European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday mays8, 1986 the stars and stripes Page a Cly 500 to be run by Mike Harris Indianapolis a after two Days of rain and forecasts to come the fastest Field in Auto racing history will be the slowest to Start engines for the Indiana Polis Soo. The Raee was rained out monday for the second straight Day and re scheduled for ii . Saturday when Good weather the crowd an the live cameras of Abc can return. La will be the longest delay in the 70-year history of indy twice As Long As the three Days it look to run the 1915and 1073 races. We be got bad weather forecast for the next two or three Days and we wanted o Lake a belter Chance Osgood weather conditions for the race Al Bloemker vice president of communications for the Indianapolis motor Speedway said in explaining the decision to go saturday. There Wai a forecast of a 50 per cent Chance of rain on tuesday 40 percent on wednesday and a Chanc of showers As Well on thursday. Fri Day and saturday Are expected to be partly Sonny. The delay until saturday also gives the Speedway a Chance to clean up the mud and debris and possibly lure Back Many of the More than 350,000 people who turned out Sun Day then stayed away As the Rains came again monday. The Speedway raid rain checks would be honoured. Speedway officials said there would be no practice before the race though some Drivers had said i would be in the interest of safety to let Drivers get re acquainted with the200-Mph speeds after a nine Day Lay off that s just one of those things we be got to do defending Champi on Danny Sullivan said it was basically the right decision to go to sat urday rather than stay around and see if it was dry and keep everybody hanging. This is the Tody 500 and the big fear for Drivers is that if you run it in the kind of weather that s predicted for the next three Days you could wind up running Only a couple of Hundred Miles. We Don t want to go through was also the popular Choice among other Drivers and rating teams who had been scheduled to race in the Miller american 200at Milwaukee on sunday. That race see indy on Page �6 win Over Boston up Robert Paris scored 23 Points monday and the Boston celtics capitalized on the absence or hous ton s foul plagued twin towers and Dou ble figure scoring Tram ail five starters to beat the rockets 112-100 in the opening game of the Aba championship 2 of the Busl of seven series Wil be played thursday night in Boston Kacem Olajuwon who scared 25 of his 33 Points in the first hair picked Aphis fifth foul ale in he third Quarter with Houston trailing 77-72. After Olajuwon was benched Boston finished the Quarter with a 14-4 run. Power Forward Ralph Sampson 7-4, who hit the series winning Basket in game i of the Western conference finals missed his first seven shots and was benched after picking up his third foul 7 15 into the first Quarter. Aba playoffs he did not return until the Start of the second half and did not score until 3 47 of the third Quarter. He finished with two Points on one Field goal in 12 tries. Entering the final Quarter with a 91-76lead, Boston was never threatened again. The celtics biggest advantage came with6 43 remaining when Bill Walton dunked a rebound for a 103-82 Mulla la and Larry pint scored 21 Points each for Boston. Dennis Johnson finished with 19 and Danny Aings had is. Boston trying for its 16th Aba title used exceptional Ball movement and a balanced scoring attack to frustrate the Dou ble teaming attempts of the taller rockets and win its 39th straight Home , seeking its first Aba Crown got 20 Points front Rodney Mccray and 16from Robert Reid the rockets shot 36 percent in the third Quarter and scored Only four Points in the final 5 30 of he period Boston guards Inge and Johnson accounted for 22 of the celtics 30 Points in the Ted through most of the first half shooting 57 percent from the floor but were unable to shake the rockets and Lake con losing Sampson to foul troubles the rockets answered each celtics run inthe first half with one of their own due in great part o Olajuwon. An eight Point Boston surge provided a 38-28 Lead but Houston s 15-4 retaliation provided its Only Lead of Llie first half at 43 42 and the score was lied five limes before intermission when Boston held n 61-59 Edge. Break five game losing Streak Angels defeat Yankees 8-7 from press dispatches new York Wally Joyne r hit his major league leading 6lh Homer a two out two run shot in the ninth inning Mon Day helping the California Angels break five game losing it real with an 8-7 Victory Over the new York out from suffering a four game series sweep the Angels rallied when Bria Downing singled and Joyner hit an 0-1 pitch from do High Clit 4-2, into the right Field scats. The Winner was Mike Witt 4-4, who went by innings. Terry Forster got two outs for his first save new York which has lost Only twice units last nine games went ahead in the Bot Tom of the eighth on a two out rib single by Don Mattingly new York opened he scoring in the firs when Mike easier hit his third Homer of the season a three run shot. California George Hendrick Cut the Lead to 3-1 with a Solo Homer in the second his sixth York scored once in the third. Witt walked the bases loaded before Ron Hass chit a grounder to first baseman Joyner. Joyner threw Home but Willie Randolph beat the throw fora 4-1 Lead. California went ahead 6-4 by scoring fir runs against four pitchers in the sixth. Garry pelts singled and Tuppen Jones walked. One out later Al Holland replaced starter Joe Niek Roand walked Reggie Jack Ion to Load the bases. Hendrick greeted re Liever Brian Fisher with a two run Decinces followed with another Dou ble driving Home two runs. Al Roundup after Pinch Hitler Bobby Crich singled off Bob Shirley Dick school old scored de cinches with a sacrifice York lied the score at 6 in the seventh when Hassey hit his second Homer oath year. In other games monday tigers s 4 Detroit Dave Collins lined a one aug single to score Tom Brookens from Sec Ond base in the 10th inning giving Detroit comeback Victory Over oat land. Pat Sheridan led off the 10th with a sin Gle off Jay How Cit g-4, and Brookens walked before Lou Whitaker failed o Sacri fice forcing Sheridan at third. Collins then lined a single to right to score Brooken easily. Willie Hernandez 2-2, pitched two innings of two hit Relief for the Victory. With Oakland leading 4-2, Detroit tie the score in the ninth on a two run double by John Stan Javier s two out three run pop Fly double into Short Center with two out in the seventh broke a 1-1 lie and gave Oakland a 4-1 Lead. Frank banana walked Dusty Baker and gave up a one out single to Alfredo Griffin. Bill Bathe forced Pinch runner Ricky Peters at third before Tony Phillips walked 10 Load the , son of former St. Louis second baseman Julian Javier worked the count to see Al on Page 26 Flo photo Angels Wally kith Homer astros7 Rookie stops cards for 1st win from press dispatches St. Louis Denny Walling drove into runs and Terry Puhl had three hits monday night to Lead the Houston ast Rosto a 4-1 Triumph Over the St. Louis Cardi nals for Rookie Jim Deshaies first major league Victory. Deshaies la making his fifth career Start struck out 10 and walked three before giving Way to Frank Dipino after a Ladof walk to Ozzie Smith in the eighth mining. Dipino pitched two witless innings to pick no Roundup up his second struck out the Side in the first inning and after Terry Pendleton singled and Mike Heath doubled him Home to give the cardinals a 1-0 Lead in the second in Ning retired the next 11 Batten. He fanned three in a Row for the second time when he struck out Tommy Herr to end the third inning and Jack Clark and Tito Landrum to Start the fourth. The astros went ahead with two runs inthe fourth and chased St. Louis starter Bob Forsch 3-3, with two More in the fifth. Singles by Puhl and Jose Cruz preceded Walling rib Force out in the fourth in Ning. Glenn Davis singled Walling Home following a wild Pilch for the go ahead run. Dickie Thon s Lead off single and Bill do run s one out walk triggered Houston s two run fifth Puhl and Walling delivered re singles around a walk to Cruz. Vince Coleman s Meadoff single in the sixth was St. Louis Only other hit off de shares. Padres 9, expat 6 Montreal hot hitting Kevin my Reynolds drove in three runs with a triple and a two run single and Graig Nettles an Steve Garvey hit consecutive Home runs in the ninth inning to Back Dave Dravecky nine hit pitching As san Diego Defeated , s-3, allowed Only five hits see no on Page 26
