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1st Day Qualifiers

Andy Linden (Miracle Power Spl.)

Jack McGrath (Hinkle Spl.)

Lap Time MPH Lap Time 1 seesvsioass 105.68 187.028 - 1. cevvveeens 1:05.63 2 secenscenss 1:05.64 187.112 2. eevenennee 1:05.77 3 sevecesdeeee 1105.67 137.049 3. ceeviiens. 1:05.90 § sessenneses 10578 136.820 4 .ieiiannnn 1:06.12 fotal...... 4:22.17 137.002 Total cee 4123.42

Duke Nalon (Novi Pure Oil Spl.) * Sam Hanks Lap ™ MPH (Bardahl Spl.) aj me . 1 aesuesessss 106.00 136.235 10P ye 2 Waeerieave 10602 136378 1 crrerere. JR 3 slaereraves 10698 136405 3 verrirei.e JOE, $ sevresiies 10625 485549 °] v1ireeor JIGS 136.188 resend 4125.92

Total .,e0.0 4:24.34

Troy Ruttman Duane Carter (Agajanian Spl.) (Belanger Spl.) Lap Time MPH Lap Time 1 ssecsnnsars 110641 135.522 1° .e0a ooosss 1:06.41 2 sess svesens 1.06.69 134.988 2 ciescrencee 1:05.96 8 disvidanaen 1.06:54 135.257 SS sctciinnnen 1:06.64 4 Sens tenner 1:06.21 135.726 4 Sse st sss 1:06.63 Total 135.264 Total ,..... 4:25.64

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(Freddy Agabashian’s record, Photo Page 1)

500-Mile Entry List

CAR "Belanger Spl.

“ Blue Crown S. P. Spl,

Sid Street Motor Spl. Hinkle Spl. Jim: Robbins Spl. Gra t Piston Ring Spl. Ch Spl. Coast Grain Spl. Miracle Power Spl. Lutes Offy Spl Ferrari Spl. Bardahl Spl. Smith Spl Bardahl Spl. Tuffanelli & Derrico Spl. Novi Pure Oil Spl. Sarsfoff Spl Unnamed Auto Shippers Spl. Fuel Injection Engr. Spl. Blue Crown 8. P. Spl. Cummins “Diesel - Spl. Bob Estes Spl Wolcott Spel. Engle-Stanko Spl. Bowes Seal Fast Spl. Fed. Engr. Detroit Spl. Ken Tank Spl Novi Pure Oil Spl. John Zink Spl

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Iddings Spl.

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Bowes Seal Fast Spl.

‘Blue Crown 8. P. Spl.

Granatelli Spl. Blue Crown S. P. Spl Pat Clancy Spl. Cal. Speed & Sport Shop Spl. Fed. Engr. Detroit Spl. Ansted-Rotary Eng. Spl Bardahl Spl Wales Spl. Grancor Wynn Oil Spl Auto Shippers Spl

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Jeanie-Lee Spl. Merkler Spl. Leitenberger Spl. John Zink Spl Mel Rae Spl Vulcan Tool Spl.

Gdula, Spl. Central Excavating Spl. Cgl Connell Spl B& M Spl. ;

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DRIVER Duane Carter Henry Banks Walt Faulkner Jack’ McGrath Mike Nazaruk Johnnie Parsons Bill Schindler Manuel Ayulo Andy Linden Paul Russo Alberto Ascari Joe James Chuck Stevenson Sam Hanks Danny Kladis Chet Miller Cliff Griffith Carl Forberg Neal Carter Bill Vukovich Leroy Warriner Fred Agabashian Jim Rigsby Johnny McDowell Allen Heath Art Cross Rodger Ward Johnny Mauro Duke Nalon Jimmy Reece * Bobby Ball Unnamed Jackie Holmes Carl Scarborough Bill Taylor Unnamed Johnnie Tolan Bill Cantrell Joe Barzda George Connor Perry Grimm Frank Luptow Buzz Barton Jim Rathmann Jimmy Jackson Albert Scully Dick Fraizer Jimmy Daywalt Roy Sherman Danny Oakes Gene Hartley Unnamed Bob Sweikert Frank Armi Peter Hahn Doc Shanebrook Jimmy Bryan Unnamed Eddie Johnson John Fedricks - Ottis Stine

George Tichenor Bill Rosa Potsy Goscher

Gene Force Troy Ruttman

Tony Bettenhausen

Indians Beaten Again

! Times Special

Minneapoli

{down to a 7-3 defeat, their Tth i ‘succession on the current western MPH trip. | 137.132, Tomasic allowed only five hits/ 136.841 and fanned eight. All of the 136,571 Tribe's runs .were the result of! 136.116 homers by Dino Restelli and Herb! Conyers. - 136.664 Ray Narleski, who beat the Millers last week in Indianapolis, was treated rudely this time. ‘He was tagged for all the home club's runs in the second and Jini Hnings, 3 HE SE TTLED down after that, 4 but ~his" improved hurling and Ch three scoreless rounds by Bob

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INDIANAPOLIS fo mmo Walmbers. Higdon If | Pape. Nielsen, Conyers. Smith, .- Kerrigan, » .. [Hutson “rs |Papish. » .... | Gearhart ilson, 2h - Meontalve, ¢ .. Turner Narleski. » {Restelll, 3b

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MPH | By JIMMIE ANGELOPOLOUS

136.446 135.054 185.074 | Athlete of the Year awards.

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awards for the 1951-52 schoo year. n THE CITATIONS, which will | go to the two Marion County | seniors, will be given by The Times for year-around athletic { and academic achievement bringing honor and distinction to their respective schools for the school ‘year being completed. The awards will be based on all-around athletic excellence, | sportsmanship, character, leadership, scholarship and mental attitude on and off the field. “ ” 5 TROPHY WINNERS will be cited June 4 in dual ‘presenta- | tions. The Times banquet will honor the two athletes, parents, principals, athletic directors and coaches at Hotel Lincoln. Presentation of The Times’ trophies will be made at Vietory Field before the Indianap-olis-Minneapolis baseball game. The athletes will be honored guests of the Indianapolis base- | ball club. | Winners of last year’s awards were Jim Nyers of Manual and Gaton Allen of Ben - Davis. | Dick Campbell of Broad Ripple and Ulysses Rice of Decatur Central won The Times’ first | annual awards. This year’s | candidates follow:

CITY Broad Ripple—Ted Bosler. Cathedral-—Robert Springer. Crispus Attucks —Orvall Brown. Deaf mat. Howe—Don Thomas. Manual—Richard Nyers. Sacred Heart—Harlan Petty. Shortridge—Robert Bruce. Tech—Joe Sexson. Washington—Ed Kernodle. COUNTY Beech Grove—Ross Page. Ben Davis=-Leon Redenbacher. , Decatur Central-——Harold Holderfield. Franklin _ Meyer. Lawrence Central — Ronnie Grimes. Pike Township a Douglass Reese. So Speedway—Richard Jordan. Warren Central—Bill Henke.

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RUNS BATTED IN=-Conyers 2, Restelli,

The preliminary panel has been y the writer for consideration before final selection of the two high school winners of The Times’ Athlete of the Year trophy

MINNEAPOLIS, May 17—| § s’ stocky right ‘hander, Andy Tomasic, was

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here tonight and the Indians went nit

Kerrigan and Frank Papish came too late. Manager Gene Desautels

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Samford 2, Tomasie 3. TWO-BAS. aH E HITS—S8pencer, Dandridge, HOME RUNS—Restelli, Conyers, Teomasie. STOLEN BASES—Nielsen; [fo Blalock. PLAY—Dandridge te Samford)-

EFL oS ON’ BASES-—Indianapolis 5; Ming PASES “on BALLS—Narleski 4 Tomasie 3 eTRUCK OUT—By Narleski 5, Kerrigan 4 Fins 5 innings, Ker HIT BY PITCRER—By Narlesk! (Spen-

Here are the 19 outstanding city id 135.522, land county high school candi|dates for The Times third annual

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TWO HAPPY GUYS—Freddie Agabashian scans the official report of his qualification record in the Cummins Diesel Special. The man with the smiles at the left is Don Cummins, president of the Cummins Diesel Engine Co. of Columbus, Ind. At the right is S. A. Silberman of the American Automobile Association's technical committee.

SKID DAMAGE—Arrows indicate the burned-out holes in the rear tires of George Connor's

| race car after a broken crankshaft locked the rear end of his Federal Engineering Detroit Special | and skidded the car down Speedway's main straightaway.

Holderfield

Grimes

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Jordan Brown

“"4§-yédr-old son, Johnny.

Agabashian Gets Pole Spot With

Continued From Page One |average to a new speed record, it |{s believed that the lowest speed Duane Carter, in the No, 1! will be 132.5. Belanger Special, and Troy Rutt-| The second qualification day is man, 135.364 in the Agajanianigoheduled today from noon until Special. 6 p.m. Until - Agabashian sent the Nalon Off '51 Pace

furnace-oifl burning Diesel on its] record run, the pole belonged to| An indication of the expected /

Linden. The 29-year-old Cali-/ speed showed up in Jim Rath. 3 fornian had buzzed the 2!4-mile Mann's attempt. First on , the oval at an average speed of qualifying line, Rathmann. 137.002 to better Faulkner's 10-recorded laps at 1328 and 133.5

mile record set last year in the then was called in by his pit crew, Agajanian Special, Only driver to drop below his Linden, a fourth-place Sinisner 161 average was Nalon. His in last year's 500-Mile Race 136.188 average was slightly off the Leitenberger Special, had Y the 136.872 pace he set last year unable to ge that fast in practice./to win the pole position. The The noise of the supercharger on second Novi Pure Oil Special, to the 4-cylinder, 183-cubic inch be driven by Chet Miller, is engine was misleading him in|believed to be the only remaining speed. When he-—went— on his unqualified —car capable of —surs qualification tour, he stuffed cot- Passing Agabashian’'s time. Miller ton in his ears to reduce the didn’t qualify yesterday because whine of the supercharger. Three of a burned piston, of his four laps were above 137 Overcast skies and the threat mph. His first act after qualify- of rain urged the Agajanian crew ing was to jump out of the car/to sénd Ruttman out. The 250. And run to his wife, Donna, and! (pound driver had had only 12 |practice laps prior to his attempt . land his 135.264 average was three After Winds Subsided miles an hour faster than he Agabashian, who already has |qualified last year in an Agajandriven the Diesel more than 500! ian Featherweight Special. . imiles in practice runs, began his| Troy's father, Ralph, held the record run at 5:16 p.m. after|sign indicating Troy's speed. Troy gusty winds had -subsided, His|said after his qualification that first lap of 139.104 mph bettered/one time he absent-mindedly Faulkner's 138.122 of - last year.!"backed off” the throttle to read From there, Agabashian dropped his speed. to 138, 137 and 136, but his 10- No St r to “500”

mile clip® at 138.010 will ve Faulkner something to i at| Asgabashian is ho stranger fa {when be arrives here with his new Speedway’s bricks. This is his Sid Street Motor Special. gixth race although he has been driving race cars since 1931, He

1 c Don Cumming, president of placed ninth in 1947 and qualified ns Diesel Engine Co. last r at 135.0290 in a Granchided that Agabashian “got|'38t Yea .

atelli-Bardahl Special and - was forced out on his 107th lap with clutch trouble. s In past Speedway seasons, the little Armenian has been a consultant driver for his driver. friends in addition to wheeling his and own cars. This year, however, he wouldn't agreed to stay out of strange

have made the grade. As helcars and concentrate ‘wholl crossed .the finish line on his {the Diesel. YY -

fourth Jap the front right tire was| Winning the orn, but did not blow out. maxes another long experiment Agabashian sald the terrific! |by the Cummins Co. The hs thrust of the car “washing out”| {development the company hopes in the turns was responsible forts install in trucks and busses, the exceptional tire wear. lays on its side and gets its fuel. | A Familiar Spot powep from Ro. 2 Jurnacs-oll the same used mostly in dom First driver to qualify for the! burners. In 1950 ¥ meitie Sumated 50.000 a was Mc-| {Diesel entry driven by Jimmy whose was the lace second fastest speed ever at he 7ackson Started im last ih

time, Linden’s speed nudged 130208 qualifying speed,

[McGrath to the middle spot in| The 44-year-old Connor, who the front row of the starting nas Tver here each year simce field. And after Agabashian’s 193s, reported after his spin, «*I (run, McGrath was put in the out- thought I knew what I was (side spot of the front row—the|q doing.” He said he believed _he {identical place he has started in| would iand in the creek at the [two other 500-Mile Races. [south end of the track and that | The over-all average for the; ‘when he got across the bridge (first seven qualified cars is | near the south turn he knew he 1138. 355 mph and although that|was safe with the wide open green pace will hike the starting field spaces.

more (speed) out of the car than was In it.” There was a persistgnt rumor througout the garage area that the supercharged Diesel had been “running under wraps” in practice. | One more lap, however, ! Agabashian probably

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By Jack Welsh Sports writers describing Blue

Man's victory in the Preakness at Pimlico yesterday, said the Arthur "Abbott colt “came from

LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Won Lost Pet | Milwaukee ......o.00 6 9 640 Kansas City 8 12 .600 | Louisville " .. 6 14 533 | Minneapolis 5 M 511 {8t. Paul ...... 15 14 517 Columbus J 18 448 INDIANAPOLIS 1 18 33 Toledo ... 9 17 379 AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost Pet, Cleveland 3."10 ..GbA Washington “es 3 11 S511 Boston ... 5 13 536 New_York «13.12 520 t, Louis § 14 511 jeago 3 14 AB] Philadelphia 0 14 A417 etroft. .....00000ii an 1 19 269, NATIONAL L LEAGUE Won Lost Pct. New York ... ‘+ 18 7 ..720 Rrooklyn .... . 18 7 120 Chicago . +16 12 571 Sineinnay .e «15 13 536 Louis +13 15 464 Phtladelphia +12 14 482 Bos! . 11 15 42 PR tahurkh 5 25 187

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York 9, Chicago 8. Brooklyn 12, Pittsburgh 7. Cincinnati 7, Philadelphia 3, 8t. Louis 5, Boston 4.

GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Minneapolis Toledo at Milwaukee (2). Columbus at Kansas City (2), Louisville at 8t. Paul AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington at Chicago (2). New York at St. Louis (2). Philadelphia at Sieveland Boston at Detro

NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati at Boston (32). Pittsburgh at New York (2),

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GAMES TOMORROW AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 8t. Paul at Minneapalis (night). Only game scheduled.

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out that may be the chalk players wished he had stayed there.

of nowhere.” Wherever

us » » , 'Tis said that Andy Linden, the - California race ace, has ancestry tracing back to the days of the Pony Express. The way he drove at the Speedway yesterday was certainly in keeping with family

tradition.

» NS LJ A Nieman fellow usually wins

the scholastic award with a single purpose in mind. Yesterday the showed a fellow named Nieman that in baseball those singles can sometimes beat you,

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ATIONAL LEAGUE

Piitsburh (Pollet 1-4 and Munger 0-0) ew ~(2 games) Cincinnati (Raffensberger 4-3 and Per-| kowskl 3-1) at

York (Maglie 6:0 and Jansen 3- id

Ta Boston ‘Burkony 2-1 and {cago Meansd eh on 0) at Brookiyn,

‘Roe 3-0) 8t. Louis (Staley 6-1) at Philadeiphta| | 1Bimmons fr iY

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RICAN LEAGUE phia- (Shantz 5-1 and Hoop] at C veland (Feller _3-2 and Garcia] \— 12 games York "Lopat 1-2 and Raschi 2-2)

[at St Louis (Cain 3-1 and Pillette 3-2)

(All Classes) Lap Driver Car Year Speed 1 Fred Agabashian Cummins Diesel 1852 139.104 Fred Agabashian Cummins Diesel 1952 138.010 . z 4-cylinder, non-supercharged rear drives) 1 Walt Faulkner J. C. A. Grant Spl. 1951 188.122 4 Walt Faulkner J. C. A. Grant Spl. 1851 136.872 (4-cylinder, non-supercharged front drives) i 1 Duane Carter Mobiigas Spl 1951 133.968 ' 4 Duane Carter Mobligas Spl 1851 133.740 (8-cylinder, supercharged rear drive) " 4 Rex Mays Bowes Seal Fast 1948 130577 (6-cylinder supercharged rear drive) 1 Fred Agabashian Cummins Diesel 1952 139.104 Fred Agabashian Cummins Diesel 1952 138.010 = (4-cylinder, supercharged rear drive) 7 1 Andy Linden Miracle Power Spl. 1852 137.112 "Andy Linden Miracle Power Spl. 1952 136.820 (8-cylinder, supercharged front drive) 1 Duke Nalon Novi Purelube Spl. 1951 137.049 4 Duke Nalon Novi Purelube Spl. 1951 136.498 How fast are they going? With this chart you can translate elapsed time into miles an hour, at least within the limitations of your ability to move yous

|eyes from speeding car to watch in hand.

The track is two and one-half miles around. The minute second column is set upon a basis of the time for one circuit of track translated into miles per hour,

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