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1 1 1 4 4-R THE Columbia Wednesday June 15 I960 SPORTS BRIEFS 1 Z' vte Ur ji- yr-- 4 till MAC DIVOT Cards Knock Redlegs Out i i i i Player Of No 4 Spot 1 T-jj football players have similar suits pending' 1 CHARLOTTE N-C (AP)-Dri-vers will begin a 24-hour test of Charlotte's new 114-mile speedway Wednesday in preparation for the June 19 inaugural 600-mile stock car race worth 8106775 Larry Jackson Is Supported By Twer Blasts football player Dennlt Morris won a $75000 award Tuesday Iran a publishing firm after District Judge Glen Morris issued a directed verdict of guilty Judge Morris found against Fawcett Publishing Co Publications foe in the civil libel suit A Jury then fixed the exactly hall oi what the former college and professional fullback had asked Russo INDIANAPOLIS CAP) Race driver Eddie Russo injured in the Indianapolis 500-nufe race two weeks ago will be competition for the rest season xu-mue outlet 'Speedway officials announced that the fully completed high-banked track will be opened at 1 pm for practice runs Some drivers tested the track Sunday but Dr Tom Hanna medical at the Indianapolis Motor all safety feature were not installed then and the driven did CINCINNATI Two home rung buttressed the five-hit pitching of Larry Jackson In the 6-3 victory of the St Louis Cardinals over Cincinnati Tuesday night The Cards displaced Cincinnati in fourth place in the National League with the victory Ken Boyer walloped a two-run homer in the first inning and Curt Flood added three runs in the third with his poke over the center field fence TIIE MOTORSPORT BEAT The Judge' eliminated Mid-Continent News CO of Oklahoma City distributor of True magazine as a codefendant Morris's attorneys said he would appeal that decision and attorneys for Fawcett -said they would appeal the directed verdict speedway said Russo has recovered from the brain concusion jDl-curred when hia racer smashed into a wall on the 84th lap of Uife Memorial Day race But troubles resulting from the injury" tnake racing out of the question Dr Hanna said will take at least six months to find out if he can race again" the doctor added Officials Take Issue Jwdunn won' his ninth doling out only three walks and fanning four Morris testified Monday he never had taken any pills or anything else to pep him up while playing for Oklahoma He said he was never offered such stimulus The suit stemmed front an article in the magazine in 1958 entitled "The dll that can kill Twelve other former Sooner DELAWARE PARK John 5-year-old gelding Dirce sped to victory in the featured Bonnie Beryl Purse a mile and a sixteenth test on tiie grass at Delaware Park If Charlotte come through with a real good race in spite of the obvious drawbacks Curtis Turner and Bruton Smith will deserve the accolades of the press and the racing business not try for speed Qualifying for the race begins Thursday to determine the fastest 53 cars to begin the long race grind at 12:30 pm Sunday NASCAR technical chief Norris Friel said Wednesday that more than 40 of the finely tuned late imodel cars have gone through tlw inspection station and are ready for practice runs Some 20 to 30 more are expected before race day Speedway officials expect all sorts of records to be broken in the initial qualifying Thursday They point out that in addition to tiie more than 8100000 purse drivers will be shooting at same $4000 in lap money 'Die driver who wins the pole position or places in tiie front line has tiie best chance to start earning lap money from the starting flag Glen (Fireball) Roberts of Daytona Beach Fla who set a new qualifying record of better than 127 miles an hour at Darlington SC in May is a heavy favorite to win the pole in his Pontiac Earl Kelley publicity man lev the speedway frankly" Kelley said work that's been dona here in a time is amazfog Even an oT pro like Banjo Matthews believe what he saw from one Monday to the He wobbled in the third after Daryl Spencer muffed Billy Mar tin's roller Whitey Lockman walked and Jackson's wild pitch advanced each one base setting up Eddie Kasko'i two-run single Jerry lynch banged a leadoff homer for Cincinnati in the fourth WANTED Reds Get New Cincy Catcher leads the Grand National point race will drive a pair of Ply-mouths And Lee has enlisted the services of Bobby Johns for the other Plymouth this much money at stake I want three shots at Petty says The Insiders are giving the Petty Plymouth the nod in prerace speculation The Plymouth are endurance cars and so are the three drivers Stock car racing needs a- shot in the arm Maybe if the World 600 Is completed it will be just the thing the sport needs The Rebel 300 farce at Darlington help seemingly inability to schedule enough 100-mile races at local tracks around the Carolina has caused interest to wane Leading appliance -distributor wants appliance salesman Have several -appliance lines A respected field is open for an aggressive salesman who can stand rigid character investigation and who wants a job with advancement and fringe benefits Charleston Greenville and Columbia areas It was the first homer this year for Flood who started the game batting only 218 He brought in' Boyer and Spencer who had singled Flood also singled in Spencer who tripled In the eighth The victory was only the seventh in 23 road games for SL Louis this year The defeat was charged to Jim CINCINNATI The Cincinnati -Reds Tuesday signed Ronald Franz 22 a catcher and graduate of the University of Cincinnati A Reds' spokesman said Franz was signed for a substantial bonus and will work out with the Reds for a week before going to Colum bia in the Sally League Call Room 113 Heart of Columbia Motel In Columbia for appointment Wednesday Thursday June 15-16 AWARDED 875000 OKLAHOMA CITY Okla (AP) University of Oklahoma IT LOU 1 1 afcrhbi Jovtr 2b 4 0 0 0 Cunrt'ham rf 4 0 1 0 Niemon If 4 10 0 Burton II Boyar 3b Srmcar Whit lb Flood tf Smith Jock ion An ambitious project like a mila-and-a-half speedway normally takes two to three years to complete Curtis Turner and his crew have a rough version in ten months And they said it couldn't be done Will the asphalt last? Will heavy new cars be able to pound the track for 600 miles? Kelley thinks they will what seen of cars running on the he said track surface will hold up" About the pit area Kelley has this to say: pit area is not on the track like at Darlington Cars wil leave the track by way of a pit access road like at Daytona putting a guard ran up in front of the pit area for several reasons It will be easier to run power Jines under it 'Also the pit crews will be able to slide tires and jacks under it rather than lift the heavy equipment over a wall" Another development in the $100 000-plus race finds Lee Petty entering three I960 Plymouth Petty and his son Richard who CINCINNATI brhbi Koiko 3b 3 0 13 Pinion cf 4 0 0 0 Lynch If 4 111 Boiloy 4 0 10 Ball rf 4 0 0 0 Robinion lb 4 0 10 Martin 2b 4 10 0 McMillan uIIIO O'Tool 0 0 0 0 a Lockman Beaman a bHouia Grim cJonai Htnry Total 3444 rtaii Walked far 1 O'Tool In third b- Greundad into doublaplay far Beaman in for Grim in eighth fifth o-Struck out By BOB TALBERT Of The State's Sports Staff Charlotte Motor Speedway officials who postponed their scheduled World 600 stock car race once because facilities could not have been completed by May 29 take issue with observations recorded in this column last week We printed last week portions of a letter from a friend of racing who looked at the track Monday afternoon June 6 In his honest opinion a lot was left to be done and a lot was left to be desired at the new' race track He felt at the time that a race could be run by June 19 But race tracks have to mature before first-class events can be staged According to the speedway officials an amazing transforms thm has taken place at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in a week's time To hear them talk it's like the Cinderella stoiy in reverse a pumpkin into a golden coach We received a telegram Monday from Bruton Smith general manager of the speedway Smith begins: description of the Charlotte Motor Speedway through eyes of a friend' was in our opinion not entirely fact' ual Completed are grandstands 32000 homestretch seats 8000 on backs treteh all numbered (Turner) turned 127962 mph in Sunday time trial Parking areas in excellent shape Rain came Sunday during practice runs No one got stuck Eight thousand fans were on hand Ticket sales terrific If fans think facilities ready would they buy? facilities being constructed atop GM (center of homestretch) grandstand Steel is up and all will be ready for press area adequate comfortable No complaints there Our stands not covered for first race Were Are Daytona's? Did Darlington have air-conditioned offices built first year? Drivers (Possum Jones Shorty Rollins Joe Weatherly) others say speedway fine Norris Friel NASCAR technical inspection The greatest speedway Proper retaining walls long since erected Scorers stand erected Radio broadcasting network lined up parking will be permitted Admittedly some work to he done in infield Time doesn't permit removal of all necessary dirt and rock Practice and times trials will be held as scheduled this week" Then conies a phone call from St Lwti Cincinnati Oil 1M 404-1 Spmcer St Lout 27-1 Cincinnati 27- Javier and Whit Whitt end Spmcan Bailey and Kaika St Louil 4 Cincinnati A Spancar Boyar Flood Lynch' IP BRBBSO Jockien IW Ml O'Tool (L 4-4 I 4 roman 2 0 Grim 1 Htnry I 0 Jock Mr Sudol Boggail Got-men Smith T-JW 449f Crowson-Stonc Captures Title By 27 Points AAOMA King Edward AMERICA'S lARGESrSEUR Qwson-Stone Printing defeated the Pickups 8-0 Monday night at the Columbia Bowling Gmter to finish 27 points ahead in the Lucky Ten Fin League The champions amassed 164 points during the 30-week season International Business Machines heat the Maple Busters 8-0 in the other match 'Charles Lowery had a 212 game and 494 set for the Maple Busters Art Flower Shop split 4-4 with Fern Wear Manufacturing to hold a two-point lead in the Palmetto Summer League Motors beat Malcolm Derrick Gulf 6-2 to 'move into second place Goodwin Motor Service stopped Crystal linen Sendee 6-2 Zeke Yarborough had a 528 set for Invmclbla Dalun Imperial CIgorHIo Diagram shows seating arrangement Prices are as follows: GM Grandstand seats (Lower rows 1-10) 0 51000 GM Grandstand seats (Upper rows 11-25) (chair seats) 9 51500 FORD Grandstand seats (Lower rows 1-10) 9 58-00 FORD Grandstand seats (Upper rows 11-25) 9 510-00 CHRYSLER Grandstand seats (Lower rows 1-10) 9 5800 CHRYSLER Grandstand seats (Upper rows 11-25) 9 51000 EAST Grandstand seats (Lower rows 1-8) 9 5600 EAST Grandstand seats (Upper rows 9-20) 9 5800 Send check or money order including 251 handling charge to CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY INC 108 Liberty Life Bldg Charlotte State Section (A ete-see diagram) preferred When you do visit the MUTUAL FINANCE office nearest you! LOANS UP TO $2000 TAKE UP TO 24 MONTHS TO REPAY! Phone before noon to arrange for money the very same day! Big Opens New Charlotte Speedway June 19 pure Racing Gasoline has been named Gasoline for all ears in the the longest richest stock car race in the world Drivers know that pure Gasoline gets the most out of their cars pure Gasolines more records for performance than any other gasoline' according to nascar The $10000000 purse for this thrilling event will attract the finest drivers and fastest stock cars be racking up new records on the 1H miles and 24 degree turns of the spectacular new Charlotte Motor Speedway Han to attend and on your way to the track fill up with FURE-super-PREMiUM or pure-pep the economy Gasoline Sunny Brook Kentucky Straight Bourbon tastes better than any other bourbon! 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