European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1977 the stars and stripes Page 23 indy special Brand of heartache final trials coming up fast by Jerry Garrett Indianapolis a Janet Guthrie didst really feel like signing autographs but she even though she fell More like kicking the pit Wall or better her Guthries bid to become the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500 int looking As solid As it was last before she wrecked her new  in practice for the May 29 speeding along at better than 191 Miles an hour before the Guthrie can youngster wonders if Hes hexed Indianapolis i a Spike Gehlhausen and his parents Are starting to wonder if the Indianapolis motor Speedway holds a special hex for Gehlhausen and his Crew spent most of tuesday battling a series of frustrations in trying to get spikes which is owned by his Mother and Marge and ready for the final time trials this week i feel were ahead of where we were last year when Spike qualified As a said a year ago the car was in pieces going into the second week end of ran into track Wall the car was in pieces because the Driver hit the Wall on the first turn of his first qualification but the car was put together in time for Gehlhausen to qualify 26th with a four Lap average of ii 717 Miles per he finished last in the race though never even getting out of the his car had no Oil i thought i had gotten Over last said the 22yearold Gehlhausen but everything has come Back with the problems weve had the past two weve finally got the engine to go More than three or four laps without breaking bul now the Chassis int working like it Gehlhausen is scheduled to be the fifth car attempting to qualify saturday for the Gist running of the Indianapolis 500 May he was the first Driver on the track tues Day and planned to be one of the last Mother optimistic Ive heard about this race As Long As i can its the biggest one Ive been around and this year i want to run in he i think if we can keep the car to Gelhar we ii be in the said Marge Gehlhaus who spent tuesday keeping Irack of her sons Lap by mid afternoon Spike was Only Able to get the car around the 2zmile Oval at a proximal to 176 i think Iii have to add about 10 he but it All de pends on the the track is real Slick from All the rubber it has accumulated the feeling driving on it is quite different this year since it has been it used to be you liked a lot of but now the track needs some Hamill named clobbers 104 flawed car holds Guthrie Back barely coax out 179 at the several of her timed laps in practice monday were Down around about 10 slower than it will probably take to make the 33 car the 191 would have put her in the third Row for the after she finished running she sat on the Wall along pit deep in hey Are you going to go 190 shouted autograph seekers along the Fence a few feet behind Snappy double play Willie Randolph us the Yankees avoids Larry Linzs charge into second base after putting nut the Oakland runner and gets his throw off to first base that Rii bled up Karl the play occurred in the ninth inning tuesday in new York won the game in the already she you Gonna do it think Gonna qualify think if you dont make it you Gonna try sunday after signing several dozen hand kerchiefs and other she headed for the Solitude of her the owner of her Rolla said the Chassis settings apparently arc causing the difference in not much damage was done in the but her car is a one namely the Only one of that Model Ever replacement pieces had to be fabricated from Causland effect tests were doing Causland effect tests now to try to get Back to a base from which we can make improvements in our Vollstedt said were trying to see How the car feels with full half and very Little Vollstedt said he also has hired a former employee of Lindsey who used to own the to help with the Chassis set usually in tones Dick a Chassis can help improve but Simons new Vollstedt car arrived late and he is working almost around the clock to gel it sorted out before tile final weekend of Guthrie and Simon were among Drivers searching for Speed As they tried to pre pare their mounts for the second and last weekend of qualifying saturday and ural plaguing Drivers but the lop speeds have so far been turned in by ears already qualified for the Raee As heat continued to plague the Drivers by mid afternoon the temperature on the tracks surface was 131 de Grees and most of the 21 cars that have qualified practice amending Champion Johnny Ruther who Hopes to record his third Victory in four years was one of the Quali Fiers on Hie he had one of the Days lop a clocking of Wally another had a Speed of Twenty one cars qualified last leaving i2 spots open for the 11car ing Field the slowest qualifier was Veteran Gary Wuh n Speed of 186 596 new York Pupil Dorothy whose style and  led her to a Gold medal in figure skating at the olympics in Innsbruck last was named athlete of the year by women sports Magazine Hamill beat out Speed skater Sheila you Rig and Joan a Pitcher for the Connecticut Falcons of the year old women professional softball Assoc a who placed second and third in the voting by the magazines captured the world Champi for figure skating in to go Lonj with her olympic v picked up a Gold medal when Shuset an Devin Pic record of in Speed  last also won and a a Champion cyclist Weil a won both the is National sprint Champion ships and the world sprints Champion keeps on sizzling Pace continued from Page 211 Lour hits Over the final 5 23 innings who was charged with seven earned now is 04 As Cleveland lost its fifth game in a Row and Sank deeper into the Al East Ive got my own i cant an Alyze the said Cleveland manager Frank Robinson when he was asked to explain Minnesota Success twins manager Gene a nth Points to the players mental Outlook the Dit for ence on this Ball he said thai they cumin the As a Bunch of Guys Wanti Rii to play i sire Yankees As 2 Chris two run with urn nut in the inning a 22 tie thai had lasted Sim e the Sutu Ihei and i pfc Avn homers Rookie Dell making his first major league opened the i5lh with a Pinch hit double Willie Randolph Mickey Rivers sacrificed and was intentionally filling the bases Chambliss oiled the strategy by lining his Gam winning hit to right rangers tigers 1 Doyle Alexander scattered seven hits in racing his Reu ird to 5 while Intro is 20 Dave was lagged his first major Aguf ass cd Budhl run in the and scored what be the game Winner when Catcher Milt shrew the Ball into left Lilija s Brewers 1 t Sao Oil ii run fairly in the third then made it 30 in the seventh when Bob Mcclure committed a balk with runners on first and Jesse Jefferson pitched seven Strong innings and got credit for his first Victory of the season after three Angels red sox 2 Bobby Bonds hit a two run Jerry Remy rapped his first Home run of the season and Terry Humphrey collected three singles to pare californian Remys Homer was the 21th for the Angels at this Matching the clubs  1976 manners orioles 2 Fiill Stein and Carlos Lopez hit first ii Kiev homers As Seattle took Lill later skip Jutze Smirk cd a grand slam Joiner off Baltimore reliever iyar Miller when i to manners erupted for live 1 the game of hts