European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes monday october 2, 1978 63 69 71 75 90 101 70 75 75 88 89 92 103 .609 .571 .556 .534 .430 .369 .565 .534 .534 .453 .444 .429 .352 1 7 9vj 13 29vj 39vj 5 5 18 19 /3 22 34 amerian league East w l Pel. Go new York i san Francisco 89 72 .553 6 Andretti is top . Prix qualifier ninth pole spot this year ties Mark by Gary kale Watkins Glen . Up Mario Andretti won his ninth pole position of the season saturday to tie a formula one record held by Niki Lauda of Austria and the late Ronnie Peterson of Sweden when he posted the fastest qualifying time for sunday s . Grand  1978 formula one driving Champi on was clocked in one minute 38.114 seconds for the 3.37-mile Lap at the Watkins Glen race course to Best his Friday top comeback continues time of 1 38.925 in the opening qualifying  s Lotus has taken the Check ered Flag six times this year and a Victory sunday would tie him with the late Jimmy Clark for seven formula one wins in a year. The Nazareth pa., Driver has one More race the Canadian grand prix at Montreal next week after this one. I feel that everything is on my Side now that i won the title said Andretti. I m Only concerned about getting a Good Start slew sets track Mark in Woodward stakes san Diego 3 78 Houston 73 88 Atlanta 69 92 a clinched division title saturday s results  3, Montreal 1 Chicago 7, new York 5 Philadelphia 10, Pittsburgh Cincinnati 4, Atlanta Houston 7, san francisco4 los Angeles 7, san Diego Aba exhibitions saturday s results new York 94, Washington 88 Philadelphia 132, Boston 113 chicago88, Indiana 79 san Antonio 121, Houston 118 nil exhibitions wha teams designated by initials saturday s results atlanta4,  . Islanders Buffalo Chicago 3, Toronto 2 los Angeles 6, Colorado 4 Minnesota 2, Detroit 0 Washington 7, Quebec wha 4 .516 .453 .429 by Jenny Kellne new York up Seattle slew continued his comeback in spectacular Fash Ion saturday when he blazed to a track record in winning the $163,000 Woodward stakes at Belmont  muscular Brown Colt burst from the starting Gate and led every step of the Way As he took the Field of five through fast Early fractions at an Ever increasing Pace to finish the 1 1-4 mile race in 2 00 Flat 1 4-5 seconds better than the previous Mark for races starting on the  by Angel Cordero or. To the four length Victory Over exceller slew strengthened his bid for a second straight horse of the year title with his second consecutive stakes Victory. The triple Crown Nav Rafi ova Evert gain finals of Tennis classic Atlanta up Martina Navratilova Defeated Virgnia Wade and Chris Evert blanked Betty stove saturday in the Semi finals of the $100.000 women s Tennis Clas sic setting the stage for a championship showdown sunday Between the two. Navratilova this year s Wimbledon Champion turned Back Wade 6-2, 6-2 and Evert easily Defeated stove 6-0, 6-0. Stove managed to win just eight Points in the first set and six in the second in the 32-minute match. I just played extremely Well said Evert. She missed five or six easy shots that could have put her Back into the match. I m glad i m playing Martina because it s the Only Way i can be no. 1  Navratilova suffering from a sore shoulder said she expected Evert to hit to her backhand in sunday s title match. If it holds up and if my shoulder holds up i la be Okay said Navratilova. Dupre upsets Pattison san Francisco up former Stanford Star  Dupre of la Jolla Calif., upset Rhodesia s Andrew Pattison 6-2, 6-4, saturday in the quarterfinals of a $175,000 open Tennis tournament. Dick Stockton gained a semifinal berth i Gullett undergoes surgery new York a the new York Yankees announced saturday that left handed Pitcher Don Gullett underwent successful shoulder surgery Friday night at Centinello Valley Hospital in Inglewood Calif. Gullett who last pitched on july 9, appeared in Only eight games this season compiling a 4-2 record with 3.63 earned run average in 44 2-3 innings. With a 6-3, 6-1 win Over Brian teacher. He will meet  had earlier eliminated no. 1 seed Bjorn Borg 7-5, 2-6, 6-4."i guess he sort of had a letdown Dupre said of his win. 2 argentinians in finals Aix in Provence France up argentinians Guillermo Vilas and Jose Luis Clerc stormed into the final of the $50, 000 Golden Racket Tennis tournament sat  26-year-old Vilas 1977 . And French open Champion had some trouble in beating new Sealander Chris Lewis 6-4, 6-3 while the no. 3 argentinian Defeated Czechoslovakia s Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-1 in the semifinals. Winner picked up $97,800 in prize Money and became thoroughbred racing s 23rd millionaire with earnings of $1,075,520. Slew was sent off As a prohibitive 1-5 favorite by the crowd of 27,023 and returned $2.60, $2.10 and $2.10. Exceller Ridden by Willie Shoemaker paid $2.20 and $2.10 and it s freezing finished third and paid $2.10. Great contractor and Wise Philip completed the order of finish. The comeback by slew is one of the More remarkable achievements by a race horse this Century As Many thought the Colt would never run again following his staggering loss on july 3 of last year to . Tobin. It was t until May that the Colt ran again and he won two widely Sepa rated allowance races against virtually Anonymous company before losing his first stakes Start on sept. 5 in the Paterson. Following that however the 4-year-old Brown horse stunned racing fans when he romped to a three length win Over fellow triple Crown Winner affirmed in the sept. 16 Marlboro cup finishing just 2-5 of a second off secretariat s track record of 1 45 2-5. Many had considered slew just the Best of an Ordinary lot despite his undefeated sweep through the triple Crown but these last two victories not Only vindicated the Colt but possibly set him up for his second straight championship. Seattle slew s Trainer Doug Peterson had indicated the Colt s next Start would be in the $75,000 Vosburgh in mid october. However one of the Colt s owners said in the Winner s Circle afterwards that the $300, 000 jockey club Gold cup two weeks hence would not be ruled out. He s the greatest horse i be Ever been on said Cordero. I m dying to see him run Back against affirmed in the Gold  slew Start in the Gold cup it would Mark a rematch Between Seattle slew and affirmed the second time the two triple Crown winners will have met. Major league top ten based on 460 at bats american league g a r h pet. Carew Minnesota 151 559 86 187 .335 Oiiver Texas 132 521 63 169 .324 Pintella new York 128 464 66 146 .315 Rice Boston 161 668 120 210 .314 Oglivie Milwaukee 127 467 70 142 .304 Roberts Seattle 133 469 77 141 .301 Lynn Boston 148 534 75 160 .300 Otis Kansas City 139 479 72 143 .299 Munson new York 152 608 72 181 .298 Bostock California 147 568 74 168 .296 Home runs Rice Boston 45 Baylor California 34 Thornton Cleve land 32 Hisle Milwaukee 32 Thomas Milwaukee 31. Runs batted in Rice Boston 137 staub Detroit 121 Hisle Milwaukee 114 Thornton Cleveland 103 Carty Oakland 99. Pitching 15 decisions Guidry new York 24-3, .889 Stanley Boston 15-2, .882 Gura Kansas City 16-4, .800 Eckersley Boston 20-8, .714 Caldwell Milwaukee 22-9, .710 Hunter new York 12-5, .706 Figueroa new York 20-9, .690 Comer Texas 11-5, .688. National league g a h pet. Parker Pittsburgh 147 580 102 194 .334 Garvey los Angeles 160 636 Jcruz Houston 153 565 Richards san Diego 152 545 Clark san Francisco 155 588 Winfield san Diego 157 579 Burroughs Atlanta 152 487 88 201 .316 79 178 .315 89 170 .312 90 181 .308 86 178 .307 72 147 .302 Rose Cincinnati 158 653 102 197 .302 Concepcion Cincinnati 152 564 75 170 .301 Cromartie Montreal 158 603 76 179 .297 Cabell Houston 161 657 92 195 .297 Home runs Foster Cincinnati 38 Luzinski Philadelphia 35 Parker Pittsburgh 30 Smith los Angeles 29 Kingman Chica go 28 Stargell Pittsburgh 28. Runs batted in Parker Pittsburgh 117 Foster Cincinnati 117 Garvey los Angeles 111 Luzinski Philadelphia 101 Clark san Francisco 98. Pitch Long 15 decisions Perry san Diego 21-6, .778 Robinson Pittsburgh 14-6, .700, Bonham Cincinnati 11-5, .688 Hooton los Angeles 19-10, .655 Blue san Francisco 18-10, .643 Grimsley Montreal 19-11, .633 Rau los Angeles 15-9, .625. Sunday and getting into the Clear. As Long As the car stays in one piece i think i have a Good shot at winning the race. I m ready for any Surprise and any Surprise does t Surprise  saturday s clinching of the pole gave Andretti 16 for a career that includes 79 grand prix races. He is now tied with stir Ling Moss of Britain for fifth place on the All time list. Only Clark 33juan Fangio of Argentina 28lauda 24 and Jackie Stewart of Britain 17 exceed Andretti s pole total. Carlos Reutemann of Argentina who will be Andretti s Lotus teammate next year had a time of 1 39.179 in his Ferrari to line up next to Andretti on the front Row. I the second Row consisted of Alan Jones Australia timed in 1 39.742 with a saudia Williams and Canadian Gilles Villeneuve in a Ferrari who was timed in 1 39.820. Lauda a two time world Champion posted the fifth Best time at 1 39.892 in a Brabham and another former Champ James Hunt of Britain was sixth at 1 39.991 in a Mclaren. The fourth Row in the 26-car Field has John Watson of Ireland on the inside in a Brabham and Jean Pierre Barrier of France next to him in a Lotus. Two More frenchmen were to occupy the fifth Row Jean Pierre Jab Ouille in a turbocharged Renault and Jacques la Fitte in a Matra. Andretti breaking the Lap record for the second straight Day fashioned a Speed of 123.91 Mph. Two other americans qualified far Down in the pack. Bobby Rahal was 20th in a Wolf Ford and Brett lumber was 24th in a Mclaren. Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil the Only other former Champion in the Field Quali fied 13th with a Cope Sucar. Of course it s a thrill to win the pole position Here said Andretti but it would be an even bigger enjoyment if i can win my country s own race  Wai trip captures Wiskes 400 pole with track record North Wilkesboro . Up Darrell Waltrip turned the fastest Lap for the second Day in a Row saturday to take the pole position for sunday s Wilkes 400 Stock car race. Waltrip s two Day average a record 109.397 Miles per hour at the North Wilkes Boro Speedway put him on the front Row next to Benny Parsons who averaged \ 109.072 Miles per hour to gain the no. 2 starting position for the 250-mile race on the five eighths mile track. Waltrip who set the one Lap track re Cord in Friday s first qualifying round was again the fastest among eight Drivers. His saturday Speed of 109.345 Mph was just under the 109.435 Mph he clocked Fri Day to take the single Lap record. He won $5,500 along with the pole position. Waltrip who has won six races this year is seeking his third straight win at North Wilkesboro. The third starting spot went to Lascar grand National Point Leader Cale Yarbo rough who turned an average Speed of 108.459 Mph in his Oldsmobile. Lennie Pond took the fourth spot in his Chevrolet with an average of 108.446 Mph. Neil Bonnett will Start fifth in a Chevrolet with a Speed of 108.318 Mph. Other top qualifiers were Bobby Allison whose Ford took sixth place at 107.978 Dick Brooks also in a Ford with a Speed of 106.751, and Richard Petty with a 106.612-Mph average in a Chevrolet