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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes monday february 3, 1969 2 Fords Rush past faulty porsche for Early Lead Dayton a Beach Fla a Fleet English Ford it 40s overtook mechanically plagued German porsche and burst into the Lead Early sunday in Daytona s demanding 24-hour Auto race. The factory built porsche saw their 1-2-3-4-5 Lead established Early in the race slowly until after 10 hours Ford t a the 1-2 positions. At 1 . Sunday a Ford gt40driven by David Hobbs and Mike Hailwood of England shot Pas the leading porsche piloted by Dick Attwood of England and Joe Buzzetta of Smithtown n.y., which sat in the pits with alternator Belt trouble. About 20 minutes later the porsche was pushed behind the Wall and officials announced twas out of the race with a broken Cam Shaft a dismal ending for Attwood and Buzzetta who held an eight mile Lead at onetime. That cleared the Way for the Fords to take command in this longest endurance test in the Western hemisphere against their Arch rivals of the world sports car racing courses. The Only other gt40 in therace piloted by Jackie icky of Belgium and Jackie Oliver of England took the second spot. Porsche were running i third through sixth positions d a y t o n a Beach Fla a standings after 10 hours of the 24 hours of Daytona automobile race with number of completed 3.iil-mlle laps 1, Ford it to David Hobbs Mike Hall Wood 2uo laps. 2, Ford ot40, Jackie icky Jack Oliver,286 laps. 3, porst he. Ltd Schutz. 286 laps. 4, porsche. To Siffert Hana Herrmann,2so. 5, porsche. Vic Exford Brlan redman.279. 6, porsche Roll Stemmelen Kurt Ahrens. 278. 7, Lola Chevy Dave Jordan Scooter Patrick 273. 8, Lola Chew. Mark Donohoe Chuck Parsons 248. 9, Lola Chevy Lothar Motacz Bernbacher de Leslie 244. 10, firebird Jim Hurrell Jon Ward 243.leader s average Speed 111.904 . With Udo s c h u t z of German about two laps behind the Clos est Ford. Schutz original driving partner Gerhard Mitter of Germany was taken to a local Hospital suffering from exhaustion earlier  Drivers also suffered problems from acrid gasoline fumes pouring into their cock pits through broken exhaust manifolds. The defective manifolds were replaced one by one Caus ing costly delays. Through the ninth Jour the Attwood Buzzetta car was moving at an average Speed of113.229 Miles an hour around the twisting Road course Well above the record for this stage of the  the time 25 of the 63 Start ers had been abandoned in their pits killed off by the brutal  race always death free came close to having its record spoiled when a Jaguar blew its engine rocketing into an infield courage Witts in Ford Invercargill new Zea land a Britain s piers Cour age driving a Brabham Ford v8,averaged a record 99 Miles per hour to win the Pere Onega International Tasman Champion ship race Here. Turn throwing up a dense smoke Cloud and spewing Oil Over the  the Oil Slick peruvian Driver Mario Cal Battisti los control of his Alfa Romeo crashed against a Concrete Wall flipped and landed upside Down on the  porsche 911 driven by Peter Gregg of Jacksonville Fla.,smashed Cal Battisti s car broadside then landed on top fit. Rushed to the Field infirmary the peruvian was later transferred to a downtown Hospital but the track s physician or. . Monaco said he was no believed to have been seriously  race first in the 1969 series for the world sports car manufacturing championship started out As a porsche run away As the German speedsters roared into a 1-2-3-4-5 Lead in the second hour. Then England s Brian red Man driving the second place porsche reeled crazily toward continued on Page so College Cage Roundup Urcla smashes Stanford 98-61, for 79th Victory in last 80 games los Angeles up the top ranked Urcla Bruins utilizing a blistering fast break offence Defeated Stanford 98-61 saturday night in their Pacific-8conference game. After trailing 8-7 in the Earl going the Bruins caught fire and outscored the indians 39-13to take a 46-21 halftime Lead Lew Alcindor hit 27 Points an pulled Down 20 rebounds for Urcla which posted its 32ndstraight Victory and 79th in us last 80  seniors Lynn Shackel army Nyu ii7f new York a a pair of three Point plays by Doug t31ev Enger Midway through the final half wrapped up army s 71-52 Victory Over Manhattan in the opener of a basketball double header saturday at Madiso Square Garden. New York University Edge stubborn Navy 85-81 in the Sec Ond overtime period in the final contest. The cadets built up a 39-25 advantage in the opening stages of the second half but the jaspers behind 6-8 Center John Man in Cut the deficit to 41-34.clevenger then came through with the successive three pc it ers to make it 47-36 and army Janet Lynn grabs . Ladies figure skating title in 3-Way Battle Seattle a Janetlynn a pert 15-year-old High school Sophomore from Rock Ford 111., won the . Ladies figure skating championship saturday night. The Crown was vacated by olympic Star Peggy Fleming. Julie Lynn Holmes 17, who lives in South Pasadena Calif., but skates out of Colorado Springs colo., placed second and edged Tina Noyes of Colora do Springs out of a berth in the world meet. Only the two leading skaters in this event Are eligible for the world championships next month in Colorado Springs. Miss Lynn was named first by three of the five judges. Miss Holmes and miss Noyes who has been runner up four times in the National were tied i ordinals and the California girl was the Winner by a margin of six tenths of a Point. Dorothy Hamill 12, of River Side conn., won the Novice la Dies championship climbing tothe top in her free skating after ranking Only sixth in school Fig ures. Juli Marie Mckinstry 12, Santa Rosa Calif., was second Sheri Thrapp 15, Burbank Cal if., third and Deborah Milne,12, West Orange n.j., fourth. Jimmy Demogines 14, of Losangeles was picked in first spot by All five judges to win the Novice men s championship. Second place went to 11-year-Oldmahlon Bradley of Boston and third to Joel Goodrich of Berke Ley Calif. Miss Hamill and miss Thra peach had two firsts on the Jung ing cards and Little miss Mckinstry had the other. John Baldwin of Colorado Springs colo., earned his Sec Ond championship of the meet when he teamed with Jann Tthompson also of Colorado Springs to win the Junior pairs title. Baldwin 18 captured the Junior men s title thursday  victors took All but one first place the fifth going Tovera Wang and James Stuart of new York who finished  Normile and Gregory Taylor of Buffalo n.y., were second and Doug Berndt of Den ver who was second to Baldwinn the Junior men s Champion ships skated to third place with Barbara Brown of Denver. Susan and will Smith of Tulsa,okla., were placed fourth. Olympic Silver medallist Tim Wood of Detroit nervous As a Novice before he took the ice but skating then with flawless Preci Sion easily retained the .men s title Friday night. Despite Brilliant free skating performances by John Misha Petkevich Harvard freshmen from great Falls mont., and fellow de Troiter Gary Visconti Wood captured the first place votes of All five  couple of smoothies from Syracuse University freshman Judy Schwomeyer of Indianapolis ind., and senior James Slad a of Rochester n.y., also took All five firsts As they skated Indefenso of the Gold dance  Seattle duo Joan Bitterman and Brad Hyslop took second place and third went to Debbie Gerken and Raymond Tiede Mann of new York City. The three leaders go to Colorado Springs feb. 25 March 1 for the world  of the standout perform ers in the nationals will head next for Oakland Calif., and the North american championship feb. 6-8. Never was threatened after  win was the fourth in a Row for army and made its record10-5. Manhattan Riding a three game Victory Streak dropped to10-4. Army which has a big 26-9edge in the series never trailed As 6-1 Jim Oxley opened the scoring with a turn around  pair of three Point plays by Clevenger Midway in the second half triggered army s runaway Victory Over manhat Tan. Top scorer for the Winner was Oxley with 19 while Matt Lynett had 12 for the  Rory Guma s go ahead Basket with 1 03 remaining in the second overtime period sparked the new York University , a 5-foot-9 Sophomore replaced Dolf Poratta with a Little Over two minutes to play in the second overtime session when Nyu s High scorer fouled out after hitting 23  s driving Layup put the violets on top 82-81 and the sewed it up on a free throw by Jim Signorile and two More by Paul Dobleman. Dobler Nan scored 21 Points and Signorile 20for Nyu. John Tolmie s 32 Point stopped the middies who blew a 69-65 Lead in the final 37 seconds of regulation play and led 73-71 before Poratta s jump shot knot Ted the first overtime. Army Ghovat Clu Vengor Simmons Oxley Urban. Mellor Lewis  q2 t8 6 7-91 4-4 3 0-0 0 0-00 0-1 f t1-1 6 4-6 181-1 17 19 00 0 0 Manhattan flt old o male Marren Jack Otto Mahowey Lynett Routldge q4 8 4-6 f t2-3 10 1 10 6-8 6 4 10 g 0-0 1h 1 1-3 5 0-0 2-3 Toul 27 17-21 71 total 19 14-21 6t Manhattan 25 2762 army 34 3771 Nyu a Escher Dolman single Miller Morrato Kan Snoeyer Quma q f t i 4-5 68 9-11 21 7 6-1020 4 3-3 1111 1-3 33 q 0-0 0 00-001 0-0 3 Navy Tomlo Semko Parka prove no Conra butt Seeley Meyer q f 13 8-8 7 3-40-2 4 0 2-3 148 8-5 u 0 8-5 30-0 0 0-1 total 3123-31 86 to Tali 8021-29 81 Nyu 8435 41286 Navy 88 31 4 881 fouled outnyc7, Miller Porrata Navy Parks. Flu stops cokes Cobbs fight off St. Louis up welter weight Champion Curtis cokes of Dallas has the Hong Kong flu and will not be Able to fight Don Cobbs of St. Louis wednesday at the St. Louis Arena. Matchmaker John Edwards of Square ring inc., said cokes Lias a severe Case of the flu an will have to miss the non title bout. F Edwards said the new Date a the fight will be set within week. Ford and Kenny Beitz each hod18 Points. Stanford co Captain Don Griffin led the indians scoring with 20 Points while soph Omore Mike Michel added 13.Stanford, which upset univer sity of Southern Californi Friday night for us Lone conference Victory now has season Mark of 6-11. The Victory was the 3g consecutive conference win for Urcla tying a record set bythe Bruin teams Over the 1963 64-65-66  shot less than 30 percent from the floor in the first half but loosened up a Little in the second half and took fewer bad shots. Urcla Row  Alcindor heir Vallely Wicks Swee Sailor Patterson Stanford Halligan Moel Nln Palmer Pruun o net Michel Green q f3 1-1 2 2-2 3 1-3 t 76 77 ft-9 20 4 0-2 86 1-2 in 00-00 totals 45 8-16 98 total 25 11-19 61 Urcla 5298 Stanford 21 4061 fouled out  fouls Urcla 15, Stanford 12. A12.100. Chapel Hill . Up senior Forward Bill Bunting scored 30 Points and hauled Down 12 rebounds saturday to Lead North Carolina past Mary land 107-87. The tar heels ranked number two in the nation led throughout the game dominating the Back boards and out shooting their at lactic coast conference  was the first game for North Carolina in two  tar heels still Lead in the acc standings with a 6-0  Are 14-1 Overall. Maryland is now 1-7 in the acc standing Sand 5-12 Overall. Chicago up Iowa upset no. 4-ranked Davidson 76-61 saturday night and Loyola dropped Michigan 112-100 in a Chicago stadium College Basket Ball doubleheader before 8,691  Vidnovic led the Hawk eyes with 23 Points and John Johnson dropped 18 to match the production of David son s two leaders Mike Maloy and Jerry  was Only the second loss against 15 wins for Davidson this season and the Iowa Victory ended a seven game winning Streak for the wildcats. Lexington by. Up Kentucky s scoring stars again were Dan Issel Mike Casey an Mike Pratt As the wildcats made a Strong bid for their 24thsoutheastern conference championship with a 108-89 Victor saturday night Over the Vander blot  loss virtually eliminated Vandy from the Sec race witha 5-3 record while the fifth ranked wildcats Are 8-0 in the conference. The Kentucky Junior Trio combined for 75 Points with Issel scoring 28, Casey 24, an Pratt 22. Pratt hit his first seven Shotas Kentucky took command of the game at 41-29 with 5 17remaining in the first half. Vanderbilt was led by Thorpe Weber with 22 Points and Tom Hagan with 18. New York a sixth ranked St. Johst f survived it scoreless spell for the first 4 11id then rolled behind Joe de ire to a $84$ Victory Over ten continued of pa0e w  
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