European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday september 25, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 23 Andretti wins Trenton 150-Miler for his 1 St Sac Victory since 73 Mario Andretti. In Trenton Winner s Circle by Gary kale Trenton . Up Mario Andretti won his first Sac race since 1973 Satur Day when he took the Lead As Danny Ongais hit the Wall on the 76th Lap and beat Johnny Parsons by 1.9 seconds in the Trenton 150 mile race. There were seven Lead changes among four Drivers. Al Unser this year s triple Crown Winner of 500-mile races and the Sac Point Leader finished third. Tom Sneva Andretti s stablemate at Penske was fourth and Steve Krisiloff was fifth. It would have been a Heck of a race if Johnny Rutherford s nosecone did t blow off with about eight laps to go said Andretti. I be always liked Sac and i be had fantastic Fortune for a great portion of my career. I won t give them up. I m faced with a scheduling dilemma however. Indy is being run the same time As the formula 1 at Monte Andretti led on three occasions for a total of 33 laps including the last 24 of the race. Andretti Heads next for Watkins Glen n.y., for the . Grand prix on oct. 1 in which he will attempt to tie the late Jim Clark s record of seven grand prix wins in a season. . Foyt a four time Indianapolis Winner and seeking his 61st Sac win had grabbed the pole position in an Early after noon qualifying session when he was clocked at 171.920 Mph. Ongais was a Shade slower and started alongside Foyt in a bid for his sixth Sac Victory this year. Foyt led for the first 14 laps and Ongais took command from the 14th to the 25th when Andretti assumed the Lead. Ongais regained the Lead on the 30th and held it until the 76th Lap when he hit the Wall coming out of the second turn. Andretti s average Speed was 120.080 Mph. Geoff Brabham son of racing great Jack Brabham won the mini indy prelim one stroke Edge Over four pursuers Haas pacing Napa open after 54 by Joe Sargis Napa Calif. Up Jay Haas shot his second 66 in three Days saturday to take a one stroke Lead Over four players including leading pea Money Winner Tom Watson with one round left to play in the $200,000 Napa open. Haas the 24-year-old Nephew of former masters Champion Bob Goalby was in a five Way tie for the Lead with Watson Bruce Lietzke Barry Jaeckel and de Sneed coming to his final Hole of the Day. Haas who won the san Diego open in january put his second shot on the Par-5, 545-Yard Hole in the rough and heeded a Good Chip to get out. He then made what he called his Best shot of the Day. I fluffed it to within a foot of the pin and had no trouble making the putt from there he said. Watson and Lietzke who also had 66s, already were in the clubhouse so the final Birdie gave Haas the Lead by a shot. Then Sneed and Jaeckel playing in the last threesome of the Day came Home with 69 and 67, respectively and Haas had the Lead to keep. I Hope i can keep it going Haas said. If i keep on putting the Way i have i like my chances. I know i can t play it Safe be cause there Are too Many Good players in position. It will take a real Good round to win the tournament. Naturally i Hope i win it because it will put me in the world series next week. It s a lot to Hope for but there is nothing wrong in wishing for a saturday s 66 gave Haas a Wake Forest graduate and former Mcaa Champion a 54-Hole score of 14-under-Par 202. Lietzke Watson Jaeckel and Sneed were at 203, an other two shots ahead of Bob Zender who had a 66, Bob Eastwood who had a 67, and Don january who had a 71. Bob by Man with a 67, was All alone at 206, 10 under and four shots off the Lead while Bobby Walzel . Open Champ Andy North Mark Hayes Bob Gilder Jerry heard Danny Edwards and d. A. Weibring were tied at 207. Thus Only five shots separated 16 play ers. Pea Champ John Mahaffey shot a 75, one of the poorest rounds saturday and was far Back at 215. Also out of the running for the $40,000 top prize were Lee Trevino at 210 and masters Champ Gary player at 214. Defending Champion Miller Barber was at 217. Haas made an 18-foot putt on the second Hole for his first Bird a 15-footer on the seventh for his second and a four footer on the ninth for his third As he went out in 33. He also came Back in 33 after making a 15-footer on the Lith for his fourth Bird a two footer on the 16th for his fifth and the All important one footer on the final Hole to Complete the 66. Jay Haas. Tips Cap after Bird on 18 third round scores in Napa open n a Paca i if. A p scores after saturday s third round in the $200,000 pea tournament on the Par-72 North and South courses of Silverado country club Jay Haas 66-70-66-202 Tom Watson 68-69-66-203 de Sneed 66-68-69-203 Barry Jaeckel 69-67-67203 Bruce Lietzke 68-69-66-203 Don january 68-66-71205 Bob Zender 67-72-66205 Bob Eastwood 69-69-67205 Bob Byman 70-69-67206 Bobby Walzel 70-70-67207 Andy North 70-70-67207 Mark Hayes 69-71-67207 Bob Gilder 71-68-68207 . Weibring 71-67-69-207 Jerry heard 70-71-66-207 Danny Edwards 70-68-69207 Grier Jones 70-70-68-208 Eddie Pearce 67-70-71-208 Charles Goody 69-67-72208 Mike Hill 70-68-70208 Billy Casper 70-68-70208 Jery Mcgee 69-69-70208 Johnny Miller 72-66-70-208 Lou Graham 72-65-71208 Orville Moody 7&69-70-209 Steve Taylor 68-71-70209 Bob Lunn 71-70-68-209 Ben Crenshaw 68-69-72209 George bums. 69-70-70209 Brad Bryant 71-67-71209 Vic Regalado 71-67-71209 Wayne lev 71-68-71-210 Perry Arthur 73-67-70-210 Mark Lye 68-71-71-210 Lee Trevino 71-68-71-210 Rod curl 68-72-70-210 Tommy Aaron 71-7049 210 Howard Twitty 68-68-74-210 Alan Tapie 70-66-74-210 George Knudson 71-66-74211 de Fioril 6873-70211 Lee Mikles 69-73-69211 66-70-75-211 Pat Mcgowan 67-70-74-211 Keith Fergus 70-71-70-211 Rex Caldwell 66-73-73-212 Dave Hill 68-71-73212 Jeff Hewes 74-66-72212 Bill Calfee 71-68-73-212 Jim Nelford 70-71-71212 Tom Purtzer 68-69-75-212 Gary Jacobson 71-71-70212 Larry Ziegler 69-73-70-212 Bob e. Smith 68-71-73-212 Ray Floyd 72-68-72212 Roger Maltbie 68-73-72213 Gay Brewer 69-73-71213 Craig Stadler 72-69-72213 Kip Byrne 68-71-73213 Bobby Wadkins 71-70-72213 Cesar Sanudo 68-73-72-213 Gary player 71-71-72214 Gene Littler 71-69-74-214 John Mahaffey 70-70-75-215 Bob Payne 72-67-76-215 . Snead 71-69-75-215 Dave Newquist 70-71-75-216 Miller Barber 72-70-75-217 Gary Koch 70-72-75-217 2 teams share women s Golf Lead Portland Ore. Up unknowns Beverly Klass and Joann Dost could t quite hold off the Challenge of veterans Donna Caponi Young and Kathy Whitworth who fired an eight under Par 65 saturday to grab a tie for the Lead after two rounds of the 54-Hole Lyga team classic. A bogey at the 18th Hole dropped Klass and Dost the first round leaders into a tie for the first time in the tournament. The Klass Dost twosome were four under Par in the second round but even with Young Whitworth at 11 under for 36 holes. Amy Alcott and Long hitting Debbie Massey were one shot off the Pace. Veter ans Beth Stone and Joann Prentice were tied with Janet Coles and Lauren Howe at nine under. Five teams were three shots off the Pace. They included Joyce Kazmierski Sandra Spuzich Jane Blalock Joan Joyce Kathy Mcmullin Mary Wolfe Murle Breer Barbara moxness and Judy Clark Janet was As excited about finding a doctor in nearby Vancouver wash., As she was Over her round with Whitworth. The doctor May have saved my Ca reer said the former two time . Women s open Champion. I have been having Back problems since i slipped on some Steps about three weeks ago and the doctor took a rays and discovered the spine had been jammed and he popped things Back into place. He also put a lift in the right Heel of my shoe which balances my hips and i was swinging the Golf club pain free for the first time since i Hurt my Back. He also told me he had discovered a curvature but thought the lift would help solve that Whitworth a Hall of Fame golfer with 80 tour victories to her credit said the tournament still is up for grabs and she pre continued on Page 25 nary race which was marred by an Acci Dent which sent Tommy Thompson of Somerset ., to the Hospital with multiple injuries after his car collided with the one driven by John Barringer of Balti More md., and sailed Over the Wall into a Grove 50 feet away. Barringer is in guarded condition with multiple fractures of his legs. Andretti Penske co Worth 100,120.080 Mph. 2. Johnny Parsons lightning offy 100. 3. Tom Sneva Penske co Worth 100. 4. Al Unser Lola co Worth 100. 5. Steve Krisiloff Bignotti offy 98. 6. Wally Dallenbach lightning co Worth 97. 7. Pancho Carter lightning co Worth 96. 8. Mike Mosley lightning offy 96. 9. Gary Bettenhausen Kingfish offy,95. 10. Sheldon Kinser Watson offy 94. 11. Johnny Rutherford Mclaren co Worth 92. 12. Tom Bagley Watson offy 92. 13. Cliff Huco Mclaren offy 92. 14. Gordon Johncock Wildcat sgd,81. 15. Danny Ongais Parnelli co Worth 75. 16. Todd Gibson Eagle offy 44. 17. Spike Gehlhausen Eagle offy 34. 18. Jerry Sneva Mclaren offy 19. 19. . Foyt Parnelli Turbo 15. 20. Jerry Karl Mclaren offy 13. Ashe three others move up at . Los Angeles a Arthur Ashe. Brian Gottfried Peter Fleming and Harold Solomon advanced to the semifinals of the $200,000 open Tennis tournament with Vic tories in quarterfinals matches saturday. Ashe was to face Johnson and Gottfried was to go against Fleming. Ashe Defeated Dave Stockton 6-2, 6-4 to earn a berth in the semifinals then credited the Victory to his desire to play on the . Davis cup team. I figured if i won tonight i d have a very Good Chance of being he said after the match. Gottfried Defeated Cliff Drysdale 6-3, 6 4 to earn his ticket to the semifinals. The 6-foot-5 Fleming after a 0-6 disaster in the first set against England s John Lloyd came Back to win the next two sets 7-5, 6-2. Solomon gained a semifinals berth by defeating Sweden s Jan Norback ranked 228th in the world 6-4, 6-2. Although Fleming was completely out classed in the first set he said i Don t think i played too poorly in the first set. Every shot i hit came Back Lloyd was at match Point four times in the second set once in the ninth game and three times in the 10th game while he was serving. Fleming forged ahead in the Lith game when he served Back to Back aces to take a 6-5 Lead. He scored three straight Points against Lloyd s service in the 12th game for a service break and to Send the match into a third set. The former Urcla player fired an Ace for game Point in the first game of the third set. He scored a crucial service break in the sixth game to go ahead 4-2 and won the next two to cinch the set and the match. In a doubles match later saturday night Ashe and Fleming won their match when tournament judges forced the team of Bob Hewitt and Frew Mcmillan to default. Hewitt was first penalized a Point for hit Ting a Ball toward a line judge in dispute of a Call. Then he was penalized another Point for stalling and after he continued to stall Ashe and Fleming were ruled the winners. They had won the first set 6-4, and the second was tied 3-3. Ski Hall of Famer Dies Franklin Park 111. Up Hal Vard Harry Lien a member of the . Ski Hall of Fame and a 1924 Winter olym pics ski jumper is dead at 82
