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Mwrfiy. um 2S. 1973 JTNI INDIANAPOLIS NEWS Tribe Returns Home Tonight fT7) 1 ir 1- i i -m ri i 7 1 By LESTER KOELLING With the Eastern Division lead of the American Association still in sight despite recent player recalls by the Cincinnati Reds, the Indianapolis Indians will begin a 13 game home stand tonight in Bush Stadium. A 4-1 victory in Evansville last night, coupled with Iowa's 7-1 loss to Omaha, lifted the Indians to within Vh games of the leading Oaks. However, when the Indians started their long road trip on June 11, they were only one game off the pace.

Except for four games with Evansville July 3-5, all of the Tribe's opponents on this borne stand will be Western Division clubs. The Indians haven't been in contact with the West since May 14 and have a 16-12 over-all record against the teams in the opposite division. Against teams in their own division, the Indians are 20-15 with the biggest margin being over Omaha at 8-4. The victory in Evansville last night gave the Indians a 7-4 record on the road trip, an impressive mark considering their depleted ranks for several games against Omaha and Iowa. A five-game series with the Oklahoma City 89ers, starting at 7:45 tonight when WNIR Radio Night is observed, will launch the home stand.

The Oklahoma series will include a 6:30 double-header tomorrow night, an autograph and photo night on Wednesday and a Family Night attraction on Thursday. A four-game series with Tulsa, highlighted by Saturday's RCA Family Night double-header, will follow the Oklahoma series. Five new members of the Indians will make their first Bush Stadium appearance tonight. They are outfielder Ray Knight, up from Three Rivers; infielder Junior Kennedy, from Rochester on option from the Baltimore organization; catcher Greg Dehn, an optionee from the Oakland organization via Birmingham, and pitchers Thor Skogan and Terry Wilshusen from the California organization. The Indians will be engaged with Western division foes now through July 29 and, except for the Evansville games here next week, won't be playing teams jn their own division again until Uuly 31.

The games with the West in the next month will complete the Tribe's schedule with that division. Will McEnaney, rebounding from a disastrous May, hurled his second straight complete game in Evansville last night and recorded his fourth straight victory in the process. Although tagged for 10 hits, the young southpaw kept the Triplets at bay while hi mates came up with timely run-scoring hits. Roe Skidmore batted in two tallies, one with his 11th homer of the season. A seven-run rally by Wichita in the last of the seventh inning last night allowed the Aeros to take Tulsa, 11-6, and preserve a one-game lead over Denver in the Western Division.

Denver beat Oklahoma City, 6-2, to stay close to the Aeros. Denver scored four runs in the fifth inning to knock out Lowell Palmer and provide a comfortable margin for Ed Mims, who went the distance, scattering six hits and striking out nine. fw i 5' 1 I RAIN THERE, TOO! "4 Revson, Karl Have Opposite Pocono Luck By BLOYS BRITT MOUNT POCONO, Pa. (AP) Peter Revson will start in the pole position in next Sunday's Pocono 500. The fact that he's sitting there isn't all that surprising, because he's running for the well-backed Team McLaren.

Jerry Karl drives for one of the unsung independent owners who ply the United States Auto Club's championship circuit. His machine is powered by a turbocharged Chevrolet engine. Popping Popovich eiehth-innine double Dlav Some people will tell you he's got two strikes against p-1 fif a J. 'LO zJc XY MVV r4! ST. LOUIS St.

Louis Cardinal Tim McCarver was unsuccessful, and his McCarver (15) rams Chicago's Paul teammates didn't do any better, los-Popovich in an attempt to break up an ing, 2-0, to the Cubs. UPI. Whitey Wins One, Loves Whole Series Indy winner and the inaugural Pocono champion in 1971 were yesterday's biggest qualifiers. Johncock ran 187.578 in his Eagle Offy and Donohue went 185.510, also in an Eagle-Offy. They will start 22nd and 23rd respectively.

Yesterday's other qualifiers included Sam Posey, 184.767 in an Eagle-Offy, Jim Mc-Elreath 183.983 in a companion car to Posey; RickMuth-: er, 179.483 in an Eagle-Offy; and Tom Bigelow, 177.989 in the Volstedt-Offy. him before even firing up his stockblocker. He has to match horsepower with the $35,000 Offenhauser and Foyt racing plants. Revson and 26 other drivers are assured of starts in the $400,000 Pocono third richest auto race in this country and one of three 500-mil-ers that make up USAC's "Triple Crown" series. Karl isn't sure of a start yet, but he almost had one in the bag.

Karl and his car, a product of Smokey Yunick and built in the "best damn parage" in To Cap It Off Michigan International Speedway. Pearson won yesterday's 400-mile NASCAR race his third straight at MIS. And it was his car's seventh victory in nine races at MIS. It's a Mercury. Page 30.

UPI. CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION, Mich. David Pearson almost loses his cap as he clowns around with Pat Dwyer of Chicago in the winner's circle at Daytona Beach, had been among the fastest runners during a week of practice at Pocono International Raceway. Off those runs, he figured to start well up in the field. But a series of problems some of his own making and others over which he had very little control kept him from his appointed task.

He wrecked during his qualifying run Saturday, when ST. LOUIS was a hell of a series; great pitching, great crowds and great plays," said Chicago manager Whitey Lockman yesterday after his Cubs shut out the St. Louis Cardinals, 2-0, to salvage one game of the three-game series. "It was the great American pastime at its best. The only thing better would have been if we would have won three straight," said the manager of the.

National League East leaders. It was Lockman's decision to use two pinch hitters in the eighth inning that broke a scoreless pitchers duel and gave the Cubs the victory. Loser Tom Murphy, 0-3, allowed only two hits through seven innings. But pinch hitter Rick Monday opened the eighth with a single to right, only his second hit in 10 trips to the plate during the series. Second baseman Paul Popovich followed with another single, ousting Murphy and setting the scene for the winning hit.

Orlando Pena came on to retire pitcher Milt Pappas, and then reliefer Rich Folkers took the mound to face Glenn Beckert, batting for center fielder Gene Hiser. Folkers made his first mistake with a wild pitch that allowed Monday to move to third and Popovich to advance to second. "The biggest play of the game was the wild pitch," said Monday. "It took us out of the double play situation and brought their infield in." Beckert then stroked a screwball for a liner to center to score the game's only runs. It was his first pinch hit in three tries this year.

Winner Pappas was one of the happiest Cubs in the locker room, not only because the victory boosted his record to 4-5, but also because it was his first complete game in 15 i "It was a long time coming and I'm very, very happy," beamed Pappas, who scattered just five nits while fanning four. "It couldn't have come at a better time after losing the first two games. I hope it picks up the ball club. I know It picked me up." The Redbirds Murphy was disappointed, not particularly with his performance but with the team, which has failed to score a run for him in his last 23 innings on the mound. "You can't win without runs," complained the righthander who came to the Cardinals in May from the Kansas City Royals.

"But I'd still been in there if I hadn't given them those two hits in the eighth. I had good stuff. I mixed my sinker, fast ball and slider pretty good." The Cardinals threatened only once, In the second, when Bernie Carbo, after forcing Ted Simmons at second for the first out, scampered to third on a single by rookie Jim Dwyer. But Mickey Kelleher looked at a third strike and Murphy forced Dwyer to end the inning. "Havel got a Dodge Boy foryou!" Cey, Walter, My Arm Feels Better His name is Gene Bellz at Shadeland Dodge, and for my money, he's what they had in mind Mhen they started calling Dodge Dealers "the Good Guys in the While Gene just about bends over backward to make sure you get the best deal possible, along with the assurance of expert service later on.

Now, that's what being a Good Guy is all about! Go on by and see him, as well as all of his Good Guys (ell 'cm Honey sent ya! Revson took his Gulf Mc-Laren-Offy four laps at 190.648 miles per hour to get a new speed standard and win the pole position. But there's a story behind Karl's wreck. On his first two circuits of the 2V4-mile tri-oval, Karl was clocked by the official timer at 179.354 and 173.611 mph. At the same time, Yunick was flashing his driver a sign reading 179 for' the first lap and 185 for the second. Confusing huh? Well, it was confusing to Karl, who knew he was riding at least 180 mph.

Later, the officials re-checked the timing clocks and listed Karl's first two laps at 183.599 and 183.824, but by then it was too late. Karl's Chevy was a mass of bruises and bent metal, particularly around the front end. Yunick and the crew went to work and during Saturday night borrowed enough pieces from the owners of other Eagle chassis to rebuild the car for a run at the clock "yesterday. Karl made his run on what was to have been the final day of qualifying. But would you believe it the Chevy caught fire on the back stretch during his first lap.

Not much of afire, actually, but enough to thwart him again. There was, however, one saving grace. Karl will get another chance In a special qualifying session Wednesday morning to make up for rain-shortened trials. Revson, a handsome native of New York City who now lives in California, edged Al Unser and Mario Andrettl for the pole on Saturday. Unser and Andrettl, driving identical Parnelli-Offys, turned In fmir-liip speeds of 190.5fi7 and 190.164 mph to nail the other front row berths.

The second row will be made tip of 45-year-old Lloyd Ruby, Hobby Unser and Sieve Krlslloff. Gordon Johncock, winner of tho recent Indianapolis race, and Mark Donohuc, the 1072 "I was just lucky," McMullen said of his homer and single which led to yesterday's victory. "I'm just happy to finally feel part of this club. "Winning three out of four from the Reds certainly gives us a big lift. All along I've felt we've had the momentum but this sure helps." The Reds now find themselves eight games back of the Dodgers.

The Reds had a 2-0 lead yesterday against Al Downing when Tony Perez doubled home Joe Morgan and Johnny Bench. McMuUen's homer got one run bpek and Steve Garvey tied it in the fourth with his first home run of the year. In the sixth the Dodgers finally chased Don Gullctt when Manny Mota, the league's leading hitter at .359, singled and Willie Davis was hit with a pitch. Pedro Borbon took over but Garvey beat out a bunt to load the bases. McMullen then bounced a single over third baseman Dan Drlesscn for two more runs to break the tie.

Downing, after giving up the two first-Inning runs, gave up five hits the rest of the way to win his sixth game in nine LOS ANGELES (AP) Ron Cey, the young Los Angeles Dodger third baseman who's driven in 43 runs while batting .306, says his arm is fine and he's ready to return to the lineup. But manager Walter Alston says veteran Ken McMullen will be at third "at least one more game." McMullen, who hadn't played in two months after an injury knocked him out of the lineup the first week of the season, delivered two more key blows yesterday in the Dodgers' 5-2 victory over Cincinnati. He homered (his second in as many games) and also singled with the bases loaded in the sixth to break a 2-2 tie. The win was Los Angeles' ninth In 10 games, leaving them five full games ahead of San Francisco in the National League's Western Division. The Dodgers, after winning seven of eight games on the brief homestand, including three out of four from the defending champion Reds, -will open a nine-game road trip In San Diego tonight, Claude Osteon, 9-3, opposing the Padres' Bill Grief, 4-10.

Cincinnati continues its trip, meeting Houston tonight, Jack Billlnghnm, 9-4, going against tlie Astros' Ken Forsch. NHL Board Discussing Finley Status CHICAGO (AP) The National Hockey League board of governors met toduy with Charles O. Finley, owner of the California Seals, to discuss the possible sale of the club to the league, executive board met with Finley Thursday but sale of the club was not consummated. Today's discussion will deal with Flnlcy's original request to move the club to Indianapolis. "He needs unanimous approval for a transfer," NHL president Clarence Campbell said.

"And the odds against thnt are so astronomical that a responsible person wouldn't bother quoting 1630 Shadeland Ave. 357-8001.