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City puts on 'perfect Sports Festival Indys net tough to follow to be By KURT FREUDENTHAL Facts and figures alone tell the story: Edition IV of the National Sports Festival that concluded Saturday night was the most successful yet. -It also was just the beginning for Indianapolis. The city will not host such a massive sports spectacle again for a few years. But it is a leadpipe cinch this "National Olympics" will return here from time to time. And there is a lot more to come: There is a very good chance the city will bid for the 1991 Pan American Games and the World University Games later in this decade.

In the more immediate future, swimming's nation- i al long course championships in the Indiana University Natatorium are just around the corner Aug. 18 21. More than 800 athletes will compete. FURTHERMORE, MANY other national govern ing bodies are planning their annual championships here. The reasons are quite obvious: Indianapolis now has the facilities to host major sports events and the city will be in an even better position once the domed stadium is completed.

In addition, the public support displayed throughout the eight day NSF; the enthusiasm, the superb organization of the entire event engineered by the Indiana Sports and the 6,000 plus volunteers, who did their thing like clockwork, gave ample proof that the city "can do." The 33 sports also were run off like clockwork. Diving Greg Louganis, proving once again he is the best in the world, dominated off the springboard and platform, In the latter event, however, most of the plaudits went to little Bruce Kimball, who returned from a near fatal traffic accident last fall to claim the silver. Cycling Leonard (Harvey) Nitz also beat adversity and tragedy, winning two golds after learning of his mother's death in a traffic crash. Softball Ailing Michelle Thomas had a record six wins in pitching her Sun City (Ariz.) Saints to the women's gold medal. BASKETBALL, THE HOOSIER craze, ended the festivities Saturday night in Market Square Arena, the South winning the gold in the men's and women's competition.

Just about everybody from athletes to Bill Simon, president of the U.S. Olympic Committee was amazed that every little detail was attended to and everything went off so smoothly. "At an event of this size, you'd figure there would be a few snafoos," said Simon. "Maybe there were some, but I didn't hear of any. This was one of the most superbly run and performed event I've ever seen.

This city should be justifiably proud." Simon said he urged Gov. Robert Orr and Mayor William Hudnut to submit applications for the city to host the Pan Am Games. "I think this city will have a real chance of getting them," he said. Don Miller, USOC's executive director, had similar praise when he met the press Saturday morning. Among other things, he called it a "perfect Sports Festival." TED BOEHM, CHAIRMAN of the local organizing committee and president of ISC, said there was a good chance the Festival will break even financially perhaps even show a slight profit.

The past three Festivals lost money and most of the deficit was absorbed by the USOC, which sponsors the Festivals. As for the future, Boehm made it clear Indianapolis will not jump from the frying pan into the fire; that even more ambitious undertakings will be carefully weighed. He explained you can't have one of these things every year without exhausting your people. The volunteers, the unsung heroes of this spectacle, will have their day Sunday, Aug. 15.

That's when the ISC will stage a tribute for them at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. "It'll be an afternoon of food, fun and prizes," said Sandy Knapp. ISC's executive officer. "It's our way of expressing gratitude to our volunteers." EACH VOLUNTEER CAN bring a guest and those who have not received their invitations by mail should phone 632 1982 no later than Aug. 7.

It will be awhile before the local sports scene gets back to normal. Maybe it won't. There is no doubt Indianapolis, as a hub for amateur sports, has met the test. As one knowledgeable official said, "Indianapolis will be a tough act to follow." with but a few minor headaches when rain forced postponement of some events. There were outstanding performances in virtually every sport, many by teen agers, proving that the United States is right on target in its bid to field its strongest teams ever for the 1982 Olympics at Los Angeles.

THE FOLLOWING performances stood out: Track and field Carl Lewis' 28-foot, 9-inch long jump, second only to the 29-2V4 leap by Bob Beamon of the United States in the 1968 Olympics at Mexico City. Three Indiana University stars also came up with gold Jim Spivey in the 5,000, Sunder Nix in the 400 and Dave Volz in the pole vault (for the second straight year). Meet records were established in 32 of the 41 events. Swimming Roger Von Jouanne became the first triple gold medalist in Festival history, winning the 200 and 400 medley and the 200 butterfly. He has five golds in three years.

Michelle Richardson, at 13 the youngest entry in swimming, won the women's 800 freestyle. Records tumbled in 29 of 34 events. Gymnastics Scott Johnson set a Festival record with seven medals, including two golds. Mario McCutcheon collected six, tying the previous record set by swimmer Sippy Woodhead. Men's all around champion Mitch Gaylord took home four medals, including 3 golds.

Women's all around champ Kelly Garrison also collected four, including two golds. Speed skating Steve Merrifield won four golds, giving him six in two NSFs. Sneva nurses machine to Milwaukee victory Sports THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1982 PAGE 17 -i "TT- iflrtitin aiiiiiTii'miiMininiiiiiiiif ft -a1lffMliT- j-r i I'nmiHt ut You're gone! and catcher Darrell Porter look on in the first inning of Sunday's game. The Cards lost, 5-4, in 10 innings. Story on Page 21.

(UPI Photo) Home plate umpire Jerry Davis throws St. Louis Cardinals Manager Whitey Herzog out of the game as pitcher Joaquin Andujar (arms crossed) By ROBIN MILLER Star Sportswriter Milwaukee He lost first and second gear early in the race and fourth gear went away for a few laps, too. His fuel light flickered the last 15 circuits and he ran out going into the third turn of the final trip. On top of that, he nearly spun out in the final corner heading for the checkered flag. But Tom Sneva managed to overcome all those obstacles and capture the Championship Auto Racing Teams' Provimi VealTony Bettenhau-sen 200 here Sunday at State Fair Park.

The "Gas Man" of Indy car racing nursed the Texaco Star March across the finish line just over a lap ahead of Bobby Rahal for his initial victory of 1982. It was the second straight year Sneva snagged the Bettenhausen show here the third time he's hit victory lane with the George Bignotti-Dan Cotter team. "IT CERTAINLY was an adventure," was the way Sneva summed up the seventh triumph of his career. "My crew did a good job on the pit stops and I guess we were pretty lucky we ran all day." Starting sixth, Sneva appeared destined for no better than second place for more than half the distance. Polesitter Rick Mears, nearly a second quicker than anyone in qualifying, easily maintained that advantage when the green flag dropped.

He had the Gould Charge PC-10 in front for 99 of the first 101 laps and was never less than a straightaway ahead of Sneva, Rahal, Mario Andretti and Gordon Johncock. Sneva managed to get in and out of the pits faster than Mears on the 129th lap and held off the defending CART champion for a dozen circuits. Mears muscled Tom out of the lead going into the first turn of the 143rd go around, but wasn't able to shake his former teammate on the Roger Penske stable. However, what might have been a dogfight to the end evaporated when Mears smoked a piston and dropped out on lap 146. From there, it was all Sneva and all shaky.

"I was concerned if our tanks got topped off on that last pit stop," ad- mitted the 33 year old Phoenix pilot. "My fuel light began flickering 15 laps "He did almost spin in front of me the last turn of the last lap, but that would have been a cruel way to win." Andretti, who finished third, ran strong all afternoon in Pat Patrick's Wildcat but lost a lap when he got stuck behind the pace car following the first caution period. HOWDY HOLMES TURNED in his finest oval showing ever by bringing the Domino's Pizza March home in fourth just ahead of Kevin Cogan's Norton Spirit. Johncock, who won here last June, was right in the thick of things until a sticky shifting linkage put him in the pits for 37 laps. There were five yellow flags thrown during the one hour, 49 minute grind.

Jerry Karl apparently lost a half-shaft in the McCray PC-7 and drove Johnny Rutherford's Pennzoil Chapar-. ral and himself into backstretch fence. Both drivers escaped injury. Dick Simon and Roger Mears got into the first turn concrete after spinning in oil, dumped by Herm Johnson's blown engine. Mears, in the Machinists Union PC 7, had spun earlier without contact, along with Gary Bettenhausen and Bill AIsup.

Michael Andretti rolls in Super Vee Milwaukee (AP) Michael Andretti, the 19-year-old son of long-time racing star Mario Andretti, roared to an easy victory Sunday, leading all the way in the Robert Bosch-VW Super Vee race at Wisconsin State Fair Park. The younger Andretti picked up his third victory in six races this season, keeping him on top of the Super Vee standings. Andretti, driving a Rait RT-5, started from the pole position, alongside Ed Pimm's RT-5, and that's just the way they finished, with the winner crossing the finish line on the one-mile oval just ahead of Pimm under a caution flag. The yellow flag came out with two laps remaining when Greg Atwell crashed coming out of the fourth turn. He was not injured.

Third in another RT5 was Davy Jones, who also started in that position. Andretti picked up $5,000 in prize money, averaging 118.471 mph in the 62-lap event from the end and it was solid red for the final five laps. "I finally ran out going into the third turn of the last lap. My engine misfired, I panicked, stood on the throttle, got sideways and almost lost it." THE TWO-TIME NATIONAL driv ing champ was asked how close he came to spinning. "Let's put it this way.

Usually if you get to full lock in an Indy car you're in trouble. It took me a couple of handfuls to save it and luckily I was going slow enough to catch it. "But there were a lot of elbows for a while." Fortunately for Sneva, all three of his pit stops came under the yellow light because his progress leaving the pits was severely impaired by a faulty gearbox. "We lost first and second gear after the second stop and after the last one, I couldn't get the thing in fourth gear," he explained. "I was finally able to get fourth after a few laps and it's a good thing because we might have twisted the engine to pieces." While Sneva emerged as the victor, Rahal came away with another impressive performance.

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(AP) Debbie Unser, daughter of three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser, was killed early Sunday when the dune buggy she was riding in flipped at a state park near here, state police said. Miss Unser, 21, died of massive head injuries in the accident on a sandy beach at Elephant Butte Lake State Park, said Sgt. Jim Coslin of the New Mexico State Police. "It appears they were traveling somewhat in an easterly direction across a sandy beach, where people kind of made their own roads," Coslin said. "It appeared that the (road) kind of split into three different roads.

It appears that the driver tried to make a left turn at the last moment and the front end (of the dune buggy) dug into the sand. "It kind of went end over end, about three-quarters of a turn, and hit on its left side," he said. "The girl was thrown out and it landed on top of her." The driver of the dune buggy "wasn't injured too bad" and another passenger was not injured, he said. At the time of the accident, Unser was in Milwaukee where he had qualified sixth for Sunday's Provimi Veal-Tony bettenhausen 200 Indy-type car srace at the Wisconsin State Fair Park. Unser and his family flew home to Albuquerque Sunday morning and Unser's car was withdrawn from the race by car owner Bobby Hillin.

RICE Throttle caused Hickman's death ra hAWvi mm aM Milwaukee Jim Hickman, who crashed here Saturday with less than five minutes remaining in the last practice session, succumbed to his injuries early Sunday morning. The. 39-year-old native of Chamb-lee, Ga. died shortly after 4:30 a.m. at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital SUN.

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Even though he had missed the show through qualifying, Jim had been added to the starting lineup by the promoter. Hickman, who owned one of the largest Datsun dealerships in the southeast, began racing Formula Fords in the early 1970s and then sat out for a few years. He returned to Formula Fords and Super Vees in 1980. Hickman hooked up with Rattlesnake Racing over the winter and made his Indy-car debut at Atlanta last April. He was seventh at Indianapolis and ninth in last month's Michigan 500.

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