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THE COURIER-JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1979 5 Crowd for Sp roars nngsteen as he cycles to National win I I. By BILL DOOLITTLE Courier-Journal Times Correspondent dy Goss, who was third in the Louisville Half-Mile. The best battle of the night, in fact, was between Goss, Eklund, Mike Kidd and Scott Parker. While Springsteen opened up a lead of more than a quarter of a lap, those four dueled for second place in the field of 14 riders. Kidd led the battle for more than half the race.

But a blown piston sent him coasting to the outside to drop out. From there, Parker, a 17-year-old With a chorus of cheers from an adoring public seemingly boosting him along, motorcycle racing's king, 22-year-old Jay Springsteen, zoomed away from his competition in the Louisville Half-Mile National last night at Louisville Downs. Springsteen, whose shoulder-length golden curls excite young ladies, reached the lead on the backstretch of lie -i 4 Vi, 4 the first lap. By the time he roared by second Goss was third Ek- lcnni fane rrnwHri in thp crnnrlc 10 WdS Ulira, Willi E.K- the 16,003 fans crowded in the stands lund fourth. along the homestretch, everyone knew the race belonged to Springsteen.

of his well-tuned Harley-Davidson's horsepower Springsteen could get around faster. In the latter stages of the race! though, Springsteen did drop down from the loose dirt to run nearer the rail. There he followed the "blue groove" of laid down rubber "I dropped down because of tire wear," explained Springsteen, who recalled that he had had to do the same thing here in the 1975 National to eek out a narrow win over Garth Brow. "Everybody else starts to catch you (because the tires stop biting), so I just rolled down and hooked up." "You ride slower down there, but it's faster around later in the race," added Goss, who did the same thing. At the end Springsteen was still about 200 yards ahead.

His time of 8:32.187 established a new track record, lowering the old mark of 8:34.279 set by Gary Scott in 1977. Springsteen's average speed was 70.2 miles per hour. Louisville Half-Mile National (All riders on Harley-Davidsons) Heat races: 1st Jay Springsteen, Scott Pearson, Ted Boody, 2nd Corky Keener, Scott Parker, Marty Bushman, 3rd Steve Eklund, Ricky Graham, Hank Scott, 4th Mike Kidd, Randy Goss, Billy Crabbe, 4:23.228. Semi-finals: 1st Bill Schaeffer, 2nd Charles Roberts, 4:20.462. Half-Mile National (20 laps): 1.

Springsteen, 2. Parker, 3. Goss, 4. Eklund, 5. Graham, 6.

Keener, 7. Boody, 8. Crabbe, 9. Scott Pearson, 10. Charles Roberts, 11.

Kidd, 12. Bushman, 13. Hank Scott, 14. Schaeffer. Time: 8:32.187 (70.2 mph).

Trophy race: Terry Poovey. Attendance 16,003. z1. 1 Springsteen followed his patented style the style associated with riders from Michigan by riding up high along the hay bales through the turns. At the finish, fans were yelling "Michigan Mafia," because the top three finishers are all from Michigan Springsteen from Lapeer, Parker from Flint and Goss from Highland.

All agreed that the high-ride Michigan style was just the ticket over the Louisville track. "I wasn't in the lead at the very beginning," recalled Springsteen, who started from the farthest position from the rail. "There were a bunch of guys down low ahead of me. But I stayed up high and I could really cook." Riding the high part of the track is a longer way around the oval, but with the kind of traction he found on the outside of the track on the turns and the longer straightaways to take advantage As he passed the stands that first time, with a lead of about 20 yards, the fans sent up a roar. And each time Springsteen passed in review for each of the 20 laps the cheer rose.

Fans along the rail waved their arms wildly, celebrating Springsteen's ever increasing advantage and almost certain victory. And nothing stopped Springsteen from winning his 24th National event in just five years of racing. It was his third victory here and third in a row on the Winston Pro Series Circuit. Springsteen is gunning for his fourth consecutive National championship. The win last night moved him closer in that quest to points leader Steve Eklund, who finished fourth.

Now Springsteen is third in the standings with 73 points to 94 for Eklund and 75 for Ran- I (4 M-1 tommiMiMifflwmWllw Start Photo by Melissa Farlow The Trackers' Ron Wilson had a good grip on kin's 36-yard TD run in the second quarter helped get the Steamer steaming toward a 31-17 win. 'Shreveport speedster Alex Rankin here, but Ran i Schroer hurls another shutout, but Bourbons split with Scouts "I just couldn't find the plate," said Evilsizer. And the two-hitter? "We're just putting too much pressure on ourselves," he said. "We've gotta loosen up and have some fun out there. We're on the bench.

We make a good play in the sixth (on a relay throw that prevented Nick Nikitas from getting an inside-the-park home run), then go out one-two-three in the seventh. We can't hit the thing. It's been a tough first year in this league." Moments after Evilsizer spoke, the Scouts suddenly found bats that had a line-drive relationship with the ball. Thanks for the revival went mainly to the bottom half of the order. The sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth hitters went 10 for 14.

They triggered a two-run second inning and a four-run fourth, and the Bourbons were behind from then on. Fort Wayne finished that game with 16 hits. It survived the return of Schroer, who relieved Don Rardin in the fifth and still gave up three runs. And it lived through a three-run Bourbon rally in the seventh that included a two-run homer by Chuck Winders, his first of the season. Whitlock thought the Bourbons had a problem, too.

"Let's face it, it's tough to lose to this team," said Whitlock. "We had beaten them five in a row. It's hard to get up. We had tired bats." Kentucky (now 12-4) and Fort Wayne (2-12) go at it again tonight in a double-header at Bishop David beginning at 7:30. back to Softball's normal defensive alignment four men in the outfield and four in the infield instead of the five-man infield set they have used in all but one game this season.

"If we had been in the five-man, we might have had both of those balls," said Schroer. "But then, a couple of balls might have gone through the outfield, so you can't say, 'What if "I wouldn't have got the second guy even if I had been able to get up and throw," said Whitlock. "But we were close to something, very close." Schroer, of course, was delighted with the shutout, itself a rarity in the game. He had tossed a 7-0 job against Pittsburgh on the opening weekend of the season, but wouldn't say which one he liked better (Pittsburgh went into the weekend only one game behind Kentucky in the Central Division). "These guys (the Scouts) are going kind of bad," he said, "but you have to feel good about a two-hitter in this league.

I had control and they knew it. They went for the early pitches. I don't think I went to a three-ball count on anybody." Schroer got ample support from his defense, too. Third baseman Don Rar-din made a diving catch into the dirt on a weak foul near the Bourbons' dugout. And right-center fielder Phil Gowdy leaped to take a long drive at the wall.

Meanwhile, Fort Wayne was coming apart at all seams. Evilsizer opened with seven straight pitches for balls, issued two walks and gave up three hits before he and catcher Dave France changed places. Kentucky scored five runs in the first and eased on from there. By JIM TERHUNE Courier-Journal Times Staff Writer The Kentucky Bourbons turned from a prince into a pauper last night, and it was the last thing anybody expected. First, Phil Schroer came within two ticks off the glove of shortstop Greg Whitlock of pitching a no-hitter, settling instead for a 10-0 shutout, his second of the American Professional Slo-Pitch Softball League season.

Next, the Bourbons' bats contracted anemia and the aluminum weapons of the Fort Wayne Scouts suddenly turned into bazookas. The result was a 9-8 loss, Kentucky's third by one run at home. The Bourbons weren't supposed to lose to Fort Wayne at all. The Scouts came to Bishop David Field with the league's worst record, 1-11, plus a nine-game losing streak. Four of those had come at Fort Wayne last weekend against the Bourbons by a combined margin of 59-22.

The Bourbons, meanwhile, were 11-3, the league's best record. Nothing was out of place for Kentucky in the opener except the crowd size, a meager 1,200. Schroer, who had started to put a whammy on the Scouts a week ago by allowing one run in 10 innings and going 16 for 20 at bat, almost administered the ultimate slow-pitch embarrassment. He gave up a leadoff single in the second inning to Tom Spahn on a liner that Whitlock stretched, tipped and almost caught. He gave up a single up the middle in the sixth to 6-foot-6, 275-pound Dave Evilsizer.

Whitlock dove and reached that ball, too, but it squirted into short center field. Ironically, the Bourbons had gone Trackers make gains in defeat Continued from Page One quarterback John Madeya's blockers were apologizing to him frequently for the blocks they were missing, and the the Steamer had a 21-3 halftime lead. After Shreveport moved ahead 24-3, the Trackers' Dallas Owens set up his team's first home touchdown with a 29-yard return of an interception of a James Mosley pass. Tight end Ray Graham scored on a four-yard fourth down pass from reserve quarterback Doug Bartholomew. After a wild fourth quarter, the Trackers were reasonably even with the Steamer statistically.

Kentucky led in first downs 24-21, but the Steamer led in total offense, 427 yards to 358. The Trackers got brilliant individual performances from University of Kentucky product Dave Trosper, who caught 14 passes for 137 yards and one touchdown, and from University of Louisville product Madeya, who completed 18 of 40 passes for 209 yards and a touchdown. Those things were enough to give the Trackers hope. "We've played the best team and now we know what we have to do," said Trosper. "We'll work out the kinks and we won't be half bad.

Give us two or three more games and we'll start jelling." Said Madeya: "Those first two teams we played have been around. The next two started off the same time we did." Said linebacker Waldo Walters, who covered a Shreveport fumble: "If they're the champs, we'll be all right considering the way we're improving. I think what we got tonight was a little confidence in ourselves, which we didn't really have after last week." Added coach Buddy Pfaadt: "That team didn't totally embarrass us. It was just like last week in Florida. We'd get Junior Olympics meet set stew 4 Staff Photo by Melissa Farlow The crowd of 5,132 got involved in the action last night as the Kentucky Trackers made their home debut in the American Football Association.

The Trackers lost to defending champion Shreveport 31-17. 4 BELTED TIRES AT 4-PLYPRI inside the 20 and we wouldn't score. Maybe we're trying too hard. "I hope the fans see the potential in this football team. We've got some good athletes and we're going to get some more.

We've played the two best teams in the league. We've set July 1 as a date to have an established team." Tk Next home game for the Trackers rLTi 11 Juni0F 01ymPs will be June 23 against Alabama, and field preliminaries will be held next Saturday at the University of Lou Statistics SHREVEPORT STEAMER 7 1 KENTUCKY TRACKERS 3 7 -( 17 isville track. The competition is for boys and girls ages 9 through 17. Entries will close at 10 a.m. and events will start at 1 1 a.m.

Athletes must be registered with the Amateur Athletic Union. The top three in each event qualify for the state meet June 30 at the Jeffer-sonville High School track. KENTUCKY Johnson (23 field goal). SHREVEPORT Thomas, 3, run (T. Oliver kick).

SHREVEPORT Rankin, 36, run (T. Oliver kick). SHREVEPORT Foppe, 55, pass from Walker (T. Oliver kick). SHREVEPORT Skoruppa (36 field goal).

KENTUCKY Graham 4, pass from Bartholomew (pass failed). SHREVEPORT Odum, 61, pass from J. Mosley (Skoruppa kick). KENTUCKY Trosper, pass from Madeya (Foushee pass from Bartholomew). Attendance 5,132.

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