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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1969
Page
15
In Indianapolis Mrs. Mario Andretti sat for over three hours beside the finish line, gripping a railing and nibbling wax as she watched the event unfold with restrained, hushed attention.
Dee Ann Andretti, 27, newly pregnant with her third child, cried and cheered as Mario Andretti won the Indianapolis 500 in the STP Hawk Ford. She spoke of long-awaited success, nervous anticipation, and her shock at the finish while signing autographs and joining him in victory lane.
Mario Andretti says the secret to winning is to race only as hard as necessary and avoid overheating. The 29 year old Indy 500 hopeful notes he planned the race carefully, cooling off by dropping back rather than succumbing to emotions after finishing last year. He learned his craft in Trieste before moving to Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
Mario Andretti, rookie of the year in USAC 1965, finally beats A J Foyt in a dramatic Indianapolis 500 weekend. Foyt leads early but woods out with intake problems after a 67 lap stretch. Andretti, who had previously crashed Andy Grantelli’s car, finishes strong amid a 300,000 crowd.
Belmont Savings defeated Johnson Sawdust 5 to 3 as Lemon and Salg Mack stars. Poly High’s Jim Lemon doubled twice and singled twice while Lakewood’s Dave Salg pitched five innings of one hit ball. Mel Burns won for Mary Star 9 to 8 in a six inning game cut short by time. San Pedro split two, with Jack Peres shutting out Hawaiian Gardens 20 to 0, then beating Long Beach Colts 6 to 2.
Seabourne from Lawndale wins the Ascot Park 5 lap main event with 5 59.62 time. Participants include Sammy Tanner from Long Beach Lloyd Houchins Arcadia Dona bow Sam HIIie Diego and Fredre Riverside with Rick Talbert Los Angeles Bikes.
The Southern Pacific AAU junior men's track and field championships are set for Cal State Long Beach with field events at 12 30 p m and running events at 2 p m Qualifying heats start at noon Athletes meeting minimum senior meet standards at Occidental College are ineligible Collegians juniors and high school athletes from the Southland expected to compete
The readable lines show multiple tentative games and times such as 7 30 and 6 45 with teams including University Baptist and Orange Mtg. Ce. unclear opponents and venues. details are garbled and incomplete.
Boxing results show lightweights with bouts in Kelkmeim Germany and Madrid Spain. KO wins include Vicente from Venezuela and Mad Rose Legra in Madrid, with fighters Micheten and Schmidkte mentioned from West Germany and Venezuela.
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