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Km B7 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., lUNDAY. MAY S. AUTO By T1 TM5 BUHNESS Shea tadium new stop a i -f for veteran Al Kaline The iRr CMlvROUT (tiMitq toth-ii) Bijii.T in ion rvuiNi. a1 op fnr "cmviic MonnVktwc Hin.r ion nu Mii bWt unii BuilT Jfciintt Mi J. SCOTT UmanPOmLi I CUMi'hUAPID HaDiAJOU I.

1 I CHEVROLET i I If I Ci I "classic to Al Kaline is in his 22nd year of a.distinguished major league career with the Detroit Tigers, but when he came out of the dugout onto Shea Stadium on the night of May 14, it was another first for the Tiger slugger. He had never played before in Shea Stadium, a field which had been used exclusively by the National league Mcts until the Yankees moved in as tenants this year while Yankee Stadium is undergoing renovations. "It looks pretty nice," said Kaline as he leaned against the batting cage while a teammate sprayed balls around the ample expanse of outfield grass. An interested observer asked Kaline about the hot American League East pennant race. "It's another close one," said Kaline, his sharp eyes still following the course of balls hit to the outfield.

"I don't know if it will be as close as it is now, but it should be a good race all year." What about Tiger weaknesses in the early going? "We haven't becn'scoring a lot of runs, that's for sure." The Detroit team is of special interest to Yankee fans this year because Ralph llouk, the ex-Yankee skipper, is now managing the Tigers, having replaced former Yankee infielder Billy Martin, who now is guiding the Texas Rangers. What does Kaline think about llouk? "Everybody likes him. He's a super guy." Did Kaline think the team was a little more relaxed than it had been under the fiery Martin? "For myself, it doesn't make any difference who manages," said Kaline. Then after a pause he added, "I guess there are always some guys who will be unhappy." In two seasons at Dartmouth, the youthful O'Con nor's teams compiled records of 6-20 and 4-22, but the former Assumption College star was nonetheless well thought of. "Dartmouth's record during the past two years is no measure of the high regard we have held for Tom as a coach.

He's the type of person we feel is an asset to any college athletic program," said Seavcr Dartmouth athletic director. O'Connor also will be assistant director of athletics at Lovola. i A surprise from Hopkins Someday the Indianapolis 500 Rare will come to earth again. There won't be so many wrecks, the rain will stop falling, qualifications will come off smoothly and harmony may even prevail at the Brickyard. But, it won't be this year, or maybe even next year.

Following Wednesday's court action when matters appeared to be somewhat resolved, Lindsey Hopkins, the wealthy Miami Beach banker, dropped another bomb. Hopkins, who appeared to be peeved about the annual mess at Indy said, "Before I come back here again to Indianapolis, the entry blank better be changed or I've had it with all these technicalities. "If the entry blank Is written as it is this year, I'd never come back," declared the Florida sportsman, who has been bringing cars to Indianapolis since 1951. One of Hopkins' four machines (each valued at $100,000) and to be driven by veteran Me! Kenyon, was one of those left at the line without qualifying or given a fair attempt to qualify when the trials ended at 6 p.m. Saturday.

"I've always understood that a long time ago we fought for and thought we had a gentlemen's agreement, that everyone would get one chance," he said. Lindsey. who saw his cars, driven by Roger McClus-, key, Jerry Karl and Bob Harkey, make the field, did protest vigorously at the outset of this week's squabble. "I kept plugging and talking to people all week long, individually," he explained, "hoping we could reach some compromise. The court decision knocked one of my cars out.

I would have lost a car, the preparation time and sponsor if I had not had a backup car in the field. "It's very discouraging. Sometimes you have to temper lcgalistics with good judgment." McCluskcy, national driving champion, may have saved the Hopkins Team through his persistence in finding out what the last day qualification procedure was to be. He learned that cars not previously in line would be checked at the gate from Gasoline Alley to the pits and recorded in that order. "He had his car out there at 6:30 in the morning," Hopkins said.

"I didn't know about it or I would have had all my cars out there at that time." Tuesday morning, the USAC board of directors will meet and discuss a variety of subjects. Hopkins will be there. "I'm going to try and sit down compose myself and make some notes." Whatever, Hopkins, will be a voice to be heard, because he has a quite mad look about the things he's seen happening at the Speedway and right now he owns four good running machines. Dartmouth also lost Ted Paulauskas, who coached the Big Green freshman basketball team last winter. He became head basketball coach and athletic director at St.

Ansclm's College. rvt-nnll iHr-lrman Tron fia hpfn named th 7 1913 Chevrolet The earliest Chevrolet was the big "Classic Six" model, conceived by Wm. C. Durant in association with racing driver Louis Chevrolet. The Classic Six had a T-head engine, and the original pilot model appeared in 1911.

Note the unusual cone-shaped radiator, which makes it easy to recognize, and lends an appearance of high quality. By 1913, Chevrolet's Classic Six had a more modern cowl, curved, with separate lights and less "gingerbread" (moldings and paint stripes) on the body. Unlike the earliest specimens, the later examples were usually seen with a top and windshield. The Chevrolet Motor Company (incorporated Nov. 3.

1911) was. for its first six years, independent of General Motors. GM, as many may already know, was first organized in 1908. In the light of Chevrolet's present popularity, it is amazing to learn that in 1920 and 1921 the car was considered a flop, with a future that was declared "hopeless" (at least, in comparison to the top-selling Ford Model T). GM officials seriously considered dropping Chevrolet.

But they changed their minds and gave, new paint and "pizzazz" to their price-leader; and in 1927, Chevrolet outsold Ford for the first time. During its first three seasons, Chevrolet was affiliated with the Little car, and in August, 1913, Chevrolet's manufacturing operations moved from Detroit to Flint, adjoining the Little Motor Car Company's plant. The famous Chevrolet "bow tie" emblem did not appear until 1914, and the Royal Mail roadster and Baby Grand touring car introduced that season are better known and remembered today than this rare Classic Six. Ivy League's first lacrosse Player of the Year. He is one of five Big Red players named to the All-Ivy lacrosse team.

Penn and Brown each placed two men on the team with Princeton represented by attackman Bill Chaires. The Tigers had attackman Jon Pettit and goalie Bill Cronin on the second team, with defenseman Dana Serro on the honorable mention list. Bruce Munro bowed out this season after 26 years aj. lacrosse coach at Harvard. When his Crimson team edged Dartmouth, 6-4, in the final game of the season, it gave Robinson on All-Star staff Princeton University lacrosse coach Art Robinson has been named to the North coaching staff for the annual North-South All-Star lacrosse game to be played June 8 at Atlanta.

Robinson's Tigers had a 6-8 record this season against a schedule which. included seven of the nation's top 12 teams. He's looking for better things next season with a host of lettermen returning and some outstanding talent from this year's 9-1 freshman team. A star in football and lacrosse at Rutgers, Robinson won All-America recognition in lacrosse in his senior year, 1957. He has been head coach of lacrosse at Princeton since 1971.

A former member of the football staff also, he gave up those duties to become athletic ticket manager. Robinson was head lacrosse coach and assistant football coach at Williams College from 1961 to 1906. His l'Jtia lacrosse team won the New England championship with a 10-1 record and numbered Ivy League teams Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale among its opponents: Munro a career record of 173-170-7. It was a great spring for Princeton tennis teams. The men's varsity finished 13-0, the junior varsity had an 11-0 mark and the women's varsity won all six of its matches.

Denis Underkoffler, a sophomore from Hellertown, will captain the Princeton University wrestling team next winter. Underkoffler was named winner of the Trcide Tro- pity and Gifford Trophy this past season in addition to being voted the "Most Valuable Performer" by his teammates. The Treide Trophy is for "spirit, ability and Special features at Phillies9 games sportsmanship," while the Gifford Trophy is for scoring the most points. He'll take a 28-5-2 dual meet record Into next season. Underkoffler prepped at Saucon Valley High in Hellertown, where one of his teammates was Don Rohn who was a national champion in 1973 at Clarion (Pa.) State.

Some newsy notes With the resignation of Tom O'Connor to accept the Loyola of Baltimore coaching job, Dartmouth is conducting a search for a new basketball coach. Fuente takes leg of cycling classic MICE night games starting June 3. Before the series opener three former Philadelphia pitchers who had served home run pitches to Aaron will pitch to Aaron in a special promotion for the Hank Aaron Scholarship fund. The pitchers are Robin Roberts, Curt Simmons and Bobby Shantz. The Phillies will donate $1,000 to the scholarship fund for every home run Anton his during the three-game set.

guaranteeing a minimum of The Cincinnati Rctfc. the Western Division champions, will tangle with the Phillies in night games June 78 and an afternoon game June 9. Camera night will be held before night game June 8 and the Phillies will give T-shirts to th9 youngsters on June 9. PHILADELPHIA Bnhby Bonds. Hank Aaron, Pete Rase and Johnny Bench will make their first appearance of the season during the Phillies' next home stand starting Friday nisht.

The San Francisco Giants with Bonds will yme in fur a weekend scries starting with a night game Friday, when Teen Night will be observed. Teenagers will receive a $1 discount on box and reserved seats. The popular rock group "The Guess Who" will entertain from p.m. Another night game Saturday and an afternoon game Sunday will conclude the series. Youngsters 14 and under will be presented with Phillies batting helmets Sautrday and Sunday.

Aaron and the Atlanta Braves will move in for three IS CARPEGNA. Italy 'API -Spain's Maijuel Fuente won the ninth leg of the tour of Italy Cycling Classic yesterday, finishing more than a minute ahead of second-place Eddy Merckx of Belgium. Fuente's victory, his second in the 22-leg classic, increased his over-all lead in general standings 'and gave him a 1 minute, 40 second advantage over Merckx who moved up to second over-all. Bignotti's turbocharger Chief mechanic for the STP cars, George Bignotti, is another unhappy person at Indianapolis this year. Bignotti's three "day-glo" red cars are not all fresh "out-of-the-box" this year but the turbochargers on two of them are the newest things of controversy at the Speedway.

The No. 40 car, driven by Wally Dallenbach of East Brunswick, is brand new. It sports the new, re-designed oversize T-18 turbocharger which aided Dallenbach to place the car in the middle of the front row with a 189.683 speed average. Gordon Johncock's No. 20 car is a rebuilt machine, the back-up car for his original No.

20, which he crunched in practice. It too, was fitted with the big, new "blower." The third car, a 1973 Eagle, numbered 60 and driven by Steve Krisiloff of Parsippany, is the car Dallenbach drove to a decisive win in the California "500" last year. The whole turbocharger incident came about when Krisiloff asked his friend, Skip Cooley, a turbocharger research expert from Northridge, to bring the blower to Bignotti's shop. Bignotti then went on to say, "Cooley had been using this unit on racing boats with big displacement engines and told us it moved a bigger volume of air with no increase in pressure. We installed it a test engine and ran it on our dynamometer that very night By dawn, we had made our minds up to try it on Wally's car, confident that we could remove it and substitute a smaller blower for use in the race." "Mind you," Bignotti went on, "there is absolutely no rule in the book on the size blower you can use and there never has been such a rule, this year or any other year.

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Corn, on, pi PIMI4 0 IWlg, OWflff' mul "Mnittin pnfl tpi-diliOH. tump Ma lor Kfl ii fiWl lil iplnliom and rv1 MA. pnnkinl It appears USAC may have done by accident last winter what some of its members wanted done by intent a few years ago and that is to- ban the turbine. The United States Auto Club really didn't outlaw the turbine from championship or dirt track racing. It still has engine specifications for the turbine in the rule book.

What USAC did was to limit championship and dirt cars to use of methanol for fuel. The intent was to eliminate nitromethane and other "instant energy" fuels. But they also took the turbine out of competition because it can't burn methanol without extensive and expensive modifications. Billy Vukovich, who drives a golf ball nearly as well as he drives a car, won Tuesday's rain (what else is new?) plagued Mike Sullivan Memorial race drivers golf tournament on the Speedway's championship 18. Vukovich toured the course in 81 strokes to whip Lloyd Ruby, who had an John Mahler was third with 90.

The Indy 500 is still tops in dollars per mile per driver. In addition to the purse money, drivers receive cash for each lap that they lead the race and contingency money from sponsors. This year's total purse won't be finalized until Wednesday. Last year's first six finishers at Indy walked off with $466,723. The cost of putting together a competitive car team or even a single car continues to increase.

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