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Pennel Breaks Pole Mark Again 1L mf fflut Climes LONDON tfi John Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1963 Section Page 1 Pennel of Miami, shat Tiger Second Champ To Hail From Nigeria tered the world pole vault record for the sixth time this year with a phenomenal leap of 16 feet, 10V4 inches Monday in pacing the U.S. track and field team to a 120-91 victory over Great Britain. The Americans won 13 of the 20 events in the two-day program, which began Saturday, and completed a sweep of their Kuropean tour. The Yanks squeaked past the Soviet Union 119-114, smashed Poland 125-83 and beat West Germany 141-82.

A standing room crowd of at White City Stadium saw the British women better the vorld in the 440-yard relay and go on LAGOS, Nigeria AP) Mid-years ago when he (ailed to re-rileweight Dick Tiger is the se-jgain it in a return bout, rond world boxing champion to "I decided to quit while still come out of Nigeria. The first was near the top," says Bassey. "I Hogan Kid Bassey. who wore the was still young enough to start a world featherweight crown from 'new career and physically still in only 12 fights, tied 2 and was never counted out. "Believe me," he says, "you've gotta be very lucky to leave the fight game with any of that stuff called money.

I was lucky to be in the hands of the right people and today I have no money 1957 to 1959. first class shape. worries. Bassey lives in a pleasant re sidential area outside Laogs. is Today, at 31, Bassey is Nigeria's National boxing coach and has plans for going into the promotion business.

Bassey lost his title in 1959 to the late Davey Moore of the United Stales and retired three "I have seen too many fighters end up on the junk heap because they did not know when to quiet." Bassey's bank balance, as well as body, were in good shape when he retired after 80 professional bouts. The little Nigerian lost married and has two sons, Hogan to shade the U.S. girls fi5'2 to1 51 Pennel, young graduate ofj Northeast Louisiana State, went All-Staters Tommy Chiles (left) and Jame Rushwnrth In pitching duel tonight at SPAR 7, and Richard, 5. His family is currently on holi over the bar at 16 feet, W'4 inri llivr I'c if' inches on his third try, f.Wf-M t. fu, the 16-834 mark he has reached i day in England.

"If either of my boys is going to be a boxer it'll be Richard." says Bassey. He's a born fighter." "But boxing's a hard way to make a living. The thing to be is a politician. Its easy money. Yes, i-MMMIILIIIIII I I llljL.j RusJiwortli, Chiles Collide Tonight in Playoff Title TUt RED SMITH'S would like my boys to be politicians." As Nigeria's National coach Bassey gets 30 pounds ($84) week-ly from the government.

He says twice during the last month. While the huge crowd watched tensely, the bar was placed at the magical 17 foot mark. Pennel just barely tipped the bar on his first try and then missed in two subsequent attempts. So his 16-10'4 mark 5.13 meters was left to stand. The Miami, vaulter went 16 feet 84 inches in the same stadium July 13.

On July 26 in Warsaw, where they measure in meters, he went a fraction of an inch higher, but marks JOHN PENNEL headts for the top of his arc and a record-bettering pole vault of 16 feet, 15V4 inches during a meet between the U.S. Track Team and Great Britain in London yesterday. It was the sixth time this year that the Northeast Louisiana State vaulter has shattered a world pole vault mark. He set the mark of 16 feet 8 inches that he broke today during a meet in the same stadium last month. (AP Wirephoto) VIEWS of SPORT of his duties: "My job is to turn out as many Dick Tigers and Hogan Basseys as possible." Bassey is helping British promoter Jack Solomons with arrangements for next Saturday's world middleweight title fight between Tiger and Gene Fullmer of pair of Class AAA All-State prep pitchers, James FOUR OLD-TIMERS Rushworth of the Optimist Club and Tommy Chiles of Royal Crown Cola, lock horns tonight at SPAR Stadium in the City American Legion playoff championship game.

The first pitch from one of the two flame-throwing in the North Louisiana tourney at righthanders is scheduled. Lake Charles last week. for 7:30 when the former Jn the previous city play- are tixed at the nearest quarter-inch. "I guess I just like this stadium." Pennel said. "I wasn't sure I was going to get over.

My first two jumps didn't feel right, but everything went right on the record jump." Roger Lee Craig is an old amigo and one hopes he does not take it amiss if the desire is expressed here that his astonishing streak lasts a while longer. The tall righthander from the Carolinas has gone so far that he might as well become a name in the record book. West Jordan, Utah, at Ibadan's Liberty Stadium. Brightly colored posters on walls and billboards throughout the country announce: "Jack Sol omons proudly presents the first Pennel said he expected some- Fair Park Hieh teammates1 A Ea 1 me lwo' le to go over 17 fort within a 1 3' T- bounc ed the Colamen ennnr "Pg1" 1131 StlOUIrl DC a 5-2 On 3 fOUl-hltlCr tlV Rtlsh- Hall of Fame Players Inducted in Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN, N. Y.

Ml Four oldtime baseball one He added another to his string in Los Angeles the other night when the exer worth and Royal Crown came LONDON (AP)-Summaries in the final i til II 1 1 lng pilCnlng CI lie on Opening Day when he started and the Mets were shut out. In five other games he pitched and lost, the Mets did not score a run. ever world title fight in Africa in association with Hogan Kid Bassey, former world champion." The posters are not strictly correct. There have been a couple cise of self-control of Joe' In a preliminary battle at 5:30 lnr a 1 triumph of a four- the Colts battle the Bovs Cluhlnilipr hv Johnson. Probable starters for Optimist players were inducted into the Hall of Fame on a dark, dreary Monday in ceremonies witnessed by 2,500 persons, including 11 other Hall of Earners.

of world title fights in South Africa. This is the first in independent Black Africa. Second only to Tiger, Bassey is aav of ine untied Mates-Britain track field meet at London's White Cily Stadium: 440 yard hurdles 1, Rex eawlev, US :51 4 second. 1, Jim Allen :51 7. 3, John Cooper, Britain, 51 .9.

4, Robin Woodland Britain, :52 4. Javelin 1, Frank Covelli, 251 feet, 10'7 inches. 2, Colin Smith, Britain, 235-I0V7. 3, Larry Stuart US, 231-7'j. 4 Dick Miller, Britain 226-1 100 yards (women) 1, Dorothy Hvman, Britain, 10.7 seconds.

2, Edith McGuire, :I0.B. 3, Wvomia Tyus 10.9. 4, Daphne Arden, Britain, 10.9. 3,000 meters steeplechase 1, Maurice Herroiolt, Britain, 8 minutes 40.4 seconds. tonight are Calvert catching.

Chiles on the mound, Danny Walker at first, Phil Jennings at second. Danny Rob Turner at short, Maurice Jackson at third, Maurice Ilendrix in left, O-ene Solice in center and either Dan Sam Rice and Elmer in a Southern Junior A league playoff scrap. Ironically the two Junior A teams are farm clubs of Optimist and RC. The Colts furnish future Optimist performers and the Boys Club will provide the future Royal Crown teams. Rushworth and Chiles are onlv uie spoiling woi oi mceria youngsters.

When he goes to the I1 lvv" "Cidii uuuieiu-gym to watch Tiger training aiers- were on hand to accept crowd of boys clamor for his jtheir plaques in autograph. Bassey signs goodjEppa Rixey, who died 32 humoredly. Idavs after his election, and" SOME ROUGH ONES It is perfectly true that not all of Craig's pitching performances were top-grade. There have been days when he couldn't have won if he had been backed up by the 1927 Yankees. But in at least 10 of his games, charged as defeats, Rog pitched well enough to win.

In his second start of the season, he lost to the Braves, 1-0, in ten innings when Bob Hendley shut out the Mets with four hits. In May, he lost, 4-2, to the Colts and was pushed down the toboggan slide by four Met errors. Micks destroyed a chance to get him off the hook with two out in the ninth. The Mets had the tying runs on third and second and Ken Rowe, not to be confused with Schoolboy Rowe or the Rowe who works for Casey Stengel, was pitching for the Dodgers. This particular Rowe wound up and threw a pitch at which Hicks smiled disdainfully.

The umpire called it a third strike and the ball game was over. And Roger Craig had lost his 17th straight decision. This leaves Craig only one away from the performance of 2, Patrick Traynor 8:45 6. 3, Eddie ny Davis, Richard McDonald or Frank Neel in right. I For Optimist it will he Rush- victor zwoiack.itwo of six All-Staters represented elected in January by the committee on oldtimers who consider only men out of baseball for at least 20 years.

Members of the Baseball Writers Association, who consider the younger retired players, vote every other year and did not vote in 1963. Rice, 71, was an outstanding outfielder and hitter with the Ponfret, Britain, 8:47. US, 8:56 2. on the respective teams which 220 yards-1, Henry Carr, 20 9 seconds. 2, Paul Drayton, 21.2 3, joined forces in the high school Purgerson or Chester Kellry, John Clarkson, who died in 1909, were represented by members of their families.

tor 2i 1 I season to lead Fair Park to a silo yards Morgan Groth i fantastic 44-4-1 record and the The addition of the two out-i fielders and two oldtime pitrhersii WashinKton Senators from 1915 Pructt at second, Worthington at short, John Felzer at third. Huffman in left, Don Rarteet in center and Albert Williamson in right. to 1933 and finished up with Triple-A state championship. Other All-Staters include RC catcher Don Calvert and a trio of Optimist players, outfielder Joe Huffman, first basemen boosted the Hall of Fame merrn bership to 94. The four werei On May 17, he relieved in the Cleveland in 1934.

He had a total of 2.987 hits and a lifetime aver 10th at Candlestick Park and was minuie, 4b.i seconos. Jim uupree U.S., 1:48.1. 3. John Boulter, Britain, 1:48 3. 4, Stan Taylor, Britain 1:50 8.

440 yard relay (women) 1, Britain (Madeleine Cobb, Mary Rand, Daphne Ar-den and Dorothy Hvman) 45 2 seconds. (World record, old record of 45.3 set bv England at Cardiff July 26, 1958). 2, United Slates Willye White, Wvomia Tvus. Diane Wilson and Edith McQuire) 45.7. Shot Put 1, Mike Lindsay, Britain 59 feet, V'a inches.

2, Randy Natson 58 3, Martin Lucking, Britain 57 7. 4, Bob Humphreys, U.S. 54-1. 440 yards (women) 1, Joy Grieveson, AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Behind age of .322.

Only eightplayers beaten in the 11th when Joe Amalfitano's windblown fly was had more hits. Rice lives in Ash- Ruddy Nelson and shortstop Dave Worthington, who was chosen thei I I fi 1 I'lllIC Player of the Year. i iciclll kJlcllll New York Chicago ton, Indiana. altimor called a home run, a decision so 41 39 .63 61 47 .565 7', 62 51 .549 9 59 50 500 10 54 54 .500 14' 54 58 controversial that the Mets still Flick, 87, came F.ast from his Minnesota Boton Cleveland Rushworth, a fi-fl, 200-pounder, will be seeking his 20th victory StiJI Unsettled beef about it. And two days later home in Warrensville, Ohio to ac- Britain, 54.6 seconds.

2, Mary Taqg, Brit. ain, :56.5. 3, Myrtle Lowe, 56.7. 4, of the year. He registered a 10-1 he lost to the Dodgers, 1-0, when ept the plaque from Commission Los Angeles Kansas City Detroit Washington 54 60 .474 17') 49 59 .454 19' i 46 60 .434 40 69 367 29 ST.

LOUS ausanne r.nott, us. rncniH at Vair Rrnad limn lnmn) 1 Mary Rand I 11010 rdll 'APi Forward Park and has a Sandy Koufax pitched a two- 'FAME GAME Red Sox Topple Braves Britain, 2i feet in inches. 2, willye white 9-i mark so far in American Le-1 Cliff if the St. Louis Hagan U.S. 20-9'j.

3, Margaret Gouldsmith, Brit- ti er Ford Frick, who made the in the main street irtf this quaint town which was the birthplace of James Fenimore, Oioper, the great American nov- ain, 4, Joan Ann Terry, U.S., 18- Pmy. counting Cliy, OlSlllCt ricin.i III me iauonai rsasKemnii 41.. land North Louisiana playoff Association said Monday he KOie vauii I jonn fennel, U.S. le reel i I 10'-. inches (world record, old record 16-ifiames.

Chiles notched a 7-0 rec-jfloesnt plan to become a college BV. by Pennel this year). 2, John Uelses. iorH at Fair Park and is 1-3 fnr at least fur snmp limp Rnl MONDAY'S RESULTS No games scheduled. TUESDAY'S GAMES New York (Ford 16-5 and Williams 4-3) at Washington (Osteen 5 8 and Daniels 3-7), 1 twi-night.

Cleveland (Latman 6-6) at Baltimore (Roberts 10-9), night Chicago (Herbert 10-6) at Kansas City (Segul 6-4), night Boston (Wilson -ll) at Detroit (Lary 1-5), night U.S. 16. 3, Trevor Burton, Britain, 14-4. RC, having lost one no-hitter and he didn't immediately renew his teiist. During his big league career ran from 1898 to 1910 and included service with clubs in AP boith major leagues, Flick had a a one-hitter.

Hawks contract. Both teams are co-sponsored The colorful veteran had talked 4, Rex Porter, Britain, 14. Mile relay 1 U.S. (Raphael Saddler, Steve Haas, Rex Cawlev and Ulis Williams) 3 minutes 07.2 seconds. 2, Britain (Menzies Campbell, Nick Overhead, Barry Jackson, and Adrain Metcalfe) 3:09.1.

Three miles 1, Bruce Tulloch, Britain, 13 minutes 22.4 seconds. 2, Oon Taylor, by the Boys Club. I with officials at Kentucky Wes- Minnesota (Stange 3-3) at Los Angeles COOPERSTOWN, N.V. Veteran infielders Billy Gardner lifetime average of .315. leyan at Owenshorn over the weekend.

He said on his return George Hendricks tolamrn are seeking their third straight (Chance 10-11), night NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pel. Behind and Dick Williams hit home runs lain, 13:29. 3, James Keefe. Hixey's plaque was accepted A 4. Pet Mrirrila II city playoff championship.

RC i to St. Louis that he was 'consid- for the Boston Red Sox Monday his widow who lives in Cm- Discus (Women) 1, Sharon Shepard, hitter. In June, he lost 2-0 to the Phillies and 3-1 to the Pirates. In July, he lost to the Dodgers, 4-3, and two of the Los Angeles runs were kicked across by New York errors. THE PURPLE HEART Later last month, he went into the ninth inning, leading the Phillies.

1-0. Tony Gonzalez tripled and Roy Sievers hit a home run and Craig had Inst his 14th straight. He seemed discouraged four nights later when the Giants bombed him at San Francisco, but was hack in there bearing down at Houston. The score was 0-0 going into the eighth, then Jim Bateman hit a home run and the Colts won, 1-0. That was No.

16. Of course, Craig has no monop Los Angeles 66 43 606 xSan Francisco 4f) .564 4i St. Louis 62 49 .559 5 Ipft hanrlpr 154 6 inches. 2, Susanne Alday Itll llrfllilt I j. fvn.hi Wvatf.

ll lis. where the in a victory over iviiiwauKee cinnati in the 21st Hall of Fame exhibi- most of his career. Rixey 4, Rosemarie Payne, 135- Chicago 5S 50 .537 Cincinnati 60 53 .531 I spent one Chiton Curtis, who lost 18 straight for the Boston Braves in 1910 to set a National League record. The major league mark belongs to one John Nabors with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1916, hut authorities differ as to whether Nabors lost 19 or 20 in succession. METS ARE DIFFERENT Nabors had one victory in 1916 to go with 20 defeats and the won-lost record for his brief career was 1 and 24.

Curtis seems to have been a less hopeless case, for he was in the National League for five seasons and won a total of .10 games, while losing 61. The year he set his record, he won 6 and lost 24. These were pitchers who were not remembered as Craig will be if he surpasses their records. For one thing, Nabors and Curtis pitched for long-established clubs. Craig is working for the Mets, who can best prove they are in the major leagues by showing a piece of paper signed by Ford Frick which shows that they hold a franchise.

Besides which, Craig has demonstrated in the past that he can pitch and win in the majors and there are some observers who say that he has been a better, stronger pitcher this year than he ever was before. The finish of Craig's 17th straight setback might seem aggravating, but that was mild compared to some of the things that have happened to him. The pattern of his season was established i tion baseball game before 9,875 jW01n 266 games for the Reds and i3Vf- Philadelphia .58 53 .528 9 riple jump 1, Fred Alsop, Britain 52 Milwaukee 57 55 .509 Wi became the first Shreveport teamering the job." to win the city, district. North Rut afler a meeting with Haw ks Louisiana and city playoff titles, owner Ben Kerner, Hagan, 33, last season, finishing second in! said: the state. "I may want to take a coach- Optimist copped the city and ing job on a college level after district crow ns this year, but I'm through playing pro basket-Rill Zeiglcr's crew bowed out to, hall with the Hawks, hut that is Rustnn's T.

L. James Contractors in the far-off future." Pittsburgh 53 56 .4116 13 Houston 43 69 .378 New York 34 76 309 3J''3 teet 34 inches. 2. Horn, U.S. 51 vi 3, Mike Ralph.

Britain, 4, Ralph Boston, U.S. 51-1. High jump (women): 1, Francis Slaap, Britain, 5 feet 6 inches. 2, (tie) Eleanor Montqnmery, U.S and Linda Knowles, Britain, 5-4. 4, Billie Pat Daniels, U.S.

5-4. MONDAY'S RESULTS ians ai uoumeaay rieio. Phillies from 1912 to 1933. Gardner opened the game with: clarkson, a big winner before a homer off Milwaukee starter lne- turn of the century under the Ron Piche. Williams hit a three- 0d rues by which he once won run blast off loser Frank Funk 53 Rames jn a scasorii was rPp.

in the seventh. Hank Aaron hit rpspntpH hv his nenhpw. Frpd- San Francisco at Houston, night Only game scheduled TUESDAY'S GAMES St. Louis (Simmons 10-5) at New York Milwaukee isadowski i-4 or cmninger 77 tne only nomer ior me craves eriok Clarkson of Meriden Conn. 107.1.1 MPII LAM) at Pittsburgh icarowen i t.

nigm thirrl ntt Knh Hpftnpr inp Los Angeles (Drvsdale 13-12 or Millerj' 7-7) at Chicago (Jackson 12-9) Sldl LL'l dllU WHIIICI. WdVC iviui c- head and Arnold Earley finished oly on losing close, low-score San Francisco (Duffalo 3-0) at Houston (Brown 4-6), night Cincinnati (O'Toole 14-9 and Jay 4-15) at Philadelphia (Bennett 3-1 and with three hilless and scoreless games. That could happen to anybody and, sooner or later, it Also honored was the late J. G. Taytor Spink, publisher of the Sporting News, for meritorious service to baseball.

Members of the Hall of Fame who were on hand for the ceremonies included Joe Cronin, president of the American League; innings. Russ Nixon, honored before the game for having been named the American Legion player of the vear in Cooperstown 10 years ago, One-Time Hot Rod Blasts Speed Mark must happen to everybody who pitches. Nevertheless, Roger Craig would win hands down if they Duren 4-2) 1, Iwi-night. Dueks Up But Below 1950's Level Dizzy Dean, Charlie Gehringer. drove in the winning run with a established a Purple Heart for Pitchers Award to be distributed sixth inning single.

He scored urove. joe racL.army. dui: Roman Mejias. who had been hit Ted Lyons. Jimmy Foxx.

a niinhori hail ith tn nut in Frank FHsch, Bill McKechnie. with the other elegant hardware they will pass out at the close of the 19ti3 season. start the rally. ani' George Sisler. BONNKVILLF SALT FLATS, spectators who got up before dawn car broke down on Ihe return trip Boston's win tied the series for After the ceremonies the Mil- Utah AP Craig Breedlove.

a for the 130-mile trip here from and the mark could not he certi-the American League at 10-10 waukee Braves and Boston Red one-time hot rodder from Los An- Salt Lake City. fied. with one tie. ox met in the annual Hall of'geles. set a new world land speed instead, he discussed technical Another nolahle failure was re- boston Milwaukee ''Fame exhibition game at Double- record of 407.45 miles per hour'v(ajs uith his rrcw and said in iicn HOT CORNER HOT SHOT By Alan Maver WASHINGTON Officials of the federal Fish and Wildlife Service Bureau told a House subcommittee today the duck population increased this year aurnoi ja VioM i a in a sleek, jet-powered would try to go even faster later: Campbell, who tried to emulate Monday car.

Gardner 2b 5 12 1 Cline cf 4 0 10 Geiger cf-lb 4 2 2 0 Mathews 3b 1 0 0 Y'taze'ski If 3 1 1 0 McMillan ll 0 0 is far below levels of the Gosger If 2 110 Aaron rf 2 I 1 1 1 I I Colls IIUOI'C Malzone 3b 10 0 1 Taylor rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Williams 3b 2 1 1 3 Maye If He shot through the measured mile on these Western Utah salt flats at 388.47 p.h. on one run, then made 428.37 on the required return trip for an average well 3 0 1 1 Dillard If 1 0 0 0 i Stuart lb Mantilla cf 1 0 0 0 Menke ss-3b 4 0 I O'VjIII HI Meiias rf 2 10 0 Klim'ch'k lb 3 1 1 0 Clinton rf 0 0 0 Boiling 2b 4 0 0 0 tnis week, after a trip to New his famous father. Sir Malcolm York for a television appearance. Campbell, the famed land and Breedlove's record is the aver-jwiter racer, age of two runs through the1 Campbell's $4.5 million gas-measured mile as figured by turbine powered Rluehird raced computers which were fed his out of control at 375 m.p.h. and speeds at each timing device.

virtually disintegrated. Camp- The car actually traveled 14 hell's injuries included a frac-miles across the salt each way. tured skull. Until breedlove's record runs.1 The Bluebird was rebuilt from WESTMINSTER. Md.

AP the mark that had stood 16 Bressoud ss 3 0 10 Crandell 4 0 0 0 Ulunn 4 1 1 Pirh 1 A 1 1 Heffner 3 0 0 0 aLarker 1 1 I O.The Baltimore Colts trimmed years. or 5or, WHO'S BSStf ofr fPOWC Morehead 1 0 0 0 Funk inn i their teaming camp roster to 54, Breathless reporters raced for Earley 0 0 0 0 bOliver nlavprs Mnnrlav hv cnltine four thp cocknit of Breedlnvp's "Snirit 1 I1 1 Vrnnlrio linomon 111 hill nno uoro nf Amnrir-a" ac if rnlloH In a slnn Doubled tor Kicne in am; orouno- w-i t-l ed out for Funk in th. sicned as free acents. iand asked him how it felt to oi scraicn ann tampoen tried again mid 1930s. The House Fisheries Subcommittee is investigating duck hunting regulations and whether more or less hunting restrictions are needed.

In the Central and Mississippi flyways last year the hunting was limited to 25 days and daily bag limit restricted to two ducks. Sportsmen have protested that these should be relaxed this year because duck breeding has shown an increase in Canada and northern states. L. D. Young, director of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fish Commission, told the subcommittee that the Mississippi Flyway Council last week voted 10-4 to recommend a duck season of 40 days and a bag limit of four ducks for this year.

Those cut by coach Don Shula the fastest man on wheels. 7- li ciosenis year on a dry lake bed in E-Bressoud 2 PO-A-Boston 27-n, mil are w'ayne Everhart defensive "Oh fine" was the laconic tn oreaking Cobb mark and he Australia. That attempt was can-XZ-SZRtackle jfrom Appalachian State matter of fact response from the for 10 frustrating years. eeled when rains turned the lake Menke, Boning and Kiimchock. lob College: Troy Hennessey, defen-iquiet.

confident 26-year-old who1 Inompson made a one-way trip bed into a bog. College; Troy Hennessey, defen-j quiet, confident 26-year-old Boston iY.nwau u. u-j .01 40f.h m.D.h. in 19fi0. but hl.S In the last three years, the Utah 2B Aaenke.

Larker HR Gardner. i sive enc trom iNorm Carolina: i saia ne nao Deen living tor jusi SF MaUone. Aaron, Williams. I Winston Hill, offensive tackle; this moment since he first began IP Eft BB SO 5 4 6 6 7 0 1 0 Piche Funk. Heffner.

Morehead Earley HBP By Funk from Texas Southern, and An-, tinkering with cars at the age of drew Rice, defensive tackle from 14. Texas Southern. Breedlove exceeded the record Hill was drafted 11th by the Na- of 394.1 m.p.h. set on this same tional Football League club in salt speedway in 1947 by the late the college draft last December. John Cobb of England.

But like Roger Maris and his 61 homers. (Meiias). Heffner. PB-Nixon U-Wlsh, NL; Cor-riqan, AL; Pelekoudfts. NL; DiMaro, AL.

T-2 01. I FAN FARE By WaltDitzen PtfTfCAC 8 TOTALS tie poswtasspa SJTTo Lf rfiE AIMY "fitre CA6C'5 COMAS or 83, 0VT 'U SO salt has claimed two lives. The first victim was young Ath-ol Graham of Salt Lake City, whose rear-wheel drive car was torn to shreds when it spun out of control at 375 m.p.h. Aug. 1, I960.

Last September, Glenn Leash-er. 26, another Californian. was killed when his jet racer. "Infinity," exploded into fragments in a record attempt. Breedlove believes his three-wheeled car can do better than 500 mp.h.

He started building the car on his own four years ago. but was forced to find a sponsor after money ran out. The car is 35 feet long, 11 feet wide and 10 feet tall at the tail fin. which weighs 100 pounds and simplifies the problem of steering. The car's front wheel moves rCWtPN'T 10U "TO SS AAg IN SOMETWiNS $3 CAnPik AS? XT.i ICNSANP FLOWIN3 3m 0OfT ViLduP TMT Ty Breedlove may go into the record book with an asterisk after his name.

Breedlove's record was set in a three-ton car resembling a wingless F-104 jet plane and powered by a J-47 jet engine. Cobb's was in a more conventional piston-driven machine. Purists might insist on still another asterisk: Col. Charles Stapp, a U.S. Air Force physician, was thrust along the ground at 632 m.p.h.

in a rocket sled at the White Sands. N.M.. Missile Range Dec. 10, 1954. Breedlove scarcely took the time to acknowledge the applause and back-slapping of some 500 only two degrees left or right.

For each degree it troves, the CRAIG BREEDLOVE jastest man fin can be moved 12 degrees. Distribute Kf FtitTtm ycwt.

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