The Independent-News, Volume 103, Number 48, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 May 1978 — Page 5

BOWLING NEWS Suburban League Falcon Inn 44 20 Nusbaum-FJkin 42 22 Pizza Place 37 27 Johnson's Insurance 31 33 Mercer s Bex er. House 31 33 Dave A Ray's 24 40 Precision Pallet 24 40 Stump Jumpers 23 41 High team series scratch: Falcon Inn 263 7 , Johnson s Insurance 2406. Dave A Ray's 2405. High team game scratch: Falcon Inn 919. 875. Dave A Ray's 854. High individual series handicap: John South 641. Regg Williams 633. Lloyd Stephenson 623. High individual game handicap: Regg Williams 253. Harrs Masterman 252. Emil Vische 228. Friday Morning Coffee league Avon 36'2 27' 2 Odd Balls 36 28 Collins Construction 32 32 Koontz Lake Hardware 32 32 Dairy Queen 32 32 Hi-X Corral 31 33 I ruckstops of America 29 35 The Inn 25 29 High team series: Koontz Lake Hardware 2232. Odd Balls 76". Collins Construction 2184. High team game: ( ollins C onstruction 782. Odd Balls 76’’. Ihe Inn 754. High individual scries: Donna Wood 484. ( arol Aitken 480. Kate Ward 4’4; honorable mention: Sharon Zellers 46"’. Evclvn ( asm der 440. Enid Seider 415. High individual game: Donna Wood PC. Evelyn Casinder 19". ( arol Aitken 186, Kate Ward 185; honorable mention: Enid Seider 183. Sharon Zellers 182. Marie Ihompson 181. Rubs Stratton 181. Monday Night Ladies Beaver Realty 87 53 Walkerton Bods Shop 86 54 Huhnke’s Service 78' 2 61 1 2 Mini Shop 75'/j 64‘0 DeSimone. Inc. b 8 72 Cameo Room 60 80 Dairy Queen 54 86 Falcon Inn 51 89 High team series: Huhnke’s Service 2320. Beaver Realty 2279. Falcon Inn 2250. High team game: Falcon Inn 810. Cameo Rixim 806, Huhnke’s Service 800. High individual scries: Janice White 549, Barbara Barden 541, Pearl Frailev 529. High indis idual game: Barbara Barden 202. Linda Huhnke 201. Janice White 197.

Tracking Winston Leaders Is Near-Impossible Task

I \l I \l >1 (1 \ Ma hUm Zimmerman is the onh aut lacing tan in the world who doesn't want to sec a single lead chanj A ‘ ■ Mas ’ I 01 / unmet man has tin dillieuh task ol opciatmg the electric scoichoaid at Mabama International Mo: >1 Spccdw.tx and keeping the spectator mlotmcd on who is ociupxmg the No I position .1! cien piceisc moment o! the 11; -' hi ( up i.uc "is impossible I hes ate going around there so fast and the vompctilion is so close that sou can't keep up (with the repeat c d Ica if changes)." moans Zimmctman “It's impossible to keep abicasl ol esers lead change on cscis lap It gets pretty hans just trying to keep track ol who leads ex er x lap " I hiring last xcai’s inston 500 here, there were 63 lead changes one short ol Ihe world record winch was cs-

Walkerton Kings & Queens Lucky Strikes 88'/: 51'/j Jokers 87‘/ 2 52 ‘/j Hot Shots 74 Vi 65 Uj Honey Ko’s 72 68 Lucky Four 65 75 Little People 62 78 Farmers 62 78 Alley Cats 4314 qp/ 2 League Champions for the year are the Jokers. 3 ear high team series: Lucky Strikes 2049, Jokers 2041, Hot Shots 1944. Year high team game: Jokers 7 24. Lucky Strikes 720, Hones Ko's 716. Men’s year high individual series handicap: Bob Wardman 708 (actual 618 plus 90 handicap) trophy. Men s year high individual game handicap: Earl Morrison 283 (246 actual plus 37 handicap) trophy. Women’s year high series handicap: Louise Whitmer 6 7 2 (591 actual plus 81 handicap), and Brenda Halter 672 (531 plus 141 handicap) trophies Women s year high game handicap: Doris Schmeltz 285 (242 actual plus 43 handicap) trophv. GLENN BASEBALLERS WIN OVER TRITON John Glenn’s baseball team visited 1 riton on April 24 and came home with a 9-6 victory despite being out-hit 13-7. Jeff Stratford and Dale Merkel both had two hits for Glenn as Rob Moore got credit lor his first pitching win. Kevin Gaw receixed credit for a save as he came in to strike out the side in the I riton seventh. Line Score Glenn 111 203 1— 9 7 0 Triton 201 030 0 — 6 13 4 GLENN: 1 uttle, Moore (1), Gaw Hand B. Tinkey; TRITON: Wells and Archambeault GLENN HANDS SHAMROCKS FIRST CONFERENCE LOSS North Libertx. undefeated in the Northern State Conference to this point, visited Glenn on April 27 only to have the Falcons defeat them 6.-4. Kevin Gaw went all the wax for Glenn. striking out nine Shamrocks. while allowing three earned runs. Dale Merkel led the offensixe attack, going 3 for 3 at the plate. Mark Izdepski added a double, good for two rbi's. Merkel also killed a Liberty threat in the sixth inning as with the bases loaded an no one out. he made a diving stab of a Jim Nace line drive, then doubled up Randy 1 Moreno, who was on third. Line Score N. Libertx 100 002 1— 4 8 2 Glenn 103 200 x — 6 1

i.tbiislml in thi 19’3 lalladcga mo.it MMS Txc ncvci seen anything like it adds /immciman. who has been <>pc atmg the scoichoaid min O’O I icallx thought it had to be a icioul I was hax mg so rn'ich double keeping up 3 t ;’xc eot to remember that it ' ikes onlx a little oxet S) Miomis loi those guys to get aioiind (the world's tastes! speedwax t \nd when xout e ti .me to sw iti h nol onlx lust plan but piobabix all lixe places on tin scoreboard in that time, it gets do w might ha 11 x Z 1 inmci man who is an automobile salesman lor lack InglamM o I o 1 s in Montgomcix points out that it takes “thicc to tom hours ol total concentration" to operate the scoichoaid w uh the lx pc ol accuiacx that the lans want "It s Imi. but it takes total concentration 3an don t haxc tunc to let xoui mind wander It xou do. xou'ic liable to miss

NORTH LIBERTY: Randy Moreno, Bob Downs (5) and Chris Lemert; GLENN: Kevin Gaw and Mark Izdepski GLENN LOSES TWIN BILL AT BREMEN Glenn traveled to Bremen Saturday to take two more losses. 8-7 and 8-6. The day started well as Jeff Stratford connected on the first pitch of the day for his third home run of the season. Glenn took a 7 to 4 lead in the seventh, as Mark Izdepski singled in two runs and Kevin Gaw added another on a squeeze hunt which scored Mike Lowry. However. Bremen battled back with four runs in the bottom of the seventh, the big blow being a Don Jensen triple which scored three runs. Rob Moore, pitching in relief in the seventh, took the loss, while Jensen gained the victory.

Speedway Opens for Practice

Ninety two cars, two more than the previous all-time high entry list of 90. are converging on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this week for the start of practice Saturday in preparation for the 62nd run ning of the annual 500-mile race on May 28 Traditional opening day ceremonies are scheduled at 10 o’clock with track action getting under way an hour later for cars and drivers meeting the preliminary requirements established by officials of the United States Auto Club It probably will be Monday or Tuesday, however, before the veterans begin working up to qualifying speed for the start of official time trials on May 13 They will be shooting at the one-lap and four-lap records of 200.535 and 198 884 miles an hour, respectively, set by Tom Sneva last May. Several are expected to top the 200mile mark this year Al Unser was above 202 in tire tests last month, when Gor don Johncoek and Johnny Ruth erford both were clocked at 198-plus. They are three of the six former Indianapolis winners entered again. The others are Bobby Unser, Mario Andretti and A. J Foyt, Jr . who will be seeking his fifth victory here Two other drivers certain to attract more than ordinary at

loin of lixe lead changes " He is now an ax id W inston ( up lollowci ("cspcciallx the supci-speedwax races"), but /unmet man had seen xiix tew N \S( \R ex cuts when MMS opened in 1969 \nd 11 \mg to keep track ol .1 lecord nuinbci ol lead changes was the furthest thing from his mi nd w hen he attended a spoi ts cai 1 ace at I alladega in ”0 ‘Txc been a spoils cat tan since the mid• 19505." sax s / mini 1 man " \nd Lx c always wanted todrixe But when they didn't haxc anxonc Io operate the scoichoaid that dax. thex asked me and I said okax He has been manning the scoichoaid al cxcix \IMS ex ent since ‘ I'm reallx gotten hooked on inston ( up lacing." he notes "I he faces at I alladega are reallx something I he wax those gu\s keep swapping the lead is crazx cspcciallx last sear I just couldn’t keep up

Line Score Glenn 1 (X) 300 3 —7 7 4 Bremen 004 000 4 — 8 7 2 Rob Moore took his second loss ot the day as Bremen was victorious 8-6 in the second game. Gary LaFollotte and Dave Flaugher led the Falcons at the plate with to hits each. Dale Merkel gained two rbi’s on a fifth inning double. The dual loss dropped Glenn’s record to 2-10. Line Score Glenn (XX) 022 2 — 611 2 Bremen 000 233 x — 8 11 3 FALCONS WIN SECOND NSC GAME Monday. Max 1. Glenn went to Fairfield to gain their second conference victory in a row as thex defeated the northern Falcons 6-5. Kevin Gaw gained his second victory striking out 12. while allowing 4 earned runs. Jeff Stratford add-

■iwMalv rvW Three former "500" winners who participated in recent tire tests at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are (left to right) Al Unser, Gordon Johncoek and Johnny Rutherford.

tmtion are Danny Ongais and Janet Guthrie Danny, whose average speed of 192 678 miles an hour last year on lap 42 was the fastest ever recorded dur mg any Indianapolis race, started the current season with victories in the Ontario and Texas USAC exents Janet, who

fl SB I John / immcrman one scoreboard operator who isn't tooira/x about lead changes It van get prettx mind-boggling when mu re trxing Io keep up with all of the lead changes, saxs Zimmerman, who operates the rledm scoreboard at Mabama International Motor Speedwax In this wars XX inston son Max 7. Zimmernian will haie his hands full tnmg to keep the fans abreast of the manx lead changes

THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - MAY 4, 1978

cd his fourth home run of the year and Dale Merkel combined his first home run of the ’7B season with a double for a 2 tor 4 afternoon. Gaw also had two hits, both doubles, and Dave Flaugher had two singles to lead the Glenn offense. Line Score Glenn 010 032 0 — 6 10 2 Fairfield (XX) 100 4 — 5 6 2 GLENN: Kevin Gaw and Mark Izdepski; FAIRFIELD: Jim Speicher. Phil Bontrager (3). Jerrx Hawkins (6) and Brian Larson. Jim Erb (6) ? I^2 The dogtooth violet is not a violet at all, but belongs to the lily family.

last year became the first wo man ever to earn a starting position here, is returning with even better equipment The rookie contingent, although smaller than usual, is headed by Rick Mears and Tom Baglex but many cars still are without drivers