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The Atlanta Journal from Atlanta, Georgia • 83

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HOWELL HAS TIPE on the stadium HENDERSON Early Bird Beats the Traffic PRO REPORT THE ANSWER NEW COACH TAKE A CURE AT WILLS Cl STILL IN A RUT? CHALLENGE not care to TO 2 i erry IRST EVER HERE ALR To Host USAC in August A II Welcome Atlanta Braves 5 Permanently Creased TWO TROUSER SUITS You buy it anywhere else at any price! $7950 and $8500 NNP6I Re Trade Mirk The tough breed of tires for the hard driving man! wrestling City Auditorium i A) 2 0 can con will begin stadium at SATURDAY APRIL IQth DOUBLE MAIN EVENT Taxi access will be on the East side of the stadium and bus access will be on the west side before and after the game Scarborough also informs that all 32 rest rooms have been completed and will be in operation on every level of the stadium Concession stands will also be operative on every level and beer will be sold Tickets will be on sale at the stadium beginning at 9 am riday Saturday and Sunday and will continue on sale through game time Atlanta Stadium's million dollar main scoreboard will not be completed in time for the Milwaukee Detroit series this weekend However tem porary scoreboard facilities will be installed for the three games EAST POINT GOODRICH 2881 Main St PO 7 9444 MARIETTA GOODRICH 1501 Roswell 427 3726 3 5 2 6 4 6 1 2 3 3 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ATLANTA GOODRICH 23 Courtland JA 2 5035 JACKSON POLK TIRE CO then or over Ave The is considered inferior to USAC's Thus the speeds here could well exceed those of Indianap olis rendering AIR the fast est track on the big car circuit The late Eddie Sachs tested Indy cars here in 1961 right before a scheduled USAC race Sachs first said the track was safe later reversed his field declared no tire could stand the strain The decision and the re sultant cancellation cost ALR thousands of dollars Weaver determined then that someday he would stage suc cessfully a USAC race here It seems he is about to be suc cessful ATHENS GOODRICH 223 LI 8 2224 GRIIN GOODRICH 217 TR 2248 NL PLAYER REPS SEEK PENSION BOARD SEAT PHENIX CITY ALA SLOCUMB CANNON CY 7 7436 SALE PRICE with trade $1828 2121 2323 2555 2888 MIAMI la (TP) The player pension fund and its ad ministration is expected to come under fire riday when National ootball League owners meet with their player representatives in what one official described as ex change of Players want representation on the pension board now made up of NL Commissioner Pete Rozelle and two busi nessmen not connected with football They are Ted Ethering ton president of the American Stock Exchange and Clyde Vandenberg a California public relations executive meeting at the plush Ivanhoe Hotel is the out come of a request made last January when players asked for a meeting between six 'of their representatives and six owners The players said they wanted to discuss certain proposals to be presented to the owners The club owners' answer was that this could be accom plished at the regular meeting in ebruary at Palm Springs Calif After that confab each owner invited his player rep resentative to meet with the 14 owners and Rozelle Ordell Rraase of the Baltimore Colts president of the group wanted the meeting to include Creighton Miller the attorney but Rozelle objected saying this would make the meeting unwieldy Braase withdrew his request with the comment time for them the owners to give a little too" One of the outstanding player spokesmen has been Bernie Parrish of the Cleveland Browns vice president of the group OR THOSE going early to the limited Stadium park ing facilities there will be the problem of the terrific 4 pm downtown traffic ri day However if you make it off any of the necting expressways onto Capitol Avenue (below the state Capitol Building) pa trolmen will direct you to the lone stadium parking lot By far the majority of the anticipated crowd of 50000 will have to park in the downtown area and take a bus or a taxi to the stad ium In detail here is how this can be done: The Atlanta Transit Sys tem will operate a shuttle service of buses to and from the stadium over a down town route that will touch almost every major hotel restaurant and commercial parking garage Over 250000 copies of the bus route are available on the vehicles now Downtown the bus shuttle route begins at the intersec DRIVE ONE OUR INE AUTOMOBILES and at 12:30 Sunday and continue leaving after the game until the stadium is empty ee for the buses will be 25 Taxis will charge $50 per person Police Supt Moseley and Traffic Engineer Karl Bevins warn that all street parking on streets in the im mediate vicinity of the stad ium will be banned on game days The object is to give priority on street use to moving vehicles primarily the transit buses Stadium Manager Sid Scar borough informs that all 20 entrances to the stadium with 40 turnstiles will be open and manned riday The tickets are marked as to which entrance should be used and the entrances are all clearly numbered WINDER LARRY'S EASY 876 2146 Henry Mancini plays 12 more Oscar winning songt in this brand new RCA Victor LP album in stereo or hi fi Last album was a sellout so get your copy now! Hear these hit songs: Over the Rambo The Last Time I Sa Pans It Might As Well Be Spring The Way You Look Tonight Thanks or The Memory Swingm On A Star In The CooL Cool Cod Of The Evening Love Is A Many SplendoreJThm High Hopes Never On Sunday Call Me irresponsible Three Coms In The ountaei for Summer 1965 tion of Ivy and Cain streets continues up Cain to Carneg ie Way then along Carnegie way and Ellis Street along Peachtree and syth streets and finally to Mitchell and Capitol nue to the stadium buses will be identified Taxi cabs will be standing by at all major downtown hotels and restaurants and parking lots for shuttle ser vice to the stadium Those who would like to park in the City Hall lot on Mitchell Street or at the State Capitol lot on Capitol Avenue can hop on a shuttle bus it they do walk over THE BUSES running to the 5:45 riday and Saturday best handball players in America start the first today of the Canadian and Closed Handball OPELIKA ALA GRADY'S TIRE AND AUTO 1212 irst Avenue 1 9 15 29 lo 20 24 13 9 11 0 0 2 Let us help WHY NOT TAKE THE vi 4 3 Other Matches Adv Tickets JA 3 6880 Handball Meet Opens Action miss to the Little Big the BG Hour Special on the battle that changed American history April 9 ABC TV The tough breed of tires is priced as shown at BGoodrich Stores competitively priced at BGoodrich Dealers By JOHN LOGUE The best way to go to the new Atlanta Stadium riday if you are going in your automobile is If you go early take the bus and leave the driving to us who do go early Mil waukee plays Detroit at 7:30 pm in exhibition baseball Atlanta General Manager Eddie Glennon says the Mil waukee Braves will take the field for some batting prac tice about 4:45 pm There will be many old Cracker fans who will want to see all time National League slugger Eddie Math ews take a shot at the first home run in the history of the stadium during batting practice There will be only 1500 parking spaces available riday Saturday and Sunday and only those few desiring to get there in the afternoon are advised to take their automobile to the stadium There will be three other parking lots available later in the summer at the stad ium but only 1500 spaces are ready now The lots will be operated on a pay as you enter and park it yourself basis for 50 cents A total of 5000 parking places this weekend will be operated at City Hall and at the State Capitol for those who want to park and walk over the bridge to the stadium a short hike Southern Tog Team Championship Match Title and Belt at Stake JESSIE JAMES and BUDDY ULLER (Champions) ALL SIZES ON SALE BLACK WALLS WHITEWALLS! Silvertownsarethetiresthatcame on new cars in 1964! They give you the smooth ride and long wear De troit car makers demand Exclusive record offer from BGoodrich: ACADEMY AWARD SONGS Georgia State Championship Match Mario Eddie GALENTO vs GRAHAM 4 10 14 18 6 7 9 19 4 0 0 8 8 2 2 18 13 18 19 44 2 1 0 Thursday April 8 1965 'Cfjr Stlrinta 3 uUmal g3 VANCOUVER (AP) Some of the North round Open Championships Handballers from Canada and the United States will compete in the three day championship BALTIMORE Howell Johnson Bellamy Ohl Jones Green cu Hardnett I Totals 'DuO'lYQor Twnjmir gives double BALTIMORE (AP) The pressure didn't bother Bailey Howell He was so relaxed he was floating After undergoing intensive treatment and taking pills to relax his back muscles the vet eran Baltimore cornerman led the Bullets to a 122 115 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night Although he was a doubtful starter until two hours before game time Howell scored 29 points and grabbed 17 rebounds and survived 40 minutes of pun ishing basketball without fur ther aggravating his old back injury The come from behind triumph gave Baltimore its first victory in the National Basket ball Association's best of 7 Western Division final playoff The Lakers had taken the first two games of the series in Los Angeles Baltimore and Los Angeles take a breather Thursday night but the Eastern Division final resumes in Boston with the de fending champion Celtics enter taining the Philadelphia 76crs in a scries tied 1 1 A muscle spasm in pre game practice kept Howell out of the second game against Los An geles LOS ANGELES Ellis Larusso Wiley Barnett West Imhoff Nelson King Hazzard Totals 39 37 44 44 115 Ios Angeles Baltimore 1 10 6 9 10 6 3 4 0 0 0 38 26 47 122 28 28 34 24 39 25 $1(594 blackwall tubeless he new Duo Iear permanently creased two trouser suits for Summer are now here for your selection Iith a Duo Iear 2 trouscr suit you cun always be sure of a fresh pair when needed Ind so often a pair of trousers wears out and the coat is perfectly good That's why we say Pair Cites Double I 55 Dacron and 15 wool in the new Summer shades Down town and Lenox Square HOMEOWNER LOANS Consolidate Your Bills Home Improvements 1st and 2nd Mortgages 5 6 Upto 5 Years WILLI AM MORTGAGE CORP 5 (ormerly Harris Mortgage) 1530 ulton Nat'l Bank Bldg JA 1 0945 I Evenings and Sunday ME 4 7945 1 PRICES THE YEAR! Clearance Sale on vSilyertowns Bl Ml 1V I i iXi I 'I'11 Title Bouts On Mat Card Two championship matches spice up the wrestling program Saturday night at City Audito rium with Eddie Graham going 1 against Mario Galento and in! a tag bout the Medics meet Buddy uller and Jesse James In other matches the Corsica Brothers medt Dickie Stcinborn and Jerry Padro Zapata tangles with Tom Bradley and Charley Carr goes against rankie Cain NBA Wednesday's Result Western Division inal Baltimore 122 Los Angeles 119 'Lof Anseles lead best of 7 series 2 1 Thursday's Game Eastern Division inal Philadelphia at Boston best of 7 seriea tied 1 1 BRUNSWICK Ga oot ball Coach Harold Henderson is leaving Glynn Academy to or ganize the first football pro gram at Wills High School in Cobb County The 27 year old Henderson who announced his resignation Wednesday led Glynn Academy to last year's State Class AAA championship He has been Glynn coach for three years Defensive line coach Ed Wood roof 28 was named as Hender successor Woodroof who has been on the Glynn staff for two years is a graduate of Mid dle Tennessee State College He previously coached at Newnan and itzgerald resignation goes into effect at the end of the school year Assistants named for Wills are Don Rooks Jim Black and Bobby Blakenship 1 Staff Bob Dendy THE MAD CRUSH IS ON OR TICKETS TO MILWAUKEE DETROIT GAMES HERE ans Press Into Downtown Brave Office for Tickets to Weekend Scries in New Atlanta tSadium By BILL ROBINSON Atlanta International Raceway will host its first United States Auto Club championship race in history this season probably on Aug 1 A routine track test to be held shortly after the $75000 Atlanta 500 Sunday will make the USAC race official But Henry Banks director of competition for USAC told The Journal from Indianapolis that the test is only a perfunctory one The IVz mile track is al ready considered safe and Good year has informed USAC that its tire tests here in January proved a tire has been built to safely navigate the tire hun gry asphalt of AIR The race will probably be 250 miles ALR President Nelson Weaver had wanted a 300 miler making the Atlanta show the longest big car run outside In dianapolis BUT IT was learned that a 3 compromise was reached The date too is sandwiched in be tween USAC runs at Langhorne Pa and another date but i Weaver also won this battle He felt that ALR must stage its USAC race as early as pos sible in August in order not to conflict with grand daddy race the $100000 South ern 500 Labor Day at Darling ton SC The Indianapolis type race will bring to Atlanta almost all the glamor and glitter of the famed Brickyard i USAC national champion A oyt who drives here Sun day in the Atlanta 500 will lead the impressive list which in cludes among many others such as Parnell! Jones Bud Tinglcstad Lloyd Ruby Jim Hurtubisc and Don Branson Branson tested AIR in late Januarv hitting speeds in the mid 1 50s in Atlantan Lindsey front engine Offen hauser Branson will probably be the next test driver at AIR the week following the Atlanta 500 or immediately thereafter Branson will drive a Lotus ord the famed rear engine jobs then He predicts speeds of 160 or 161 miles per hour for the Offys a little bit better for the Lotus During an IMCA race here last October the track record of 159 plus was established and IMCA equipment of course Parks Chambers established iasa 43 Peachtree at ive Point THE MASKED VSi MEDICS1 2 (Challenge) SIZES Black Tubeless 650x13 750il4670il5 800x 147 10x15 850114760x15 9 00x14 800x15 AU prices plus tax and tire from your car Whitewalls also Sale priced! NO MONEY DOWN REE MOUNTING! 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