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BUDDY UNSER flashes big smile as he is lated in the Victory Circle after winning the Indianapolis 500 mlla Speedway race in record time Epstein TY Bobby UnSer Posts Surprise Indy Win Unscr from Albuquerque Mex had time of 152882 miles per hour it was Unsers first win in the classic Wirephotol Slams Third Homer By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS it looks as though internation al League pitching is just what Mike Epstein needed to cure his ailing batting average The big first baseman 0slammed his third home run Thursday in seven games since he was sent down by the Ameri can League Washington Sena tors as Buffalo Bisons knocked over Rochesters leagueleading Red Wings 52 Both Columbus and Louisville puiled to within game of first place The Jets divided new eh ea or with Richmond Bravesthey won the nightcap 52 alter dropping the opener The Colonels whipped Jack sonville Mcts as The Toledo Syracuse game was rained out In his seven games Epstein has collected 10 hits in 71 times at bat for 455 batting aver age has hit three homers and driven in nine runs His homer Thursday was one of three by the Bisons Brent Alyeas llth or the season was the big one threerun shot in athn fourth inning Jim French hit his fifth like Epsieina basesempty blow Tom House pitched three hitter and Dave Nic holson Jesse Gander and Chuck Harri son homered in Richmonds firstgame triumph over Colum hus But the Jets look the nighicap as Fred Patric scored twice and Jack Damaska drove in two Le runs Louisville also hit three home runsa tworun blow by Bobby Mitchell and solo shots by Syd OBrien and Jon Latloud in suc cession in the Colonels fourrun third inning Hamilton Wings Deieat Guelph In Season Opener HAMILTON CF Hamilton Red Wings opened their 1968 season Thursday with come frombehlnd win over Guelph CJoys in Senior lnlerCounly Baseball Association action Guelph opened the scoring with four runsln the ceond in ning alter the lead see sawed back and forth Hamilton rallied again in the bottom or the eighth for three runs on one hit three walks and two Guelph er rors Guelph 040 010 010 810 Hamilton 000 103 fix Nichols Carson 7Kovac and Etchells huist and Roma aoslri WPABuist LP Carson HRS Guelph Gumbley INDiANAPOLIS ind AP Bobby Unur had big grin on ml his face and an undetermined amount of prise money in right as be dimmed his victory and the failure for the second con secutive year of turbines in the Memorial Day 500 couldnt bellch it Unser said alter defeating the three powerful turbines entered by Andy Granotelii Tha turbine engines were designed devi oped and built by United Alr crnft at Canada raid before the race it Granatellt didnt win this one he ought to pad up and go home tinser said Unserl prize money will be announced tonight at the tradi tional victory dinner it depended on attendance cut by prolonged rain and on the accessories Bobby carried on his American Eagle and its turbocharged offenhauscr en gine Fans meanwhile to whom the smoochso purse has only an academic interest marveilcd at how close Thursdays script came to following that of 1967 FAVORITES FELL APART Diner 34 who has had two racing brothers racing father and two racing uncles simply chargeduntil his strongest com mutersnotable the favored Lotus turbinesde apart lie saw his brother Al crash the southwest turn noted he was apparently unhurt and con tinued charging These Unser boys were run ning on the track where their brother Jerry was killed in 1959 They also lost an uncle in stock car test run Bobby winning for the first time lcd three times in the race but appeared hopelessly behind Lotus turbine driver Joe Leon ard with the end almost in right Then with 20 miles to go onarda turbine died and he coasted oil the track just as Parneiii Jones did last year ha Nancy Greene Is Honored VlLlORlA CP World champton skier Nancy Greene of Hossland DC has been appointed mints tcr extraordinary to the British Columbia govern ment Premier gennett announced Thurs ay The premier said in an in terview the tab will he parttlme only because Miss Greene has busy schedule it will include giving great leadership to the youth of EC and duties in the field of tourist promotion he as The premier was asked whether he planned to send Miss Greene abroad as at special ambassador to events such as Expo 70 in Osaka Japan hope so he replied IIWc think the world of 82 Disiov the one the original turbine with to to Siihernuna head of the speedway technical committee said the turbines have gover nor which shutl off the engine if Vancouver Men Head Olympic Trap Shooting EDMONTON CF No Edmonton Bolton were tied irst ace tcr opening rou Thursday of the national Olym pic trap shooting trials Ed Sbasbc and John Prim rose both of Edmonton each broke so of too targets for the lead in field of 18 competitors hom across Canada Harry Willslo of Montreal de lending his Canadian title was next with as out of 100 He was followed by Gil Henderson of Toronto presidentyt the Cana dian Trap Association with in out of 100 The two competitors with the best two scores in the fourday lootarget tournament will rep resent Canada at the Olympic games at Mexico City in Octo itlcky McGa or Niagara Falls Ont win3d Junior trap champion broke all ZSon his first round then slipped to 21 23 and 21 for total ol 90 hill Jones of Vancouver the 1960 Canadian Olympic shooter was in lsth place with at the throttle is advanced too quickly Leonards trouble came when he got the green light 21 minor accident had slow ed the pace Race writers and broadcast ers had picked the three tur blues to finish onetwethree They were driven by Graham Hill of laindon Menard of San Jose can and Art Pollard of Medlord Ore LOST WHEEL CRASHED Hill the 1966 winner never led and crashed after ill of the 200 laps when he lost wheel Poltards turbine quit after ion tops The technical committee called it gear box failure Nobody was hurt in the race which brought sunshine tor the first time in eight days The lead changed eight times in fu riotLr competition Leaders were Menard first seven laps Bobby Unser laps 356 Lloyd ituby Wblta Falls Ten me Unscr 90112 Menard 11341 Unser 12th 155 Ruby 166114 Leonard 175191 and Unser 1mm it was great day for Grand Prix racer and All American Eagle auto builder Dan Gurney Santa Ana Calif lie applauded as Bobby Unscr set race rec ord oi 152882 mph in an Eagle and followed him across the line in second place World road racing champion Denis Hulma of New Zealand finished fourth in another Eagle behind Mel Kenyon oi Lebanon lnd who had GerhardtOfiy CliNllDIiili PLACINGS IN ATLANTIC CLASSI ATLANTA Ga AP Top 20 plus Canadians in the first round of the Atlantic classic golf tournament Thursday Tom Welslropf 354368 Jack Nicklaus 354569 Ray Floyd 314569 Chris Blocker 334669 Tommy Aaron 353469 Eldridge Miles 333669 Bert Yancey 36456 Don January 354469 Bob Lunn 351570 Gamero Wins iii Lime Rock LlME ROCK Conn GPAP Marc Donahue won his third TransAmerican sedan cham pionship race of the season at Lime Rock Park Thucday when his Camaro finished two laps ahead of Jerry Tituss Mus long in the threehour race Donahue averaged 8721 miles an horn on the termite circuit Titus won the first race of the TransAm series at Sebrlng Fla Feb Donahue took the next two races at Daytona Pin and Manford Okla Craig Fisher of Toronto top Canadian driver was fourth at the onehour mark when his era gine failed because of an oil leak and he dropped out 353570 363470 853570 353irH 394571 364571 353671 393372 373572 373572 353772 354172 384k 863672 334472 3545772 363572 551772 353772 856772 354772 373572 336472 363572 Lee Trevino Monty Kaser Gehorge Archer do any Pott Ron Cerrudo he Elder Lou Graham Frank Eoynton Dewitt Weaver Paul Bondeson Dudley Wysong John lely Jim Grant Jerry Sleeismlth Waiter Zembrlskl Harold Kneeca Billy Maxwell Bobby Nichols Gay Brewer Bruce Devlin Larry Mowryfl It It Sikes Kel Nagle Bruce Clampton Terry Dill 336972 Wilt Homenuik 403777 SIGN CENTRE FORWARD VANCOUVER CPD Van oouver Royals of the North American Soch league Ittes day announced the signing of centre forward Reg Stratton 29 from Colcheste of the English Second Division tie is expected to be in the lineup next weekend when Vancouver plays at Wash ington DC He scored 39 goals for Colchester in 1967 and iii is reason NEW YORK Yankce slugger Mickey Mu ntle celebrates Memorial Day holiday with good day at the plate at Yan kee Stadium in New York Thursday Here Mickey dis plays fine batting coordination as he clouts homer No in opener of twin bill with the Washington Senators Mantle went for in the game won by the Yankees litt He got two singles and double in addition to the pair of ham ers Raundlrippers increased his career total to fill only ten behind Jimmy Foxx No on alltime int AP Wire photo Mantle Shines As Yanks Wallop quhington 134 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Memorial Day against Wash ington usually gives Mickey Mantle something to remember and Thursday was no exception Mantle last of the New York Yankee superstars enioyed one of the most productive days of to career hursday He whacked two homa runs dou ble and two singles and drove in five runs as the Yankees wal topcd Washington 134 in the opener of doubleheaderThe Senators bouncedback to take the nightcap 62 Exactiylz years earlierMe morial Day tossMantle slammed pitch from Washing tons Pcdro Ramos oil the fa code of the Yankee Stadium roof It missed by only few feet being the first fair hall ever hit out of the ballpark still unaccomplishcd feat While Mantle was slugging the delending American League champion Boston Red Sox were slumping nd Athletics shelled them 62 behind Lew Krausses tourhitter and pulled into filthsplace tie with the Sox and Yankees Elsewhere Detr oit Tigers whipped California Angels ti Orioles blankch ul World Of QUTDO Chicago White So so and Cleveland Indians nipped Minnesota Wins Mantle began his big day with twonrn homer in the first in ning He singled and scored in the third homered again in the filth doubled home run in the sixth and singled in another in the eighth The homers were his fifth and sixth of the season and gave him career total of 524 to bchind Jimmy Foxx Na on the alltime list HITS FIRST HmilEll Thursdays first homer came off Joe Coleman who struck Mantle out four times ur game at Washington last week in the second game of that loss twin hill Mantle sacked tape measure homer off Camila Pascual But the aging Mldray sat out Thursdays nightcap as Paseual and Daroid Knowles mowed downthe Yanks with homer help from Fred Valen tine Ed Stroud and heroic Allen Krausse not only won for the first time in his home park after four defeats but hit key tworun double in the second in hing The Athletics pounded 13 hits including Sal Bandos third homer as the Red Snx absorbed their fifth loss in the last six games Jim Northnrp drove in three runs with homer single and sacrifice fly to pace Detroits triumph over California Elli Frcehnn also had homer and runscoring single as the 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