They Said It

? Andy Granatelli, whose turbine-powered car failed just short of the finish at Indianapolis two years ago after leading throughout the race, on the title of his new book, They Call Me Mister 500: "I feel bad about the title. I think it should be They Call Me Mister 498."

?Rosy Ryan, 71-year-old executive vice-president of the minor league Phoenix Giants, who has spent more than half a century in baseball, explaining his addiction for freewheeling, fun-loving baseball people like Casey Stengel, Babe Ruth, Lefty Gomez, Horace Stoneham and Mike Kelly: "They're the kind of people I like. I never met anyone interesting in a library."