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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR Sec. SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1973 500 Qualifiers JOHN RUTHERFORD No. 7 Gulf McLaren McLaren-Turbo-Offy-G TIME SPEED :45.30 198.676 :45.49 197.846 :45.21 199.071 :45.44 198.063 TOTALS 3:01.44 198.413 SWEDE SAVAGE No. 40 STP Eagle- Turbo-Offy-G TIME SPEED :45.65 197.152 :45.81 196.464 :45.84 196.335 :45.83 196.378 TOTALS 3:03.13 196.582 STEVE KRISILOFF TIME SPEED :46.10 195.228 :46.22 194.721 :46.12 195.143 :46.24 194.637 TOTALS 3:04.68 194.932 McL TIME SPEED :46.84 192.144 46.70 192.720 :46.68 192.802 :46.69 192.761 TOTALS 3:06.91 192.606 No. 60-STP EagleTIME SPEED :47.02 191.408 :46.77 192.431 :46.89 191.939 :46.79 192.345 TOTALS 3:07.47 192.031 BILLY VUKOVICH No.

2 Sugaripe EagleTIME SPEED :47.00 191.489 :47.30 190.275 :46.94 191.734 :47.14 190.921 TOTALS 3:08.38 191.103 MEL KENYON No. 19 Falcons TIME SPEED :47.19 190.718 :47.41 189.833 :47.34 190.114 :47.31 193.235 TOTALS 3:09.25 190.225 DAVID HOBBS No. 73 Carling Eagle-Turbo-Offy-G TIME :47.25 :47.16 :47.64 :47.97 3:10.02 MARK DONOHUE No. 66 Sunoco McLaren-Turbo-Offy-G TIME SPEED :45.46 197.876 :45.53 197.672 :45.70 196.937 :45.67 197.066 FIRST ROW BOBBY UNSER No. 8-Olsonite TIME SPEED :45.53 197.672 :45.32 198.588 :45.37 198.369 :45.43 198.107 TOTALS 3:01.65 198.183 SECOND ROW GARY BETTENHAUSEN No.

5 Sunoco McLaren McLaren-Turo-Offy-G TIME SPEED :45.93 195.950 :45.99 195.695 :46.11 195.185 :46.02 195.567 TOTALS 3:04.5 195.599 THIRD ROW AL UNSER No. 4 Viceroy Parnelli-Turbo-Offy-F TIME SPEED :46.26 194.553 :46.24 194.637 :46.12 195.143 46.11 195.185 TOTALS 3:04.73 194.879 FOURTH ROW GORDON JOHNCOCK No. 20 STP Eagle- Turbo-Offy-G TIME :46.68 :46.75 :46.83 :46.70 3:06.96 FIFTH ROW ROGER McCLUSKEY No. 3-Hopkins McLaren-Turbo-Offy-G SPEED 192.802 192.513 192.185 192.720 LLOYD No. 18 TOTALS 3:02.36 197.412 MARIO ANDRETTI No.

11 Viceroy Parnelli-Turbo-Offy-F TIME SPEED :46.09 195.270 46.02 195.567 46.22 194.721 :46.23 194.679 TOTALS 3:04.56 195.059 JIMMY CARUTHERS No. 21 Cobre Eagle-Turbo-Offy--F TIME SPEED 46.50 193.548 :46.33 194.259 :46.23 194.679 :46.30 194.384 TOTALS 3:05.36 194.217 BOBBY ALLISON No. 12 Sunoco TIME SPEED 46.81 192.267 :46.80 192.308 46.65 192.926 :46.94 191.734 TOTALS 3:07.20 192.308 RUBY Commander Eagle- Turbo-Offy-F TIME SPEED 47.41 189.833 46.91 191.857 :46.85 192.103 :46.70 192.720 TOTALS 3:07.87 191.622 JERRY GRANT No. 48 Olsonite Eagle- le-Turbo-Offy-G TIME SPEED :47.15 190.888 :46.99 191.530 :47.50 189.474 :47.60 189.076 TOTALS 3:09.24 190.235 MIKE MOSLEY No. 98 Lodestar Eagle-Turbo-Offy-F Firestone TIME :46.99 :47.41 :47.67 47.65 3:09.72 SPEED 191.530 189.833 188.798 188.877 TOTALS 189.753 SAM POSEY No.

34 Norris TIME SPEED :47.88 187.970 :47.76 188.442 :47.85 188.088 :48.08 187.188 TOTALS 3:11.57 187.921 Pacers Demote Colonels, Grab Third ABA Crown By DAVE OVERPECK Star Sportswriter Louisville For 28 more minutes, they went at it eyeball to eyeball. Finally, the Kentucky Colonels blinked. And with that flutter, the Indiana Pacers are champions of the American Basket- ball Association for the second year in a row and the third" time in four years. The final count in the decisive seventh game was 88-81 to the disappointment of most of the 16,597 in attendance at Freedom Hall yesterday. BUT REALLY the contest wasn't that close at the end.

A trio of three-point baskets tering the final 12 minutes. by Rick Mount in the final Kentucky was never closer 90 seconds closed the gap than nine points the rest of the insignificantly after Indiana way. had led by as many as 16. With 8:31 to go in the The turning point was the third period, the Colonels got final eight minutes of the their last lead of the game third quarter when the Colo- at 48-46 on Mount's jumper. nels fell into a total offen- Kentucky did not get another sive collapse that the Pacers basket until Walt Simon exploited for a 66-52 lead en- scored on a rebound layup 25 BILL TRIUMPHANT COACH Indiana Pacer coach Bob yesterday for their third ABA championship.

(AP Leonard throws his arms up in a gesture of triumph Wirephoto) as his team defeated the Kentucky Colonels, 88-81, Rutherford's 'Mating Game' Beats Foes To Pole Position By DONNA SNODGRASS Success hasn't spoiled John S. Rutherford III yet. Admitting he'd had no plans to go that fast -top 199.071, average 198.413-he told a press conference that changes made late Friday and early yesterday "mated" and the set-up finally "felt good." "It had the feel I'd been looking for. After one warm -up lap they gave me the green, and you know what happened after that. It was fantastic.

"The track was the dirtiest I've seen it in 11 years, the wind was a problem for two weeks. Rutherford was reluctant to say, however, that the wind prevented a 200 mph lap for him. Instead he explained that lack of good weather the first part of the month contributed to a tacky track condition, thus slowing all speeds. His crew had come up with three or four possible set-ups, Foyt Not Happy With Trials Run A.J. Foyt may be the most disappointed man at the Speedway.

TOTALS 187.921 He qualified his Gilmore Coyote at 188.927 miles an hour yesterday and surprised a lot of people when he completed his second attempt at qualifications. "Think I'll make the race?" he said in all seriousness. AND WHY did he take what had to be tremendously disap- Cagey Bobby Surprised By Fast Opening Speeds Bobby Unser tried to play it cagey and couldn't stand it. He'd hoped to get his Olsonite Eagle qualified on the pole with absolutely no idea of going for the 200 mile-an-hour lap. Shortly after qualificatons began yesterday, he was puffing on a cigarette and quietly talking about his problems of getting up to pole speed.

"If the wind died completely and the conditions were absolutely perfect, there's no way I could go even 195 or 196," he said. "But I don't think anyone is going to touch 200 today, anyway." THEN SWEDE SAVAGE Classified Ads Start on Page 14, Section 2 with 2:10 remaining. Even with a free throw tacked on the end of that play, Kentucky still trailed, 65-52. For the quarter the Colonels hit a miserable 3 of 21 from the floor for .143. They also hit but five of 10 free throws, including a hat trick miss by Louie Dampier.

PART OF the collapse was the Colonels' doing. They had some good shots off the break and blew them. But the major share of credit goes to an Indiana defense that was the best it has been in an excellent series. The defense kept giving the ball to the offense without pressure and George McGinnis made sure the opportunities did not go unfulfilled. The big guy came through with 13 of his game-high 27 points in the final eight minutes of the third quarter.

That, plus the game-turning steal in the fifth game here last Tuesday, earned him most valuable player honors for the playoffs. He will receive a new Dodge Charger from Sport Magazine, sponsor of the award. McGinnis was aided by several excellent performances. change a few things." pointing speed? Gurney's crew did change a "I wanted to qualify on the few things, starting with tires, first day," he said quietly. then two turbocharger "Remember 1966?" and, apparently, added a twist That was the year when or two to the blower and Foyt crashed on opening day when 5:20 struck on the and finally got in the next Speedway clock, Bobby U.

day and had to start way was out and singing for a back (18th). He said at the final 198.183 mph average time, he'd qualify the first fell 21-100ths of a second short day from then on or forget of Johnny Rutherford's per- about it because he didn't like formance. starting that far back. "We did our damndest." "Right," he said yesterday said Bobby, obviously disap- that's why I qualified at pointed. "But we couldn't get this "speed." the job done.

"As I BUT ALTHOUGH Foyt it was, had a heck of joined the field on the first a time qualifying. got in day, his speed was the second trouble on the third lap and slowest of 24 qualifiers and was sideways going through he's farther back than he has the short chute but I got it ever been in the middle of straightened out, fortunately. the eighth row in the No. 23 CREW HAD just giv- spot. en me a 198 and I told myself Shortly after the track opened yesterday, A.J.

tagged Turn To Page 5, Column 6 a valve in his new Foyt engine BOBBY LEONARD decid- 192.555 TIME SPEED :46.98 191.571 :46.91 191.857 46.83 192.185 :46.85 192.103 TOTALS 3:07.57 191.928 SIXTH ROW SALT WALTHER No. 77 Dayton Steel Wheel McLaren-Turbo-Offy-G TIME SPEED :47.51 189.434 47.21 190.638 :47.23 190.557 :46.79 192.349 TOTALS 3:08.74 190.739 SEVENTH ROW WALLY DALLENBACH No. 62-Olsonite Eagle- Turbo-Offy-G TIME SPEED :47.23 190.577 :47.27 190.396 :47.36 190.034 :47.42 189.793 TOTALS 3:09.28 190.194 EIGHTH ROW A. J. FOYT No.

14-Gilmore Coyote- TIME SPEED :47.57 189.195 :47.49 189.514 :47.51 189.434 :47.98 187.578 TOTALS 3:10.55 188.927 went out to become the first man to break Bobby's 1971 Speedway records and the Unser eyebrows went up a notch. "I said right then this was the pole sitter. I was absolutely convinced of that. Then Rutherford (Johnny) goes out and turns a 199 and I couldn't believe it. I mean there was no way anyone could go that quick under conditons like we So Bobby, a man of pride, and Dan Gurney, another man of pride, got their heads together and decided to see what could be done to make the red-white-and-blue screamer go faster than the 192 it'd gone in the morning practice sessions.

"WE'd BEEN THINKING of the race setup," said Bobby. we had hoped to qualify with the same deal. But then we figured maybe we should ed to stay with his power lineup that had Darnell Hillman, not Roger Brown, at forward. The leaping second-year man out of San Jose State made it pay dividends as he turned in an outstanding defensive effort against both Dan Issel and Artis Gilmore. He also led Indiana to a 55-47 board triumph with 13 caroms.

Issel had to settle for just 12 points on 5-of-15 shooting and two free throws and Gilmore got just 19, with nine of them coming in the fourth quarter. THE PACER guard play was the most outstanding it he explained, and didn't pick one to use for qualifying 'til Friday. "I slipped around all four laps," he said. "'The car was a little loose in the first turn the first two laps. Then the last two I had problems in three and four.

But I did figure I was doing okay when I saw people in the VIP suites above the second turn going wild. Either that or my car was coming apart." As to why his teammate, Peter Revson, qualified almost 6 mph slower, the Texan said that "Pete's a super driver he drives well in several types of cars. I've been here twice as long I've been competing in championship cars 15 years." RUTHERFORD said he did not know how fast he was going during the run. "My crew was giving me 197s," he said. He and Revson were free to decide what set-up felt best individually, so the cars are different.

"But I think it's conceivable we might have a 1-2 finish (race day). "What order?" "Aw. c'mon," the pole sitter said with a wide grin. Pollard Services Arranged For Tomorrow Night Funeral services for race driver Art Pollard, killed in practice yesterday morning at the Speedway, will be 8 p.m. tomorrow night at Farley Speedway Funeral Home.

Friends may call after 10 a.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. The family has requested contributions may be made in Mr. Pollard's name to the children's ward at LaRue Carter Memorial Hospital here. Burial will be at McMinnville Ore.

Survivors: the widow, Mrs. Patricia Pollard; a son, Michael Pollard and a daughter, Mrs. Judy Dipple of Speedway, and his mother, Mrs. Artle Pollard at McMinnville, Ore. Index To Sports CHATARD WINS TITLE- -Chatard High School won its second straight city baseball title over Manual, 3-0.

Page 13. Big Fish Contest 12 Hoosier Golf Scene 11 Bob Collins 2 Lines And Shots 9 Harness Highlights. 12 Trevino On Golf 8 has been in the series. Donnie Freeman led the backcourt scoring with 15 points and had at least two more assists than the four he was officially credited with. Freddie Lewis got 11 counters and moved the ball club well when he had the leadership responsibility, and Bill Keller, a disappointment through the first six games, ran the show expertly when Lewis ran into foul trouble.

He also picked up six big points in the fourth quarter. Brown, coming from the bench. produced 10 points in the clutch. Three times in the fourth quarter he cancelled Kentucky baskets with medium jumpers of his own. LEONARD changed the of- SPEED 190.476 190.840 188.917 187.617 TOTALS 189.454 and his crew quickly replaced the power plant.

He went out for his first qualifying attempt and pulled had to; I ran out of fuel." The second time, he grimly completed the 10-mile run and accepted his fate. "I don't know what the problem is, but we can't get the power. It's just like the engine is running lean all the time. I was gaining only about 400 horsepower down the straightaways. "The car was handling beautifully going through the turns it was just the engine.

"We'll tear it down and see if we can find the problem. "There's still 500 miles of racing and we'll be ready." RAY MARQUETTE. Turn To Page 4, Column 1 THIRD TITLE TROPHY- -Pacer Freddie Lewis displays the ABA championship trophy after Indiana won it yesterday for the third time, defeating the Kentucky Colonels, 88-81, in the deciding seventh game. (AP Wirephoto).