The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 24

PAGE 24- SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1981 T1IE INDIANAPOLIS STAR I 1 i ill. 1 au-k it i kT Piston General Manager State champions fill rosters for All-Star grid game today Isiah signs multi-year contract Pontiac. Mich. (UPI) Isiah Thomas, who gave up his final two years of eligibility at Indiana to become a millionaire, accomplished his goal Friday by signing a multi-year contract with the Detroit Pistons. "We gave Isiah a multi-year contract that ranks him with the top four or five rookies who have ever come into the NBA," said General Manager Jack McCloskey of the Pistons.

Exact terms were not disclosed but it was believed to be for four or five years at a minimum $400,000 per season. "I expect he will take us to the threshold of the playoffs this year," McCloskey said. "He will be the catalyst as we improve our franchise." Thomas will join the Pistons when their camp opens Oct. 2 but he missed the summer league team the club had in California. "He's such a talented person, he'll make up for it," Coach Scotty Robertson said after meeting his new point guard for the first time.

"He's the personification of walking softly and carrying a big stick. "THE NUMBER one thing I hope I was going to get to say is that you can talk all you want about statistics, but he has the quality to make everybody around him better. "He's like Earvin Johnson, Julius Erving and Larry Bird in that regard," Robertson said. "I'm not saying he's in that class but he has that talent. "He's going to make Phil Hubbard, Greg Kelser and John Long that much better.

Because he'll get them the ball in the right place at the right time." Detroit won just 22 games last year after winning only 16 the season before but the addition of Thomas, who led Indiana to the NCAA tournament title as a sophomore last spring, is expected to turn the Pistons into a respectable team if not a contender. "Many people say he's young and that he's going to need time," McCloskey said. don't think it's a question of how young you are, it's a question of how good you are." Softball meet opens The Women's Midwest Fast Pitch Regional Softball Tournament starts today at Metro Stadium with the first game set for 8 a.m. The Indianapolis entry and host team, K. Peppers, plays today at 2:30 p.m.

The tournament resumes Sunday with the championship game set for 6 p.m. The winner of the tournament advances to the national tournament at Houston, Texas. Mosley tops field for CART race ST SPECIAL REPORT Milwaukee Last June, Mike Mosley did it the hard way. This time he'd prefer to do it more conventionally. "It" is winning a race on the State Fair Park one-mile oval, something Mosley now has done twice.

That second victory came in June's Rex Mays 150 when the he started dead last in a 26-car field. In fact, he was an added starter. Engine troubles kept him out of qualifications, but he was added to the starting field as a "promotor's option." Getting into the race was the hard part. Once there Mosley motored to a relatively easy victory in Dan Gurney's Donovan Chevy-powered Pepsi Challenger Eagle. MOSLEY IS HOPING HE doesn't have to do it that way again in Sunday's A B.

Dick Tony Bettenhauen 200. He'd like to be able to win a starting spot near the front of the pack in today's qualifications. Mosley has to be rated the man to beat if the Donovan Chevy holds up for 200 miles. The rocker arm engine with its superior torque characteristics works best on a flat track where acceleration out of the turns is critical. Also, the Eagle seems to be the best handling car in the corners on the circuit this year, as Mosley demonstrated in June and again last week in the Norton Michigan 500 at Michigan International Speedway.

MIS is considered a horsepower track and the Donovan Chevy gives up about 60 horses to the turbocharged Cosworths. Yet, Mosley raced into the lead in the early going and stayed at or near the front until he missed a shift and tagged the valves. THERE'S ALSO A SPIRITED battle going on for the Championship Auto Race Teams national championship. Pancho Carter, winner of last week's Michigan 500, currently leads, but he has only a 132-123 cushion on second- place Rick Mears. It's possible to gain as many as 44 points here, 40 for winning the race plus two each for leading the most laps and taking the pole position in qualifying.

Modified Cosworth approved by USAC The British Cosworth racing engine isn't dead, after all, as far as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the United States Auto Club are concerned. The Speedway announced some months ago only stock block engines would be permitted in next May's 500-mile racing classic. But USAC, sanctioning body for the 500, announced Friday permitting the use of smaller turbochargers for exotic power plants. "A primary factor in making this decision (not to ban the turbochargers) was the economic climate that exists and that further development of production-based (stock block) engines has not progressed at the rate that had been anticipated," a USAC announcement said. Furthermore, USAC said from a financial standpoint, a major change in engines now "cord of directors reaffirmed its position in encouraging continued use of stock type engines, which will remain at 355 cubic inches for naturally aspirated engines and 209 cubic inches for the turbocharged version.

Beginning Jan. 1, all turbo-engines will be required to utilize turbochargers of the precise specifications announced Friday. Manifold pressure is not being changed in any category of turbo-engines. The maximum pressures allowable will remain at 60 inches of mercury four 4-cylinder engines, 58 inches for stock block engines and 48 for all other turbo-engines. Former race drivers Tingelstad, Rachwitz die Friends may pay their respects today at Conkle Speedway Funeral Home (2 p.m.

to 4 p.m.) to former race driver Bud Tingelstad, who competed 11 it njamtit n'V i'lliliiTt, (UPI ohoto) as Isiah Thomas signs pact NORTH COACH Bob Cornell of Eastbrook has as quarterbacks University of Wisconsin-bound Bob Kobza, who guided Hobart to back-to-back AAA state runner-up finishes, I.U.-bound Steve Bradley of Knox and John Coppens of Mishawaka. He also will have an assortment of outstanding defensive personnel, including Hobart's Mark Drobac who had nine interceptions and averaged 26 yards on kickoff returns. Another factor in the North's favor is that it has remained relatively injury free during the week, says Cornell. "I doubt that we'll do a whole lot more contact work," he said after Sunday's scrimmage. "We're pretty much satisfied with the contact drills we've had." Cornell feels, however, that some contact is necessary even with the risk of injury.

"It's a different look when you go through a dummy scrimmage than if you really get the actual 100 percent go." Neither coach is set on a starting lineup yet, and both coaches have emphasized that everybody will play as much as possible. Plenty of tickets remain for the game." Ticket prices are $5 for adults and $2 for children. Proceeds from the game go to Camp James Whitcomb Riley for physically handicapped children and the Indiana High School Football Coaches Jack McCloskey (right) smiles we're quicker. We are going to run a three-back offense with Chuck Howard (Ben Davis), Bruce King (Heritage Hills) and Tom Hendrickson (Columbus East). We plan to have those three in there as much as possible.

"Plus, we have Chris Cook (Carmel) and John Winter (Martinsville) as receivers. So we feel those are five outstanding players on offense. And we can put up a pretty impressive offensive line." So far, the only bad news coming out of the South camp is an knee injury to Curtis Kimbrough of Washington last Sunday, the same day that Harry Hale from Broad Ripple returned from a sprained ankle. The North is likely to be equal to the challenge, according to Stephens. "The North has giants.

They have three guys who are going to go to Division I schools and a lot of good runners. They can do a lot of things." Stovall triumphs Twenty-year-old Scott Stovall of Fort Wayne, won his third straight Budweiser Series ASA late model sportsman race at Indianapolis Raceway Park Friday night. Stovall held off a late challenge by Buddy Schrock, Plain City, Ohio, to win the 25-lap event. Glen Ohlmann was third, Steve Moore fourth and Larry Brooks was fifth. with times in the Indianapolis 500.

Tingelstad, 53, a race driver from 1948-1972, died Thursday in Community Hospital. He was an Indy 500 rookie in 1960 and his best finish here was sixth in 1964. He also was a Navy veteran of World War II. Tingelstad was a native of Minnesota and for a number of years lived at Dayton, Ohio. After retiring from racing he became associated with the American Motors Thrill Show at Buffalo, N.Y.

Survivors include his wife, Arlene; his mother, a sisters. Memorial contributions may USAC Benevolent Fund or the Community Foundation. figure, Keith (Porky) 'Rachwitz, 1 brother and two died Friday at Tingelstad passed his Indy 17 be made to the Hospital Another racing aford for you! in many USAC events in the mid-'60s but never in the 500 here. Survivors include his wife, Elaine, and two sons. Services are scheduled Tuesday at Riverside (Calif.) National Cemetery.

By MARK SCHNEIDER Star Sportswriter Bloomington, Ind. With the collective talent from three state championship teams on their side, the Rebels will try to snap a two-year losing streak in today's 15th renewal of the North-South All-Star high school football classic at Indiana University's Memorial Stadium. The 3:30 p.m. kickoff will pit the North against the South as the Yanks attempt to take a 8-7 series advantage. The North was a 17-7 come-from-behind victor last year and won by a 12-3 margin two years ago.

Today, in an effort to make it three victories in a row, the North will have to combat the Franklin Central Class AA state championship offense as the South squad, coached by Chuck Stephens, is likely to start Leo LaGrotte, who keyed the Flashes to that title, at quarterback. "We'll go with the Franklin Central offense," said Stephens. "And we'll use whatever defense the game situation dictates." Unfortunately, the North might be expecting that offensive formation and should know exactly how to handle it, Stephens said, "because Jim Andrews (coach at North Wood) is one of the North coaches and he still has our state championship game film." "BUT WE THINK we have some good people," adds Stephens, "and we hope Circle City bicycle races to open today Bicycle racing returns to the streets of downtown Indianapolis today with national and Olympic class riders expected to take part in the third annual Circle City Criteriunr The cyclists move east to Brookside Park Sunday for the 15th Tour of Brook-side. Both programs are part of Breaking Away in Indianapolis sponsored by Indiana National Bank. Today's 11-event program gets underway at 8:15 a.m.

on a three-quarter-mile course on Meridian, St. Clair, Pennsyl-vania and Michigan streets. The feature Senior 1 2 race is scheduled to get underway at 2:30. Tomorrow's program at Brookside includes eight races beginning at 8:15. AUG.

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