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f- -r "yy-y SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1970 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR -SEC. 4-PAGE I '42V ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN' 5 Places Mario; Above Par By ROBIN WILLER tiye. laps yesterday and they, holding me down. 1 came Andreitl spaced between 178 ''steamin' Into the pita and et an extra lap or a sip cycles of pure they fastened it down and I of There weren "For 500 mile. I was liter-nt out thinking half as many, people ally accident waiting to E0t to the second turn and his garage and he was still happen," sighed A ndrettf, struggnng( nnin wiic.i The ipst four laps every hard as I could go, flat out with my foot to the board and I was 'going nowhere," Mario said while sipping a Fresca.

"I figured I was dangerous as hell to me and everybody else and I almost quit 10 times. It was a total feeling to helplessness. "I just couldn't go through the turns or come off of them." It took a five-car tangle on the J72cl lap to bring Mario's car back to life. "We had to run down in the grass to avoid Jhe wreck. About the third time I went almost lost it-no way a chas sis could be that way, I kept "saying." "I think my half-shaft bot- tomed out and this just lowered my car and held it down." FOR THE next 168 circuits Mario was too busy making pit stops (S) and fighting his car to worry about two straight victories.

"I swear I was running as At unser wneeiuu mint Victory Lane. He existed for 199 laps yesterday and finished sixth f-f ive places from where he ended last May and five places from where he be: lieves he can thing was, beautiful and all "of the. sudden I didn't have a race car 'under me mor e. It was unbelievably peculiar. "I noticed one of the but-' tons holding down my hood 'Andretti'' figured was; loose so I figured may-drove about 21 real competl- be the hood was raiding up get out of my.

sight but I guess they did;" Andretti was in a brand new STP-McNamara car, his second of the month. Earlier -In the month, he tasted the bite, of wall No. 4 for the second consecutive year. The car was scrapped and he came back with anoher one of the German-built machines." He didn't qualify in his normal fashion (first) because of the lack of track time (2 days). But after yesterday's go-around he wasn't ready to go back to his Hawk.

"THE GUYS did everything possible to get this car ready and jt was just one of those things. I was very pleased at the performance when it ran and I'm going to stick with it more than likely" Just then a reporter blurt-' ed, "Are you going to Milwaukee next week?" "Hell yes," he answered, "I've got to make some money somewhere and it sure wasn't here." Then the little champ who craves only firsts opened up a new carf of Fresca and went to work on it. 0 afF Jir )Y vr ued Gurney Problem-Plag Still 3d-Place Finisher bumping through I heard a real loud bink and I said well that's it for today. "But I pulled back out behind Al (Unser) and when the green dropped I was flying. Hitting those bumps snapped the shaft back and after that thing clicked it was great.

"Man it's just a shame because the engine was running cool and good. It's just too bad, damn it," he muttered shaking his head. "I said at the start I wasn't gonna let any of those cats re co yesterday at the yes, he's coming back next year. "I guess I'll have to," he said. J.H.

ished the, 200 miles for third straight year and he did not win the 500-Mile Race for the ninth straight year, And" Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the longest patch of smoldering rubber ever 1 turned into the pit apron. He Two Women Share did it pulling away: from his O'Sullivan Golf Lead fourth pit stop, which, was not his last one, which tell? you what kind of a day it was for Mr. Gurney'. Second in '68 and second in at both Block Tire Center oil trial auto Innpectlon nlatlonn round that included eight 69, the 1 California birdies, a bogey on 16 and a double bogey on No. 7.

SHE AND Miss Mills both are five under par for the first two rounds of the 54 hole LAFAYETTE SQUARE open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily HOVTB, 2729 S. Madison open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

daily Winchester, Va. (UPI)-Shir- ley Englehorn fired a 4-under-par 68 yesterday and swept into a tie with Mary Mills at 139 for the second round lead in the $15,000 O'Sullivan Open golf tournament. Miss Englehorn, in a tie for fourth after the. first round of play, got off to a rocky start with a bogey on the first hole. But then she settled down and put together an impressive The Um.H.

ock Co. tournament which ends today. slipped a bit yesterday as he roared into third behind Al Unser and Mark Donohue. And while second left him pounding the walls a year ago, third left him laughing. It was1 one thing another; for Gurney; minor engine, problems that plagued him all day, problems that delayed him but could not.

stop him. if. "At first I couldn't: get it Miss Mills chalked up four birdies in her second round, but bogeys trimmed her to a then Jim Ma Hoy's mishap on th'e, pace' lap caused another holdup. A short time later the race was re-started. (UPI Telephoto) MARIO WAITS PATIENTLY Mario Andretji, last year's 500-Mile Race winner, waits patiently for yesterday's Speedway dash to get under way.

Rain forced a delay of several minutes and 71 on the rolling Winchester Golf Club par 72 layout. She had owned a one-stroke, lead after the iniial day of play Friday. lit," Gurney said In his garage, "I wouldn't get a good hot couldn't get full both tiore open Sunday 12 noon to 8:30 p.m. Ibagj JJmmcs Rai idy Only Tied behind them at 140 are Australian Margie Masters and PIT PASS kl B( Speedup Sfaff Sharon Miller. Katby Whit-worth, the all-time leading Shade Off LPGA money-winner, Is alone Cooper Takes All-Star Title Northbrook, 111.

(Ap)-Bobby Cooper of Houston and Mary Baker of Central Islip, N.Y., romped to easy victories Friday night in the $65,000 29th All-Star Bowling Tournament. at 141. World Mark Miss Englehorn, 30, is a 5-7 Berkeley, Calif. (UPI)-Ran brunette who started playing golf when she was seven years old. Two weeks she won the St.

Louis Open. Defending champion -Murle day Matson, greatest shotput ter in history, came within an Cooper averaged 234 during inch and a quarter of tying his the match-game finals and fin world record of 71 feet, 5'4 Linstrom is at even par 144. SfCOND-ROUND LEADERS inches yesterday at the sec ond annual Kennedy Invitation al track and field meet. The 25-year-old former Texas star, now a Houston stockbroker, threw the 16-pound ball 71-414 on his fourth try. It marked the A UNSER WAS A PICTURE of complete relaxation when he arrived at the Speedway garage area yesterday morning.

"I got to bed about 10 o'clock and slept like a log," he said. "We left early worrying about the traffic and got here in about 10 minutes, which makes the waiting even longer. "But I'm completely relaxed. I figure I can run faster than anyone except maybe Foyt. I don't care if I get into the first turn ahead of everyone else, because I wouldn't mind letting someone set the pace for awhile.

But if the way's clear, I'll take it and then try to see who can run as fast as my car." Then, like any other good race driver; the eventual winner, lost the lead to Johnny Rutherford in the first turn and promptly grabbed it back on the backstretch. ADD TO WORDS of prophecy those of Vel Miletich, co-owner of the Johnny Lightning cars with Parnelli Jones. "We've got the best chance at winning we'll ever have," said Vel. "The cars are just flat perfect and both drivers are excellent." Following the finish and still basking in the bubble of victory, Miletich accepted congratulations from one-and-all, then said, "We should have been 1-2 the way Joe (Leonard) was running. But a magneto has to fail on us." power "The more I ran at first, the more-vibration.

By the time I pulled in for my first pit stop I thought the car was coming apart, that something was ready to fall off. But they told me no and they were right. "Later on we had fuel vaporization problems. Like vapor lock, yoii know? I know I had to cool things off and when I came in the thing died on me. And when he got it restarted, that's when he laid the patch, all 150 feet of it.

"I went out and it just sputtered and I was down to about 15 miles an hour and I figured I had nothing to lose. I shifted into high gear and popped the clutch and she cut right in." Keep the car running, at that stage, 173 laps into the race was probably worth in purse money. About then Jerry Grant came in and the two Eagle pilots congratulated one another and then Grant mentioned Gurney's oil had nearly blinded him. Gurney said "what oil" and Grant said the oil you were throwing all over the track for a while. And Gurney went scurrying In any case, Gurney fin eighth time, most by anyone he has thrown 70 feet.

Safety Fa! eon irhttetralt (TJVJ MATSON'S performance which also included throws ol 71- 74-145 I jj 5 Lj 4 73- 72145 1 7-6 1 45 ll.M. "BajvJ 72- 74140 Jf Jt Jf 1 71- 76-147 1C 77-70-147 If Jf 72- 75-147 Ji elL 76- 71147 I IIs V4I 71- 70147 75-72-147 iSV.VA 72-70-14S vll IL It 74- 74-14S Yr jj -4L 74-73 14 IT 73- 76 140 S.4,iJI 74- 76150 TV-1 74-76150 74-71152 Tt-74 152 SO-73 153 7-74 153 10-73 153 74-10 154 77- 77154 ished 629 pins ahead of second-place Billy Hardwick, the defending champion from Louisville. THE 25-YEAR-OLD professional bowler who had never won a major tournament in his life won 14 of 18 games on the final day to finish far ahead of the field. Nelson Burton Jr. of St.

Louis, who had gone Into the final day on top, finished third with 12,110. In the women's division, Mrs. Baker, a pretty 33-year-old lefty, won by 265 pins over tiny Judy Cook of Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Baker averaged 210 in the finals for a total of 8,730 pins, including a bonus of 1,150 for winning 23 of 36 games.

Mrs. Cook ended up with 8,565 pins. Third went to Ann Feigel of Tucson, with 8,312. 8-1, 69-8 68-8 Vi and 68-9 easily was the best of the day although Chi Cheng Shirltv Entlthorn MarvMllli Maroit Mastert Sharon Milltr Kathy Whitworth Vivian Saundari Marilyn Smith Betty Burfilnel Murl Llndilrom Carol Ska la Marbo Sasaki Sandra Palmer Joann Gundmon Garner Judy Kimball Mary Lav Oenlel Beth Stone Kathy Ahern Althet Giteon Darben Sandra Souclch Amy Amiiiih Penny Zaviches A-Merv Alice Chamney Jove Ann Jackson Dede Oweni Donne Caponl Pam Hioglnj Jo Ann Prenlisi Pam Barnett Chako Hiouchl Gail Dennenoeri Sue Roberts Janet Caponi Leslie Holbert Slttrrie Wildur Renee Powell Sybil Grlttln Sue Tubman Shirley Wester Rabbve Vouell Marae Burnt Barbara Myers Joyce Karmlerskl Sue Oobson Lynda Craft Cynthia SulHyen A-Jane Hawkins A-Merqeret McCartney A-Barbara Hayerty A-Oenotes amateur. 6.10x13 of Formosa and Los Angeles set an American record in the women's 100-yard hurdles, 12-93 1JJ.93 John Carlos scored a sprint double and George Frenn 8.25x14 7S-77-15S I I 7177-155 I 77-7 154 I 74-13-157 I 71157 I 7.7ixl4 7.75x1 i Jack Bacheler, Wcs Williams Bill Elliott, Chuch Labenz and 77-41-1 51 I Mohinder Gill set meet marks in their specialties.

Tf-eO ISO 13-70 ISO 7M1 10 M-7 10 13 IM3 ISi lS-ft-17l 11-14-175 Miss Cheng, running like the wind after clearing the final hurdle, easily beat friendly plus 1.6f to 117 Fed. excise tax and trade-in tira discontinued tread design limited quantities strong fortified nylon cord 7-rib traction tread cut-resistant, long mileage tread rubber rival Mamie Rallins in the women's 100 hurdles, clocking 13.3 seconds, one-tenth off the 1 world record set by Miss Ral llns a year ago in Warsaw I 11 a Poland. Carlos, the world's leading sprintef, took the 100 in 9.4 and the 220 in 20.4. while Frenn made the third longest throw ever by-an American in winning the hammer with a Falcon iVcir Yorker polyester premium 232-7 effort. Bacheler, a 1968 Olympian 0 ANDY GRANATELLI saved a little money yesterday.

The winner's car was not equipped with STP decals, which means it won't get the contingency money posted for the victory DRIVER STEVE Krisilof's luck continues to run bad. The first man bumped from the starting field, the rookie chauffer was mugged Friday night on 16th street and was sporting a patch over an eye yesterday. GRAHAM HILL, the 1966 winner, was here for the race yesterday but just as a spectator. It was his first appearance of the year. LLOYD RUBY'S premature departure from yesterday's race may have disappointed car owner Gene White but it didn't dishearten him.

He's going to win this race one of these days if I have to bring him back up here when he's 75," vowed the Atlanta tire salesman. GEORGE FOLLMER barely got his engine warm yesterday before it "got real sick." Follmcr said after the race he would probably head back to his sports cars Instead of going to Milwaukee. A RATHER unhappy chief mechanic, Grant King, who had both of his Offy engines In the Art Pollard and Greg Weld machines break pistons, said he was forced to use an untried piston in the engines because the dies on what we felt was a better Offy piston had been destroyed. WHEN ROGER McGuskey was eliminated from the competition in the Quickick car by suspension failure, co-chief mechanic Clint Brawner said the failure was completely unexpected. "We ran the suspension 1,400 miles," Brawner said, "and we magnafluxed it before the race.

You think it would live." ALTHOUGH MARIO Andretti had five pit stops yesterday, none was longer than one minute. His fastest stop, which was his first after 30 laps, lasted only 34 5 seconds while the STP crew fueled the car. BRUCE WALKUP'S crew still was trying late yesterday to determine exactly what put their car out of the race. The mm Designed and built for the finest cars to deliver the greatest in mileage and ride. 'Premium is our designation.

No industry standards exist. Silver Mfety seal for added puncture protection Full 4 ply polyester tord for smooth ride wide, drrp tread design modern 2 stripe sthitewalla any ulie dual tirlpe hlietrall tinted The Paper On The Door Says CRUIS-O-MATIC POWER fPrJ STEERING won the three-mile run in 13: 13.0, Williams took the 440 hurdles in 50.5, Elliott beat Reynaldo Brown on fewer misses at 7-1 in the high jump and Gill took the triple jump at 52-44. IN THE MILE, Labenz overhauled Dick Quax of New Zealand to win in a fast 3:56.9 as four runners bested four minutes. Labenz, a senior at Arizona State University, steeped past Quax who had the year's best time of 3:57.8 to win going away. John Mason went under four minutes for the first time In finishing second In 3:58.4, John Lawson was third In 3:59.2 and Quax laded to fourth in 3:59.9.

Other winners Included Willie Davenport In the 120 hurdles (13.5), Bob Price In the 3,000 steeplechase Lee Evans in the 410 dash (46.4), Marion Anderson in the long Jump (25-0), Jay Silvester In the discus (205-1), Mark Mur-ro In the javelin (278-8), Tom Von Rudcn In the 880 and Bob Seagrcn In the pole vault (17-0 U). There were two relay races on the program, University of Texas al El Paso took the 440 In 39.8 and the mile went te the Southern California Stridors In 3 07.4. 7.75x14 8.25x14 8.55x14 8 85x14 4 8.15x15 8.45x15 9.00x15 915x15 plus 2.17 to 2.Wt Fed. excite) lax and trade-in lira RADIO W.S.W. HEATER TINTED GLASS 2-Dr.

Htftpte (Dr. Hdtps. 351 U-8 ENGINES crew said It was convinced It was either the timing gear, the btt original equipment type Falcon battery l7-3 12 volt with exchange 1 orlqtnnt vqutpntpnt nhoch itbnoritvr atvO installed Designed to meet original equipment capacity for smooth nrsv car ride and to improve lira mileage. i z-k nr. i magneto or the coil.

GARY BETTEN1IAUSEN had consistent problems early in the race with the spindle on his car's left front wheel. 779 N. At roil fM lxlie During Bettenhausen's first pit stop the crew changed the left front wheel, but the pilot had the car hack in the pits after another five laps for what turned out to be a 15-mlmite stop while the spindle was changed. i ffi mm cmimmmiF Bettenhausen was forced nut of the race after 55 laps it mp your ttlorkH churn? when i valve dropped on his car. VII i i.

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