The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 17, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 May 1984 — Page 8

THE MAIL-JOURNAL - Wed., May 9,1984

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| Indy practice off to fast start ,|

$: If the first few days of practice are any indication of what j:«: lies ahead, this year’s In:s dianapolis 500 promises to be •:-f the fastest ever run. Led by Bobby Rahal’s top lap at 205.058 mph, six drivers broke the 200 mph barrier on •x opening day; It was the first :v time in track history that the •x 200 mph barrier was broken on the first day of practice runs. ;X Since then, several drivers have improved upon Rahil's ;X speed. Mario Andretti, driving a Lola race car powered by a Cosworth engine, turned in a blistering lap at 207.660 mph X; during Monday’s practice session. Chip Ganassi and 1979 X; winner Rick Mears have also climbed above the 205 mph X; mark ;X A total of 24 drivers were X; over the 200 mph barrier after •jirdthree days of practice. Last •x year, only five drivers had managed that feat. Such a dramatic increase has many X; racing experts predicting that it will take a qualifying speed X- of between 208 and 212 mph to •g, win the pole position > Although most of the top :•< drivers are using the Britishbuilt Cosworth engine, there X; are some notable exceptions. ;$ Scott Brayton, who finished X; ninth in the 1983 race, turned ;$ in a 201.297 mph lap on open•s ing day with his V-6 Buick He X is the first driver to break 200 mph with a six-cylinder X engine The most notable factor conX tributing to the ever-spiraling speeds is the March chassis. £ Built ,in Britain, the March was introduced at Indy only three years ago. Since then it has won such notable converts as defending champion Tom Sneva, w ho rode one to victory $ in 1983. and the Roger Penske x team of Al L’nser and Rick Mears X Last year. 19 of the 33 Indianpolis starters drove Mars ches The track record of 208 049 mph. set in 1983 by Teo x Fabi, was established in a x March This year, over half of X the 117 entries have March x chassis. Aerodynamic performance

Warsaw hands Warriors first NLC loss

Jeff Atwood has slowly returned to form for Wawasee. The senior shot a 74 Saturday, May 5, £s Wawasee finished fifth in the 18-team Homestead Invitational golf match at Huntington's Norwood Golf Course. Second ranked Kokomo Haworth captured the invitational with a 312, while Lafayette Jeff chipped in with a 314. Fort Wayne Northrup and Huntington

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I POPULAR ROOKIE — Although this is his first attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, Michael Andretti has already captured the eyes of many racing fans. The 21-year-old son of 1969 Indy £ winner Mario Andretti, Michael showed that racing skill runs in the family by turning a lap at 203.068 mph on opening day. Geoff Brabham. Michael’s racing teammate, is also the son of a former racing great. Brabham’s father. Jack, was the first driver to race a rear-engine car at Indianapolis. (Photo by Tom Charles)

is what makes this chassis so successful. Marches are shaved on the bottom so that they resemble an inverted airplane wing. This shape creates downward pressure which sucks the car into the ground. The more suction there is. the faster a car will run in the corners. This chassis also appears to run quite consistently in a variety of conditions —a fact which led some drivers to switch from the proven Penske chassis which is more sensitive to track and weather conditions. None of the high practice speeds have any lasting significance, however. The real battle begins this weekend with the first two

North both shot a 415 with Wawasee finishing fifth, one stroke behind. “I was pleased with the way the guys shot at Homestead," said Wawasee head coach Rudy Cesco. "It was a good day, especially seeing Atwood play like I’ve seen before” With Atwood’s three-over-par performance, the Warrior placed third in the overall standings.

days of time trials. Only then will drivers and mechanics X; see whether all their hard ;$ work is going to result in one £•: of the 33 starting spots. xTrials run from 11 a m. to 6 Jx p.m. on Saturday, with the :< speedway gates open at 7 a m. Sunday trials are scheduled from noon to 6 p.m.. with the ;X gates open at 9 a.m. The same schedule will be followed for the second weekend of trials on May 19 and 20. There is a lot of money at stake in this year's race. The top three qualifiers will split •:< $15,000 courtesy of GTE X; Moblinet. The pole winner stnads to gain $12,500 from Budweiser. A total of over $2,000,000 in prize money will be awarded for the 1984 race.

Huntington North’s Mark Eckert was medalist with a 72. "That match just solidified our state ranking," said Cesco. "The rankings don’t change much according to individual matches,” said Cesco. "What really counts are those invitationals. We played well at Homestead, now we have to do the same at the LaPorte Invitational on Friday.” In other action this week, the

~ bW I WOK- \ / CONCENTRATION — Bryan Beaty concentrates on the hall after he putted in a recent golf match at South Shore Golf Course. Beaty’s shot finally found the bottom of the cup. (Photo by Mark Weinstein)

Two school records broken

Lady 'warriors second in NIC meet

By TOM CHARLES Sports Editor The Warsaw Tigers used a strong show of depth to capture Warriors set for NIC track meet - By TOM CHARLES Sports Editor Jerry Auer set a new school record in the 800 meters as the Warrior track team sped by Northridge 74-53 in a season-ending meet on Monday. The win brought Wawasee’s record to 6-5 on the year, 3-4 in the conference. Auer did not run in the 1,600 meters at Northridge, preferring to save his strength for the shorter race. His strategy worked and he came away with a record time of 2:01.8 Other winners for the Warriors included Mike Goodspeed in the high hurdles. Scott Johnson in the 100 and 200-meter dashes, Mike Ballinger in the 3,200 meters, Steve Sturgill in the shot put and Joel Rhoades in the discus. The next major hurdle for the Warriors is Thursday’s Northern Lakes Conference meet at Warsaw. Although they do not figure to be in contention for the title, coach Jerry Minton’s squad could bring home some blue ribbons. No Wawasee athletes are seeded first in an event. However, Mike Goodspeed, Brad Lecount and Mike Ballinger are the second seeds in their specialties. Goodspeed is seeded behind Goshen’s Geoff Hoffman in the 110-meter high hurdles with a best time of 15.1 seconds. Recount's best pole- vault, 13-4 places him second in that event. Ballinger has turned in a 10:03 3,200 meter time; good enough for the second seed in that raee.

Warriors were upset by the Warsaw Tigers, Tuesday, May 8, at Rozella Golf Course. Warsaw defeated Wawasee 328-331 . "We just got whooped,” said Cesco. "We need to pick up the pieces and go from here.” Brian Beaty was low for the Warriors with a 78 as Wawasee dropped its record to 5-1 in the Northern Lakes Conference and 10-5 overall.

the Northern Lakes Conference girls’ track meet on Tuesday night at Warsaw. Tracy Long and Kim Russo were double winners for Warsaw, which piled up 136*6 points to win the meet. Wawasee, champion for the past four years, finished second with 90 points. Rounding out the field were Goshen, 44; Plymouth, 41’6; Bremen, 37*6; North Wood, 22; Rochester, 20; and Concord, 12. Although the Lady Warriors failed in their bid for a fifth consecutive meet crown, coach Barb Brouwer had plenty of things to smile about on the cold, windy night. Three team members captured individual championships, and several personal and school records were set during the meet. Belinda Whitridge set a new school record in the finals of the 200-meter dash. She zipped to fourth place in a time of 27.5 seconds. Former Wawasee standout Lorene Spearman has the NLC 200 meter record at 25.1 seconds. However, that time'was converted from the 220-yard dash and is not recognized as a school standard. The second school record to fall

EBMnSBSSSOi OFF TO THE RACES — Wawasee’s Jill Patty, second from right, jump with a leap of 16-y» 4 ., » is locked in a tight battle during her 100-meter dash trial at the girls’ Pictured above, from left to right, are Goshen’s Tina Ecklebarger, Northern Lakes Conference Meet Tuesday in Warsaw. Patty finished Concord’s Melissa Denman, Patty and Warsaw’s Kim Russo. Russo sixth overall in the 100 meters with a time of 13.2. She also won the long won the event in 12.9 seconds. (Photo by Tom Charles)

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Blind partners . at Maxwelton The Maxwelton Ladies Golf Association played "Blind Partners” on Wednesday, May 2. Nine hole winners were Bonnie Newman and Betty Slabaugh. Jackie Wortinger and Doris Sedgewick placed first in the 18-hole competition. Maggie Smith and Lura Stone tied for second with Betty Kline and Caryl Gildersieve. I Clean-up night at Milford The Milford Boosters will sponsor a clean-up night on Tuesday, May 15, ’at the baseball diamonds Work will begin at 6 p.m. y Parents are urged to bring rakes and hammers to help prepare the facilities. The rain date is May 16. Two holes-in-one at Big Boulder Big Boulder golf course, Milford, was the site of two aces in the first few weeks of the 1984 golfing season. Denny Morris, r 6 Warsaw, fired the first hole-in-one on May 3. He sank the shot on the 200-yard seventh hole. Gary Wiseman and Derek Morris witnessed the effort. John Snyder, r 1 Leesburg, aced the 110-yard eighth hole on May 6. Mark Archer witnessed the shot. Three wrestlers win ISWA state championships Three local wrestlers won Indiana State Wrestling Association state titles in Freestyle and Greco-Roman

in the meet was the 400-meter relay standard. Wawasee’s foursome of Whitridge, Jill Patty, Sandy Payne and Jeanine Gunn finished seond to Warsaw in a time of 51.8 seconds. Heading the list of individual champions was junior Christy Speicher. Speicher came through with her best toss ever, winning the event with a distance of 35-9. Senior Marcia Sorensen was second in the event with a throw of 34-5'6. Sophomore Jeanine Gunn set a personal record for this season in winning the high jump crown. Despite the windy conditions, Gunn cleared the bar. at 5-2. Goshen’s Juli Morris, who had beaten Gunn earlier in the season, was second at 5-1. Senior Jill Patty was the third Lady Warrior to claim an individual honor. She sailed 16-9 3 4 to take first in the long jump. Gunn took third place in that event with a leap of 15-11. Although they did not win events, several athletes had their best performances of the season on Tuesday night. Sandy Payne turned in times of 15.7 seconds in the 100-meter

tournaments over the weekend. Joey Salazar won the Bantam Division unlimited class in the Freestyle tournament. Jeff Dunithan was the other Freestyle champion by virtue of his win at 112 pounds in the Advanced Division. Jeff Welborn was the area’s lone state champion in GrecoRoman wrestling. He won his title in the 121-pound class. Other wrestlers who competed in the Freestyle events are listed below. David Antu — Sixth at 85 pounds in the Midget Division Jeff Welborn — Fourth at 121 pounds in the Advanced Division Lance Lantz — Sixth at 171.5 pounds in the Advanced Division Brad Gerstner, Tom Mangas and Josh Lantz competed but did not place. A total of 1,076 wrestlers competed in the freestyle tournament. Husband and wife to co-host 500 Festival Parade Gary Collins and Mary Ann Mobley will be co-hosts for the worldwide telecast of the 1984 "500” Festival Memorial Parade, which will be held in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday, May 26. Collins is currently the host of his own daytime television show, “Hour Magazine.” Miss Mobely, a former Miss America, is active in motion pictures, television and the legitimate stage. Collins and Miss Mobely are also husband and wife. In demand for television and film projects, Collins will again host the Miss America Pageant in September. He is a popular guest star on television specials and series, and he was recently the co-host for NBC’s Daredevils.” A singer since he first performed in an army production of “Oklahoma” in Germany, Collins has added dancing to his repertoire. He also qualifies as a well-

hurdles and 47.5 seconds in the 300-meter hurdles. She was second in both events. Carla Clouse ran the 1,600 meters in 5:36.4, her lowest time of the season. She finished second to Rochester’s Lori Hill. Sheila Kleinrichert turned in a 2:36.8 in the 800 meters, finishing fifth in the process. In other action this week, Christy Speicher and Marcia Sorensen teamed up to set a new meet record in the shot put at the Princess Relays. Their combined toss of over 70 feet, was several inches better than the old standard. NLC Results 100-Meter Hurdles — Long (W), Payne (Waw), Monhaut (B), Swihart (Waw), Cherniak (G), Macy (P). 15.0 400-Meter Relay —, Warsaw, Wawasee, Plymouth, Concord, Bremen. North Wood. 51.4 1,600-Meter Run — Hill (R), Clouse (Waw), Gentry (G), Berger (B), Bair (W), Stiver (W). 5:26.5 100-Meter Dash — Russo (W), Geist (P), Jeffreys (W), Barrett (C), Luttman (B), Patty (Waw). 12.9

rounded circus performer on the trapeeze and tightrope, and has performed as a wing walker on a biplane traveling at 160 miles per hour. Among Miss Mobley’s recent work was a visit to Cambodia for the worldwide charity, World Vision, to film a documentary, ‘‘Children Caught in the Crossfire.” This work was an in-depth story of the plight of children around the world who are helpless victims of war and deprivation. Tournament of Knights now open for entries Entries are now being accepted for the 1984 International Palace of Sports Tournament of Knights. Contestants may submit entries until Thursday. June 28. The competition wil.’ begin on Saturday, June 3J. at noon. The annual competition rs open to graduates of accredited high schools who are sponsored by a non-profit educational, religious or civic organization. An award of SSOO will be presented to the organization which sponsors the winning entrant. Contestants will be required to compete in tests of baseball, basketball, football, golf, tennis and track ability. The tournament committee will provide all necessary equipment, but contestants may use their own if they prefer. More information may be obtained by contacting the Palace of Sports, 834-7060. Deadline nears in scholarship contest Local boys between the ages of nine and 12 have until Friday, May 18 to submit their entries for the 1984 Ken Beardslee Youth Baseball Camp scholarship contest. The scholarships, each worth $225, will cover expenses for the Ken Beardslee Youth Baseball Camp on July

400-Meter Dash — Pletcher (N), Potts (W), Stouder (W), Moren (B), Berger (B), Corle (P). 61.5 300-Meter Hurdles — Long (W), Payne (Waw)., May (W), Monhaut (B),. Macey (P), Henschen (N). 46.7 200-Meter Dash — Russo (W), Geist (P), May (W), Whitridge (Waw), Barrett (C), Shumaker (B). 27.0 800-Meter Run — Hill (R), Powell (P), Whetstone (ft), Bolinger (W), Kleinrichert (Waw), Zimmerman (B). 2:23.7 1,600-Meter Relay — Warsaw, Bremen, Goshen. North Wood, Wawasee, Plymouth. 4:14.9 Shot Put — Speicher (Waw), Sorensen (Waw), Lackey (W), Kauffman (G), Zeiger (G>, Macy(P). 35-9 Discus — Sand (W), Kintzel (W), Ankey (G), Zeiger (G), Law (P), Macy (P). 116-7 High Jump — Gunn (Waw), Morris (G), Streit (G), Atkins (P), Andrews (B), Ritchie (W). 5-2 Long Jump — Patty (Waw), Sand (W), Gunn (Waw), Kintzel (W), Crawford (C), Luttman (B). 16-9' 4 K

8-13 at North Manchester. The camp features outstanding coaches, players and former players who serve as instructors. In order to enter the scholarship contest youths must submit an essay of no more than 250 words on the subject "Why I want to attend the 1984 Ken Beardslee Youth Baseball Camp.” The essays must be handwritten and will be evaluated by a three-member panel of judges. Entries may be mailed to Ken Beardslee Essay Contest Box 68, r 1 Milford, IN 46542. Each boy must pass a physical < examination in order to attend camp. Forms for this examination will be provided by the camp. Pearson 31st in Hook's Marathon Hal Pearson, Syracuse resident and West Noble school teacher, finished 31st overall in the TV-33/Hook’s Marathon Sunday morning in Fort Wayne. Pearson wrapped up the 26-mile, 385-yard race in two hours and fifty-five minutes. Another Syracuse resident, Tony Clouse, reached the finish line at the Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum in 3:36. This was Clouse’s 14th marathon. He finished in 216 place. Other area distance runners participating in the 10th annual event were Mikte Chandler and Joe Dervin of Goshen. Chandler finished in 3:14 and Dervin in 3:17. Betty Hite Nelson, the women’s winner for the past two years, decided not to compete in the race earlier in the week. Suffering from a hip injury, she could have become the first participant to win three straight titles in the marathon. Hite Nelson is a past North Webster resident who now resides in Columbia City. Tom Loucks of Fort Wayne led the 635 racers to a winning time of 2:27.49. Loucks also won the race last year.