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18—SAN MATEO TIMES WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, IPSOParsons Picks$36,000 Check Tonight11 THE WIHNERCoast DriverLed 116 Laps01 Short RaceOfficial FinishAf.StMi m.mR*in Halts 500-Mile Go With Parsons Declared the WinnerCitation to Pack128 in GG MileM I* U ic*f«lalt;; *)Mt-MII.E CLASSIC UNDER WAY. With. Wilt Fiulfemer,Bfiflt, Calif., im his Grant Piston Ring Special (lower right) in the lead, the 33 racers in the 50#mile Indiana?*! is Speedway classic hits the fira turn as the iw gets under wav, A rainstorm the race at the end «f 345 milts wilh Johnny Parser* ol \an Kays, Calif., winner. Freddy Agabashian » in the white car, front renter, directly behind Rlami ***e*atBUii Braw Sckedalei iStreykalski Accepb Far Begatia Laaes 49eri 1950 ConlractNEW YORK, May Lanes for the 48th31 - - i(Pi — annual inter-John (Strike) Strzyk.dski. one of Ihe hardest running backs incollegiate regatta at Marietta, Ohio, ^r({f.%^n3\ football, has signed wiU be determined m a blmd^driw hi_ ,avi rrvntrart with thlt; Sinhere thi« Thursday, aouneed today by Asa Bushnell, secretary of Ihe board of steward! of the Intercollegiate Rowing a*-Bocution.Bushnell said representatives of the 13 college* sending 32 crews to the varsity, junior varsity and freshman race* would commencethe drawing at noon.Twelve schoots will compete in the varsity race, bine in the jay Tee and 11 in the frosh on the Ohio river site which i* wide enough to accommodate 12 lanes of TO feet width each. The regatta will be held on June *7.Bushnell announced that the varsity race would start tentative ly at 2 p.m. (PDT), with the fresh pushing off at 12:9# and th« JVi - »t 1:10 p.m.his 1950 rootract with th Francisco 49ers.Strike, whose leg injury in mid season last year probably cost the ifters their first title in the defunct All America conference, told Owner Tony Horabito that he is in top thipe and is looking forward to the tters' tough schedule with National league opponents.In four year* of A AC campaign-Strike ranked fourth in rush-mg,in*. He carried the ball 420 times for 2454 yirds, averaging 5.72 per carry- Not except ion ally fast, hisCalumet firm's mighty Citation will make his assault on Stymie's v. or Id's money earning championship in Saturday a $20,000 added Golden Gate mile at Golden Gale Fields under high, weight of 128 pound?:, Handicipper Norris Roy-tien announced loday.Abe Hirschberg's Bolero, who set a new world's record of 1:08 1/5 in winning the Pacific handicap last Saturday, and Charles S. Howard’s Noor, conqueror of Citation in the Santa Anila and San Juan Capistrano handicaps, were both handed . 123 pounds by Roydcn. ITo date Citation has won a total' of S910.080 on Ihe strength of 28 victories and se^en seconds in 35 lifetime starts.Next in line in Ihe weight assignments for the 18 eligible* ia Calu-met’i fleet 4-year-old filly, Two Lea, with 118 pound, while another Calumet powerhouse, Fervent, and E. G. St ice a.nd Sons' great California. bred, On Trust, are in with 116 pounds.Foster and Collins1 Manvunk and Clifford Mooers' 1949 Santa Anita derby winner, Old Rock port, have been asked to tote 113 pounds each with the remainder ot the field scaled down to the low package of 10G pounds assigned to a quartetBov. FreeINDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 31.— CLP* — Handsome Johnny Parsons' victory smile widened today a! Itwm announced he would gel $1*.' 828 ia lap prize money in addition ‘o the $20,000 regular priie for winning the Indianapolis speedway Memorial day race.He received the lap money for leading in Hi of the race's 133 tap* before rain snapped It off at the 345-mile mark. Parson* was leading the race, normally 300 miles, it the time and so wu declared the winner.The speedway announced It would add $10 to the lap prize fund, making it $20,010. and divide the total on a basis of $145 instead of 100 for the winner of each lap.Mauri Rose, three-tima winner, who placed third, led 14 bps and will get $2030. Bill Holland. 1949 champ, who landed in second, gets-$1160 for leading eight laps.The lap awards will be made to- ’ nishl along with other prUe distributions.The speedway guaranteed the $20,000 first place prize to Parsons and $10,000 to Holland, not including the lap prizes.* But there was a chance those amounts and the awards to all other drivers might be increased. Every starter was assured some money under the speedway rules,Parsons, heretofore noted in raceJvfcaay rinao.......Van Nay*, Calif.■Ill KMSaxd ..............Miami, Fla.Mauri r*m ..........Sent* Bead, Sid.Cecil Geeea ...........Oklahoma CityJoie Cbitwoad .............Reading, Pa.Lee Willard........Schenectady, N\ Y. Walt FawlkierL*«g Beach, Calif.George Coiner ..........L*t AageleaPaul Ruu* .........lliBUMrKl, lad.Pat Flaherty Glendale, Calif.mitt121.744Hardtop Card On Tonight at Belmont OvalSftrts Crawls Ihwa,Bai Dtm i Bkuat TV121.###lit.1199#1115.962driving circles for his speed in midget car5. was going away when the checkered finish flag was waved in front oE him. And hardly one of the estimated 175,000 spectators be lieved that either of his majorStock car racing returns to' Belmont stadium tonight with anj added attraction of ■ motorcycle: sidecar 10-lap event. Time trial* open ihe rmpim. on the quarter-mile dirt oval at 7 o'clock, with the first race scheduled for 5:15.After last Wednesday night'* hardtop opener In thia type of roughhouse auto raring, in which the crash writ was attacked twice and eae light standard wai knocked down, Track Manager Ted Smyth was laying in an extra supply of nail* and timber* in anticipation of more ol the same tonight.In adidtton to the regular pro-rivris, 1949 winner Bill Holland or triple winner Mauri Rpse. could gram, stadium offiicals have bookedBELMONT RESULTSiadmarnaus:made bin o*ie of the foreraoat fa-vortfea with San Fraitriieo fan*.Golden Gate EntriesO-------TODAYnasT— dm*. i y**r ow r»i:iiCdlhcs. A\i l-rlcnts.Oclr.* Places I Boland) ____!».»# iU IMOdd »*t tLlodfcwrn ..... t.S* 1,16Whlrllnr But tAlklr.tot'.' 1.WTimt Ako: xBed* B«H. IrTlDicon,Rr'f'rt . .i.rf. Sixadystonr, iBnrr lr1»n.Ul Oct. xOmlcta. liuiifl, Pr*vLdhi Bium.ThDRBs Mwtrd.Jt COSli-13m. ClMmSfcs. 4 jest oMs fcevea f*jrlcnr».Allle IL»^sk*1Ii ....... • i « 3.^HCetilnc^tr..... 13.14 t.UMtrlr Mfmrnt tBolmdi Tiwt 1:25.1. Al««: Or«t lardB»m. My De*r Boi, Svl-vL C Ks:Ttnit, Hocklxc. M0”y Pme*.TURD J3fOO AHoc«nr«. Hurdle. 3 jrar eUU ::p. AfcTit fr.llf 5.Cron «3mllhwlcit .......*^6 IMS 4.13Prae«*4 (A4mbb» ......... •-« *-*•Odtno* i5«nUe7...... lt;1*Ttrr.* 1 lt;t.3. Al*n: Kvmlai. A^r^nivn*r. A#tt*r V»in. KiIoImI. n-;;. a-Vi-11bnl, country Zky TL b-Srncuac L*d.Rflir.catch up in the final 62 laps.Parsons traveled the 345 miles at an average speed o? 124.002 miles per hour, far better than the 121.455 for 350 miles which Holland established as the record last year. At 325 miles Parsons* speed was 124 648, even better than the 121.262 record of Holland in 1949. But Parsons had to slow up in the final 20 minutes due to the rain.His determination carried him Into the front runner spot quickly. Although he was fifth in the starting lineup, he took over first place after eight laps and when Rose passed him in the thirty.fourth lap Parsons came back promptly to go in front again on the next round.Nobody in the pack, fastest ever to try the speedway venture, could stay close to him thereafter. When he went to the pits after 104 laps for tires and fuel, he held a two-lap bulge on his nearest rival, and when he came back un iht* track he immediately started moving up again.Rose took first place after Parsons’ stop, but then he, too, had to \ come in for fuel and tires and Holland went in front. Rut Parsons took after him in a hurry and. as rain cloud* moved over the grounds, the California speedster again whipped into first. It was his race from there on.Only these three drivers ever held the lead. Rose was lirst for 15 laps and Holland for eight.Holland, though, finished second and Rose third.Freddy Agabashian, pride of Ihe bay area, was forced out by motnr trouble at the end of 160 miles.Ihe motorcycles with sidecars for a special 10-Up race during the intermission.This type of racing, which' has been popular for a number .of years on the continent, may soon make « bid for American fans!, attention. The motorcycles are but!l wilh a sort rf ririecar, in which a rider hangs on and throws his weight around in an attempt to help the motorcycle pilot gama position in tiic race.NEW YORK, May IL Memorial day ifwti attendances tNk a sharp #r*v fr#« the *a»* haittay last year, hut mmc Ud*r iadleatcd today that tekvista* is m*t to blame.Despite the drap *f wmi 29## in najar league baseball crowd*, j the New Yerk Yaakee - Ro*tea Red Sex American league dauhleheadrr at New York drew 73,19# paid adMltsiaas, the largest Yaakee fttadhian crowd rhiriag the regular season since 1547. The National league totaled 142,##7 la 1549 aad 141,-5*7 this year.Attendance at 15 race tracks sit S1M11 ye*terday again*! m,*5i at 11 tracks last year. Betting alt* fell from 515,541,* #21 ia J945 to $12,K9,W7 ye* terday.In all, aonse 8##,### saw apart* events yesterday, including 175,### at the Memorial day auto race at Indianapolis, and ao estimated 259,00# at minor IragiiR baseball games.StarsCollege Set for TiltAt San JoseAnother RecordFor ProximityBulldog Pair WinCoasoiatioa DoiMesMODESTO. May 31..Doan of the Modesto Junior college is the national J. C, tennis singles king loday. He defeated his teammate Lawrence Barclay 6-3, 6-4, 4-d, 4-d, 6-4 in Ihe national finals yesterday.Then Doan and Barclay joined force.c ia win another doubles title. 6-4, 6-2, 9-7, from another Modesto te*im. Corbett and Paul Willett.Gctulio Mendez* and Keith Carver of ban Maleo Junior colic won the consolation doubles foaling Jim BLsch and Jerry Grim-aon, Los Angeles City college, 49, 6-4, 7-5.-o— ——ARCADIA, May 31.—lt;U5—Proximity, the richest money winning trotter uf modern times, reigned today as the tup harness horse in action at Santa Anita.The great mare set her second world record in 10 days yesterday as she won the $50(W Loa Angeles trot at a mile and an eighth In 2:14%. Lait May, Ralph and Gordon Verhust's mare racked up * new mile and sixteenth record.A crowd of 18,334 fans, the largest in three years ai a Western Harness Racing association meeting. backed Prox.mity to odds-on favoritism. She paid $3.30 $2.20 and $210 across the board.HR ONTO HOCK SIGNSCHICAGO, May 31.—{)—Francis Fnlsfool, G-foot 3-inch 200-pound end from Washington state, and John Hock, 22Chpound tackle from Santa Clira. have been signed by the Chicago Cardinals football team. Club President Ray Bennlg-Slaaiord Nines EightFor NCAA Track Meeisen announced loday.An elght-min team was named today to represent Stanford in the NCAA track and field meet at Minneapolis on June 16-17.Named ’on the squad for the trip were: Otii Chandler, shot put; Bud Held, javelin; Lew Davis, snot; Johnson and Wilbur Taylor,SAN JOSE,? May 31.—Lines of battle were being drawn today for the first college senior all-star bare-ball game which will be unfoldedij here at municipal stadium Friday night. A I4rman squad of senior* from four CIBA schools—SantaClara, SU/iford, California and St.Mary**—will meet an equal aggregation from the independents -San Jose State, USF, College ot the Pacific, San Francisco Stale, Fresno State and California Poly.Walt Williams, San Jose Stale coach, and Hugh McWilliams, COP edach, are the independent mentors % and have a strong club to face the potent CIBA crew under the direr* iio of Santa Clara’s Patty Cottrell. Bronco Hal Toso is stated to open for the CIBA star*.Williams Is expected to start Ralph Romero, one of his own Spartans, who has turned in a fine right handed career at San Jose Stale, with Joel Hayes, Fresno, and Tom Pagne, U5F, ready to hack him up. *The independents lost a top hurl^ er in Don Garman of Cal Poly, and two good bitters in Carman's teammates, Vern Bebernos and RuH Garner, when Ihe Cal Poly men were f.or^d to withdraw because of graduation ceremonies at San Luis Obispo.An impartial selection committee nill pick an outstanding performer in the game, who will receive a free trip to the world series. The committee includes Harry Walter, retired Stanford coach and chair^ man of ihe game committee; Kenneth Conn, former baseball writer; Frank Bramhall, San Jose director of recreation; Sol Klein. Stocklun merchant, and Earle J. May, president of the Talo club.Lee Van Doren, 18-year-old San Jose State freshman from South Pasadena, was chosen as college senior all-star game queen and will make presentation of the outstanding player award.Included on Ihe independent/* roster are: Pitchers Ralph Romero (SJS), Joel Hayes (FS) and Tom Pagee (USF); Catchers Don Abbott {SF and Dave McCarty (SJS); Infielders Sonnie Adkins (COP), Tom Okagaki (SJS).Buddy Jones (COP), Will Concklin (SJS) and I«n Bcur-det (FS) and Outfteiders Ken Rose440; Gtv Brian, sprints, low hurdle- ! (COP), Jim Enos (COP), John V,ck and broad jump. I lt;HSF) and Galen Bowman (FS).Namcy Miller TakesNef Grewi al SarioTIIIMtAT, JCML 1 Owr ud Ffttt. Ftrct PmI 1:M T. M.VI** furko««x- 2 *wrr tW P*»M tMMji ttr+i\Muxi\ lunucho How Hobtoru« otfwitnwlit U0B7 Otafcfc To nrOmut VnUxa IlM *4II■tnrkKta ZvftU OVA ZiltKMkiamiri'i iMnM* t PrlfloillIIIillJitminillRa-TlA L-cHotar* FtTTH—Milt attaint. OodorooJ Wit Bit* ItM’UEO TYwlra Set•ixn-aixi ha«. 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