Who Lost

> Miami Sportsman Dick Bertram, whose V-hulled Moppies are among the fastest inboard pleasure craft ever built; the 240-mile Around Long Island Marathon. Hoping to add to his long string of racing successes (Moppies won the 1961 Marathon, the last three Miami-Nassau powerboat races), Bertram was shooting for a new Marathon record of 5 hr. 45 min. when one of his twin 310-h.p. MerCruiser outdrive engines failed halfway around. Eventual winner in the handicap race: August Nigel's 17-ft. outboard-powered runabout, at an average speed of 33 m.p.h. for the trip.

-- Belgian Cyclist Rik Van Looy, haughty, hawk-nosed world road-racing champion; the rich Tour de France, which Van Looy--although competing for the first time--was the overwhelming favorite to win. After forcing a record pace for the first half of the 22-day, 2,656-mile grind. Van Looy was knocked out of the Tour when a close-crowding photographer's motorcycle struck a rock and catapulted into his bicycle, spilling the 28-year-old Belgian into the path of 19 other racers. Said a rival racer: "Whoever wins now, his victory won't be complete. He won't have beaten Van Looy."

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