European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday May 7, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 27 indy 500 autos get one Foffi inspections from press dispatches Indianapolis while the Indianapolis motor Speedway formally opens for practice saturday Prepa rations for the May 29 race were already in foil swings . Aulo our watchdogs put he cars through the mandatory and painstaking technical inspection How thorough Are the Sac inquisitors in commit Ting the race cars to every conceivable test for Confor mity to the rules we hang 90-Pound weights on them to make sure there s not one Edo thousandth of an Inch movement in the Chassis said Sac technical chairman Jack Beckley offering an example of the rigid specifications each car must satisfy before it is allowed to Roll from gasoline Alley onto the track. About two dozen of the 92 entries had arrived at the Speedway s garage Complex by thursday. More than half of phase at the track had already begun the lengthy inspection including can for three Lime Winner Johnny Rutherford veterans Michael Andretti Pancho Carter Tom Bigelow Jim Crawford and Rich Vogler and rookies Scot Alexison and John andr Clit by Midas Mcmoon Biglow s 2-year-old March cos Worth became the first to Complete the inspection Fol Lowed by cars for Atchison and Carter if they re completely ready it takes an hour to an hour and a half to inspect cacti car Buckley said. We measure Overall length the wheel base the tread. We Check out the body Width and and the Flat Bottom of the tub Chassis. We Check the Wing height and we Cheek out the steering make sure every thing s tight and All the suspension parts. We make sure the fuel cell is Emple and Seal it an Check the capacity. And we Check the breakaway valve connecting the tank with the fuel Tine to he engine to make sure if something happened it would fracture and keep he fuel from spilling Beckley said. In Ine engine department we just record what Type engine it is and the bore and stroke what Type of Turbocharger it has and we also measure them to make sure they meet the rules. Other than that we just re Cord information on spark plugs the ignition system the Oil they and John Andrulli Nephew of former win Ner Mario Andrulli and Cousin of Michael Andrelli arc among seven rookies entered this year. Six of the participated in the voluntary Rookie orientation pro Gram at the Speedway last weekend and each still must pass the final phase of a mandatory driving lest after the track opens for practice on saturday. Mario Andretti and Rutherford Are among a record nine former Winner named to drive going into prac Tice. Although nine former winners were in the race last year Only eight were assigned cars beforehand. Lunser came to the track without a ride but took Over when Danny Ongais Wai injured in practice Unser went on id win his fourth indy 500. Unser As promised by ear owner Roger pc Sec after last year s race is Back to defend his championship. The Only other four time Winner in indy history a. Foyl also is Back and will be trying for a record3 lit consecutive Start redskins release Rogers Washington the Washington redskins on thursday waived five players including Veteran fun Ning Back George Rogers and linebacker Rich Mill. Rogers 29, started 34 games Over the past three seasons but was hampered last year by a variety of injuries. He was the redskins leading rusher in 1987 but be saw limited duty in the playoffs and lost his starting Job in the super bowl to Rookie Timmy Smith who ran for 204 Yards in Washington s 42-10 Victory. Mill who played nine seasons with the redskins to today started 98 of the 117 games in which he participated. The Penn state product was a future in the lineup until the latter part of last season when an injury forced him out of action. Defensive backs Vernon Dean and Tim Morrison and defensive tackle kit Lathrop. Who was signed Las year during the nil players strike were also waived. Edberg Gomez gain in rain new York. Top seeded Stefan Edburg and no.2 Andres Gomez moved into the quarterfinals of the tournament of champions on a Rainy thursday at the West Side Tennis club. Edburg beat no. 16 Thomas Muster of Austria 6-4, 6-3. Gomez downed no. 15 Milan Grejber of Czecho Slovakia 6-1, 6-0 in matches completed despite two rain delays. No. 6 miracl pc Runfors no. 7 Aaron Krick slain and unseeded Alberto Tous also won their third round matches before another downpour halted ploy. Jarryd defeats Mancini Munich top seeded Anders Jarryd of Sweden Defeated Argentina s Alberto Mancini 6-4, 6-3 thurs Day and advanced to the quarterfinals of the �202,000munich open Tennis tournament. In other matches West Germany s Tore Meinsc Kebat Peter Korda of Czechoslovakia 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, and countryman Carl Urc St cab overcame Jakob Flasck of Switzerland 3-6, 7-6 8-66-3. West Germany s Hansjoerg Schwaier was eliminated by Andrei Chesnokov of the soviet Union 6-0,6-4. Also advancing were Wall Masur of Australia who Defeated Ranald Agenor of Haiti 2-6, 7-6. 7-5 Emilto Sanchez of Spain who beat Roberto of argentina6-1, 5-7, 6-4 and Guillermo Pyrcz rot Dan of Argentina to 6-3,6-2 Winner Over Jordi arrest of Spain Dravecky on disabled list san Francisco left handed Pitcher Dave Dravecky has been placed on the 15-Day disabled Lis with a shoulder sprain the san Francisco giants announced thursday Dravecky 2-2 with an earned run average of 3.38 in six starts this season complained of stiffness in his led shoulder following his Start against the Chicago Cubi at candlestick Park on monday. The injury has been diagnosed As a posterior capsule sprain the Cam said. Sre Elers Trade linebacker Pittsburgh the Pittsburgh sic clerk Trade linebacker Ken Woodard to the Indianapolis Colts thursday for an undisclosed draft Choice. Woodard is a sin year nil Veteran. He played i seven games for he steel cars last season after being acquired from the Denver Broncos in a Trade aug. 27. Woodard suffered a knee injury in the steel cars opening game Victory against san Francisco and was placed on injured Reserve until nov. 20, he then played on special teams in the Ste Clera final six games. A a Tom Clements retires Winnipeg Manitoba quarterback Tom Clements announced his retirement from the Winnipeg Blue bombers thursday ending a 12-year Canadian fool Ball league career that saw him win two Grey cups and two Schenley awards As the Cal s map. Clements 34, ends his career As the Cal s second leading passer behind Ron Lancaster. He completed3,307 of 4,657 passes for 39.041 Yards and 252 ouch Downs including 336 completions in 592 attempts for 4,696 Yards and 35 touchdowns last year. Carl Lewis eyes retirement Houston Carl Lewis a four Gold Reibl Winner in the 1984 olympic games said thursday he will con Sider retirement alter his 28th birthday on july 1.1989, if i compete at the Best level possible Cit year there la be nothing to stand around for. Nothing More to aces Mulkh Lewis said. I be always admired athletes like Waller Payton Chicago Beans running Back and Julius Erving or. J. They stepped out on the rainstorm Mars 300 practice Nazareth a. An All Day rainstorm washed out practice runs thursday at the si43,450 Lascar Busch grand National 300. Officials at the one mile Pennsylvania International raceway rescheduled practice runs for Friday morn int with qualifying trials to Start in the afternoon. Thirteen former Lascar champions led by Bobby Allison Dale Earnhardt Larry Pearson and Jack in Gram will try to qualify in the first Lascar event at the rack which opened in september 1987, the fastest 36 cars plus up to eight provisional entries Wilt compete saturday afternoon. Lohr keeps vegas Golf Lead Las vegas Nev. Bob Lohr the Day s first starter shot a 2-Undcr-Par 70 thursday and head the Lead when desert winds forced an overnight pos Ponc mint of second round play at the jl.3tls.8iw uni vegas was held up at 4 44 p.m., when winds the National weather service said were gusting As High As 55 Apfl so ii a i blowing Balis Utthi gurus. The postponement forced tournament optic gals to reduce the event from its scheduled 90 holes to 72, officials said the 71 players who did uni Complete i hair rounds would Mark their positions on the three courses used for this event and would return Friday morning to Complete second round play. The third round was moved Back to saturday. Afew that the Reid will be Cut to the Low 70 scorers and ties and the amateurs will be eliminated for sunday s final round at the Las vegas country club. Jackson tops Aba Rookie squad new York new York kick a guard Mark Jack son who broke two records set by Hall of Famor Oscar Robertson was a unanimous Choice to the 1988 Aba ail Rookie team the league announced thursday. Jackson set Aba records for first year players with 868 assists and an average of 10.6 assists per game. He broke Robertson s Rookie records of 690 assists and 9.7 assists per game set in the 1960-61 season. Joining Jackson on the All Rookie team selected by the Aba s 23 head coaches were Armon Gilliam of Phoenix Kenny Smith of Sacramento Greg Anderson of san Antonio and Derrick Mckay of stank1.fourteen rookies received at Iasi one Vole from the coaches who were asked to vote for the lop five Rook ies regardless of position and were not permitted 0vote Lor players from their own team. Jackson received the maximum 22 votes Gill him and Smith had 16 apiece Anderson is and Mikl a to Reggie Miller of Indiana was next Willi nine votes. Others receiving Voles were Horace Grant Chicago 8 Scottie pippin. Chicago 7-Winston Garland Golden state and Kevin Johnson Phoenix 3 Tyrone bogus Washington 2 Mark acres Boston Olden polynice Seattle and Joe Wolf los i. Jackson who helped Lead the ludic to to their first play off berth in four years ranked third in the Aba in assists and sixth in steals with an average of 2.50 per game. Superstition an to saturday s programs q600 Hirts Roq car Wini of 5 m it Quot Diddia 6 i 6w maw n Boyi ii oj40 6wti�tr Ohio try a Niu to c cd Mona Bijj i h to of pm w f Epps Ipa Haj 1600 d-fhnunrih0pfihlrvrih0y Flint " Imp in Tiptn Suomu Titar i k a. Cd Lxi i i. 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