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-Till; INDIANAPOLIS STAH- 15-1 1 SUNDAY, MAY 26, Richards Fedorcak holds on in Night Before 500 1 i a i CAR Busch Grand National race at Charlotte, N.C., earlier In the clay, had one scare In his otherwise solid ride. Sailing down the backstretch on Lap 15, Gordon came underneath Bob Cicconi and the two touched wheels. The right side of Gordon's car came so far off the ground that the left side scraped the pavement. After several feet, the car landed on all fours. Both drivers, running second and third at the time, recovered before entering Turn 3.

"I thought I was going for a ride," said Gordon. "I wouldn't have been there If I didn't trust (Cicconi). Luckily, we both saved It." Cicconi continued racing but not as strongly. He watched Gordon chase down Fedorcak for a 25-lap duel, but Cicconi wasn't a factor for the lead. He finished fourth behind Jimmy Sills.

In the final 10 laps, Fedorcak had the car with better tires. Gordon knew it. "As green as the track was with the (early evening) rain, wc were building up heat in the tires," he said, "You really had to push hard to get the line on somebody. "Mike was running a nice, smooth line Just like you're supposed to do here. I used up too much of the tires too early." Gordon was bidding to become the first driver since Jimmy Davles (1960-62) to win three consecutive Night Before the 500 events.

By CURT CAVIN SI AR STAFF WRITER Clermont, Ind. Mike Fedorcak rode the high line to his highest racing moment Saturday night. Leading nearly from start to finish, Fedorcak won the 46th annual Night Before the 500 race for USAC midgets at Indianapolis Raceway Park. The Fort Wayne-area driver captured his fifth career national midget victory, his first at IRP. After polesltter and first-lap leader Tyce Carlson dropped off the pace, there were no challengers in Fedorcak's view.

Two-time defending champion Jeff Gordon was In the rearvlew mirror, but that's where he stayed. Except for one brief lapse in Turn 1, Fedorcak said he remained cool and calm. He maintained his high line and made Gordon fight the wet elements on the low side. Gordon's aggressiveness eventually showed up In the tires, which prevented him from making any last-minute surge. "I tried to save everything (tire-wise) until I needed it," said Fedorcak.

"Fortunately I started up front (inside of Row 2) and I didn't have to race with anybody. "I'd rather win a race from the back, but this Is the way I dreamed it would be. It was a dream race." Gordon, who ended second after finishing 18th In the NAS ASSOCIATED PRESS Up and out during practice for Saturday's German Motorcycle Grand Prix. Puig suffered a broken foot. Spain's Alberto Puig is thrown in the air as his cycle skids along the track alongside Leon van der Heyden of the Netherlands Continued from Page 6 w.inled two strokes a side, Tul said, 'What arc you talking about? You're rated No, 1 Tilt got mad and gave him the strokes.

Then he went out shot 67 and beat him anyway." David recalls playing with Tutwiler in another tournament at liirmingliam (Ala.) Country Club. Tut wiler didn't like the way the course was set up lor the first two rounds. He gave a tournament official the devil about it and was told he wouldn't be griping if he had played a little better. "It was a shotgun start the next day and Tut started on No. 8." said David.

"He went blrdie-birdie-eagle-birdie, shot 65, broke the course record and said, Come on. We're going We didn't even wait for lie awards ceremony." Like Hamilton, Tutwiler has passed on. So, of course, has Cyril Walker. You've probably never heard of him. Walker won the Indiana Open in 1916.

He won the U.S. Open In 1924. The runner-up was a gentleman named Bobby Jones on a course named Oakland Hills. There was Fred Wampler, winner of the Indiana Amateur in 1 947 and the I.os Angeles Open In 1954. There were the Nelson brothers, Lee, Wally, Gunnar, Er-vln and diet.

All won the Indiana Open between 1918 and 1925. There was Hill Heinlein of Indianapolis, one of two players to win the Indiana Junior, Amateur, Open and I'GA championships. Sam Carniiehae! of Martinsville is the other. And Ralph Stoneh-liouse, winner of the 1937 Indiana I'GA and a competitor In the first Masters In 1934 at the Invitation of the same Bobby Jones. All are gone.

"Gone and we have nothing, no pictures, no memorabilia, no stories, nothing," said Golf Club of Indiana proprietorpro Mickey Powell. "There's got to be somewhere we could collect this stuff and people could come to see It. If the basketball people can do what they did at New Castle, we've got to be able to do some-1 hing on a smaller scale. "I mean every big hitter In the slate plays golf." Yep, and unless some of them care enough to get involved, Hamilton, Tutwiler and the rest $oon won't even be memories. Red-hot Mazza takes PBA Denver Open ASSOCIATED PRESS Denver, Colo.

John Mazza routed Parker Bohn III In the championship match of the PBA's Celebrity Denver Open Saturday. Mazza, making his third straight appearance In the championship round, had strikes on nine of his first 10 shots and rolled past Bohn 269-190. The win was worth $18,000. It was Mazza's third win of the year and second in three weeks. He captured the Fresno (Calif.) Open two weeks ago.

"I never expected this to hap pen," said Mazza, of Mount Clemens. Mich. "This Is (he best I've ever bowled." Bohn earned the title berth after getting past Mlkc Shady, 226-204. In the semifinal game. Bohn earned S9.500 for second, while Shady made $7,000.

IThe World Series of High School rpr vs. ffl I mm SCHOOL ALL-STAR BASKETBALL DOUBLEHEADER Saturday, June 15, 1991 Market Square Arena Girls Game 3:45 p.m. Boys Game 7:00 p.m. (all times are EST) Duo 1991 luBIAHA GIRLS ALL-STARS 1991 INDIANA BOYS ALL-STARS NO. 1 PLAYER Jennifer Jacoby Miss Basketball Dana Creighton Carrie Mount Cindy Lamping Sarah Armington HT.

HIGH SCHOOL 5-7 Rossville 5-11 Warsaw 5-2 Bedford N. Lawrence 5-11 Batesville 5- 10 Anderson 6- 0 Brownsburg 6-0 Jeffersonville 6-2 Indian Creek 60 Warsaw 5-5 Bedford N. Lawrence 54 Gary Mann 63 Warren Central tor Miss Basketball, numbers are assigned COLLEGE CHOICE Purdue Indiana Indiana Purdue Butler Illinois State Undecided No. Carolina State Bradley Indiana State Louisville Purdue randomly) 6 Amy Brauman 7 Anissa Lewis 8 Natasha Weddle 9 Liza Reed 10 Amy Walker 11 Darnice Cloudy 12 Shannon Lindsey (Except NO. PLAYER HT.

HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE CHOICE 1 Glenn Robinson 6-9 Gary Roosevelt Purdue Mr. Basketball 2 Lamar Morton 6-2 Muncie South Undecided 3 Brian Evans 6-8 Terre Haute South Indiana 4 Marlon Fleming 6-4 Southport Ball State 5 Andy Elkins 6-8 Evansville Bosse Evansville 6 Brandon Brantley 6-8 Andrean Purdue 7 Jeff Massey 6-0 Concord Bowling Green 8 Chris Wilburn 6-2 Martinsville Undecided 9 Ryan Wolf 64 Martinsville Minnesota 10 LaSalle Thompson 5-10 Pike Indiana State 11 Alan Henderson 6-8 Brebeuf Indiana 12 Steve Nicodemus 64 Whitko Michigan State 13 Andre Owens 6-0 South Bend Riley Undecided (Except (or Mr. Basketball, numbers are assigned randomly) 1991 KENTUCKY BOYS ALL-STARS NO. PLAYER HT. HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE CHOICE 1 Jermaine Brown 6-3 Louisville Fairdale Tennessee Mr.

Basketball 2 Chris Martin 5-10 Rowan County Undecided 3 Keith Willard 6-1 Tates Creek Fairfield 4 Chris Harrison 6-3 Tollesboro Kentucky 5 Bryan Milburn 6-7 Russell County Vanderbilt 6 Dion Lee 6-5 Louisville Ballard Northwestern 7 Maurice Morris 63 Louisville Fairdale Undecided 8 Bo Roaden 6-5 Corbin Undecided 9 Jody Evans 6-6 Bowling Green Undecided 10 Robert Hammons 6-5 Bryan Station Geo. Washington 11 Darrin Horn 64 Tates Creek Western Kentucky 12 Victor Saunders 6-6 Louisville Waggener Morehead State Continued from Page 6 for a bus. Coach Fangman came over and bet me I couldn't high jump." In basketball shoes and with no previous experience, Smith went 6-2 that afternoon. He was convinced. Though the track season was already a few weeks old, Smith Joined the team.

Despite the late start, the junior won the Marlon County meet with a 6-8 effort. As a senior. Smith finished second in the state high school meet to Terre Haute North's Scan Utley. Utley, a sophomore, Ik now an ISU teammate. An embarrassment of riches to be sure.

"It wasn't by design. 1J Just happened." McNiehols said. Smith holds ISU's outdoor record with 7-5'2 and shares the indoor mark with Parker 7-2h). Parker's best outdoor effort Is 7-h, a half-inch higher than Utley 's. "Utley was bothered by a pulled groin muscle in the indoor season.

If It wasn't for that he'd be Jumping out of the fieldhouse, too," McNiehols said. In the recent Missouri Valley Conference meet, Smith won at 7-3. Utley was third and Parker fourth. "The competition Is a big advantage. Nobody wants to be the last of the three," Parker said.

Smith Is responsible for Parker's involvement In the high jump. He persuaded Parker, as a Junior, to Join the track team. Parker played basketball for Southport and was a starter on the 1989-90 Final Four team. That experience helped him in his return trip to the Hoosler Dome for the NCAA Indoors. "He faced pressure before.

Steve (Parker) guarded Damon Bailey in the Hoosler Dome so he wasn't going to be intimidated by competing In the NCAAs there," McNiehols said. Basketball remains Parker's favorite activity. "But It really came down to me going to a small college for basketball or a bigger school for track." Parker said. McNiehols is glad he chose the latter. 1991 KENTUCKY GIRLS ALL-STARS NO.

PLAYER HT. HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE CHOICE 1 Ida Bowen 6-1 Sheldon Clark Western Kentucky Miss Basketball 2 Stacy Reed 5-7 Laurel County Kentucky 3 Lisa Gerton 5-8 Pleasure Ridge Park No. Carolina State 4 Cathy Brawner 5-7 Central Hardin Bellarmine 5 Rechelle Cadwell 5-9 Marshall County Murray State 6 Christi Osborne 5-9 Conner Virginia Tech 7 Veronica Cook 6-0 Franklin Simpson Western Kentucky 8 Samantha Williams 6-0 Dupont Manual Auburn 9 Maisha Thomas 5-8 George R. Clark Undecided 10 Shirley Bryant 5-11 Henry Clay Indiana 11 Amy Brickley 6-1 Mercy Illinois 12 Jenny Randall 6-1 Montgomery County South Carolina ORDER BY PHONE Charge your MasterCard or VISA account TCKtfn LASTED ALL SEATS RESERVED 5 13.00 (Sold Out) 5 11.00 (Sold Out) (Still Available) $8.00 (Still Available) (Still Available) A few singles still available. One ticket is good for both games SEE THE LEGENDS OF TOMORROW Two Great All-Star Games Domino's Pizza "Showcase Shootout" at each halftime Dunkin' Donuts "Slam Dunk" competition PURCHASE TICKETS AT Market Square Arena L.S.

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