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Section Comics ,...6 ArtsLeisure 7, 8 MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1987 The Indianapolis Star Colts Hogeboom-less for 6 to 8 weeks Sports By JOHN BANSCH STAR STAFF WRITER The Indianapolis Colts will be without the services of quarterback Gary Hogeboom for the next six to eight weeks. Coach Ron Meyer announced Sunday his No. 1 signal caller will undergo surgery on the left thumb this morning to repair a detached ligament. and bruises" suffered in the victory ovrr Houston. Offensive tackles Chris Ilinton and Kevin Call came through their initial test "in good condition" after missing the first two preseason games because of physical ailments, according to Meyer.

HOOFBEATS The 71 -man roster must be reduced to 60 by Tuesday afternoon. Several players may be placed on injured reserve Running back Albert Bentley had his third straight Impressive game against Houston, gaining 95 yards in 17 carries. In the three preseason outings. Hentley has gained 234 yards In 55 carries Rookie free agent John Brandes is pushing veteran Derrick Ramsey for a roster position. "John's Improved play in practice Is the reason he played most of the Houston game." said coach Ron Meyer.

"We want to take a very close look at him." The Colts' third-down efficiency Improved to 6 of 16 vs. Houston and they converted four of their first five third-down attempts. The Oilers were 1 of 13 in third-down ther punter Rohn Stark or H-back Derrick Ramsey as an emergency quarterback In the event Trudeau and Kiel would both be injured in the same game. Ramsey was a quarterback in college at Kentucky. Meyer conversed with Hogeboom Sunday morning and reported the quarterback "seemed to be in as good a spirit as possible under the circumstances.

This is a blow to both of us because we anticipated this being a very big year for Gary," said the coach. Hogeboom probably will not be able to take a center snap for about six weeks, according to Meyer. The ball is slapped hard against the left thumb when It is delivered to the quarterback by the center. The coach anticipates It will take Hogeboom another two weeks to get ready after he returns to practice. The quarterback should resume throwing in about two to three weeks after the surgery, according to Meyer.

Hogeboom was not attempting to sprint out to throw a pass on his last play as it appeared, according to Meyer. "Gary was supposed to hand off to the tailback, but he couldn't control the over Houston in the Hoosier Dome. Meyer is still not certain when the injury occurred, but believes it was prior to Hogeboom's final play when he fumbled the ball over to Houston. Jack Trudeau will once again replace Hogeboom as the starting quarterback with Blair Kiel moving into the No. 2 slot.

Trudeau also took over for Hogeboom a year ago when the quarterback separated his left shoulder in the second game of the regular season at Miami and missed the next 1 1 contests. Meyer has no plans of obtaining a third quarterback. "The type of quarterback on the waiver wire is not worthy of bringing in." he said Sunday afternoon. "I'm very content with the two we have." observed the coach. I'm more apprehensive about losing what I consider an outstanding quarterback then 1 am about playing Jack or Blair.

Jack Trudeau has played well in the preseason and will play better. Blair Kiel has not had many opportunities but he will come to the front." The coach does plan to prepare ei ball, so he tried to adlib." said the coach." In other medical developments, Meyer announced running back Owen Gill will be sidelined two to six weeks with a fractured bone In his right leg and nose tackle Scott Kcllar suffered a shoulder injury which will prevent him from playing Saturday night against Tampa Bay in the final preseason game. "The bone was not displaced in Gill's leg and the muscle mass will hold it in place," said Meyer. David Adams, the 5-6 12th-round draft choice from Arizona will replace Gill as the No. 3 running back "for now," according to Meyer.

Rookie free agent John Brandes, in a fight to make the team as an H-back, will replace Gill as the lead blocker in short-yardage situations when the Colts use two running backs. Keller has a stretched muscle In his right shoulder. Last year the nose tackle was slowed by an ailing left shoulder which was repaired in off-season surgery. Another dozen players were treated Sunday for what Meyer termed "nicks Dr. Arthur Rettig.

an Indianapolis orthopedic surgeon who specializes in hand treatment, determined an operation was necessary after examining Hogeboom Sunday morning along with team physician K. Donald Shelbourne and trainer Hunter Smith. Hoeeboom was in- Hogeboom jured midway through the first quarter Saturday night in the Colts' 17-6 preseason victory Mario coasts to easy win at Elkhart Lake By RICK SHAFFER STAR STAFF WRITER Elkhart Lake. Wis. For awhile, there was a good race in Sunday's CART Living WellProviml 200 at the Road America circuit for second place.

Si 1 tS TDK 5 A JjVC'- A. i fin 'jZZZj wr 9 lys; V. 'ZX'-mX 'X, iff 1 sr Matt TOWM' ttt jub UPIREUTER Ben Johnson (right) leans across the line in a 1 00-meter world-record 9.83 seconds, just ahead of Carl Lewis. Johnson blows away Lewis, record At one time or another, it was contested in front of a record crowd of 65,000 by the likes of Michael Andrctti, Danny Sullivan, Emerson Flttlpaldl. Geoff Brabham, Roberto Guerrero and Al Unser Jr.

But there simply was no contest for first. Mario Andrctti did what he has been able to do all season by driving off all by himself In first and doing something he hasn't always done going the distance for the victory. The flag-to-flag win. by 41 seconds over Brabham, broke a dry spell for Andrctti, who hasn't put his Hanna Auto Wash LolaChevy In victory circle since Long Beach in March and the race record as well (120.155 mph). But more importantly.

It put him in a tie far third in the CARTPPG World Series standings with Guerrero. Andrctti led the field across the line at the start and that basically was as close as the rest of the field got to the Nazareth, driver. The 1969 "500" champ led by nearly 10 seconds by Lap 10 and Increased the margin to 57 seconds before conserving fuel In the final portion of the race. "There's no substitute for winning. After the rough period we've had.

It feels like we've picked up the pieces," Andretti said. "We needed this win the team needed this win. A lift like this will get us going. We're looking forward to the rest of the season and I'm still counting on the championship as long as we have a mathematical chance." While Andretti was driving off toward his 49th career champ car win, it was a matter of who would finish second. Michael Andretti was the first challenger, but spun on Lap 1 as he closed on his father entering Turn 5.

That dropped him to eighth and even though he worked his way back up to third, he dropped out of contention after suffering an electrical failure on the Kraco MarchCosworth on Lap 31. Points leader Bobby Rahal likewise was sidelined with what appeared to be an electrical problem. After running fourth, the Dublin. Ohio, driver pulled the Budwelser LolaCosworth Into the pits on Lap 16 where it would remain. Those occupying the top challenging positions seemed to be snakebit.

Once Michael had spun, runnerup belonged to Sullivan In the Miller American March 86CChcvy. He stayed there until pitting on Lap 22 after being blackflagged for spraying liquid. The stop cost him a lap and he finished fifth. Sullivan's stop put Flttlpaldl In second in the Marlboro MarchChevy and even though he trailed Mario by 20 seconds, the race's defending champion had started ninth and could have been a factor. Instead, he ran out of fuel on Lap 32.

"I think we were using more fuel because the car was performing so well. The fuel light 1. Bobby Rahal 129 2. Michael Andretti 115 3. Mario Andretti 85 Roberto Guerrero 85 5.

Arie Luyendyk 74 6. Al Unser Jr 71 7. Emerson Fittipaldi 67 8. Geoft Brabham 59 9. Danny Sullivan 56 never came on.

1 was coming in on that lap and I never made It around," Flttlpaldl said. It was now Ilrahham's turn lo occupy the second spot In the Team Valvoline MarchI londa. But Guerrero wasn't going to make It easy on him. After starting second, the Colombian's True ValueSTP MarchCosworth slowed drastically on Lap 3 and It was reported he was having clutch problems. It dropped Guerrero out of the top 10, but slowly he climbed back.

By Lap 14, he was up to ninth. Attrition and pit stops moved him Into third by Lap 33. Guerrero was right on lirab-ham's tall heading Into the last turn on Lap 42, but Just as suddenly, he slowed and finished In seventh. That left Brabham way ahead of Al but on Lap 44. Brab-ham's car appeared to be losing some kind of liquid out the transmission.

That brought out the black flag and the Australian radioed to car owner Wck Galles to see what It was all about. "I had lost my clutch on the third lap and I actually thought I was losing some kind of engine fluid. So I radioed to Rlrk and prepared to come in. 1 was Just ready to enter the pits when he told me to stay out." Brabham said after his second straight runnerup finish. "I'm quite pleased with the finish.

With our second at Poco-no and the second here, our team Is coming around." Brabham said. Third-place finisher Unser Jr. attributed his high placing to good fuel mileage for his Domino's MarchCosworth and good pit work. "I climbed up through the standings (from 11th to third) basically because I got the fuel mileage. The guys who dropped out didn't.

The crew also did a great Job on the stops. They did all the passing for me." Unser said. DANNY SULIVAN will be driving a Miller American-sponsored car for Penske Racing In 1988 it was announced Sunday. It seems that "silly season" rumors prompted the announcement. "Danny is a key part of our team and we made a multi-year deal with Miller and Danny last winter.

We don't usually announce our plans for a new season until the current season ends, but the rumor mill was going wild and since no one asked us our plans, we decided to make an announcement now," team owner Roger Penske said. i Seppo Raty of Finland, though tripping and falling on the runway during his first attempt, captured the gold in the men's javelin with a toss of 274 feet. 1 inch (83.54 meters). Soviet Viktor Yevsyukov was second and world record holder Jan Zelezny of Czechoslovakia third. Italian Maurizlo Damllano entered Olympic Stadium to a roar from the home crowd of 64,500, then earned the day's final gold by winning the 20-kilometer walk in 1 hour.

20 minutes and 45 seconds. In the men's 100, Ray Stewart of Jamaica finished third in 10.08 and was followed by European champion Linford Christie of Britain In 10.14. In the morning session, world record-holder Willie Banks failed to advance to the final in the triple jump, finishing 11th In his group with a disappointing best of 53-8'2 (16.37 meters). It marked the second major competition In which Banks suffered a setback. He finished sixth before a home crowd in the 1984 Summer Games.

"On the disappointment scale, this ranks right up behind the Olympics." Banks said. "This is going to be hard to live with for quite a while." Fellow American Butch Reynolds fared much better, recording the day's fastest qualifying time In the 400 meters. The Ohio State star clocked 45.51 seconds to easily win his heat. In qualifying for the 400-meter hurdles, two-time Olympic champion Edwin Moses, Danny Harris and West German Harald Schmid all posted easy victories. World record holder Jarmlla Kratochvllova advanced to the final of the women's 800 meters.

Though Lewis was convincingly beaten, he thinks Johnson can be caught. "He's not unbeatable." Lewis said. "I don't believe anybody is unbeatable. He reacted first at the start and stayed ahead." Johnson, a 25-year-old native Jamaican, becomes the first non-American to hold the title of "World's Fastest Man" since Armin Hary of West Germany and Harry Jerome of Canada shared the 100-meter record in 1960. The four-time Olympic gold medalist and the event's defending champion had little chance once the gun sounded.

Lewis usually wins with a late kick, but Johnson's burst from the blocks produced a strong lead after 40 meters. "The first 10 meters were very good." Johnson said. "I got out of the blocks so hard I almost ended up In his lane. By the middle of the race I was running hard. At 40 meters I found the mark that I use to reach my high speed.

It was then that I knew I would win." The men's 100-meter sprint touched off a flurry of goal-medal performances. Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria Improved her world record by a centimeter to win the women's high Jump on her second clearance at 6 feet. 10 inches (2.09 meters). "I didn't believe I was able to set a world record." she said. The women's 100 final was won minutes later by East German Silke Gladlsch, who registered a time of 10.90 seconds in defeating compatriot Helke Drechsler (11.00) and Jamaican Merlene Ottey (11.04).

Three-time world record holder Marlies Goehr of East Germany failed to get past the semifinals. Oniteo press international Rome A few seconds and 100 meters after the close of one of the most exciting sprint confrontations of the decade, Carl Lewis was still trying to catch Ben Johnson. And that may be the state of things in the 100-meter dash for some time. The Canadian smashed the world record for the 100 meters Sunday at the World Track and Field Championships and defeated Olympic champion Lewis for the fifth straight time. Johnson thundered off the blocks to finish in 9.83 seconds, a tenth of a second ahead of Calvin Smith's high-altitude mark that stood since July 3.

1983. The showdown was one the most eagerly awaited races in years. Lewis managed to run the fastest race of his life (9.93 seconds), but it was not nearly enough to beat Canada's Johnson. After crossing the finish line. Johnson continued along the track in a victory Jaunt.

Lewis ran about 1 00 meters to catch Johnson and the two shook hands. There have been reports the pair do not like each other. "It's not a question of friendship or us being friends," Lewis said. "I respect him and his ability and he obviously respects me." The race marked the first time two runners had finished in less than 10 seconds In the same race. Johnson, whose previous best was 9.95, has not lost to his American rival since November 1985.

1 "If anyone Is going to break this record he's going to have to be better than me." Johnson said. "Over the first 50 meters he's going to have to be better than me. That person would have to be awesome.".