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Postpone Race By BILL SIMMONS Of The Inquirer Staff LONG POND, Pa. Pocono Internatior al Raceway, in the face of adimant opposition from the sanctioning United States Auto Club, Wednesday night announced the postponement of Sunday's second annual Schaefer 500-mile auto race. "We have bten beset by many problems, any one of which might have been overcome," said Raceway General Manager Bill Marvel. "But taken together, there is no way we can run this race as scheduled on Sunday." Marvel announced the Raceway's position se me two hours after the close of a fruitless five-hour meeting between officials of the track and the United States Auto Club. A letter for Gov.

Milton Shapp suggesting postponement of the Schaefer 500 was with the governor or any aide he might designate about the feasibility of conducting the race as scheduled, but the Raceway people said they tried to get a call through to Harrisburg all afternoon and were unsuccessful. Our position is that if the governor or any concerned department of the state government should ask USAC to postpone because of problems resulting from last week's nearby floods, we would be glad to comply." SMYTH SAID that as far as he is concerned, there are too many unanswered questions regarding the Raceway's motives. And, until he is personally requested by the governor or a member of his staff, the club's decision to continue the scheduled time trials today and Thursday and the race on Sunday would stand. "We intend to have our drivers and crews at the Raceway gate at 8 A. M.

Thursday to participate in the scheuled time trials. We have a contract to do that and if. the Raceway sees fit to violate that contract, we'll have no choice but to invalidate our sanction of the race," said Smyth. Such an action would result in forfeiture of the $276,492.00 purse money that the track has posted with USAC. But Marvel said such a forfeiture would undoubtedly wind up in the courts.

MARVEL SAID that the gates would be locked this morning and that crews would be permitted entry to the property only to remove their cars and other belongings. He also said he and Dr. Jo seph Mattioli would be happy to see Smyth or any other USAC official confer with the governor on the matter but added that he felt the letter the track had recently received from the governor was self-explanatory. That letter to Mattioli, chairman of the Raceway's board of directors, was on official Commonwealth Stationary and dated June 26. It read as follows: Dear Dr.

Mattioli: "Due to the extreme emergency in Pennsylvania, which includes the Wilkes Barre Continued on Page 27, Col. 3 Drivers Are Incensed See Column One Below cited by Marvel as the primary reason for the action. Numerous other reasons, however, were listed in an official statement." "I DON'T consider any of their reasons legitimate," said Bill Smyth, USAC's executive director. "We offered to assist them in solving every one of them but were rejected. "I also offered to confer fe fftuabelpfua Inquirer SPORTS Thursday, June 29, 1972 Dial 25 Score LO 3-2842 For Late Results Pocono Officials Override US AC, Wives Imitate Bow Phils Before Mets By BRUCE KREDAN Of The Inquirer Staff Tom Seaver spent 15 minutes before Wednesday night's game at Veteran's Stadium watching his luscious wife, Nancy, cavort around The Vet in shorts and tee-shirt.

He spent 15 minutes afterward wondering aloud why he had so much difficulty "getting in the game mentally the first couple of innings." Tom Seaver is 27 years old and a superstar. It is frightening to think how good he might be if somebody ever got around to explaining the facts of life to him. riHi HH Inquirer photos by WILLIAM F. STEINMETZ The Seavers Are a Rough Couple of People on the Phillies Nancy (left) helps Mets wives beat Phillies wives, 9-0. Then Tom pitches as Mets also win men's game, 3-2, at Veterans Stadium Ali Calls Crown Too Heavy for Joe's Head "I am going to fight Floyd Patterson in New York City.

That's almost a sure thing" Ali said. "And Murray Goodman has offered me $500,000 to fight George Foreman. Goodman, publicist for the Las Vegas promotion, also is matchmaker for Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale N. Y. He confirmed the offer and said he would pay Foreman $250,000.

ALI COLLECTED $500,000 for his Quarry bout and could get more if Arum's predic Foster wants to meet Ali and, at a Wednesday news conference, asked, "How come it took you longer to win your fight than it took me to win my fight?" "It ain't right," Ali answered "if the main event is quicker than the preliminary." Ali also introduced Al (Blue) Lewis, his next foe July 19 in Dublin, Ireland. Lewis from Detroit, has a 30-3 record and said he knocked down Muhammad while sparring and would do it agaan. ALI DECLARED with his usual brash enthusiasm, "Every month you are going to see me dancing and you're going to see 'em falling." Actually, he has had fights in April, May and June and won them all but none of the foes Mac Foster, George Chuvalo and Quarry has been counted out. He won the first two fights on decisions. In the works while awaiting a Frazier rematch are several other fights.

Even -in his innocence the hard-throwing New York Mets righthander is no lamb. The Phillies caught him with his mind wandering and scored two runs in the first two innings, but he stopped daydreaming in time to shut them out on two hits the rest of the way as the Mets fought back for a 3-2 win. "I JUST WASN'T in the game mentally or physically the first couple of innings," Seaver explained. "I was throwing lousy. "I've had trouble in the first couple of innings all season.

I've tried a couple of things to correct it, but I think it's mostly mental. Maybe I'm taking too many things on my mind with me when I go out to the mound." If Seaver shared anything in common with the other post-pubescent males among the audience of 26,545, what he had to be thinking about when he took the mound was Nancy Seaver. The blonde former model played shortstop gorgeously as the Mets wives outclassed the Phillies wives in a preliminry two-inning softball game, 9-0. THEIR HUSBANDS had considerably more trouble conquering the Phillies. A double by Don Money and a single by Oscar Gambel produced a first-inning run off Seaver.

A single by Larry Bowa and a double by Denny Doyle made it 2-0 in the second. Gary Neibauer, newly acquired from Atlanta and making only his second major-Continued on Page 26, Col. 3 NEW YORK AB Bl 2 2 4 5 2 0 10 2 Mavs, cf Harrelson, is Marshall, rf Fregosi, 3b Kranepool, lb a-Be'champ, lb Martinez, If Garrett, 2b Grote, Seaver, 1 1 1 Totals 31 3 PHILLIES AB 3 27 1 1 2 4 2 5 1 4 0 0 Doyle, 2b Money, 3b Gamble, rf Lis, lb Montanez, cf Robinson, if b-Hutton Bowa, ss c-Luiinski Bateman, Neibauer, Fryman, Totals 34 2 7 2 27 a-Hit sacrifice fly for Kranepool in 8th. b-Singled for Robinson in 9th. c-G rounded out for Bowa in 9th.

New York 000 200 010 3 PHILLIES 110 000 000 2 LOB New York PHILLIES 5. 2B Money, Doyle, Marshall 2. SF Beau- ChamP' IP ERBBSO Seaver (W, 1M) 7 2 2 0 10 Niebauer (L, 0-1) 7i 6 3 3 3.2 Fryman 1 0 0 2 Donatelli, Landes, Harvey and Engei. 2:05. A 26,545.

expensive. His capital gains tax on a sale of the Colts would be staggesing since his original investment was a few thousand dollars and the Colts' going price these days is about $15 million. But to have another party buy the Rams who are worth about $19 million, and then swap them to Rosenbloom for the Colts is feasible from a tax standpoint. Enter Robert Irsay of Sko-kie, 111., an air-conditioning tycoon, and William (Bud) Keland of Racine, who has a piece of Johnson Wax. In them, Rosenbloom has two potential buyers for the Rams who would be willing to swap Lucchesi Will Stay, Owens Says By BRUCE KEIDAN Of The Inquirer Staff Paul Owens has a message for everyone who has been holding his breath and waiting for Frank Lucchesi to be fired as manager of the Phillies: Exhale.

"As far as I'm concerned," the Phillies' new general manager said before the Phils opened their home stand Wednesday night, "Frank is still going to be the manager here at the end of the season." PAUL OWENS had said a lot of things while accompanying the Phillies on their just completed road swing, and some of those things had been misinterpreted. But there is no mistaking this latest message: Frank Lucchesi stays. "I've said right along that I'm not going to hold Frank responsible if we're two or three players short of being contender," Owens said. "Well, we are two or three players short. "We've been outhitting teams, but we haven't been scoring enough because we haven't been getting the long ball.

Well, Frank can't go out and hit home runs for them. He can't pitch for them or run the bases for tfcem. Frank's only responsibility is to get the most out of the players we have." OWENS SAID he felt' he was hetter acquainted with the Phillies players as individuals as a result of accompanying the team on the road. "I think I've learned the makeup of our players and how they react to situations," he said. "I have a better idea now or how our individual players handle adversity." That intelligence is expected to come in handy in December at baseball's winter meetings.

If the Phillies don't show improvement in the second half of this season, Owens is likely to do more dealing than the Cincinnati Kid when the trading begins. them for the Colts. THE DEAL would cost Rosenbloom, considering tfe lower value of the Colts compared to the Rams, but not as much as It would appear. He is protected because the Colts still have $1.5 million coming from the NFL for agreeing to enter the American Conference at the time of merger and this money woud go to the new owners. Chances are good, meanwhile, that the swap will be okayed by the NFL, that Ro senbloom will maKe it to Los Angeles and that Irsay and Keland will get to flee Skokie and Racine.

Name GM Today; Reported for Post Blazers to Creighton The Philadelphia Blazers of the World Hockey Association will name a general manager this morning and it is reliably reported to be Dave Creighton, a former NHL player and last year's general manager of the Rhode Island Reds of the American Hockey League. The Blazers refused to confirm the report but Creighton was in Philadelphia last night and registered at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. CREIGHTON DID not answer his hotel phone and apparently wasn't using it either. His wife, reached in Sla- LAS VEGAS Nev. (AP).

-Ex-heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali pressed Wednesday for another title fight with Joe Frazier declaring, "they gave him a crown that was too heavy for his head." Having stoppe i Jerry Quarry in the seventh round in a big-money fight on Tuesday night, Ali remained a huge attraction but there was nothing definite yet on a Frazier rematch. Bob Arum, president of top Drivers Incensed At Pocono By BILL SIMMONS Of The Inquirer Staff LONG POND, Pa. Jim Hurtubise, one of the most popular drivers in the history of. the United States Auto Club, was publicly ridicisled by his peers Wednesday night after defending Pocono International Raceway's decision to postpone Sunday's second an nual Schaefer race. "I think you guys (racewaq management) are right and USAC ought to rea'ize it, said the 39-year-old Hurtubise, who was honored by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association as its Most Courageous Athlete of 1965 coming back to resume his career after near-fatal burns.

"I took a ride through this area yesterday, aid I'll tell you I sure wouldn't want to be living here with all the suffering that's going on," he said. 'YOU'RE FULL of hot air," a USAC official shot back. "You don't understand the situation." "He's had nine cr 10 beers, he'd say anything at this a fellow driver tions are true regarding television revenue. At the gate the draw was a Nevada record $349,800. Ali's eyes brightened when he was told Dan McAlinden, an Irish heavyweight, had won the British title Tuesday night.

"Couldn't we make a lot over there against him" Ali asked. Foster's next match could be against Chris Finnegan and Goodman also expressed interest in staging that bout. stepped down as player and appointed Larry Wilson as coach. When the Reds failed to make the AHL playoffs last season Creighton and Wilson had a falling out. There were many reports of a "personality conflict." In an effort to solve the clash, owner George Sage turned the team over to the New York Rangers' system.

Emil (Cat) Francis, GM at New York, fired both Wilson Continued on Page 27, Col. 2 Besides, Los Angeles better suits his style. He has friends in the entertainment world and business interests there, including a large chunk of stock in Warner Brothers. Moreover, he hasn't lived in Baltimore in years, instead dividing his time between New York and Florida. BUT TO MAKE the move without being thrown for a huge loss by Internal Revenue, Rosenbloom had to come up with a dodge.

Thus the trade. A straight sale of the Colts and purchase of the Rams who have been for sale since Dan Reeves died, would be Rank a corporation that handles Ali's business and closed-circuit television of fights, said the Tuesday night card probably drew $2 million in television money. THE TELEVISION gross, Arum said, was the most since last year's fight when Frazier decisioned Ali. Before the Quarry-Ali battle, light heavyweight champion Bob Foster knocked out Jerry's brother, Mike, at the end of the fourth round. (June NATIONAL LEAGUE Wednesday's Results New York 3, PHILLIES 2 (N) Cincinnati 4, San Francisco 2 Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 1 (N) St.

Louis 8, Chicago 4 (N) Atlanta 4, San Diego 2, 1st (N) Atlanta at San Diego, 2d (N) Houston at Los Angeles (N) Standings East Division Pet. G.B. Pittsburgh 39 24 .619 New York 40 25 .615 Chicago 36 28 .563 ZVx St. Louis 32 33 .492 8 Montreal 29 36 .446 11 PHILLIES 23 41 .359 16Vi West Division L. Pet.

G.B. Cincinnati 41 25 .621 Houston 40 26 .606 1 Los Angeles 35 30 .538 SVz Atlanta 30 34 .369 19 San Fr'sco. 26 46 .361 18 San Diego 21 44 .323 19Va Today's Games New York (Gentry 3-5) at PHILLIES (Carlton 8-6) (N) (N) Cincinnati (Billingham 4-8) at San Francisco (Barr 0-2) Montreal (McAnally 1-9) at Pittsburgh (Briles 5-2) (N) Chicago (Hooton 6-5) at St. Louis (Wise 7-7) (N) Atlanta (G. Stone 1-5) at San Diego (Caldwell 1-4) (N) Houston (Dierker 7-4) at Los Angeles (John 7-3) (N) ttimtKhftfn ritMMMtmntnrtMHMiM ttaanuM, No Players Involved in Colts-Rams Plan 29, 1972) AMERICAN LEAGUE Wednesday's Results Minnesota 7, California 6 Chicago 6, Oakland 4 Baltimore 4, New York 0 (N) Boston 5, Detroit 3 (N) Milwaukee 4, Cleve.

2, 1st (N) Milwaukee 5, Cleve. 2, 2d (N) (Only games scheduled) Standings East Division W. L. Pet G.B. Detroit 35 27 .565 Baltimore 34 28 .548 Boston 27 33 .450 Cleveland 27 34 .443 New York 26 34 .433 Milwaukee 25 37 .403 1 7 72 8 10 West Division Oakland Chicago Minnesota Kansas City California Texas 42 37 34 29 30 26 21 26 27 32 36 37 .667 .587 .557 .475 .455 .413 5 7 12 132 16 Today's Games Oakland (Odom 4-2 and Hunter 8-3) at Chicago (Wood 11-7 and Bradley 9-3), 2, (TN) Kansas City (Drago 10-6 and Hedlund 0-5) at Minnesota (Blyleven 8-8 and Woodson 5-6), 2, (TN) Cleveland (G.

Perry 12-6) at Milwaukee (Parson 6-6) Detroit (Timmerman 6-6) at Boston (McGlothlin 0-1) Baltimore (J. Palmer 10-3) at New York (Stottlemyre 6-9) California (R. May 1-5) at Texas (Broberg 5-5) (N) tersville, R.I., said that she had been waiting to hear from her husband since Monday. Mrs. Creighton would not comment on the Blazers' job but left the impression that he had been in contact with the club.

After a successful NHL career Creighton went to Providence where at one point he was simultaneously a player, coach and general manager of the taem. In the 1967-68 season he was named both the league's most valuable player and coach of the year. TWO YEARS AGO he up like a Christmas tree when the trade idea became public," said Colt publicist Ernie Accorsi. "They all said the same thing: 'We don't want to lose (Norm) Bulaich and (Mike) Of course, nothing of the sort would happen. Johnny Unitas and the rest of the Colts would stay in Baltimore and Roman Gabriel and the Rams would remain in Los Angeles." Rosenbloom feels that the City of Baltimore and its politicians have turned on him.

He is tired of his running arguments with the City over Municipal Stadium, over a proposed new stadium, over rent, over any number of things. By JOHN FLYNN Of The Inquirer Staff Carroll Rosenbloom's disenchantment with Baltimore, plus his desire to blind-side Internal Revenue, are behind his proposed swap of the Colt franchise for the Los Angeles Rams. Misunderstanding has proliferated ever since Rosen-bloom, the aging Colt owner, proposed the trade which he hopes to complete before National Football League drills open in July. It is merely a business deal, however a swap of invisible franchises, not a swap of players. "OUR SWITCHBOARD lit quipped from the back of the crowd that had fathered to hear the raceway's official statement of postponement.

"I don't care what you guys Continued on Page 27, Col. 3.