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N M . :g, l>- ,... N Cl SUICIDE SPLASHDOWN Overwaler K. . . .aze Missions "' '" « ~ ~ w Z W ...J c.> >- c.> -~ Beaman (lioatine. lower left) traveled 198 fut to the opposite bank. and fractured his back. owner of Sportsman's Paradise, 11 mUes east of Indianapolis. At the business end ot a 1/4 mUe runway is a: 20-toot hl:gh dirt ramp at the edge of a manmade lake, 15 to 20· teet deep. Distances are marked with lines strunp; between high poleS;- 50 tt.-$50, 100 tt.$250, 125 tt.- $1000, 150 tt.- $1500, 175 tt.-$25oo, and on the opposite bank 200 tt.-$5000. I wonder what happened to By H. G. Hardy GREENFIELD, IND., July 3 - Welcome to another exciting episode in that continuing daytime drama, "The Rise and Fall of the Puddle-Jumpers". For those of you who tuned in late; this is another jump contest to take your mind ott TV, originated by Mr. John Coopenhaver, successfUl realtor-builder, etc., and == ~~~~ GRAN PRIX LEATHERS w $ -'4 85 Z GENU/HI '"POIlTID LlAT"~1l .PADD'D -Lo'lln .Ll6 ZIPP••• sr.ft ~. SATUlMY' ONLY 'Au; -lAC,,,. the $10,000? Oh well, with success comes many changes. The first thing one noticed, many thanks to the "Outlaws" tor their gran:! performance the first time around, was a merry band of real and rent-a-cops. Every 15 yards walked called tor a whipping out of credent1a1s, never mind what the badges issued to the Press said - a sure sign of Sportsman's new Protessionalism. At the last jump event they had to beat spectators away trom the injured riders with the stretcherl Th,e machines were now foam padded and silver taped many Urnes over. The rules woare changed to allow the jumpers to break a marker ribbon and ge.t paid for the lesser distance, also to be able to dump the bike in the interest of safety and collect for the distance his person fell. All of which might have had something to do with ~ over 33 jumpers signing uP. There were now tour divers of the Greenfield, Ind. Police Dept., and three arnbulanceteams, ~ HANDLEBARS HANOlEBARSHANDlfBARS (MRON I'1X lARS 8L.lCt( CHao.'\( MOLY alC."""·CI·CTC. 1U"~1I u.. eu....... DAY, $ .80 SATtllDAY ONloY 'E '.' ~ 61l $I.~ UG.;II.U. SATURDAY ,*a o S SHCJRE REI-US' AHCIl.A ~~~! TT- sctAM'LlR BARS t SATUIDAY Ot&Y ltYC",li·04 C'fCLi 011. Z (Y'I.E I.A(;ING OIL a.-eIN(O lfoltlc 0''- ; 1.0' y" "1 IN"ECToa/~U.RO'LS MAIL,. OR.DER:5 ...c.eEPTEP,WJTH SO.,. D£.po,lT. eALAAJC~' c.o,D. prw:es ~Fr:ECTJV£ OIWL.Y Wl'TW C.OM'L..E:'T&.O cC\JPGfJ • . ~. ." Duane Hewmao. "V'alright, Duane?" Smack! with an army of Press penple, photographers, TV fUm crews, and walking tape recorders. However mLtemper will not permit me to ilIiy that time-honored game of "Journalist Jostle'" in good torm, so in desperation I leaped aboard the departing pontoon boat carrying the divers out to sea and then requested permission, which was granted on my promise to 1) send the Greenfield Police Dept. a copy of Cycle News East, 2) that we all not run to the tront of the boat, as none ot the tour divers weighed less than 230 pounds- without their equipment. It would prove most embarrassing. (Permit me to digress: On June 17-18 at Indianapolis Raceway Park the first time since 1969 the AMI. has run its 125-mlle road-race National with some of the greatest racers in this country. after 2 days and $47,000 worth of hot racinJ the AMI. left Indiana wondering when the spectators would arrive. The next weekend over 6,000 people paid to see nine guYs