The Herald from Rock Hill, South Carolina • 7

7-Evening Herald Rock Hill Monday May 29 1961 600' winner: no real businessman Bv SONNY SMITH Herald Sports Editor World 600 sights and sounds: Sophomore winner David he declared after his first son is a better race driver than heiGrand National circuit victory is businessman The first place share was David is employed by a Spar- $29450 tanburg heating and air condi- Wife Helen says she'd like to tinning firm when not racing But better not let his offtrack boss hear about his raceway business The I960 racing Rookie of the Year discuss before the Masoni of Daytona Beach and mechanic Roy Fox "We discussed that use some of the winnings to get a new home David says some of it will be used to pay off debts This writer feels David was so happy to get the '61 white Pontiac which he qualified at 138381 mph race his possible share of lhethat car's earnings with owner John FlajSOn owns a '60 Chevy which lieto blown tire one lap from tlie caution flag His accident slowed Movie star June Wilkinson used for a third place finish checkered flag but a four-lap down the race for more than 20 24-14) atracted almost as much earlier this year in Spartanburg bulge was too much for second- minutes while his ear was re- attention in the winner's circle It almost a victory due 'place Fireball Roberts to over-moved and emergency repairs las Pearson She greeted him come made on the railing along with speedway queen nv realize I was any It was a bad day for tires cy Harrison also of Spartanburg laps ahead" he noted after the with blowouts and shredded tires demanding victory "So I just commonplace A member of de- kept fending Grand National cham- Mechanic Fox was sold on the pion Rex pit crew report- car-handling ability of the 20- ed that by the halfway point year-old former South Carolina changed the right side state limited sportsman and hob- three times and the left once by division champion on his 1961 Chevrolet can have the car from Spartanburg mechanic Bud Pear-jduring the running of the Worldjnow on if he wants stated Moore was like a mother hen with 600 race Sunday Fox who wore a serious look the a big brood He bad Ponti- Kagle smashed into a guard rail ast 50 laps of the race with his driven by both Tommy Iron the third turn of the Charlotte driver in the lead win and Joe Weatherly in the Motor Speedway track impaling 1 "it Was a wonderful job on his race Once Irwin came in for gas his car on the heavy metal strip and before he could clear the His left leg was amputated below Asked how he came to select area Weatherly was in for a tire the knee in the accident and helpearson to drive the car a little change proper plans for filling the old underwenl surgery here shortly more than a week from the race Irwin was a hardluck victim flivver with oil as and water ater' Fox said: heard a lot about tearing up a drive shaft with just equal amount of each Cabarrus Memorial Hospital al- him The men in the pits would 25 laps remaining "I was blister- a i ft 1 jjrjn Up js name frequently car driver Reds Kagle of Green Belt Md was reported in fair condition today after an accident be pleased to make cost him part of his left leg a reasonable settlement Next you fill the old cooler with so reported that Kagle suffered a tires all day" Irwin A simple race formula: patience water and ice By RON SHUMATE Saying go to the is a very simple little process ana making preparations to do just that is also quite elementary broken right ankle in the accident ice bologna and an adequate sup- But actually getting to the race nlv of liquid refreshment The is another matter entirely ter area provides the greatest When the idea of attending a freedom You can use soft drinks major late-model stock car race tea water or if you feel you first strikes your fancy your first will need something stronger to thought is probably how it will fortify you through the long afterstrike your pocketbook jnoon beer Unless you have a friend on the Thus armed you load the car The standings By I'll ASSOCIATED ESS American Leiigue I Pet GB Detroit as 14 607 Cleveland 24 17 585 31- re-David confessed after the race marked as he watched the race that his left arm was tired from end turning during the five hours plus Weatherly salvaged something on the track But that for the Moore-Stable with a 10th mean he hold some of his place finish winnings in his left hand It wasn't a day for windshields Tragic note of the race was either Pontiac pilot Jack Smith the collision with the fourth turn of Spartanburg shattered his in guard rail by Reds Kagle of the early race laps treid to go IGreen Belt Md The 29-year-old 'without one but finally had father of three children had his ti have a replacement which his left leg severed off when the crew dug up in some fashion guard rail came through the front Winner David Pearson had his of his car and out the side near windshield cracked in places when his door Joe '61 Ford went onto Ironically Kagle was penalized the grass during the race and a lap earlier during the race for kicked up some rocks coming passing the pace car under theback on the track with blankets pillows sun-tan lotion sun glasses and caps being careful not to leave out the family On the morning of the race you inside or a friend who knows how to get you inside free chances are it will strike your pocketbook rather heavily Winner David Pearson is surrounded by beauties Speedway queen Nancy Harrison (L) June Wilkinson David Pearson limped home for victory on three tires New York Baltimore Washington Kansas City Minnesota Boston Los Angeles Chicago 5S6 548 488 472 4:12 885 275 Make your Graduate the line" in our fine tailored coats of dacron cotton or dacron wool Authentic in every respect blazers and conventional models 2995 to 3995 Coordinate Slacks 995 to 1395 Hill-Warner COMPANY 143 EAST MAIN spectacular race Fox told me to keep her about 132-133 miles an hour not to charge the turns and to keep out of trouble I had some close brushes with other cars but mostly it was tight steady he said for their error by shouting frantically for him to keep driving "I even about to said Pearson "When I saw that white flag (signifying one lap to go) I knew make it even if I had to get out and Pearson drove a steady non Sunday Kesults Washington 6 Minnesota Cleveland Kansas City Chicago 14-3 New York 9-5 Boston 5 Baltimore Detroit 9 Los Angeles Saturday Results Washington 14 Minnesota 4 Kansas City 7 Cleveland 5 Innings) Baltimore Boston 4 (N) Los Angeles 10 Detroit 1 Chicago at New York post-phoned rain Monday ames New York at Boston (N) Only game scheduled Tue day Games Tuesday Games New York at Boston Los Angeles at Washington Minnesota at Cleveland (2) Kansas City at Detroit (2) Baltimore at Chicago (2) HIM wap First of all you need a ticket rouse the family out of bed at an After obtaining that you make hour sufficiently early to provide Tor your arrival at the track at least two hours prior to race time When you are approximately 10 miles from the track the old buggy purring along smoothly you come up over a hill and sud-idenly find yourself face to face with the backsides of several other strung out as far as you can see on a four-lane dual highway but this apparently makes no difference to that line of traffic The pace is unbearably slow Your clutch soon gets hot along with your radiator and your temper Highway patrolmen are unbearably courteous and you smile gently as you creep by at a pace so slow you expect to see a snail go by you at any moment After several miles of this you are routed off onto a side road you think to yourself You got in the correct lane that time and soon he at the speedway Soon turns out to be another hour Upon arrival at the track your clutch whining with the heat your radiator and your wife boiling you find much to your dismay that a few other people got there ahead of about 50000 of them You flash tickets and passes of all types and descriptions and finally earn your way into the infield For a horifying mo- suw'el Weather Ciiloe Catoe 1162 David Pearson wheels towards finish line Spartanburg pilot drives Pontiac CHARLOTTE NC (AP) two laps from the finish of the richest stock car race in history and four laps ahead of your nearest pursuer Then you blow a tire What do you do? have pushed it the rest of the said 26-year-old David Pearson of Spartanburg SC Instead Pearson limped the find lap-and a half on three tires and a rim to claim the $29450 top prize money in World 600 mile stock car race lor late model autos Pearson was winging away from the field in his 1961 Pontiac and held a lead of three laps over Glen (Fireball) Roberts of Day-tons Beach when his right rear tire blew on the back stretch with a lap and a half to go The husky purple-clad Pearson kept the car under control and got the checkered flag with a lap to spare He negotiated the 400 laps around the mile and a half Charlotte Motor Speedway at an average speed of 111633 miles per hour Tire fir Offer Good Today Thru Thu rsday May 29th June 1st Your Choice 6-Bottle Carton of National League San Francisco Los Angeles Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee SI Louis Chicago Philadelphia Sunday Results Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 2 St Louis 8 Pittsburgh 4 Los Angeles 4 Milwaukee 2 San Francisco 6 Chicago 5 stnrday Remits San Francisco 8 Chicago 2 Milwaukee 10 Los Angeles S' St Iiuis 7 Pittsburgh 5 (N) Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 4 (N) Monday Games Cincinnati at San Francisco St Louis at Los Angeles (N) Only games scheduled Tuesday Games Milwaukee at Philadelphia (2) Chicago at Pittsburgh (2) Cincinnati at San Francisco (2) St Louis at Los Angeles fN) Ned Jarrett goes into spin coming off fourth turn Conover driver finished fourth in Chevy Soft Drinks DaLuz wins physique title Leonard DaLuz a 26-year-old of 580 pounds to win first place i muscular body-builder was in the light heavyweight division During Our Special- Roberts also driving a 1961 Pon- Each lifter had three attempts on lord 1171 FREE TIRE INSPECTION High 540 Bill lips 534 High Team Game: Suite Suite 503 Rock holt Collier 424 Richardson Richardson 417 High Inrt Game: Millie Suite 236 Dave Catoe 200 BUI Weatherford 199 Ind 3-Games Millie Suite Weatherford 542 Bill ment you think wound up Phil-'a jajr People cover the ground everywhere It looks like a giant battle scene from and It is 45 minutes until race time You drive around in circles for what seems like hours before finally finding a place to stow the buggy for the duration of the race You step out onto the dry dirt and wonder idly where the track KIDS! Rookies seek Indy 500 win INDIANAPOLIS Ind (AP)-A potential record-breaking field with the most rookies in 10 years thunders Tuesday after a purse of $375000 or more in the golden anniversary 500-mile auto race The 33 drivers screened from is You finally find it with the nominees by two weekends of help of a pair of 100-power bino- trials met today the last culars preliminary to the Memorial Day Race time finally comes and olassie-the annual rules review when the announcers says cheer- and traditional chilling fully start "your en- reminder that you can't win rid- Get A FREE three lifts but Robertson was the only lifter in the contest to complete all nine attempts The Hercules of the event was clearly Carl Walker who lifted a Titanic 740 pound total the highest of the contest to win top honors in the mid-heavyweight class Walker also won the Outstanding Lifter honor as his total for the three lifts was 555 pounds over his present bodyweight of 185 (Dub) Martin beefed-up to 371 massive pounds and lifted a tremendous 710 pound total his best to date to take first place in the heavyweight class Dewey Waldrop lifting in his first contest was runnerup In his second try for the title Lennie DaLuz a 5-foot 8-inch electrician who tips the scales at a trim 157 pounds had just the right amount of muscle to win the coveted Rock title Don Robertson who placed third last year moved up a notch to take second place BALL BAT! With Purchase you sob silently to yourself knowing that your old car may never start again Of Any fiat finished second and took crowned Rock Hill" to high-flown $9240 Rex White of Spar- light the 1961 Rock Hill Weight tanburg driving a 1961 Chevrolet Lifting Championships and phy-finished third and won $7070 Ned siQue contest Saturday night at Jarrett of Conover in a 1961 Chev-1 the Stadium Hut A large crowd rolet took fourth place money of saw seven weight lifters win $4475 and Jim Paschal of High: their respective weight classes Point won $3150 as fifth place In the bantamweight class finisher Tommy Ticktin won first place The race run before 50000 in honors with a total of 440 pounds clear 70 degree weather was I He equalled the state press record marred by one serious accident of 135 pounds with his first lift Reds Kagie of Green Belt Md and went on to press 145 pounds to smashed into the guard ril on arms length only to have the lift the third turn and was impaled disqualified by shifting his feet on a section of the heavy metal Weakened by a bad cold and strio left leg was am-jsick with a fever Richard McEl-puted below the knee in the acci-veen was still determined to lift dent A hospital in Concord re-He was far from his best but ported he was resting comforta- totaled 475 pounds to wiin first bly after surgery place in the featherweight class The accident occurred on the Prank Brookshire took second JW7th lap and the caution flag was place out for 25 laps while workmen re- In his first contest Jimmy (Bo) paired the guard rail and the cars Bechtler edged out Wavne Smith crept around it on the safety ap- Ly five pounds to win top honors Kin jin the lineup weight class with a Ther were six other caution 490 pound total Smith was the flags brought on by spinouts and first and lightest contestant to lift collisions but there were no oth- pounds overhead David lir serious injuries Crump placed third Pearson I960 NASCAR Bucky Baxley the president of fookie of the year was hired only iLe barbell club pressed 30 10 days ago to drive the Ray Fox- pounds over his bodyweight of 160 bdlt Pontiac from Daytona and totaled 590 pounds to Reach He qualified it at 138381 ake first Pace laureIs in the mid' miles per hour and started in dleweight class Lennie DaLuz third position behind Richard Pet- was runnerup and Roger Parrish ty of Randleman in a 1961 ply placed third mouth and Joe Weatherly of Nor-i Don Robertson elevated a total folk Va in a 1961 Pontiac Petty went out with a blown motor on the 330th lap after being among the top five at each fifth nf the race Weatherly went on to finish 10th and won $1040 Clover Head Coach Boh Toam 3 Games: Orioles 1515 Indians Hornets (Tie) 1509 Tigers 1498 Ind 3 Games: Bill Phillips 588 Paul Myers 587 Dud Loflin 579 Team 1 Games: Chiefs 538 Orioles Indians Tigers 534 Yankees 529 Ind 1 Game: Bill Phillips 238 Lou Amato 225 Harry Roekholt 223 2 Tires Just Bring Your Car In For A FREE Safety Tire Check and You Will Receive A 6 Bottle Ctn of Soft Drinks Free! 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I mg in an ambulance or a hearse A separate session was called to emphasize the rules and meanings of starter Bill Vandewater's flags for the eight first-time starters It was the biggest crop of rookies in 10 years and maybe the best The vanguard of the potential audience of 20000 Owas talking up two especially glamorous newcomers Australian Jack Brabham and Parnelli jones of Torrance Calif Brabham world road racing champion the last two years challenged the 14-year domination by ered cars built especially for the i 212-mile brick and asphalt track Polly Riley nabs Southern crown REGULAR Shaw Brothers won an exhibition softball twinbill from Carlisle Saturday night in Union by 7-3 and 11-3 scores In the opener Joe Faile pitched Every lat Signed VALUE Bv A The lifting summary (press snatch and dean ant ierk listed in order With the final total) Huntanw eight las Won by Tommy Ticktin 135-135-170-440 Featherweight Class Won by 475 1 120-100-145-365: Marvin (Withdrew) Leverne George (With- drew)- Lightweight Class "The resolute little Texan from both with two hits Won bv Bo Becthier Fort Worth a 120 pound Konme Osborne drove home five 490: I naYrn five-footer) outsteadied Sherry in the nightcap with a dou-- ble and triple Ferrell Lowery and Connor all had two hits 485: 375: Bill Thomas (Withdrew) Tom- Wheeler a strong long hitting ny 2 in the 36-hole fi- League Star Available in natural and gleaming black finishes! 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