Page 4, The Herald, Monday, May at. i962 INDIANAPOLIS’ AP). oa the most dramatic finiah | in the history” of the fed Indianapolis. 600,:Gordom -Johncock crossed -the finish - bine 16 one hundrethé - Be : second. ahead of. Rick Mears |. on Sunday to win the race. - with an average speed ot - 162,029 mph. While 350,00 fans cheered; : ‘the two men — Johncock in a Wildest Cosworth and Mears drivjng .a Penske Ford — stayaf-only seconds apart-for thé last 10 laps.of the 2.5-mile Indy track. At 192 laps, Johnedck was 8.5 seconds ahead. At 193, the. ‘ gap was.6.5. At 194, it was six. At 196, it was five. — Johneock.. . who ..“had finished in the top 10 in this test four straight times and - had won it in 1973 in.& rain- shortened race, sald he worried about the: crucial final dozen laps. - “I wondered if 1 might - blow a tire or run out of fuel, or some other crazy thing ‘like has happened eo many- times in the past,” he said, ' “Ag long as I kept running, | was all right.’ Mears ating the fast “ear in the field had qualtied: The -atan : @itounding 207.044 ~~ wlin milled ain hour, .* ‘straightaway, ipeed:” te ot the: - white: flag “henaling the final lap was displayed, ‘the two | cars ° were virtually side by_side. . “DT reatly. didn't know | - where he- was,” ‘Johneock . “E couldn't see. confessed., him ‘in in my mitror: “| didn't know if he was: behind’ me, or ‘fo the side of Ul on - "They deoasia -the finish’ line separated by 16 one-: - hundredths of a -second, a ’ blink of the eye worth about | $300,000 to Johncock. _ “One more lap and it could have been ‘sixteen- - hundredtlis of a second the other way,” said a disap-'. pointed Mears, who led for . _ the start when Kevin Cogan,. 71 of. the 200:taps. *Pancho Carter. finished third at 161.327, and Tom Sneya, who led ‘for 29. laps, finished fourth at 160.668. Plus Points a «New Customers. 7 Increase of Tuesday Papers -—=Prompt Payment of Bills _ No Customer: Complaints. : : —House Count. | Minus Points a —Customer Complaints —Stops for Poor Service y No. Customer Usts Filed: Jin: Office : aot could think’ of,"” he said... 182.662," three: “Bul - he had: a lot’ hetter Johnny, “Rutherford - ‘at - “I could catch him in the - corners but: I couldn't hold “AL Unser ‘at. 159. 895, mn, Whittington-at 157.225," ie ‘Jim: ‘Hickman ” at. he ' ‘winner! .917, Johnson’ at - 150.46 © nd Howdy Holmes . at’. 150.308. ~ Johneock, who ted 54 laps, moved in front with 100 miles to go and got an im- - portant edge on Mears’ when both cars made their last pit stop to fuel up. Mears pulled - in at 184 laps bul gol caught behind rookie Herm, - Johnson's ar and took 20 seconds in the pits. Jotn- cock, who went. in at 185 : laps, needed only 13 seconds for the final stop.- ~ . Mears also was involved . inacrackup which occurred - before the. race’ began. It eliminated folir cars on the pace lap and delayed’ the — ~ptart of the race by 45 minutes, -- Mears was: setting the pace as the cars approached his Penske teammate, driving ‘alongside veered _only yards from the starting line, derailing A.J,. Foyt, three-time.” VANCOUVER (CP) — Canada’s - ever-developing ‘national swimming team | has an opportunity to place In the top three countries in the ‘world this summer at the world championships in’ Ecuador,. the co-head coaches said Sunday. . - _ Tom and Dave Johnson, "twin brothers, are in charge of the Canadian team for the’ worlds . Aug. “1-10 at ‘Guayaquil and~-they came - /away suitably impressed - . with the progress of. most: Canadian swimmers at the Canada Cup: long-course “competition during: the weekend. “hs a team we have the _ potential to swim in the top three,” said Tom Johnson, ‘coach of the women’ ‘s team." who: Was: racing. at, ‘indy. for - the: 25th’ time, and bouncing -’ "back: across the: track: and’ - ~taking:-1969 winner Mario" ” * Andrettt with him: alo ein among | top three '.The Johngon - brothers “ “The team is ‘starting to. come together, although it’s a little premature ‘to say: who our -best individuals will be: in, a couple: of ~ months." ; Tom, five minutes. ‘older. - than Dave, was encourged .. by. the performance of veteran hackstroker Cheryl Gibson, 21, ‘gf Edmonton in‘ her specialties. . Gibson, swimming for the ’ Ednienton Keyano Club, won . both. the backstroke “events, Sunday she won the 200-metre back in’ two -minutes,. 19.08 seconds, the. 15th best time in the world — in 1982 “She could place in. the “medals and she even could - - win it, she wants the gold so badly,” said Tom. “It’s pretty heady stuff, but. it’s” good she's ‘thinking tat ~ way. ane . He also praiged the efforts ‘of Michelle MePherson, .15, | of Toronto in the 200-metre individual medley, Julie - Daigneault; 16, of Pointe. ‘Claire, Que., in the 400: freestyle, . along with freestyle sprinters Cheryl . Mcarton, 15, of Toronto and- “Jennifer Campbell, 16, af - Sudbury, Ont. Dave Johnson, coach af Canada’s world | men's ‘team, Wad: disappointed in general with the sprinters, but .did ::praise: the per-" formances of Cam Henning ‘of Edmonton and. Peter Dobson of New. West-’. minster, BC. Henning, 21, ‘won ihe “men’s 200-metre backstroke in 2:05.64 Sunday, tying for “ewe Prize . _ Accumulate the 16 most fotte , and. wink phage cone gp cata 10 “SPH (Most points for. 3 months) BIKE . etl _MOST POINTS Sy EACH MONTH accident lawt yeir, walked: 7 away front another on: Turn’: 2 along with. Jerry. Sneva.* a ‘Tony. Betienhiiusen crashed . >On. the: maln