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sports The -Indianapolis Star Sec. 4 Slocks SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 1972 Blazes To 201.4 Ontario Record Grant Olympic Games Open With Color, Harmony Jerry's Grabs 199.6 Pole 6 Yy nun A fa f', ffi a JM (Am Munich (AP) The Games of the 20th Olympaid opened yesterday in pagan splendor on a note of gaity, harmony and hope and the kids stole the show. In the highlight of the re-splendant two hour opening ceremony, 3,200 Bavarian tykes of 10 to 14 years of age swarmed onto the brick-red track in their gold and green costumes and delighted 80,000 spectators by waving flowers and bows to the tune of an ancient English "coo coo" song. It was the spirit of the Munich Games, the spirit of restructured Germany reaching for a new identity. Militarism was absent.

BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Ontario, Calif. Jerry Grant went faster than man has ever gone on a closed course yesterday and grabbed the pole for next Sunday's California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway. Grant toured the 2 V2 -mile rounded rectangle at 201.414 miles an hour on the first of four qualifying laps to break the previous closed circuit mark of 201.104 set by Bobby Isaac in a Dodge stock car at Talladega, in 1970. 4 i There was no emphasis on nationalism. Bright pastels and rainbow banners provided the backdrop instead of the ominous swastika of the 1936 Games in Berlin.

Instead of goose-stepping legions and "Hell Hitler" sa-Fuehrer's great propaganda lutes such as marked the show in 1936, the flavor was one of friendliness, mingling iHfiMl''iimMiMM four laps at an average of to win the pole position. 500 national championship run Sept. 3. (AP Wirephoto) TOPS 200 MPH-Jerry Gram, of Irvine, roars past the starting line at the Ontario Motor Speedway to post his first lap qualifying speed of 201.414 miles an hour yesterday. Grant com- Ricci Reenie Time Wins Fox On 'Break' While Grant's record-shattering lap was the keystone of a pole-winning 199.600 10-mile average, all was not joy in Dan Gurney's All American Racers garage.

DRIVER BOBBY Unser was still on the sidelines when the qualifying ended at 8 p.m. (EST) with 24 cars tentatively in the 33-car starting field. Unser was stopped three times by a variety of mechanical failures, the last coming as he a warming up for a qualifying attempt that began at 7:58 (EST). In practice yesterday morning, Unser had a gear box failure that put his No. 6 Eagle-Offy in the garage until afternoon.

Then on another practice run, he lost an engine. Gurney drove 80 miles round trip to his headquarters to pick up another engine. After it was installed, a late afternoon shower almost wiped out Un-ser's final chance to get on the track. It might as well have. Bobby made only two slow circuits before pulling back into the pits with manifold trouble.

WHILE NOTHING was going right for Unser, teammate Grant's day couldn't have gone better. He served notice he had a shot at the 200 mph mark when he turned in a 199.1 practice lap in the No. "48 Eagle-Offy during the morning. Then 80 minutes after qualifying began at noon (EST), Grant went out for his attempt in the same car that he drove By HARRISON HOWARD There are times when it is better to be lucky than So it was yesterday as impressive Ricci Reenie Time a the richest ($76,492.87) 2-year-old pacing stake in the nation, the highly regarded Fox Stake, before a crowd of some 10,000 howling fans at the Indiana State Fairgrounds with two-one finishes. However, it took almost eight minutes before the judges made Ricci Reenie AMERICA'S OLGA CONNALLY Carries Flag Into Olympic Stadium of the various cultures and good will among nations.

The games were declared officially open at 11:35 a.m. (EDT) by Dr. Gustav Heine-mann, president of the Federal Republic of Germany, who intoned the solemn words in German: "I declare open the Olympic Games, celebrating the 20th Olympiad of the modern era." The West German president was introduced by Avery Brumdage, the 84-year-old retiring president of the Inter national Olympic Committee, who made two trips to the podium at the edge of the infield, the other to transfer 'the Olympic flag from the hands of the mayor of Mexico City to the mayor of Munich. It was the last hurrah for the old man of the Olympic movement but he walked straight and tall, without assistance, to the microphone where he delivered a 70-sec-ond speech praising the Germans for their organization. Earlier, Brundage, in a dark suit, white shirt and hatless, had sat in the presidential box with Dr.

Heine-mann, president Willi Daume of the Munich Organizing Committee and other digna-tarles to watch a 70-minute parade of athletes. A total of 8.005 athletes -the largest number ever from 122 countries marched around the competition track where the world's best athletes begin track and field competition Thursday. Thirteen other sports launch the competitive activity in these Olympics today, with the first gold medals to be determined in pistol shooting and flyweight weight-lifting. A loud roar from the crowd erupted when the Stars and Stripes, carried by a one-time Czech discus champion Olga Connally, made its appearance from beneath the stands, followed by the U. S.

men, in red pants and white jackets, and girls in red coats and knee-length white skirts. Mrs. Connally, competing in her fifth Olympics, refused to dip the flag as other nations did as she passed the official box. "The Stars and strips dip to no Earthly king," she said. Competition begins in 13 sports today with the Soviet Union and Poland favored to grab the first medals.

Durocher New Houston Boss Row By Row Houston (AP) Leo Durocher, thought to be finished as a major league manager, returned unexpectedly yesterday when he was named to replace Harry Walker as pilot of the Houston Astros. JZ jv ttff 0 Time the 46th champion in the colorful Fox Stake when Faraway Bay broke at the finish line. Dark horse, Faraway Bay, driven to tremendous performances by Dick Buxton that simply stole the hearts of most of the fans in attendance, blazed past the wire first in the opening heat in 1:57 4-5, just 4-5 of a second off the Fox record. Steel Byrd had led at the quarter pole with a time of :28 1-5, Faraway Bay at the half with a clocking of :53 2-5 KEN HOY SR. Official Starter 36 Years ble for the meet in future years.

As in the past, celebrities will shoot first with Mayor Lugar on the tee at 9:30 a.m. Miss O'Brien, the city girls c- pleted the 199.600 mph California race to be FIRST ROW Jtrrr Grjnt, Eaflt Ollr, m.00. Petir Return, McLaren Offy, 194.470. Gordon Johncock, McLaren OHy, 14.041. SECOND ROW Al Unser, Parnelll Offy, 11.540.

Mario AnOretti, Parnelli Offy, 11.440. A. i. Foyt. Coyote Foyt, 10.751.

THIRD ROW Jimmy Carvthert, Scorpion Ford, 10.33. Uori.itkBw anil nffv. 100 793 Jot Leonard, Parnelli OHy, 188.707. FOURTH ROW Mike Motley, Eaol Offy, 1I7.WI. Sam Seisions, Coyote Foyt, 117.031.

Sam Posey, Eaole OHy, 117.431. to second (but was penalized to 12th) at Indianapolis. The first lap was the quick one. He followed witn circuits of 200.874, 198.881 and 197.286. "THE ENGINE never missed a beat." said the 37- year-old driver when he pulled in.

But he wasn't as satisfied with his own performance. "I wasn't smooth out there it may have looked that way but I made too many mistakes," he said. "If I could have had 10 good practice laps I might have cured them. "When I got up to 200, I could barely see. Was I scared? You bet! I was scared all four laps." Joining Grant in the first row next Sunday will be Team McLaren drivers Peter Rev-son and Gordon Johncock.

REVSON, who qualified in a special session Friday, took the No. 2 spot at 194.470 while Johncock checked in a 194.041. Four other drivers topped the 190 mark. Al Unser and Mario Andretti placed their team Parnelli-Offies side-by-side in the second row at 191.540 and 191.449, respectively. Completing the second row was A.

J. Foyt at 190.758 in the No. 2 Coyote-Foyt. Rounding out the 190 club was Jimmy Carruthers in the No. 52 Atlanta-Ford.

Carruthers, who suffered a broken ankle and a broken foot in a crash in the Pocono 500 four weeks ago, averaged 190. 336 in a car Cale Yarborough Turn to Page 4, Column 7 FIFTH ROW Billy Vukovlch, Eaole Offy, 117.344. Steven Krisiloff, Kingfish Offy, 186.84. John Mahler, McLaren Offy, 1M.140. SIXTH ROW Lloyd Ruby, Lola Offy, 115.131.

Danny Zimmerman, Vollstedt Offy, 185.480. Salt Walthor, McLaren Offy, 185.104. SEVENTH ROW Swede Saaoo, Eaete Offy, Mike Hits, Eaole Offy, 113.133. Leo Kuniman, Eaole Offy, 112.446. EIGHTH ROW Georot Snider, Coyote Ford, 182.3)0.

Jim McElreath, Gerhardt Offy, 181.048. Dick Simon, Lola Ford, 161.871. MILLER was the way they played Caps last night. Keipert, the ex Purdue fling-er, took over in the second half after Craig Blackford directed the first two quarters. WITH INDIANA trailing 10-9 late in the third period on the Bucks' 41, Keipert found Wynns tearing down the sidelines and dropped a perfect aerial into Turn to Page 8, Column 1 Statistics Capi Bucks 13 II 147 111 20 2 7-23-4 1 55 41 First downs Yards Ruthin Yards PePssim Passes Fumtlei lost Yardi penaliied Columbus 0 10 Oio Indiana 0 10 01 Duncan 31 FG.

I Wynm 58 pus from Blackford kick failed). Anderson 0 KO return (Duncan kick) l-Warner 40 FO. I Wynns 40 pass from Keipert (Bobich kick). Speaking Of Speed 8 Trevino On Golf 11 Windjammers Corner 10 Your Car II Wynn 9s Sprints Down Bucks WW Durocher, 65, who was fired as manager of the Chicago Cubs during the A 1 1 -S a break last month, will take over the Astros for today's game against Montreal. He was hired for the remainder of the 1972 season and for the 1973 campaign.

WALKER'S dismissal and Durocher's appointment 1-lowed an Astros' slump that had seen them fall nine games behind leading Cincinnati in the National League West. Walker, who had the longest tenure of any Astro manager, had been in hot water several times during his five seasons but had always come out on top. i Durocher will be taking charge of a team that plays its home games in the Astrodome, which Durocher has criticized often as a playing field. Durocher was replaced as manager of the Cubs by Whi- and Ambro Nesbit at the No. 3 pole with a time of 1:29 2-5 before Faraway Bay un-leashed his great winning charge for Buxton.

Ricci Reenie Time, owned by Ricci Farms, Long Branch, N.J., and driven by Harold Dancer was second and Armbro Nesbit third. The second heat was even more extinct. RICCI REENIE TIME and Keystone Smarty, driven by Billy Haughton, rocketed away from the starting line to battle it out on the first turn, Keystone Smarty holding the lead at the quarter pole in :28 3-5. Then, it was Steel Byrd, under the guidance of former Hoosier and national driving standout George Sholty, blazing into the lead just before the half with a clocking of :58 4-5. Ricci Reenie Time struggled back into the lead in a tremendous battle with Armbro Nesbit, driven by Duncan MacDonald.

But, Faraway Pay suddenly rocketed into action, zooming on top at the third pole in a dazzling 1:29. Armbro Nesbit and Faraway Bay, owned by Art Meyr-ing of Dayton, Ohio, battled it out down the stretch but the fast-closing Ricci Reenie Time exploded into second place as they hit the wire Faraway Bay first, Ricci Reenie Time second and Armbro Nesbit third and in the winning time of 1:57 2-5, just 2-5 of a second off the Fox record put just under the 3-56 world's record for 2 year old pacers on a mile track. However, the mighty Faraway Bay was detected "breaking" (going off the packing gait) just before it hit the wire. And, since R'n-ci Reenie Time had "lapped" (was less than a length back) Faraway Bay, it was declared the winner and given the wi ing time. Turn to Page 6, Column 1 junior queen, will follow at 9:34 and Thomsen, the city boys junior king, will shoot at 9:36.

Then will come Mrs. Carl (Billie) Windisch of Bar-gersville, the defending women's champion, at 9:38 and B. K. Westfall, the defending men's and over-all champion, at 9:40. From there the 1972 eligible shooters will fire away and the show will continue until at least 4 p.m.

Among the shooters this time are a husband and wife team, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Paugh of Anderson; a father and son duo, John D.

Weis-scrt, general manager of the Indiana Pucers, and John 18-jear-old son who Is headed for he University of Illinois as a freshman this fall; two brothers, Father Jack Barton, a priest at Liberty, and John D. Bar-Turn to Page 6. Column 3 inn -vn THE CHAMPION Ricci Reenie Time, winner of the richest 2-year-old pacing stake in the nation, the Fox Stake, takes a breather with driver Harold Dancer Jr. (left) and co-owner Hugo Tomaini and the first place trophy at the State Fairgrounds yesterday before a crowd of some 10,000 fans. (Star Photo by Frank H.

Fisse) By ROBIN Wynns or Lou's it that counted for the Indiana (UPI Telephoto) tey Lockman following a series of controversies. SPEC RICHARDSON, Astros' general manager, said Durocher was the only prospect he talked to when he decided to replace Walker. "He's an outstanding man, he has fire, and he might be just what we need to win the pennant," Richardson said at the hastily-called news confer-ence. Walker became Astros manager June 18, 1968, succeeding Grady Hatton. The following season, Houston was in contention going into the final weeks of the season before tailing off to a .500, 81-81 performance, its best ever.

There was criticism of Walker at the time and again at the end of last season, when Houston finished in a tie for fourth place. But Walker was rehired near the end of last season. the usual "no comment." One player made an explicit and negative remark about Durocher's managerial ability but the other players insisted he retract the a which he did. FOR THE most part, however, they were happy Leo was back In the game. Billy Williams thought moment aucl sold: "Good.

More pnwer to him. He'll draw a lot of fans In Houston. They'll come out lo see him. "But I believe younger fini should ge the chance, man- Two lo Page 2. Column Record Field Is Expected For Ace Tourney Today Joe Wynns and Lou Bobich two of the original Caps four years ago were the heroes as Indiana clipped the Columbus Bucks, 16-10, before 3,010 at CYO Field.

IT WAS THE fifth consecutive Midwest League victory for the Caps of Ken Carpenter and it kept them in first place a half game ahead of Youngstown. Wynns the flanker with an ever-present smile, was the offensive punch as he scampered for both Indiana touchdowns. Bobich, the 28-year old defensive back who also serves as an assistant coach, came up with FOUR pass interceptions easily a team and league record. The game-b a was turned in by Wynns and Don Keipert. News, On Leo Silences Cubs Chicago (AP) There was a stunning silence in the Chicago Cub's clubhouse yesterday when word filtered down that their former manager, Leo Durocher, had been named manager of the Houston Astros.

By HARRY RINIER A field of at least 175 hole-in-one shooters, with Indianapolis Mayor Richard Lugar and city junior champions Miss Kyle O'Brien and K. C. Thomsen to show them how it's done, will open fire on No. 6 green at Coffin golf course today in the 36th an-n a 1 Indiana championship shoot sponsored by The Indianapolis Star. Should all the competitors who have designated willingness to play, plus the usual eight to 10 others who invariably show up claiming they had forgotten to mail in cards, put In an appearance It will be a record crowd.

The old record is 176 set two years ago. A proximately 300 lloosiers are eligible for this year's outing so the setting of a record Is notably by official starter Ken Hoy Sr. Hoy Is a celebrity in his own right. He's been the official starter for this classic since its inception in 1936. His work has been exceptional and he has been rewarded by seeing two players score aces during the course of the meet and another one come within a half-inch of making the grade.

The first hole-in-one during the tourney was registered by Jack Trussel of Indianapolis at South Grove In 1951. Dale Hodges, also of Indianapolis, duplicated the feat at Pleasant Run In 1959. Then two years ago at Coffin's No. 6 hole, which is the site of today's show, Ted K. Anderson saw his tee shot stop at the lip of the cup and a minute measurement showed it to be only a a 1 -i from reaching home.

ANYONE SCORING an ace in this tourney becomes eligi- Having confirmed it was no joke, the players started kidding each other about which would be the first to be traded to Houston. COACH PETE Reiser was one who was not surprised. "Why should 1 be?" said Reiser. "1 heard rumors about that a couple of weeks ago. He's a good manager and 1 like him.

I wish him nothing but the best." Most of the players said they wished Durocher, wV was di.sml.sNed from the Cub helm July 24, all the best. But there were several who absolutely refused to even have their names attached to Index To Sports TREVINO UPSET-Frctnk Beard upsets lee Trevino but Jack Nicklaus advances to the semifinals of the U.S. Professional Match Play Championship Page 3 STOCK CAR RACE-USAC slock cars compete in the Slate Fair Century dirt track 100-miler this afternoon Page 7 Baseball Averages 12 Speaking Of Cars 12 Big Fish Contest 5 Bob Collins 2 Harness Highlights 8 Hoosier Calf Scene.