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''Wi WEATHERLY SPINS IN PATH BLOCKS 4TII TURN urman BISHER AND WEATHERLY STAGGERS INTO PITS Defeat for a Little Man Staff Photo Dozier i 5 Bisher Monday August 1 1960 PAGE 16 3 38 ROM ns Sinclair Rose on 3 VIA lisfon Gels NBA Award ATLANTA TERMINAL 717 inley St NW PHONE TRinity 3 1621 798 Peachtree St NE Zora olley at Denver Colo fc 1 RACE OICIAL BRANDS PROTEST 'SOUR GRAPES' a a ireball Burns Dixie Victory Pontiacs Sweep Sports Enjoy Cracker List Sweep Honors In Star Poll CHICAGO ST LOUIS MEMPHIS and the total sum One NASCAR official working the Dixie 300 Sweepstakes dis missed the protests over ireball victory as thing that caused most of the other drivers to jump on Cotton bandwagon in the said the official who asked to remain unknown the fact that ireball is disliked by most of the drivers Many of them are jealous of Driver Tom Pistone said not that prejudiced against ireball its just that I dont like him Owens claimed he won the race Second Anniversary THE CRACKERS simply could not make any appreciable offen sive headway against Shreveport starter Dan fister or his relief Dave Wickersham (6 6) of these boys had big time said Atlanta Man Turn to Page 18 Choice stock of our finer fitting summer suits in dac roncotton further reduced from $3995 to $2499 and $4250 to $2799 Entire stock of those amaz ing 12 month suits dacron wool featherweight tropi cals cut from $5695 to $3499 and $7500 and $6950 suits both reduced to new low of $4499 All Sales Cash and inal Alterations Extra SM' By GENE ASHER North quarterback Johnny Sin clair who led Marietta High to the North Georgia AAA champion ship and South halfback George Rose one of the finest runners the state has ever produced tied for honors Monday in The Jour annual All Star football su perlative poll Sinclair 5 1 161 pound triple threat bound for Georgia Tech was named Dangerous and Likely to Break the All Star Classic Thursday night at Grant ield High school and col lege football coaches who have seen every star grid practice vot ed in the poll Rose who is bound for Auburn on a grant in aid was named College Backfield Pros He also was selected Turn to Page 18 By JOHN LOGUE The Atlanta Crackers con tinued to challenge the entire Southern Assn Sunday afternoon in Ponce de Leon Park with their best right hands behind their backs" 5 Starter Jim Harwell who saw six scoreless innings of peerless pitching negated by two innings of ineffectiveness endured the ninth loss by an Atlanta right hander in the month of July be fore the bats of the Shreveport Sports 6 2 Of the Crackers' last 12 losses nine have been the responsibil ity of right handers defeat only the Crackers one half game of their five game league lead as Little Rock moved into second place by beating Birmingham 10 8 And this latest loss was more to the credit of Shreveport than to the debit of Mr Harwell Despite giving up two 390 foot triples and one run in the first inning and a single triple double and two runs in eighth he only allowed a of three runs before being moned from the mound NOTE: We are glad to announce that the Interstate Commerce Commission has granted us final authority to purchase and merge Decatur Transit Truck Lines Inc with the Gordons system As a result we are now providing direct one line service between Atlanta and Chicago St Louis Memphis and scores of other points with fast schedules and 1284 modern units to keep your shipments rolling or prompt reliable service call our Liston the top contender for the heavyweight crown was designated of the DIXIE LAGMAN MOORE HIT BUT RECOVERS The most serious accident Sunday at the Dixie 300 mile stock car race at the Atlanta International Raceway came to NASCAR chief steward and race flagman Ernie Moore of Atlanta On the 52nd lap a shock con nector which came off Johnny Miller's car hit Moore on the left side of the neck knocking him unconscious Moore was carried to Craw ford Long hospital and rays revealed no serious injury The hospital reported Monday morn ing Moore was resting WHEELS 01 ORTUNE SPIN AND JACK COMES OUi Or BOX An Honest Count of 25000 could take the lead most any Roberts said and now the 130 he spoke of the race overall at the start I let up when i the rest of the leaders let up When get back up to (mph) then I'd pass tell you the reason Cotton lost You see me? I'm pretty big strong man and tired as I can be Cotton is little man He just got tired the reason he Inst th rarr This was before the recount that Owens and Jack Smith and red Lorenzen and Bobby Johns all had demanded a little chore not completed until well into the evening As late as 10 pm chief scorer Joe Epton was still under attack by the disgruntled also rans Roberts though already had his check for $9700 by this time the share of the purse and he began to speak with warm devotion for this new one and one half mile carpet of asphalt still warm from its Sunday afternoon of sport more of a track than I thought it would he said like a track if you win on it but have liked this one if have finished The first production effort of Atlanta International Raceway came off without great mishap or distressing confusion The esti mate of 25000 spectators was entirely honest There was a dis appointing grandstand crowd but this probably reflected an aver sion to the $15 $1250 and $10 tariff Prices of $10 $750 and $5 prob ably would have been more realistic for 300 miles Some relief must be given the customer trying to get away from the track The exits were jammed and more than an hour after the race the South Expressway labored under a heavy traffic burden until 7 pm two hours and 15 minutes after the race was done But these are matters that will be worked out as the track officials roll up their sleeves and resume the chore of applying the final touches to the construction job Meantime al were so de lighted with their labor that before the race was half over Presi dent Art Lester had already announced a new one 500 miles on the 30th day of October All hands were cordially invited to return Thirty two of the 200 times around Atlanta Inter national Raceway receiving a severe indoctrination into this universe of speed remained to be run in theinaugural Dixie 300 Mile Sweepstakes Sunday after noon Everett (Cotton) Owens a wizened little 36 year old fellow from Spartanburg SC was half a lap ahead of Glenn (ireball) Roberts young powerful i and athletic of Daytona Beach la This was the picture clear as could be it seemed Roberts had 32 laps to gain three quarters of a mile on Owens Both were driving Pontiac cars their engines encouraged by the accoutre ments of racing and both were being broiled by the same sun Lap by lap as they whirled by the grandstand section Roberts picked up yardage on Owens Henry McLemore the distinguished Georgia journalist who has the same affinity for these inanimate machines that Ernest Hemingway has for animate bulls figured Rob erts was gnawing away at his in tended victim at a second a lap On the 188th lap as they went into the north turn Roberts ran down Owens and took the lead and it was his the rest of the way At 180 laps he had been nine seconds behind At 188 laps he was the leader and the financial betterment realized in this determined charge to the front would come to $4850 the difference between first and second place prizes Immediately after the race was over Owens was found on the stand claiming victory and requesting a recount He wore a pained expression on his face already tired and worn from the rigors of the afternoon and he explained the basis of his claim Case of the Green and Yellow lags went into the pits three times under the green Owens said which meant that the field was running at top speed went in twice when the yellow flag was out 1 had to be lead ing at the end" Roberts was in no condition to defend himself at the mo ment He had gone to the field hospital for some oxygen and to recover from a case of seasickness that had suddenly over come him Later however fully refreshed and restored to good humor the former mechanical engineering student at University of lorida said this is the way it was: went in for my last stop on a green flag I was leading Cotton by a lap He passed me twice while I was in ths nit: Ths first time it made us even The second time put him a lap ahead Cotton went in on the yellow flag Then that third time talking about is the time I never stopped I thought my right front tire was low on air and I pulled in I waggled my wheels a couple of times and they felt all right was in the pit area and I still planned to stop but the luckiest break I ever got in racing I was going too fast to stop so I just headed on back to the track I never did slow down below 45 (miles per This was on lap No 141 A moment later Richard Petty who had just moved into second place blew a tire and went into a spin and lost his position The man who claimed it was Roberts and the rest of the race was a matter of Roberts and Owens With what appeared to be a rather comfortable lead Owens backed off to what he apparently figured was a safe speed His tires were in good shape and he had fuel to last But Roberts now was tearing around the track like a Saturday night expressway showoff Turn to Page 19 How they finished and what they won: ireball Roberts Daytona Beach la 60 Pontiac $9700 Cotton Owens Spartanburg SC '60 Pontiac $4850 Jack Smith Spartanburg SC '60 Pontiac $2850 Bobby Johns Miami la '59 Pontiac $1700 red Loren zen Elmhurst II! f60 ord $1425 Jim Paschal High Point NC '60 Ply mouth $1150 Roz Howard AUanla jW Chevrolet $1025 Lee Petty Ran dleman NC '60 Plymouth $925 Emanuel Zervakis Richmond Va '60 Chevrolet $825 Wilbur Bakestraw Marietta 60 ord $800 Johnny Allen Atlanta '60 Chevro let $700 Speedy Thompson Charlotte NC '60 ord $650 Louis Jones Tampa la '60 Chevrolet $600: Doug Yates Chapel Hill NC 59 Ply mouth $550 is Ned Jarrett Newton J'C 60 ord $550 Herb Tillman Miami la Chevrolet $450 Marvin Panch New Smyrna Beach ord $450 Tom Pistone Chicago 60 Chevrolet $450 Joe Eubanks Spartanburg SC 59 Chevrolet $450 Richard Petty Randleman NC '60 Plymouth $450 Jimmy Thompson Monroe NC 59 Thunderbird $350 Curtis Turner Chariotte NC ord $350 23 Rex White Spartanburg SC Chevrolet $350 Herb Shannon Peona Hl Thunder pinL $350 Banjo Mathew4? Asheville NC ord $350 26 Charles Dickersham JSR? Oldsmobile JJ Johnny Miller Kanapolis NC Austin Greenville NC '58 Chevrolet $300 Herman Beam Johnson City Tenn ord $300 Lund Monks Corner SC Olds mobile $300 Buck Baker Spartanburg SC Chevrolet $250 32 David Pearson Spar tanburg SC '59 Chevrolet $250 33 Johnny Beanchamp Harlan Iowa Chev rolet $250 Shorty Rollins Pensa eda la ord $250 Joe Weath erly Non oik Va ord $250 Jim Burlmgtcm xc Chevro $250 Bunkie Blackburn ayette ville NC ord $250 30 Ed Markrtel ler Bunnel Ha '58 ond $250: Bw Tyner Southern Pines NC '59 Oldsmobile $250 Charlie Griffin Chattanooga Tenn Chevrolet $250 Ouke College Park '59 Thunderbird OC 42 Joe Lee Johnson Chattanooga Tenn Chevrolet $200 Junior Johnson North Wilkesboro Reed Peekskill 59 Pontac S200 Jim Pur '59 Dodge4 3 By GREGORY AVRE Atlanta Journal Assistant Snorts Editor The Atlanta Interna tional Raceway was silent and dark seemingly tired from its first bit of work The crowd of 25000 had long ago vacated The echoes of the engines could no longer be heard But down in the pits there was noise It came from many of the drivers Cotton Gwons Jack Smith Bobby Johns red die Lorenzen and several more They were protesting the final results of the first Dixie 300 mile Sweepstakes Sunday GO to my grave thinking I won this said Owens a wrinkled faced little man who wore a sad expression have passed me I won I thought justice would win out as it should but it One man was conspicuous by his absence That was ire ball Roberts who had collected $9700 for two hours and 39 minutes work He had gone to celebrate is ireball said know he needed this one and I can feel sorry for him But I needed it too just as bad if not Neither man had done anything in the major racing productions of late last large pay day was in 1957 at Daytona Beach ireball had waited since July 4 of 1959 Roberts driving the Smoky Yu nick Pontiac averaged 112734 miles an hour a creditable clock fiSilil a Trirlrtn Vnunn BUT HUGS RAIL PASSES JOE IN DUST IS TO RACES Staff Photos Dozier Mobley NORTH CENTER BILLY ROBERTS IS OVER BALL Rakestraw Vason Wimpee Guthrie in Backfield Moblev MISS GEORGIA SANDRA TALLY GREETS CHAMP ireball Roberts Is Weary Dixie 300 King 'I'LL CO TO MY CRAVE SAYING I OWENS BASEBALL IS TONITE Atlanta Crackers vs Shreveport Sports 4 PROVIDENCE RI orthe second time this year big fiSsd SoKTiV Liston of PhiladpL JU? named of the this time because of his impres oday in the National rive knockout victory July 18 over Association's ratings Zora olley at Denver Colo A SERVICE TL OR LTL REIGHT I 1 i 't 1 Tt MUWtT iir i JilOIU T7 17 VW 'N MNSt vima JV unnr i 4 iy a 1 IlhtmTIIII IHliMIIMIIII I II HUM ILU nwr SStoA: jsri Jr VKlha A 1 nriiiinr riTiiihMn TmiMwniiMii rT ir a' at 4 z'PT WV 'VjcMimcsicwaNMNnwiMsanKKOKMKAM jt vy wnw's'z' 'num vv vwvwek Sttr A VMOKAar WWW6X MMU' sMHaMaaar ''Nkkcsfc xvix 1 mriirnr Wv 'H w' "4 4VH S' M' A i i ir TNt sv 'va i ie i sM' aww vv'mvva'awax v4v'wmiz BKcnMW vwmcocvv ''w AWA'vraxgvv iw ww' ww s' a a 4 mwx sv1 ml wv44 ''J' 'k Ma WMV 'V ayuxVitWWx 4 4 4 44 I 4 VA 'XVV II 1 1 a iiiMiilTiiirnmr 3 'JB ww 'L IBM Sports Editor 4 WO) i iSItai Sp 4 GWi suf w' I 4k 'fr 'MMMxjW we Ww 1 rx ki 4 'Jr a 4 1 A I 4X4 43880 tfttVMMiAnfliiMflA i ix i 4Mh I LU I jJL Mil I I J5 rrw 1 LilMMWWMa i i 1 i I 5 A.