Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 128, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1960 — Page 7

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Jim Rathmann Wins Speedway In Record Time INDIANARMJK. Ind 'UPIiItodgrr Ward let up on the thro* Wc try In* to *vt .tarted town th< pita, and thu* gxvr up victory In the annual SOO-mile Speedway r*cv to a three-time runner-up, Jun Rathmann Rathmann who finl»hcd xvoaf to 18M. 1987 and IBM roiled home in r coord apewd. 1M7«7 mile* per hour, before (Dorr the” 175.000 fans Monday, and kb prise check tonight probably will exceed Illo.OM But if Ward, who won in 1959. had pushed just a trifle harder on the throstle when be made h!» first pit stop, the chances arc Rathmann wuuldn't be sitting atj the victory banquet head table. Ward's crew changed his tire* and filled the fuel tank in 21 seconds. As they pushed him off to, get back into, the chase. Wards motor died it took another 38 second* for the crew to push him back into portion and start his engine. 13 Second* Ahead Rathmann was about 13 in front at the finish line, but he j sial seesaw duei for the last 150 miles One would hold the lead three or four laps, then the other would scream in front at a 145-mile-per-hour pace. And Rathmann'* margin was less than a second when Ward had to let up with three laps to go. his fuel nearly gone and his tires badly worn from the excess speed he hit to make up the 38 seconds lost in the pits "I was afraid my gas wouldn’’ hold out,” Ward said. A post-race

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| ebook show i> d be w*a cutrwl. tout Ihe waa ao outw off lhaa Rato moon The wtoaer* erew cto»f. j Ctor toe Hin.hmw UUd turn be I hod etasugti fuel for "about uoo 'more turn of the track." The race set speed record* at all martdag potato except threw | Dieee were the first lap and at ; 110 and l>u laps The pace fell I bet rm the record at the latter {uuisto only because the yellow cautloa flag. requiring stow speed*, waa on twice fur extend ed per Mi* Ow llrlvrr Hurt The yeltow light was on for ZB minute* and 7 second* altogixner. I but only one driver wa» injured Eddie Rusao was hurt when hi» car tot th* wall on the southca'i 'I turn. '' Rimso's condition was described as ''critical'' at Methudisl Hospital. At first he wai believed to have suffered only a roocuas *•>«*■ ; but examination showed possibly ruptured spleen and kidney Death came not on th” track but beside It when two spectators. William C, Craig. 37. Zkxuvllto, Ind. and Fred H Under. 23. InIdiamtpohs, were killed in the cob lapse of a homemade grandstand, brought into the track by a spectator on two trucks and erected I inside the northeast turn. ' The first seven finisher- broke the old record speed of 135.857 set . by Ward last year ' Paul Goldsmith, St. Clair I Shores. Mich., was third at 136.703 . mph. and Don Branson. Champaign. 111 . fourth at 136 785, according to official standings an'Wouneed art 8 a m. today—, — Others in the first 10 and their .weeds were Johnny Thomson. Boyertown. Pa., fifth. 136750. Eddie Johnson. Cuyahoga Falls. Ohio, sixth. 136 137: Lloyd Ruby. Houston. Tex, seventh.' 135.983: Bob Veith. Oakland, Calif., eighth, 135 452 Bud Tingclstad. Dayton. ■ Ohio, ninth. 133.717. and Bob i Christie. Grants Pass. Ore., 10th. 133 416 Ward's" speed was 138 631. Other finishers, their speeds and

MIO - NATIONAL IXAGI R W L Pct UH Pttt*butgh M 14 *M —• Ban Frem tore •ND 18 *34 *> CioeUMiaU .... » It 333 4t* Milwaukee II D 518 law Angelo* ... It M <7B V St lamia !• >1 40 VM Chicago 13 21 30 1« Philadelphia ... 12 27 3» 13 AMF.BK AN IJtAXit'K W L Pct. ci B Baltimore »4 IS 818 — Cleveland 21 14 «» I New York .... !• >• 543 3 Chicago » I" 5» 3** Detroit IT 17 500 4H Kansas City ... IT » *» 7 Washington .... 14 22 3«» 8‘» Boston 13 21 30 B«* RATt’RDAYfI BEM’t.TS National Ixagur San Francisco 8. St Louis 0. Pittsburgh 4. Philadelphia 2 'l3 Chicago 4. Loa Angele* 3 <l4 innings'. Milwaukee at Cincinnati, rton. American League Detroit 8. Cleveland 4 <lO innings*. Kansas City 4. Chicago 3. New York 5. Washington 1. Boston at Baltimore, rain. SUNDAY'S RESULTS Nattooal League St Louis 4, San Froyfrco 1 (c*Ued after 5 innings, rain*. Pittsburgh 8. Philadelphia 5. Los Angeles 4. Chicago 0. Cincinnati 4. Milwaukee 2. American league Baltimore 6-5. Boston 1-4. Detroit 6-4. Cleveland ,5-6. Kansas City 4. Chicago 2. New York 6, Washington 4 'll innings >. MONDAY'S RESULTS National League Cincinnati 5-1. Philadelphia 4-6 (Ist game 10 innings*. Pittsburgh 8. Milwaukee 3 (2nd game, postponed, rain*. Chicago 2-4. San Francisco 1-5. St. Louis 15. Los Angeles 3. zlmerican League Baltimore Boston 5-13. Washington 2-2, New York 1-3. Kansas City 7-8. Detroit 6-2 'lst game 11 innings*. Cleveland 4-9, Chicago 1-4.

number of laps completed aS announced officially by thF United States Auto Club this morning: 11—Richard Amick. Muncie. Ind. 131.946 (complete race*; 12— Duane Carter, Indianapolis. 131.882 (complete race*; 13—B:1 Homeier, Palcpima, Calf,, 131.367 (complete race*; 14—Gene Hartley, Indianapolis, 128.162 for 196 laps; 15—Chuck Stevenson, Carden Grove. Calif., 127 830 for 196 laps; 16—Bobby Grim, Indianapolis, . 126.759 fur... 194 laps. ... 17—Shorty Templeman, Seattle, Wash.. 135.695 for 191 laps; 18— Jim Hurtubise, Lennox, Calif.. 1X5.412 for 185 laps; 19—Jimmy Bryan. Phoenix, Ariz., 134.845 for 152 laps; 20—Troy Ruttman, Dearborn, Mich., 135 732 for 134 laps; 21—Eddie Sachs, Center Valey, Pa..l 133.776 for 132 aps;h22—Don Freeland. Torrance, Calif., 135.359 for 129 laps. 23 —Tony Bettenhausen, Tinley Park, Ilf., 134 752 for 125 laps; 24 —Wayne Weiler. Phoenix, Ariz , 136.417 for 103 laps; 25—A.J. Foyt, Houston, Tc‘x., 135.679 for 90 laps; 26—Eddie Russo, Indianapolis, 134,664 for 84 laps; 27—Johnny Boyd, Fresno, Calif., 139.345 for 77 laps; 28—Gene Force. Richmond, Ind , 131.322 for'll" laps. 29—Jim McWithey, Anderson, Ind., 129.595 for 60 laps; 30—Len Sutton. Portland, Ore., 133.018 for 47 laps; 31—Dick Rathmahn, Chicago, 138 517 for 42 laps; 32—Al Herman, Allentown, Pa., 129.509 for 34 laps: 33—Dempsey .Wilson. Hawthorne, Calif., 134.319 for 11 laps. Two protests were filed offi daily with the USAC by the 8:30 a m. deadline. Bob Veith, who finished Bth, and Eddie Johnson, 6th, ‘each protested he won third place,. The USAC officials took race records behind locked doors with representatives of Veith and Johnson for an hours-long check of the timing charts, with results of the protests likely to be delayed until this afternoon or tonight.

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Baseball Schedule LTTTLK LBAGLK Ttoragay • pm. at Stratton ■" Yaotoaot v* Indian* • M pm., at Wurthmaa » T\* •ra V* Senator*. While Sok va Itod Ttatraday •pm at Birattan K«d ttox v* Tiger* i • 20 p m at Warthman ■» White Box va Indiana. Senator* v* Yankee* PONY LKAfil E Tuaaday Decatur Brava* at Monmouth; Decatur Cardinala at Geneva; Berne at Monroe, Tbaraday Decatur Brava* at Berne. Decatur Cardinala at Monroe. Friday Geneva at Monmouth. Harley Wolfe Named Captain Os Jackets Harley Wolfe, pitcher-outfielder for the Decatur Yeltow Jacfcete. wa* named cajAain of the 1980-61 baseball team at a recent meetmg of the team. Wolfe, who compiled a 318 batting average and won 6 and ioat 2 while striking out 81 baiter* in 55 inning*, won the honor by unanimous vote of his teammates Woifc, who was the team s only 3OMiitter. graduated last week Coach Bill McCully also announced the names of the lettermen at the meeting. A total of four aeniors. four juniors, five sophomores, and one freshman were named letter winners, which mns Mccmiy wm iwvr a good returning nucleus for next year's team. The Jackets finished the season with a record of 10 and 5 and a conference slate of 3 and 2. Lettermen: seniors, H. Wolfe. J. Reidenbach. D. Clark, J Gay; juniors. K. Bleeke. J. Rambo. J. Cowan, T. Grabill; sophomores, H. Walters, C. Marbach, Rudy Kleinknight, Ronnie Kleinknight, D. Ahr; freshman, B. Conrad. Winner Os Rolloff In League In the rolloff for the Minor league championship Saturday night at Mies Recreation, Holthouse-on-Highway team defeated M.O.C. Pup Tent 23, for the title.

Tony's Tap Winner In Softball Game Sunday afternoon at McMillen field, Tony’s Tap edged out Rockford '3-1, in a well played softball game. Glen Lehrman pitched two-hit ; ball for Tony’s. Linn gave up seven hits.for Rockford but kept them , well scattered to hold Tony’s to three one-run innings. Bob Lehrman led Decatur,with three hits. Batteries: Rockford, Linn and Huston; Tony's, G. Lehrman and P Busse. Decatur Cardinals Opener Is Postponed Glen Custer, manager of the Decatur Cardinals, announced today that tonight’s scheduled Pony League opener for the Cardinals at Geneva has been postponed until Wednesday at 6 p. m. A water main burst near the Geneva field, flooding part of the diamond. and the field will not be in condition for play until Wednesday. Bingen Wins Over Soest By 6-0 Score Bingen defeated Soest, 6-0. at Bingen Sunday in Lutheran grade league play. Jim Zelt limited Soest to one hit and had nine strikeouts. Ray and Dennis Scheumann each had three hits for Bingen. Bingen will play at Union Wednesday afternoon. « Sunday’s line score: Soest .J 000 000-0 1 2 Bingen ’.—-- 103 llx —6 10 1 A. Bearman, J. Lepper and R. Bearman; ZOlt and O. Schuller, S. Fuhrman. Two Motorcyclists Are Fined Saturday Roy AHetr Litchfield and Vincent Julian Gase, who were arrested May 22, at 5:15 p.m., for passing on a railroad tra<jk while riding their motorcycles, appeared in J.P. court Saturday and each paid a fine of $18.75.

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