European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes tuesday september 5, 1978 gives him triple Crown sweep Al Riser s co i 500 win is historic by Jerry Garrett Ontario Calif. A Al Unser scored a historic Victory in sunday s $300, 000 California 500, completing an unprecedented sweep of the triple Crown of Indianapolis car racing. Totally unbelievable Unser said in a hoarse voice from Victory Circle. We had our work Cut out today. I was running everything i could run out of Unser driving the same Lola co Worth he Rode to victories in the Indianapolis 500 and Pocono 500 earlier this season finished More than 14 Miles ahead of runner up Pancho Carter in the attrition plagued race. The 38-year-old Unser took the Lead Only six laps from the finish when front runner Gordon Johncock s car suddenly slowed then stopped on the Ontario motor Speed Way Backst retch. Johncock wound up fourth behind Rookie Tom Bagley but Bagley was later penalized one Lap for running Over a pneumatic air Hose during a pit Stop switching the positions of the two in the final rundown. Lee Kunzman was fifth. Only five cars out of 31 starters were running at the end. Unser the defending Champion in the race collected about $75,000 and picked up enough Points to pull into the National championship Point Lead for the season ahead of Tom Sneva who went out in a crash Early in the race. American league East Central Boston new York Milwaukee Baltimore Detroit Cleveland Toronto West Kansas City California Texas Oakland Minnesota Chicago Seattle sunday s results Cleveland 12-3, Minnesota 3-4 California 3, Toronto 1 chicago4, baltimore2 new York 4, Seattle 3 Boston 11,oakland6 Kansas City 6, Detroit 2 Milwaukee 4, Texas 3 w 5 79 78 76 74 58 55 73 73 66 64 61 57 50 l 50 55 58 61 61 78 83 61 63 67 73 76 79 84 pet. .630 .590 .574 .555 .548 .426 go 5w 7 /2 10 11 27 i .399 531 Vij .545 .537 .496 .467 .445 .419 .373 1 6v 10 /2 13 /2 17 23 Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati Houston Denver Kansas City san Diego Seattle Oakland by giants Washington Dallas Philadelphia St. Louis Green Bay Chicago Detroit Minnesota Tampa Bay National league East West 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 01 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 24 28 23 14 14 24 24 20 6 7 17 24 20 6 23 20 24 14 National conference East Central West 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 01 1 01 11 1 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 19 16 00 14 10 13 17 7 24 13 20 16 31 7 13 14 00 16 17 7 10 13 31 19 14 14 24 24 Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago Montreal St. Louis new York West w 72 70 69 63 59 55 81 80 74 70 63 59 l 62 64 66 73 77 81 56 57 62 67 73 77 pet. .537 .522 .511 .463 .434 .404 .591 .584 .544 .511 .463 .434 go 2 3 /2 10 14 18 1 6vj 11 17va 21 /2 los Angeles san Francisco Cincinnati san Diego Houston Atlanta sunday s results Chicago 3-4, Houston 2-2 Pittsburgh 6, Atlanta 3 St. Louis 10, Cincinnati 2 san francisco4-3, Philadelphia 1-2 new York 8, los Angeles 5 International league w l pet. Go Charleston 84 55 .604 Pawtucket 0 59 .576 4 Toledo 73 66 .525 11 Richmond 1 67 .514 12v? Tidewater 69 70 .496 15 Rochester 8 71 .489 16 Columbus 0 78 .435 23v Syracuse 50 89 .360 34 sunday s results Tidewater columbus6 Richmond 4, Toledo 1 Rochester 4, Charleston 3 Syracuse 5, Pawtucket 1 american association Best of seven playoffs sunday s results Indianapolis 3, Omaha 2 Omaha ieads2-1 Eastern league Best of three playoffs Bristol 7, Reading 0 Bristol wins championship 2-0 National football league american conference Atlanta los Angeles new Orleans san Francisco sunday s results Green Bay 13, Detroit Atlanta 20, Houston 14 Kansas City 24, Cincinnati 23 los Angeles 16, Philadelphia 14 new York jets 33, Miami 20 new Orleans 31, Minnesota 24 Pittsburgh 28, Buffalo 17 Cleveland 24, san Francisco 7 Washington 16, new England 1 Chicago 17, St. Louis 10 san Diego 24, Seattle 20 Denver 14, Oakland 6 top ten East by jets Baltimore new England Miami Buffalo w l t pet. Of a 1 0 0 1.000 33 20 000 .000 00 00 0 1 0 .000 14 16 0 1 0 .000 20 33 0 1 0 .000 17 28 late Bloomer cops Handicap Stanton Del. A Greentree Sta ble s late Bloomer Ridden by Jorge Velas Quez held off Dottie s doll with Jacinto Vasquez aboard in scoring a nose Victory in the $113,750 Delaware Handicap for fillies and mares at Delaware Park Sun Day. American league based on 325 at bats g a r h pet. Carew Minnesota 130 486 72 165 .340 Rice Boston 135 561 104 185 .330 Oiiver Texas 106 419 49 132 .315 Piniella new York 103 370 51 115 .311 Oglivie Milwaukee 105 383 59 116 .303 Lynn Boston 123 449 67 135 .301 Yount Milwaukee 103 399 51 119 .298 Carty Oakland 120 446 60 133 .298 Roberts Seattle 109 377 66 112 .297 Reynolds Seattle 122 448 47 133 .297 Home runs Rice Boston 37 Thomas Milwaukee 30 Hisle Milwaukee 29 Thornton Cleveland 27 Baylor California 27. Runs batted in Rice Boston 118 staub Detroit 106 Hisle Milwaukee 98 Thornton Cleveland 90 Carty Oakland 85. Pitching 13 decisions Guidry new York 19-2, .905 Stanley Boston 13-2, .867 Gura Kansas City 134, .765 Eckersley Boston 16-5, .762 Bilingham Detroit 15-6, .714 Caldwell,.Milwaukee, 17-8, .680 Knapp California 147, .667 Tanana California 17-9, .654. National league g a r h pet. Parker Pittsburgh 121 480 75 152 .317 Burroughs Atlanta 129 411 61 129 .314 Buckner Chicago 95 358 38 112 .313 Madlock san Francisco 101 372 65 115 .309 Smith los Angeles 104 409 78 126 .308 Clark san Francisco 133 501 79 154 .307 Jcruz Houston 130 485 66 148 .305 Whitfield san Francisco 125 406 63 123 .303 Bowa Philadelphia 129 $39 64 163 .302 Rose Cincinnati 134 560 88 169 .302 Home runs Foster Cincinnati 31 Luzinski Philadelphia 29 Smith los Angeles 28 Kingman Chicago 23 Dawson Montreal 23 Parker Pittsburgh 23. Runs batted in Foster Cincinnati 98 Garvey los Angeles 95 Parker Pittsburgh 91 Clark san Francisco 91 Smith los Angeles 89. Pitching 13 decisions Perry san Diego 15-6, .714 Blue san Francisco 16-7, .696 Bonham Cincinnati 9-4, .692 Robinson Pittsburgh 11-5, .688 Hooton los Angeles 16-8, .667 Moore Chicago 9-5, .643 Grimsley Montreal 16-9, 440 Knepper san franc Loco 15-9, .625. I was using up everything left in the car trying to catch Gordon at the end Unser told the sprawling crowd of 80,000 via the Public address system. I had my hands full. I think i might have been Able to catch him but i Don t know if i could have passed. I talked with my Crew about it on the radio and we decided if it came Down to it the last five laps it was going to be All or nothing at All. I think he ran out of with Johncock gone Unser said he took it easy the last 15 Miles. Unser said he thought his strongest com petition would come from . Foyt who was driving the car Unser won with Here in 1977. But Foyt was unable to get the gear Borg. Continued from Page 21 Victor Amaya in the first round at Wimble had a feeling similar to Wimbledon when Mitton was ahead 3-2 in the second set Borg said. I was t playing that Well and he was playing very Well. He had a Good Chance to break me and go ahead 4-2," Borg explained. And if he would have won that game i think he would Nave won the Borg said a Little Luck did t Hurt him either. If i m going to survive or win a tournament i know that 90 percent of the time i have a Tough match before the quarterfinals Borg said. I know it s going to happen and you have to have a Little bit of gives me a Little bit of Confidence. Now that i had this kind of match i think i la play Mitton who beat Borg Only once in his life six years ago did t seem particularly perturbed. I never thought i could win the match Mitton said. He played some very Good Points and was serving Well. Maybe i should have come in More but i respect his passing teacher gave everything he had to beat Dibbs. Teacher was still in a Whirlpool More than a half hour after his match shivering and cramping. Forwood who upset Wade comes from the same town As the Evert girls fort Lauderdale Fla. She is ranked Only 65th by the women s Tennis association and had never beaten anybody in the class of Wade. This is the biggest Victory of my career Forwood said. I never even came close to beating a top bucs giants Cut leads shift to work correctly and retired after Only one Start was marred by a three car tangle involving Salt Walther Phil thre Shie and Bob Harkey. Two of the cars were seriously damaged and Walther and thre Shie were treated for minor injuries. When the race finally got going it was t Long before Johnny Rutherford raced away from the Field his Mclaren co Worth displaying an awesome Superior could t touch Rutherford said Unser who Only one third of the Way into the race was the Only Driver still on the same Lap with Rutherford. There was no Way whatsoever i could keep up with j but Rutherford retired just after 300 Miles with a blown engine. Unser then was chased by Rick Mears until Mears parked with an engine failure. With 100 Miles to go Johncock managed 1 to Dunlap himself when his teammate Steve Krisiloff and Cliff Hucul crashed. They were not injured. On the 177th of the 200 laps Johncock passed Unser at the end of the front Straightaway for the Lead. Three la Slater both Drivers made their final pit Stop i and roared out of pit Road together. John cock scratched out a three car length Lead and held it. With eight laps to go Johncock was a to sweep past a slower car while unseal was pinned briefly behind it losing about 100 Yards. But two laps later Johncock s car sput j tired then coasted to a Stop. I Unser averaged 145.158 Miles per hour j the race was slowed by seven caution Peri ods. The results 1. Al Unser Lola co Worth 200 laps 145.158 Mph. 2. Poncho Carter lightning co Worth 195. 3. Gordon Johncock Wildcat Dos 194. 4. Tom Bagley Watson offy 194. 5. Lee Kunzman sugar Fox offy 180. 6. Roger Mears Eagle offy 158. 7. Steve Krisiloff Wildcat dogs 153. 8. Cliff Hucul Wildcat offy 151. 9. Rick Mears Eagle offy 150. 10. Wally Dallenbach Mclaren co Worth 148. 11. Johnny Rutherford Mclaren co Worth 129. 12. Danny on gals Parnelli offy 126. 13. Bobby Unser Eagle co Worth 123. 14. Dick Simon Vollstedt offy 108. 15. Johnny Parsons lightning offy 95. 16. Mike Mosley lightning offy 78. 17. Sheldon Kinser Watson offy 72. 18. Bob Harkey Eagle offy 59. 19. Al Loquasto Rascal offy 40. 20.jimmcelreath, Eagle offy 37. 21. Spike Gehlhausen Eagle offy 26. 22. Larry Cannon Wildcat offy 21. 23. Tom Sneva Penske co Worth 18. 24. Roger Mccluskey Wildcat-v8-offy, 12. 25. Jerry Sneva Mclaren offy 10. 26. Bill Vukovich lightning offy 9. 27. George snieder Coyote Foyt 4. 28. . F9yt, Parnelli co Worth 1. 29. Salt Walther Mclaren co Worth 0. 30. Phil Threshie lightning offy 0. 31. Jerry Karl Mclaren offy did not Start. Continued from Page 22 eighth off reliever Warren Brusstar 4-3. John Montefusco 10-6, touched for four hits and two runs in the first wound up the Winner. A single by Jack Clark and Back to Back triples by Darrell Evans and Cruz scored three runs for the giants and keep per 15-9, in the first inning of the opener. Loser Dick Ruthven touched for eight hits in seven innings fell to 12-10. Mets 8, dodgers 4 Lee Mazzilli collected four hits including a pair of homers to Lead the mets Over the dodgers. The mets scored six runs on eight hits in the second off loser Tommy John 16-10. Tom Hausman 3-3, who Al Lowed a pair of Solo homers by Ron Cey and Dusty Baker was the Winner. John Stearns stole second base in the second tying a league record for steals by a catch or with 23. Johnny Kling of the Chicago cubs established the record in 1903. Cardinals 10, reds 2wayne Garrett Jerry Mumphrey and George Hendrick drove in seven runs among them to Power the cardinals Over the reds. The Victory went to left hander Pete Falcone 2-6, whose Only other win came on june 27. Mike Lacoss 3-6, took the loss. Vic Correll s first Home run of the season accounted for both reds runs in the seventh. Cubs 3-4, astros 2-2 Scott Thompson delivered Pinch hit run scoring singles in his first two major league at bats to Lead the cubs to a sweep of the astros. Thompson got an infield single with the bases loaded in the seventh inning of the opener to Knock in what proved to be the winning run and he came through with an rib single in the sixth inning of the Nightcap to drive in an insurance run. Willie Hernandez who saved the first game for Dennis lamp 7-13, with two innings of scoreless Relief bailed the cubs out of a ninth inning Jam in the Nightcap by getting the last two outs after the astros had loaded the bases with one out
