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  • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1964 PAGE 11 Petty Drives Plymouth To Record-Smashing Victory Elon Defeats Cats A record-shattering blue blur driven by Richard Petty led a one-two-three Plymouth sweep of probably the biggest runaway in stock car racing history in Daytona last Sunday. History's largest stock car crowd—82,000 — watched the 6-2, 215-pound Petty get lost from 45 other competitors almost from the start as he led all but 40 miles of the Daytona 500-miler to reap a record purse of $35,300. The old speed mark of 152.529 that was set by Fireball Roberts in a 1962 Ponti- ac came down when Petty's Plymouth established a world record average speed of 154.- 334.The Plymouth Petty rode was so superior- that despite three caution flags and six pit stops the record was still established. There were no caution flags in the 1962 race. Petty hit speeds of 182 mph down the wind-blown home stretch and built up such an advantage that he never surrendered the lead on his last four pit stops. He led the final 374 miles. He practically loafed the final 200 miles—if you can call speeds of 168 mph loafing—to coast under the victory stripe a lap and 15 seconds ahead of Jimmy Pardue. Paul Goldsmith was still another lap behind in the third place Plymouth, with Marvin Panch, fourth, demonstrating Ford's best showing. Rounding out the top 10 were Jim Paschal in a Dodge, Billy Wade in a Mercury, Darel Dieringer in a Mercury, Larry Frank in a Ford, Junior Johnson in a Dodge and Dave McDonald in a Mercury. The 26-year-old Petty, a sensational dirt track driver since he began driving in 1958, had never won a major race before Sunday. In snapping his personal jinx, he broke two larger handicaps for Chrysler Corporation. It was that manufacturer's first major stock car victory since the very first Daytona 500 in the year of 1950. That was 50 races and 14 years ago. It also ended Ford's monopoly of races 500 miles or longer after the Ford's 10 straight successes, beginning with Nelson Stacy's 1962 Charlotte 600 triumph. Even before the start the only doubt was whether the eight Chrysler-sponsored cars, four Plymouths and four Dodges, could last. But not one of the eight Chrysler products encountered engine trouble. And all but Dodge's David Pearson, who blew a tire and wrecked, were still humming a tune that resembled a supersonic jet at the finish. Ford's only leader was A. J. Foyt, on laps 40 and 41 when the flying Plymouths were in the pits. Otherwise it was an all Chrysler show with Petty leading 184 of the 200 laps. Petty was asked how he felt after driving the record-setting 500 miles. His reply was, "I feel $30,000 richer." While most of the drivers came into the pits for fuel after about 38 laps on the 2.5 mile tri-oval, Petty went one stretch of 44 laps before coming in. Petty said, "I was able to do that because I drafted for about 10 to 15 laps during that span." Paul Goldsmith possibly could have given Petty competition. But when the race started, paper deposited by the large sports crowd littered the track and clogged the radiator of the front running Plymouth. As the popular Petty roared his armored car through the race and finally to the checkered flag to take his loot back to Randleman, he must have breathed a deep sigh. He has had major races almost won, only to encounter heartbreaks near the end. He finally landed the big fish! The Randleman driving ace at last carried home the prize after numerous efforts in the field of racing. Cassius Clay Upsets Liston In Convention Hall at Miami Beach, Fla., 22-year-old Cassius Clay wrecked thousands of predictions that Sonny Liston would stop the youngster's wagging tongue by a knockout in three rounds. The sound of the opening bell for the first round of the fight chilled the hearts of fight fans all over the nation as these two heavyweights started fighting with gloves insead of words. Before the fight, Clay boasted, "I'm going to upset the whole worldl I'm going to beat that Liston. He's afraid. Today he was so nervous he couldn't get on the scales. If Liston beats me, I'm going to kiss his feet, and If I beat him, I'll expect him to kiss my feet. This one round stuff ain't goin' to happen to me. I'm 6'3i/2" inches tall, an' it ain't goin' to happen to me! No sir!" And it didn't happen to the 22-year-old boxer with a 4- year-old tongue. In the approximately 8' ring, the two men fighting for the World's Heavy weight Championship clashed. The first round of the fight saw Sonny Liston swinging hard and fast while Clay stayed on the bicycle and only attempted a blow when he could come in low following Liston's left swings. Clay got away with what the experts said he would never get away with. He would set himself up in a position which seemed as if he was daring Liston to come in with that left fist of pure dynamite. Just before the bell sounded for the end of the first round, Clay went wild on Liston and refused to cease fighting until 20 seconds had elapsed after the end of the round. The first connecting blow in the second round saw Liston knock his challenger back a- bout two feet. Still, Clay refused to notice those crashing blows handed to him and seemingly built up his confidence by taking a beating from Liston in that round. Clay held to these tactics of hitting, running and taking a few misplaced punches during the third round. He caught the favored Loss Means Gudgermen Finish In Second Place In Conference Western Carolina College's hopes of capturing the Carolinas Conference regular season championship went up in smoke by the hot shooting of Jesse Branson Saturday night as Elon College rapped the Catamounts 73-67. Branson, a Junior center from Burlington, shattered two records sparking the triumph. He broke an Individual season's scoring record for the school and surpassed his own rebounding mark. Branson connected for 28 points and snared 25 rebounds in the greatest effort of his career. Branson found the open spots in the Western Carolina zone early in the game to send the Christians of Elon into a lead they never relinquished. Teamed with Roland Miller, a senior from Lakeville, Ind., who was playing his first game in a month, Branson led Elon into a 38-32 halftime advantage. In the opening 20 minutes he totaled 20 points while Miller had 8 points. Tiny Lavelle, Western Carolina's tall, strong center, kept the Catamounts in contention throughout the final half of the game with his great play. Tiny led histeam- mates in scoring for the night with 24 points and cleaned the boards an impressive 19 times. The Catamounts' attack suffered a big blow early in the game when Danny Tharpe, the club's playmaker, encountered three quick fouls and had to watch the game from the bench for more than 10 minutes of the first half. The splendid speedster bucketed 10 points for the night as did Bill Home. Darrell Murray was second to Lavelle in the scoring department with his 14-point effort. In the second half Elon received superb distance shooting from Howard Andrews and Dane Winfrex and at one time lengthened the Christians' lead to 12 points. The Catamounts' loss to the Christians, coupled with High Point's triumph over Lenoir Rhyne by a 44-41 count, dropped the Cats Into second place In the Carolinas Conference with a 13-3 record and elevated the Panthers Into the championship with a 14-2 mark. The High Point Panthers go into the Carolinas Conference playoffs in Lexington, N. C, as top-seed while the Western Carolina Catamounts go in as Number 2. boxer for a series of crushing blows to the head and gashed both of Liston's eyes, swelling the left one shut. The fight announcer claimed that Liston looked like he had been run through a meat grinder at the close of the third round. Up to that point, Liston had not landed a telling blow. While resting between the third and fourth rounds, Clay told of having eye trouble also. He claimed his trouble was due to the fact that Liston had something on his gloves. But that was the last heard of that rumor. The fifth round looked as if there were two blind men In the ring boxing since both were suffering from visionary ailments. Clay began to stay a- way from the bruiser Liston as much as possible and the question arose—"Can Clay's speed hold out?" Evidently his speed did hold out as Clay made a sudden charge, crashing more fatal blows to the head of Liston and putting the champ on the bicycle for the first time. Clay began long-range tactics in the siyth round which drained the power out of the tiring champion. When Clay felt he had Liston pretty well worn out, he closed in and actually talked to his opponent when in close clutches. Clay left the sixth round without so much as a scratch. When the bell for the seventh round sounded, Liston did not stand up. Millions of hearts of fight fans sank in despair as the all-time great man of the boxing world said he thought his shoulder had been broken in the first round. Cassius Clay became Heavyweight Champion of the World by a TKO. Clay was already in the center of the ring screaming, "I'm the king! I'm the king! I'm the king of the world!" When the new champion was interviewed In his dressing room, Cassius spouted, "I shook ye all up, didn't 17 As for a rematch, I'll give him one if he wants one. Anyhow, it's Just a fool that wants to fight me. Sonny Liston's an amateur now. I beat that Liston good. I'm bad. I'm badl" When Liston was asked if he would give Clay a rematch, all the defeated and worn out champion said was, "I'll have to think about it." THE BASEBALL TEAM will find practice a little tough should they risk a day of It In the 6 inches of snow which fell last Tuesday and halted the diamond action for an indefinite period. But as soon as all the white stuff has cleared away and Apollo again smiles on Cullowhee soil, you will be seeing the caps and gloves on the field ready to supersede the basketballers. ENSLEY'S SUPER MARKET FRESH MEAT AND PRODUCE Fancy Foods - Frozen Foods Dry Goods and Notions Locattd at Intersection of Waynesville & Cullowhee Hl-Way
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