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Section The Indianapolis Star SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1986 Bears blast error-prone Colts, 38-21 XJ ln s. VVy $1 (r'' fS STAR STAFF PHOTOROB GOEBEL The Colts' Johnie Cooks sacks Chicago Bears quarterback Steve Fuller after evading a block by Walter Payton. tle," said Thompson. "One of the reasons we were better was the presence of Jon Hand (the No. 1 draft choice from Alabama).

Jon is going to be a big help. He's strong and he's damned good." For the Bears, reserve quarterback Mike Tomczak from Ohio State was once again the hero, throwing three touchdown passes for the second straight week. Tomczak, who completed nine of 1 1 for 1 1 5 yards against the Colts, is 31 of 40 for 396 yards in the preseason and will start next week against St. Louis. Despite seeing his team fall to 0-2, Indianapolis Coach Rod Dowhower was encouraged by Hogeboom's passing and the rush.

"I'm not happy by any stretch of the imagination," he said, "but we improved significantly in throwing the ball. I'm also encouraged by the poise Jack (Trudeau) showed. He still has a lot of catching up to do." An interesting statistic is the Colts had 308 yards total offense to 288 for the Bears and they averaged 5.3 yards per offensive play compared to 3.8 for the winners. Chicago Coach Mike Dltka was not certain what the game proved. "I don't know If 11.

is any indication of how good we are or how bad they are," he noted. The first Colt turnover came on the second play of the night. Tight end Pat Beach was the guilty party, fumbling the ball over to the Bears at the 39 after catching a Hogeboom pass. Ten plays later. Walter Pay-ton powered his way into the end zone behind a soaring William Perry to give Chicago a 7-0 lead.

Between the fumble and Pay-ton's TD, the Colts' defense broke down twice. First, on third and seven. It permitted Fuller to scramble 13 yards for a first down. The second critical error came when Fuller Juggled the center snap on what was supposed to be a 31 -yard field goal attempt by Kevin Butler. After regaining possession of the ball, the Chicago quarterback tossed a seven-yard pass to Steve McMichael at the Colts' 7-yard line for another first down.

The Bears' offensive tackle was an eligible receiver because he was lined up as an end in the kicking formation. The Colts then lost two scoring opportunities. Late in the first period they reached the Bears' 1-yard line before Chicago linebacker Wilber Marshall slid between two blockers to sack Hogeboom at the 1 4. On the next play. Dan Hampton found an See COLTS Page 6 By JOHN BANSCH STAR STAFF WRITER Chicago The Indianapolis Colts learned a painful National Football League fact of life Saturday night.

't The error of their ways was giving away 28 points to the Chicago Bears. The result a thumping. 'Fourteen of the points were handed to the Bears on a fumble, pass interception and a pass interference call. The other 14 "we're potential Indianapolis points which never materialized because of a fumble and a missed block which resulted in quarterback Gary Hogeboom being sacked for a 13-yard loss at the Bears' 14. The game, played on a hazy, muggy night Soldier Field.

more of a rout than the final score because the Bears had ii 38-7 lead 90 seconds from the final gun. Even so, the Colts did some things well such as passing the football in the first half and putting pressure on Bear quarterback Steve Fuller when he attempted to throw In the first two periods. Hogeboom was far more effective than he was in the 21-14 loss at Seattle a week ago. This time, he completed 12 of 23 passes for 149 yards. One of throws was a touchdown a 3-yard lob to tight end Keli McGregor late in the second period to pull the Colts even at 7-7.

Rookie Jack Trudeau, playing the second half, struggled early, but finished well by directing Indianapolis to a pair of last-moment touchdowns. Trudeau, completing seven of 16 passes for 126 yards, was responsible for the final TD, putting a 20-yard pass in the hands of wide receiver James Harbour. Owen Gill ran one yard for the other touchdown. Chris White kicked all three'extra points. The pass rush sacked Fuller four times.

Linebackers Johnle Cooks and Duane Bickett each had a sack as did defensive end Donnell Thompson and nose tackle Willie Broughton. Thompson also set up the first Indianapolis touchdown, knocking the ball from Fuller's hand, then picking it up and lumbering 19 yards to the Chicago 3-yard line. Thompson was out of gas when he stepped out-of-bounds at the 3. "I thought I was crossing the goal line," he said with a hearty laugh of his first ball-carrying adventure in a decade. The defensive end turned serious when the subject turned to the pass rush.

"We played more games up front and were more effective than we were at Seat News only half bad for Colts I 7 i 11 1 I By MIKE CHAPPELL STAR STAFF WRITER Chicago Amid the pomp, circumstance and destruction heaved upon the Indianapolis Colts by World (Universe?) Champion Chicago Saturday evening at Soldier Field, an important tidbit was very nearly lost. For starters, the Colts weren't half bad. "Generally." allowed Coach Rod Dowhower, "I thought the first half was a good, competitive football game." Which, save a few unpardonable sins committed by the Colts, It was. The burly Bears, who strutted into Soldier Field for the first time since pulverizing New England in Super Bowl XX, were holding a 17-7 lead, but three Indianapolis turnovers led to a pair of short-burst touchdown drives. That Chicago went on to bury the Colts, 38-21.

in a game which saw reserves flood the field In the second half was heavy evidence that the Bear second stringers play at least two plateaus above Indiana-polls'. "We've got a young, developing team. They've got a young, developed team which has already won a Super Bowl." Dowhower said, stating the obvious. But while the Bears made sure both teams walked out of Soldier Field with perfect exhibition records Chicago now stands 3-0, the Colts 0-2 Dowhower made It perfectly See HALF BAD Page 6 Index To Purdue, Moire Dame Media Days Page 2 Amateur Page 10 Baseball Roundups 8 Baseball Statistics 9 Big Fish 12 Bob Collins 2 Golf Scene 7 Harness Racing 15 Lines Shots 12 Phil Richards 3 Scoreboard 14 Shootin Stars 1 1 Summer Sunday: The Kralzerts Pa STAR STAFF PHOTOROB GOEBEL Chicago's Walter Payton dives over for a first-quarter TD behind blocks from Bears Jay and William "Refrigerator" Perry. Attempting to make the tackle is Colt Tom Thayer.

Today's Indy-car race could be the last one at Pocono Rookie Roberto Moreno, disqualified on Friday after qualifying at 192-plus. returned to post an Impressive 197.763 mile per hour average in the Five Star Lola T86-00. World of Outlaw sprint star Sammy Swindell hopped into A.J. Foyt's backup March 86C and. with virtually no practice, traveled 189.954 mph.

Rocky Moran, In the Genesee Beer MarchBulck, went 168.092 and Dale Coyne putted around at 151.189 in his homeadc LolaChevy. Tom Sneva, who crashed Friday when he cut a tire and hit the wall, will start 29th after missing Saturday's time trials because his backup Skoal EJandit March H6C wasn't ready. races and I'm building 14 suites based on our NASCAR following." Indeed, NASCAR has moved in and won over the Pocono fans, who numbered nearly 100,000 for the Indy-car race in 1978. "We used to have this place loaded (for the Indy car race)," said Mattioli, "and we would prefer to have this race than not have It." So, will there be any more CART races at Pocono? "If I can have some fun and make some money without aggravation, yes," said Mattioli. "If the aggravation quotient is high and there's a high risk In making money I'll go the other way.

"They (CART) have a feel on what I'm looking for." As for CART'S stand on Pocono? "I think he (Mattioli) knows what CART's needs are." said Frasco. "and we're going to try to reconcile some things. FIVE DRIVERS were added to the lineup on Saturday four qualified and one was a promoter's option. against CART, which was settled out of court, but one of the stipulations was that CART would lease PIR from Mattioli for five years beginning In 1982. And today officially ends what has been anything but an amiable relationship.

"We've had our problems, yes, but I've mellowed tremendously and I love everybody," said Mattioli with a straight face. "Whether or not there is another Indy car race here won't be predicated on personal feelings. "We're In business to make money. We can survive without CART but we can do a helluva lot better with them." Pocono's bread and butter are its annual pair of NASCAR races, which draw good crowds and fields and are promoted professionally. "We have a ball with the NASCAR people," said Mattioli.

"We feed the drivers, have a picnic for the crews and I'm good friends with the France family. "The grandstands are sold out two weeks ahead of time for our NASCAR Mattioli is undoubtedly looking for a return to the '70s, when big crowds flocked to PIR to watch "The Boys of Indy." Debuting in 1971 as the third jewel in USAC's Triple Crown, Pocono International Raceway has gone from a big deal to a big problem for Mattioli and CART. When the USACCART war broke out in 1979, Pocono wound up on the front line. Mattioli chose to remain loyal to USAC and the fight was on. After most of the big teams bypassed Pocono in '79, there was a truce in 1980 as the short-lived Championship Racing League had everyone under one roof.

But after the CRL came apart. CART told its members to boycott the '81 Pocono 500 (which was under USAC sanction) and all but Tom Sneva and Dick Simon obeyed. That '81 show featured eight USAC dirt cars and it left the paying customers with an understandable bad taste in their mouths. Mattioli filed an anti-trust suit By ROBIN MILLER STAR ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Long Pond. Pa.

The most press- ing question surrounding today's Domino's Pizza 500 (4:30. ESPN) isn't who will win, but rather will this be the swan song for Indy-car racing here? think this will probably be our last race here," said Al Unser a two-time Pocono winner. "1 know the contract runs out this year but I can't see our series being without Pocono," said Mario Andretti. As of this morning, when CART Chairman John Frasco and PIR signal- caller Joe Mattioli are scheduled to meet, the Pocono 500 is definitely in limbo. "We're going to talk, they'll weigh me and I'll weigh them," said Mattioli.

"I talked with Frasco six weeks ago and I told him unless I feel the CAKT people really want to come here I don't have anything to talk about. "He (Frasco) said they did and he felt CART was interested in discussing our future." JEFF ANDRETTI passed Mike Grofl on the last lap to captured the American Racing Scries prelim on Saturday afternoon. Nick Fornoro Jr. finished third in his ARS debut, while Tommy Byrne was fourth and Swindell placed fifth. Andretti is Mario's son and Michael's younger brother..