-l a Bearden, tedriaues and Schmidt; Menree, Coaler I'l. McMehaff and 0141s.

SOFTBALL NOTIS Bush-CaMahon league schedule tonight Enalehordt Stodiumt 7. John Sexton food vs. Adams Local 1262: 8:15, Kramer vs. Midtown TV; 9:30, Keaton Auto Sales vs. Beveridae Paper.

ASESAll NOTES Indianasolls Athletics will practice today at George Wasington park, 34th and Keystone, diamond No. 2 at 3:30 p.m. See answer in Smile Is the rto kea. una rfcrf 55 Eddie Russo. Sclav! 56 57 Jimmy Daywalt 58 Andy Furci.

Helse Ray Brady. Chiropractic Shannon Brothers Braund Birch 59 Bud 64 Gene 67 Don 71 John Gdula 72 Morgan Engineering McNamara Dayton Steel Fdry. Central Excavating McNamara Safety Auto Glass Schmidt 73 Andy Linden 77 Mike MagiU. 81 83 Ed 84 Danny Kladis 88 Eddie Sachs. 89 Al Lap Time Speed (Min Sec.) (M.P.H.) 1:07 134.328 1:06.8 1 134.730 1:06.6 133.135 1:06.4 135.542 1:06.2 135.951 1:06 136.363 1:03.8 136.778 1:05.6 137.195 1:03.4 137.614 1:05.2 138.037 1:05 138.461 1:04.8 138.889 1:04.6 139.319 1:04.4 139.751 1:04.2 140.187 1:04 140.625 1:03.8 141.066 1:03.6 141.509 1:03.4 141.956 1:03.2 142.405 1:03 142.857 1:02.8 143.312 1:02.6 143.770 1:02.4 144.231 1:02.2 144.695 1:02 145.161 1:01.8 145.631 1:01.6 146.104 1:01.4 146.580 1:01.2 147.059 1:01 147.541 1:00.8 148.026 1:00.6 148.515 1:00.4 149.007 1:00.2 149.502 1:00 150.009 Dunn Engineering Giardello's Split Win Upsets Fans Cleveland (UP) Middle weight Contender Joey Giardel-lo was given a split 10-round decision over Rory Calhoun last night at the Clevland Arna in the midst of great confusion.

The 3,052 fans began booing so loudly when Announcer Tom Dwyer shouted over the micro phone the first vote of the three ring officials that Referee Lou Parker favored young Calhoun, 46 points to 45 the fans were unable to hear Dwyer's second announcement. That one was the vote of Judge Herb Williams, who favored 28-year-old Giardello of New York and formerly of Philadelphia, 47-46. Accordingly, the fans were in puzzled pandemonium when Dwyer gave Judge Charlie Bill's vote Giardello, 46-45, and raised Giardello's hand in victory. Practically no one in the arena knew why the hand was being raised, for no one had heard the second ALTHOUGH Giardello has been the center of several rhu barbs, a quick pool of boxing writers at the ringside agreed with the ring officials. The poll of 10 writers favored former Bad Boy" Joye, 7-3.

The United Press had Calhoun ahead, 47-46, after the bruising bout in which Roby seemed to come on in the last half of the bout with a wide-hooking at tack to body and head. Giardello, scaling 160 pounds to Calhoun's 158 for their twice delayed contenders' bout, was superior in the first halfl of the bout. He out-boxed 22-year-old Calhoun during those rounds and rocked him several times with combinations to the head particularly in the second, when he knocked Rory back onto his heels four times. There were no knockdowns. Calhoun slipped to the canvas when he missed punches in the first and third rounds, and Giardello did the same in the 10th.

Each was bleeding from cuts the finish Calhoun from a gash at the inside corner of his left brow and Joey from the right brow. Wabash Golfers Win Little State With Freshman Bill Locker showing the way with a medal- a nnine 71. waDasn uiuc Giants yesterday whipped 13 colleeiate ODDonents to win a bobtailed version of the Little State golf tournament on soggy Coffin Golf Course. Coach Chuck Sanders' crew posted a four-man total or 30d over the 18-hole route to nudge State's new Indiana Collegiate Conference champions three strokes. Hanover retained the Hoosier Collegiate Conference title in the annual three-in-one affair with a 319 total, good for fifth place in Little State.

Other team scores in the meet, shortened from the scheduled 36 hole distance after rain nearly swamped the course, included: Butler 308. De Pauw's de posed Little State champs 310, Indiana State 329, Marian 331, Valparaiso 338, Indiana Central 345, Earlham 346, St Joseph's 360, Anderson 381, Taylor 386 and Franklin 392. i 92 Warringer McKay Special 95 Bob Christie. Jones Maley 98 Johnnie Parsons Agajanian Entrant A. E.

Dean Ansted-Rotary Corp, Federal Auto Assoc. F. W. R. Sommer George Bignotti Bob Estes Roger Wolcott George Salih Racing Association Chapman S.

Root George Bignotti Ray T. Brady Pat Clancy Chapman S. Root Pat Clancy Joe Massaglia Ernie L. Ruiz John Zink Lindsey Hopkins Novi Racing Corp. Lysle Greenman J.

S. Donaldson Carl Anderson Federal Auto Assoc. Federal Auto Assoc Jim Robbins T.W. W.T. Martin H.

A. Chapman Fred Gerhardt Chapman S. Root Ray Crawford John Zink Co. Novi Racing Corp. Inc.

Ed Walsh H. H. Johnson Ray T. Brady Dr. Ray N.

Sabourin R.B. E.W. Shannon D. J. Caruthers Edward I.

Gdula Marguerite Morgan Kalamazoo Sports George Walther Jr. Pete Salemi Kalamazoo Sports Eddie Shreve Pete Schmidt H. Dunn Roy McKay Cars, Inc. J. Agajanian Amos port, Iowa), Waterloo, Iowa, Chicago and Fort Wayne.

Possible additional members are Lansing, Des Moines, Iowa, and Indianapolis. They are expected to anounce their decisions on Joining at the next meeting here May 31. The members voted to play 40-minute games, with the season to be either 40 or 46 games. Committee chairmen named were Murray Mendenhall Fort Wayne, rules; P. L.

George, Waterloo, and Mike Fitzgerald, Tri-Cities, nominations, and Virgil Gladieux, Toledo, constitution and bylaws. College Baseball Illinois 11. Indiana 9 Purdue 2, Ohio State 1. Michigan 7. Minnesota A.

Ohio U. 5, Toledo 2. SENSATIONAL EBONITE BOWLING BALL Th. Soil Thai Gripe Hi. Alley expert Pittint Precision Drilling Whlle-U-Watt Open Sunday Parisian Plan Available Unconditionally Guarantees' HINDEl'S BOWLERS PRO SHOP 128 W.

Wash. St. ME 5-8037 New Basketball Loop Formed At Ft. Wayne WED. NITE MAY 29th rap Fort Wayne, Ind.

(AP Rep resentatives of six Midwestern cities organized the American Basketball Association at a meeting here last night. Charter members of the new league are Toledo and Dayton, Ohio, Tri-Cities (Moline and Rock Island, 111., and Daven- Purdue Defends State Golf Title Lafayette, Ind. (Spl.) Purdue's defending champions (13-3), once-beaten Notre Dame (12-1), and Indiana (3-7) will be seeking the "Big State" golf title in the annual three-way tournament involving the Hoosier rivals over the Boilermaker south course here today. The Irish won 11 straight matches before being handed their first setback by Wisconsin last Monday, 20-16. Pacing the Notre Dame linksmen are four juniors, Co-captains Charles Thurn and Joe Grace, Lloyd Syron, and Tom Garside, all of whom have bettered or equaled par on at least one oc casion this season.

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