Plattner -Von Buren Win New York "Six" `".1

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Plattner-Von Buren Win New York "Six"
n.e Sliriss team 01 Oscar Plauner and
Armin VOIlJI Burren _
nbe six-dar race in
Elevea Days
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Madisoo S wne Garden in a surprise riChJry.
8J Bill Vener
T'IIIO bours lDefore .midnigJa. t.b e kalian \team of
Terruzzi- Faggm was leading with SOl poiDts.
follo__ by PJattneJr ami! Von Buren with -HB.
This. !!IIW fourtful annoo.l bic.yde pilgrim­
Ifter tbat tbe Spiss staned piling up poinls m
age to ew EllIgIaIIId was done solo. I left Ban ­
the
sprims but eYen an boor before the end dIey
laID Lake (Coamectianr) Youth Hosrel oo AuguS1:
IoiR!re S1:ill traHing lhe J[talians . WidI ooliy fifteen
20. desI:inaIiOllll PRttsfield. Mass . If'tiJe wealIher
lIJIIilJlll:es ro go. 11. was a:ben apparent that the
was warm and samy aJDd I rode O¥er secomdary
Sliriss had _
elllougb sprints (0 take the race .
r oads mose of die _y illl order tall avoid ttbe
At the finish they bad _
widI 1224 poinls and
!JIeayY Sunday traffic . ) arose Monday morning
Itbe Italians had 78 B pomts. TlltinIl was dIe
to die paller off rain drops m cllIe rlOOf bu.1r after
German - n ..,.embourg team of Altig and Gillen
b reaHasl: die raiD had ~ so I decUfed ro
with 601 poinlS . FifteeD teams S1:arled and
risk It . A COIIIpfe or miles up U . S . 7 the rain
seven f"miisbed . Three leams retired in tbe last
S1:arted ag;ain and a tilde fartber 0IllI two miles
of muddy road constructiion fimrber complicated lMxJr due (0 the sizzling pace. The race which
was slated (0 stan 011 Friday. Seax . 22 at 9 :00
matters _ Learilllg U . S . 7 at MandnesreJr CaI­
ter. VennOllllI. I aooll Vt . II and staned lbe long p.m . was delayed doe (0 a foul up un buildiDg
climb up Bromley Mll _ Tbe usual superb \fie.. 011 the traeIr. which bad to be disOlanrled and re­
buib.. At 2:50 a . m . Saturday . tbe trad: was
top was obsCl!lred bw fog. timiitiog risimlity iO
finally ready and the race S1:aned sborrly after •
about 200' al times. Tllae last 35 miles lto Lud­
Although cro\lllds were sparce tbm~ some
low Hostel W'eJre quire agonizing in die cold wet
rain . Sbonlyafter my a r rival anCJ(1!Jer dreo ftH!d of lbe race. a crowd of 14.220 wimessed Ihe
f"mal hours . Several or dIe teams. including lbe
cyclist made h is appearance and lire bulb dried
winners. will compere in the Berlin six-day.
oot in fr mf of the fir eplace -- be was «III Itbe
S1:arting October 6.
("m an Beg of a fiwe - wreeJt· s bike ] iiI!I!I1Ilt lllilicb had
carried him as Jar as [be Gaspe Peuminsula.
-File
Nest morning. with O!1Ily a glass of milt
aod 3 . piece of rye bread for b~. I bad a
The "5O-miles-in~rs- anracted
repeat perionnance of the preYious day's
seyen panicipaDIs wbo lefl 0Jeyy 0Jase Circle
weather. I followed lB. S.
of Sbe:r:bunIe.
witb
[emper.u:ure reaching toward Ibe upper
t owanll Pico Peak. tillen ltuDJed of[ 00 VI. 100.
liO·s. Allbough tber slOpped at inlenals (0
wbich i s a \tJrUly beautiful rO\1lite. nestled be­
wait for the ~rear guard. - the group reached
t1ReD lWU m ouoUain ranges- -CranriUe Gulf is
Poolesrille in aboul 2-1/2 bours. where lbey
paniQlllla.rly scenic. The \YaterlOO.ry; Caller
bad Jbe usual SOfl drink and ice cream session.
HOS1:el \WI3S a 1ire1C0me sight ami it was nice 10
On Ibe return. a couple of riders took Ihe ini ­
see M r s . Gl!Ilfinriidge _ ce again.
aliYe and staned a ... pace which sua:eeded
The foifiowing day ImS O¥en:asl so I de­
in breating up tbe group. At Seoecl the lead ­
cided ao malte It a day of reS1: and calch up on
ers stGJPPed 10 gi..,-e lhe suflerers a chance
mweating!
catch~ . All bI.- IJI'le sbmred up pcomplWy. and
Tlhe Dest morniUlg as I \m5 IlIOrlriDg (0­
two riders eYen _
alllhe tray- bad: 10 Pooles ­
\mrd St . JoIImsblJry. 'ria S!oIwe and " UornSYiIIe.
ville in sear.::b of him. but drew a blank . 1be
I decided I sbould IlJaYe cycled a lillne t.... pre­
remaining four email,: look off ou a desperale
YiOIIIS day and eatelll less as my legs ~ stiff
against - (ile-clod:. dash 10 1'1 10 get in .-Ier
and I !had dlificiIIJln:y get!ing up some of r .... S1:eep­
lbe fiy~-bonr deadline. but IoS1: 0Ul b)- <Dour 20
er bil ls . This was offset m pan br the superb
minlJlle5 . Had it DOl beetl fur loob'lg for (be
riew from tlbe ttop oj OllIe bill. Ifrom wluch could
rider missing in action. tbe odters IRJUId haye
be seen a panorama encompassing bulh the
Wbite Mountains of New Hampshire and abe
'JIlUi3lified. As; il rurned OUI. the lost rider bad
G reen MOuntaIDs . The 1asr wee muL5 to dIe
~ become confused at au intersec1[ion and (oot
the wrong IlHIl e bad: to Washington.
Iwhee.
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ANAL STANDINUS:
Plattner- V.... Ibren
T erruzzi - FaggiDl
Altig-GUm
WaglmanS- PlallllaZ
Gieseler-Dooike
lIIiltiz- Acosta
Messina- Siriloui
Mileage
Laps
2359
0
2359
0
2359
2359
2359
(!)
FoinIS
1224
78.1
601
1
813
I
474­
2358
3
300
2358
.f"
355
Wer
Professional Road::
The 178- mile road race rook place in Itbe
suburbs of Berne. Switzerland. 011 goOOI roads.
oyer billy and picturesque COUDllrJSide IJo a sun ­
ny day . First to !Jreak awas was (he Spaniard.
MeInende:z. who dnJppelfIuuI \IItEn 1tbe field caugbI:
bim . In tbe firS1: 94 miles. mruay breata ways
were attempted. including Robinsoo. G£eal
Britain. who led for 25 miles by as much as
2"30"" . Simpsoo (ried to catch him. llritb at f _
others. but the field was close 011 !their IiDee tis •
Afler lhese 9-11 mii.es. tbe dectsiye anad: toot:
place wilb small groups breaking away . Twelye
riders cangbt the brealraways. whidJ left a field
or tbe lb SlTUDgesl riders abead. includliog Van
Looy . Van Looy bad all tbe protectiOlIJ he ~
[rom his eam ~mat:es and rode with ease. SIab­
Iiosty tried repeatedly to clear dIe way for
Anqoetil but was always followed by _e of Van
Lnor's faiIbfuls . Poutidor joined widI Simpsoo.
MassigtJ3D and SloUrer in an attempted breakaway
and were chased by Van L.ooy- bimsell. Three
mines from the Iioish Foulidur sprinted and drop­
ped eYerybodJ except Van Looy and Defillillis.
wbo passed bim in tbat order.
OassificaJion:
I.
2.
3.
.. .
Rit: Van 1.00)' . Belgium
Defillipis. ltal
Pouhdor. France
8eI:nanIez. Spain
DeRoo. Holland
Amateur Road:
1lIe .'\maI.eur Race starred as a dull event
and spectators ered me il3gb1JoIiDg smmming'
pcol in die beat or pla)--ed c:a.Jrds . Bur il was a
1l00gb ra to for tthe panicipauls. eigbl ires aD
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pc Ie 2
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TOUR DE FRANCE HIGHLIGHTS
SOME IDSTORY OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE
First Tour - 1903
ED IT O RIA L S TAF F
B i-U Vetter
Ra y Matthe w s
Rut h C hristi a n
ART A ND CO M POSITION
Chri s tian
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Pri n te d
C & L Press
Clyde C. Nitz
RACE RESULTS RESULTS OF D.C. - MARYLAND
ROAD (]-JAMPIONSIDP
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Seni ors: 50 miles
Art Lauf, Balto.
Oliver Ward, Takoma Park, Md.
Sam Knutson , U .S. Army
Bill Vetter, Was hington
Red Ferris , R iverdale, Md .
Jim St rawser, Riverdale, Md.
J uniors:
25 miles
I. (])aries Towers
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Ray Matthews, Ill, McLean, Va.
Bobby Phillips, Balto.
Bob La Otaussee, Arlington, Va.
Bob Suter , Arington, Va.
Ray Grant , Arlington , Va.
T he faVOrites were Maurice Garin and
Joseph Fisher. One rider, Dargassie, had
never raced before or even s at on a racing bike
until he signed for the first Tour, and he fin­
ished!
Ave rage speed was 3 5 km per hour on
d i rt roads with n o gear s hifts .
Director of the Tour was Geo. Lefevre,
who followed tf, e ride r s on a bikel The sponsor
of the Tour, the publi cation " l ' Auto", had one
car following the fie ld .
StafJ! 1: Pa ris-Lyon: Start at 3:15 p.m.,arrival
at 9: 00 a. m . the next morning. Winner was
Garin.
St~ 2: L yon - Marseille: Start at 2:30 a. m .
with admonition to riders not to wake up sleep­
ing inhabi tants. One rid er quit and took the
tra in to neares t control point. His manager put
him back on the bike and made h im ride an extr
10 k:m and then sent him to chase t he field. Win­
ner was Aucouturier. AU ate cookies and drank
wine!
Stage 3: Marseille - Toulouse: 423 k:m in stag­
gered starts. Those who p le dged t o ride t he
whole Tour started ahead of th o se who on ly
rode part of it. Start at 10:30 p .m. -- arrival
at 4:57 p.m. tbe following afternoon. Dargas sie,
being on home grounds, gave directions __
wrong ones to Garin and his supporters who
were his adversaries. Riders had to stop in
every town and sign the register. Sometimes
as many as 14 men would fight for the pen and
upset the inkwell in the process. When riders came into sight, a bugle was sounded to notify spectators. St~ 4: Toulouse - Bordeaux: Start at 4 a.m. arrival 1:50 p.m. Wi nner was Samson. This same stage was split into 3 days in the 1961 T our . Stage 5: Bordeaux - Nantes: Start 11:00 p . m . arrival at 3:15 p .m. Winner was Garin, sprint fini s h . All riders looked like flou r bags, cov­ ered with dust. NObody really knew who win­
ner was for a while . Dur ing this stage George had t wo flats. sat down to fix one and feU as­ leep. Another rider came a long and had to wa ke him up . Four days of rest. AU riders protested
that it was too much but managers felt that they
shou Id recuperate enough to s how up in Paris
less exhausted .
Stage 6 : Na ntes - Paris: Sta rt at 8:00 p.m. ­
.a rrival at 2:09 p .m. Winne r was Garin with
20 of 50 riders left . All a long t he roads and
especially near Paris, s pectators were so
dense t hat only a two foot pa s s age wa s left and
r iders had to s queeze through single fi le . Win ­
ner Garin was acclaimed with drums and bugles,
accompanied by 2 , 000 specrRi:Or S on bi c ycles .
GEORGE'S HOBBY & CYCLE
Il25 KING STR E ET
ALEXANDRI A
VI RGINIA
RAQNG , TRACK ,
TO R lG BIK ES
A CCESSORIES
BERGER - HE LYETT
SA VAG E - GEMINIA
TE 6 - 7707 ATALA CYCLES POT LUCK DINNER
The Federation is bolding its first social,
a Pot Luck Dinner, Saturday, November 4, at
8:00 p. m . -- Jefferson Fire House , 23rd & Eads
Streets , S. Arlington . This is one block off
Jefferson Davis Hwy, near Dan ' s Bike Shop ,
This is the occasion when we will pass out
awards to those who scored points in our race
serie s throughout the season , including the
D .C. OJamp ionships a nd the D .C. - Maryland
oad Championship. Admission will be 50 cents
per h ead, payab le at the door. There will also
be door prizes . Any food donations will be
gratefully accepted. F or further inform;] i n,
a nd/or donations, call Danny Perrucci,
OT 4 -5944 .
WORLD CHAMPIONSHI PS
cont. from pa ge 1
the lap with t hree hills, t otal di stance over 100
m ile s. Some were dropped on the first lap and
one American was 5' OS" behind. Seven riders
from different cOlUltries broke away and after
approximately 37 miles two m ore joi ned them .
Selena (Fr anc-.-e) and Heebs (Lichtenstein) joined
the seven ahe ad and in lap 6 Gestraud and Jour­
den of France did likewise. F our from this
group managed to break away, including Se lena ,
but were joined b y Jourden , Gestraud . From
then on it was the three F renchmen ahead t o
t he finish .
__ _
C las s iflcatIon:
1 . Jean Jou rden , F r ance 4hr . 49' 54" (av . 23 , -l
2 . Henri Sele na, France
m pb)
3 . Jacques Gestraud, France
4 . De Rosso, Ita ly
5 . Melckebeke, Belgium
Professional Sprint:
To see Mas pes defeat Rousseau took
p atience. They s topped and balan ced for 6 ' 05':
m oved on and the n stopped again for 20' 14", a
t otal of 26' 19 " . Hea vy muscled Rousseau did
n ot ave the st rength left in his t highS to r es ­
pond t o Maspes' attack and the latter went on
t o win. In a n inte rview Maspes admitted his
a ction was p remediated. He equalled the
worLd record of 42 mph ill his last 200 yardS .
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Coming Events •
Oct . 14 .& 15 ,
Sat.& Sun .
Ootober 16,
Monday
Hoste'! trip to WHliarnsport,
Md . Call BHl Vetter for info .
EM 2- 213 3
Monthly Federation Meeting.
Guy Mason Center, Wi sconsin
Ave. & CalvertSt.,N.W.
8:00 p.m.
Octobe~·
21,
Saturday
Ride somewhere in Maryland .
Meet at Cltevy Cltase Bi.ke
Service, 5614 Conn. Ave. ,
9:00 a.m.
October 22,
Sunday
Po lo F ield, Potomac Parle.
One -Hour Team Race, 4
s prints . Riders may malee
up their own two-m an teams ,
BUT n o team may be made lip
of t wo c lass " A n r ide rs.
Teams a re requested to wear
the same color jersey whether
they be jllSt tee shirts o r
rac ing je r seys . F or further
info, cal:l Ray Matthews,
EL 6 - 5098 .
October 29 ,
Sunday
Ride to new Dulles Airport.
Meet at Northern Va . Cycle,
1049 W. Broad St ., Falls
ClIu rch , 9:00 a. m . Leaders:
Cl.ay Harrold & Ray Matthews .
November 4,
Satu rda y
POT LU CK DINNER . See
write up .
CHANGE Of' ADDR ESS
Please let us know if you have a change of ad­
dress so that you will s till r eceive your ,copy
of the Spoleesman. The Post Office De pt. wi II
not forward it .
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
ELEV£tV ')':"Y s,
c..:;nt~
fr o " po~e
1
St . Johnsbury Hostel were through ~ very pretty
valley and a battery o f angry dogs! Shortly after
Final Overall Standings
being greeted by Mr s: Tandy, the bouseparent,
Messrs . Michalka, Janeen and White from New
Senior s
Jersey arrived OIl their custom IS-speed French
1. Jim Rossi , Olicago
bikes .
2 . Jack Simes , N . J .
T h e f our of us started out to.:;"ether the
3 . Jacle Disney, Calli .
next day for New Hampshire. Just over the
4 . Bill F r eund , Mich .•
state 'l ine we parted as their pl.ans differed from
5. G . Rudolph , Ill.
mine a nd I headed for Franconia Notch . Leav­
ing the town of Franconia, I was confronted with
Jun iors
a p a rticularly brutal climb. I bad realized that
some climbing would be necessary to get into
1. Allan Grieco, N .J.
tbe Notch but the difficulty of this one was tot­
2. Ray Matt hews, HI, Va .
ally unexpected and 54 gear felt like 104. I'd
3. Dave Harstick, Wi.s .
lilee t o go back and coast down this one some
4. Bob Parsons , €altf.
day ! By tbis time the weather turned cloudy and
5. Bm Mazarik, Olicago
cooL and the summit , Cannon Mr . (4060 ') was
in the cloud s. The Aerial Tramway was run ­
Women
ning but t he cable cars di.sappeared in the clouds
an.d the stone profile of the "Old Man" was
1. Ada Johnson, Buffalo
barely visible . By this time I was going down­
2. Elizabeth Bur\cbart, N . J.
hill and , e xcept for an ottaBional short rise,
3 . Nancy Bur·lehar.;, . j . '
enjoyed a coast of seven miles. Later on I en­
counte;:ed a series of long up~ and do.ms along
In spite of the exce Ilent track a t Brown
Lake Winnipesaukee, after which I had about
Deer Park, Milwaukee, there were far too
ten m iles of the most jarring, bone-shalci.ng
many spills in tbe races. T his could be anri­
r oads I have ever experienced.
buted to the fact that the r iders were not ex ­
Leaving Alton the next morning before
p erienced t r ackmen due to the acute shortage
hreaidast, I headed for Cape Ann, but not with ­
of tracks i.n this country . Also, the judges did
out rectifying the food situation a few miles
not enforce the r a ce rules so we ll outlined by
down the road. The Annisquam Hostel at Cape
Cliester Nelsen at the riders meeting.
Ann i s the most interesting hostel I have ever
Pre-race favorites Disney, Simes and
seen, located in an oW mill which used the in­
Matthe ws did not come through as expected .
coming and outgoing tides for power.
Disney apparently was not used to the tracie ,
The next day I wrestled Sunday traffic
having arrived at Milwaukee at me last minute .
while tourtng Cape Ann, including Gloucester
He r ode well, however, and was untouchable
and Rockport with their fishing boats, artist
through most of m e ten - mite race .
Simes proved that he is probably the fast­ colonies and beaches.
T he follOwing day I headed for Boston -­
est sprinter in th is country by winning both the
a jumping off place for Ttesday's long haul to
match sprints and the lOOO-meter time trial,
Granville Hostel. After getting in and out of
but feU in the five - mile which Rossi won , thus
Boston unscathed, I headed west and found some
eliminating h im from the titLe . Ray Matthews ,
n ice secondary roads most of the way. Tbe
M c Lean , Va., was favored In win the Junior
terrain was almost fiat until west of Sprin3~
title but was involved in a crash and suffered
field, where the hills started. By the time I
head injuries which clinched tbe title for Llan
reached Granville Hostel I covered 125 miles-­
Grieco of • J. The re was a noticeable lack
the longest. distance I cycled in one day. After
of sportsmanship on the part of some Junior
riders. but Grieco managed to stay up and win . a cool, refreshing swun in the pool followed by
Little can be said for me women ' s races except
cant. page
that perhaps the type of races in this category
should be changed .
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SeveraL pairs of road 'whee , and other mis ­
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GENE RAL INFORMATION
T he Federation of Washington Area
Cycle Clubs has a program of e vents which we
hope will please just a bout everyone. If you
don 't see what you want in our schedule of
events , a s k for it . We welcome any sugges­
tions and crici c is m.
For general information, call any of
the persons below who are listed by areas:
Shannon Ferguson
SO 5-9309
Danny Perrucci
South Arlington
OT 4-5944
N . Arlington, Falls (burch and McLean
Ray Matthews
EL 6-5098
Annandale
Ruth & Don ClJ.ristian
CL 6-2490
Washington, Bethesda, Chevy (base and
Silver Spring
Bill Vetter
EM 2-2133
Hyattsville, Ri ver dale and College Park
H.G. Ferris AP 7-7931
T a koma Park, Rockville
Oliver Ward
JU 8-3892
Alexandria
For c ycling informa tion in the Baltimore Area,
the followi ng persons may be contacted:
Clyde Nitz - Route 4,Box 237, Elkridge 27,Md.
Phone Elkridge 1380
AMATEUR BICYCLE LEAGUE OF AMERICA re­
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pr n sentative for
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Class ification:
l. Maspes, Ita ly
2. Rousseau, France
3. De Bakker, Belgium
4. Plattner, S;,;itzerland
Amateur Sprint:
The first day at the Oerlikon Track in
Z uri ch, elimination h eats were held. Out were
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dinner, I fe ll r eady for the final leg of the trip
next day .
I followed Conn. 20 with its long up and
BI KE SHOP down grades through some really beautiful
country , arriving back at Bantam Lake early i n
REPAIRS AND SALES
the afternoon, having covered a total of 760
PI CKUP AND DEUVERY
miles, or a daily average of 69 miles, includ in
one day of no cycling.
Some facts about my trip:
I used medium -weight tubular tires, no
ROAD & TRACK RACING BICYC LES
flats. Only mechanical d iffirulty was the shift
lever screw which came loose several times,
but I was able to tighten it with the buckle on
759 - 23rd STREET SOUTH. AR UNGTON, VA.
my glove as I carried no tools. I had to whack
OTis 4-5944
many dogs and dented my pump on one. Used
ten speeds ranging from '00 to 54 and should
have had a low gea-c in the low 4O"s.
Average total cost per day was $3.00 and t wo Frenchmen, t wo Japanese, one Englishman,
this could have been lowered. Carried about 7 _one Luxembourger and two South Americans.
lbs . of luggage, consisting of: Toilet articles ,
The second day saw Sergto Bianchetto ofltaly.
extra pair of sox, underwear, shirt, tire patch 22 years old, as winner, follo wed by another
kit, spare tire, hooded rain cape (8-1/2 os .),
I talian, Beghetto, and Ron Baensch of Austr alia
nylon pullover (6 oz.), sLeet !'lee()ing sack,
third. The Russian, Bodnieks, was fourth.
(nylon), swim trunks (nylon 3 oz .), canoe moc­
assins, cycling cap, can opene r, spoke wrench Professional Pursuit:
and extra chain link.
Rudi Altig, Germany, had to battle hard
In closing I would like to add that too
to defeat Willy Trepp, SqitzerLind . Altig
many people overload themselves with a lot of
sprinted three times, Trepp stayed on t wice
useless junk on an extended bike trip. If you
but could not r esist Altig's third m ighty push
find you need something, it can usually be ob ­
and lost by 5 sec. Third was Leandro F aggin,
tained along the way, excep t lightweight bike
Italy, and Fourth was Albert Bouvet, France.
parts, of course, in which case you may find ·
yourself really stuck. I'm willing to risk it,
Amateur Pu rsuit:
however, for the pleasure of riding a light­
In ttie semi -finals Nidjam of Holland s et
weight rather than being overburdened with a
a new record of 30.3 mph. That means tha t
lot of unneeded extra weight, and I believe the
they had to be able to cover 2. 4 miles in 5"
risk is relatively small.
05" or better t o quaUfy for t he finals . Those
that made it were Oudkerk, Holland; Delattre,
F r ance; Contrearas. Argentina; Da lton, New
Zealand; Moskvine. USSR; Isaksson, Denmar k.
He inemann, Switzer land. T wo hours later it
was down to fou.r, Nidj a m. Delattre, Contreras
and Oudkerk, T he next day in the finals Oud­
kerk beat Delattre and Nidjam defeated Con­
t reras. After a r estart due t o a flat tire,
Nidja m won •
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Shannonn Ferguson
103 Jefferson Ave .
Alexandria, Va.