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10,000 Expected At Sears Point Races The Sears Point National Championship sports car races tomorrow and Sunday at Sears Point International Raceway in Southern Sonoma County are expected to attract some 10.000 fans, with resulting traffic jams, plus a field of some 300 drivers and cars of championship quality. It is the first Sports Car Club of America National Championship points race of the season. Competition will be in seven 30-minute national races for 21 SCCA classes. Racing on the 12-turn, 2.5-mile track begins at 9 a.m. tomorrow and Sunday for qualifying spots, with Sunday racing starting at 11 a.m.

Fans will get their first eyeful of the newest racing class the Formula Ford. The 100-horsepower English made cars, powered by 1600 cubic centimeter Ford Cortina engines, will be running in Sunday's races against larger Formula and open wheelers. Current entries in the program so far include at least 10 SCCA Divisional Champions, and one National points champion. There will be a wide variety of cars and machinery for these races, ranging from powerful Genie-Chevy of Reno's Merl Brennen to the quick but tiny Japanese Subaru, out of Newport Beach in Southern California. Among the champion drivers are four-time National Champion Dan Parkinson of Glendale, five-time divisional champ Frank Monise of Pasadena, 1965 National Production champion Steve Froines of Lafayette and three-time Divisional champ Jack Scoville of Corvallis.

all of them driving Datsuns. Top competition is expected to come from Paul Hammer of Richmond driving a Jaguar XK 120S. Hammer was the 1968 Production runner-up at the American Road Race of Champions at Riverside. Sears Point will offer one of the most challenging courses in the country to drivers, with its hilly, sharp-curved track. General admission for the entire weekend is $5.

Children under 12 will be admitted free when accompained by an adult. Tickets are available at all store in the East. West and South Bay area, as well as at Dervin Ford in Novato. Ford in Corte Madera and Sanderson Ford in Petaluma. The winning drivers in each class will chalk up nine national championship points, with six points going to the runnerup.

four to third, three to fourth, two to fifth and one point to sixth place. FOURTH SECTION Friday, March 28, 1969 39 JIM GILMARTIN Bobbe Is A True Fan; Grand Slam Thompson PHOENIX I met two very nice people yesterday. The first is Bobbe Moffitt. The other is Bill Thompson. You've heard Bill as the third man on the KSFO team that broadcasts the San Francisco Giants' games.

Let's talk to Bobbe first because she is typical of Uie 106 Boosters Clubbers here with their favorite team. Bobbe is unique in that she lives in Oakland and has never attended an Oakland Athletics game. fact, she said, have never been to the Oakland Aged 38 and an alumnae of College of Marin, class of 1950, Bobbe is a genuine booster. thing we all have in common this she smiled, that we are all real baseball fans. This is my fourth trip here to spring training, but my first trip with the boosters club.

There are so many fringe Don't Frown, Horace Bobbe had one comment about Candlestick Park which may draw a frown from club president Horace Stoneham. only go to day games usually on she said. think it's any fun dressing like an eskimo for night favorite Giants, by the way, are Jimmy Davenport, Hal Lanier, and course, Willie And now for Mr. Nice Guy Bill Thompson, who will celebrate his 45th birthday tomorrow. been around baseball almost all my he said, last year was the first time I saw a no-hitter.

And what a beaut. One day Gaylord Perry threw a no-hitter and the next day Ray Washburn of the Cardinals pitched a Bill had an unusual experience last season in that he happened to be on the microphone when three of the four grand slam home runs were hit. A Sixth Inning Man only work the sixth he explained, Bobby Bonds hit a grand slam on his very first major league at-bat. The oddity is that I was doing the play NBA TO OPEN DRAFT SESSIONS APRIL 7 NEW YORK The first two rounds of the National Basketball Association draft, at which Lew Alcindor will be the No. 1 will be held April 7.

the league announced today, April 7 segment of the draft will be conducted via telephone with the balance of the draft being held in New York Citv a month later on May 7. The teams will draft in inverse order of their standing at the end of the regular season, with the Milwaukee Bucks getting the first selection. The Bucks won a coin toss with the league's other expanse team. Phoenix, for the No. 1 choice.

The Bucks have announced they will select Alcindor, the 7-foot-11 UCLA star. Air Force, Navy Tie In Boxing The Air Force, -propelled by four individual championships, including two for Hamilton Air Force Base fighters, tied for the team title in the Inter-Service Boxing hampionships at Hamilton Field last night before a crowd of 1.200. The Air Force wound up with 13 points, same as the Navy squad. The Army had 11 points and the Marines seven. A DAMP DILEMA Harry Toscano of New Castle, a right-handed hitter, found his ball on the wrong side of the water yesterday during the National Airlines Open.

So he put his foot into the lake off the 17th fairway and found it too deep to stand in (left photo). After getting out and drying off his feet, he tried it from dry land, swinging left-handed. It wasn so bad, as Toscano ended up with a one-under-par 71. (AP Wirephoto) Giants Continue Streak ONE STROKE BEHIND WEAVER PHOENIX San Francisco Giants are on a by-play two of the next three times we (the Giants) hit spring training tear and mana- grand slams ger clyde King hoPes wiU Asked "about his biggest thrill in baseball, regU'ar Thompson said, was the first day I walked into Candlestick Park to work. Also, I get a thrill to see the young stars of tomorrow on their way up.

But, to me, a great disappointment to see the legends like Mickey Mantle and Stan Musial bow out. Like Joe last fight, very West Champ Oaks Defeat East Leaders, 122-110 OAKLAND (API The via the injury route, but land Oaks have won a possible five straight points after a 52-52 of the American Bas- i tie three minutes before inter- ketball Association champion-; mission put the Oaks ahead to ship playoffs with a steady 122-. stay. 110 victory over the Indiana National League season. The Giants racked up their fifth straight victory and 11th in 12 outings yesterday with a comeback 9-7 triumph over the Chicago Cubs.

Trailing 5-0 after the first inning, the Giants rallied for five runs in the eighth to pull out the victory. A clutch two-run double by Ken Henderson off loser Phil Snead Surprises With 67 MIAMI, (AP) Sam Snead of Miami course, were on the cocked drives of more than 300, yards to within six feet for an has a new7 putting fabulous Snead. vards and hit a three-wood 270 eagle on the 570-yard seventh, pool room he says DECISION Pat Neely of Hamilton carved out a decision over Paschel Waldo of the Navy to the flyweight title and Juan Ruiz of Hamilton took a decision Over A1 Wilson of Army to win the lightweight crown. The results: fly Hawthorne. Army, decisioned Charles Newton.

Marines. Flyweight Pat Nelly, Air Force, decisioned Paschel Waldo. Navy. Bantamweight Ricardo Carreras, AirForce, decisioned George Coley, Army. Featherweight Leroy Thomas, Army, declsio Frank Allen, Marines.

Lighueight Juan Ruiz. Force, decisioned A1 Wilson, Army. Light welter Andre Reed, Navy, decisioned James Ham. Marines. Welterweight Steve Ewell.

Navy. decLsioned Armando Muniz, Army. Light middleweight Josse Valdez, Air Force, decisioned James Ross, Army. Jesse Reid. Navy.

TKO over Theodore Chernoff, Army. Light heavy Ray Russell. Marines, decisioned Joe Greene. Army. Heavyweight Jim Elder, Navy decisioned Jim Williams, Marines.

he feels like 16 instead of PUTTING 56. think I can still play as feel so good I believe I good as any of these young fel- could go out and shoot a the from tee to old Virginia hillbilly exulted aft- drawled Snead, who grew up in er firing a five-under-par 67 the hills around Hot Springs, yesterday in the opening round of the $200,000 National Airlines Open golf tournament. Sammy, who has won more than 100 tournaments in a career spanning three decades, found himself only one stroke off the record-setting pace of young Dewitt Weaver, out front with a 66. and became the capitalist pro of the fashionable Green-1 brier Club at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. just a matter of getting it in the hole.

Like Ben Hogan been getting the yips out i there on the green. got a new stroke, and I believe got it Pacers. The Oaks, never behind from the start, beat Indiana 122-110 last night. Oakland is the ABA Western Division champs while Indiana leads the Eastern Division. The play host to Houston tonight at 8 lost starter Larry Brown and rookie Henry Logan in the second pe- Marin Tars '9' In Home Game College of Marin Tars baseball team hosts Contra Costa Junior College Comets tomorrow.

1 p.m., at Albert Field in San Rafael. The Tars won their fourth Canino Norte Conference game against two defeats yesterday in San Jose, downing West Valley J. C. of Campbell, 6-3. Mike Terry, working in relief of Bill Poole, was the winning pitcher for the Tars, who collected only three hits, four of their runs unearned.

The halftime margin was 6965 and with a bit over a minute to go in the third quarter Oakland led 94-80. Brown had a pulled left shoulder muscle and Logan fell after a rebound efforj and suffered a possible concussion. Doctors said both would probably be out for two games. Indiana Regan followed by Jim Daven- BIG NAMES single and a double by; He led such distinguished cnvin Hal Lanier featured the victor- characters as Arnold Palmer, 1 ious rally. 69; Gary Player, 69; Bill Casper Bis croquet stance now Ron Herbel, working in relief 70, Jack Nicklaus, 73, and Julius banned, Sammy putts normally of Ray Sadecki, was the Boros, 73.

from 15 and farther away, winning pitcher. Directly trailing Weaver and Erom 15 ieet in, he uses a Five of the 11 San Francisco Snead were seven pros bunched similar to the croquet hits went for extra bases. at Bruce Cramp- but standing sideways in: ton, 41-year-old Lionel Hebert, Dale Douglass, Dick Sikes, Dave Stockton, Butch Baird and Frank Beard. There tvere 13 others with Palmer and Player at 69. But eyes, entering the second round over the par 72 Country Gub BUY YOUR NEW CHEVY A IN MARIN AT Schuman CHEVROLET NOVATO Athletics Head Home To Oakland Netlcky Brown Daniels Lewis Perry Peeples Thacker Hooper Totals Oakland 6 3-5 15 Bradds 8 3-3 19 Moe 7 5-8 19 Harge 14 4-6 35 Brown 5 1-2 11 Armstrg 2 3-5 7 Logan 1 0-0 2 Crtchfld 1 0-0 2 Clawson Petersn Eakins 44 19-29 110 Totals MESA, Ariz.

(UPI)-The Oak-1 Athletics will head for 11 3-3 25,. 5 9 12 19; land 3 0-0 6', oo-o home territory todav after their 10 6-10 26 1 3 0-0 6 4 o-o 8 Cleveland Indians. 20-0 4 i7 The A's will make their first 48 26-34 122 Cactus League game with the Mrs. Nave Has Low Net Score For Marin Gals stead of astride the ball, now illegal. The left hand is held at the top of the club and the right, the pushing hand, is about a foot farther down the shaft.

Formerly, Sam held his hand behind the shaft and shoved the blade. BECAUSE We Are Established, We Are Convenient To All Marin Points, Our Overhead Is Lower Than Most Dealers. Indiana 29 30 Oakland 31 34 Three-point 3 Fouled Total 21, Oakland25, against the Motorcycle Show 2 3 oir 24 I aPPearance the year in the Mrs. Louie Nave took low net row and honors at the Marin Country Chicago I Charm Day golf tournament in Novato yesterday. Mrs.

Nave finished with a net 70. The results: Third annual motorcycle show at Hall at the San Francisco Civic Center is scheduled April 2 through 6. Show hours for Cycle are noon to 11 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, marker, and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday.

Admission is $1.75 for adults and 75 cents for children. Sunday Cubs. Yesterday, the A's won a battle of unearned runs with a 3-2 victory over the California Angels. Two of the Oakland runs were tainted and the Angels had one Rick Reichardt's error on a MARIN COUNTRY CLUB Class A Mesdames William Whieland, Charles Gondak, 86-13 73 Paul Williams. I Class Mesdames Herb unearned prodger.

L. T. Kett, Carl Johnson, Walter Kessler, I grip the club in my right hand the way you would grip a cue stick in playing pool. I've got a much better Snead also proved he could still belt the ball when he hit a 320-yard drive on the final hole, chipping up to within six feet for his final birdie. LET ONE FLY had been afraid to really hit the ball because the fairways are so Sam explained.

when I birdied the 17th, I decided to let one Weaver, 29, son of the former Texas Tech football coach, also let a few fly in getting five birdies and an eagle. Weaver un- LOOK! New '69 NOVA 2 DOOR from WOW! New '69 CAMAR0 CPE. Plus Tax Lie. Girls Track-Field SI SPORTS SCHEDULE Terra Linda High School girls tomorrow TJirrU in Baseball College of Marir. vs.

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