The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-06-03
HARBOUR WINS
500 MILE RACE
ARTHUR GREINER, SPORTSMAN
PILOT, SERIOUSLY INJURED
HIS MECHANIcIAN DEAD.
HALF A DOZEN OTHERS ARE HURT
Mad WhirIsis Of Cars on indianapolis
Course-Great Throng Cheers
Drivers in Thrilling 5Oo-MiIe
Speed Contest.


THE 5oo.MILE AUTO RACE.
Winner-Ray Harroun.
Tines hours, ~ minutes, 8
seconds.
Car-Marmon.
Starters-4O.
Distance-5o0 miles.
. Length Of Track-2la miles.
Laps of Finisf-2CO.
Estimated Time Duration-e 80
hours.
Total Prizes-$4O.oo0.
Cash to Winner-$10,0oo.
Attendance-77,0O 900.
The Starters:
Lewis Strane, Case; Ralph De
Palma, Simplex; Harry Endicott,
Interstate; John Aitken, National;
Louis Disbrow, Pope-Hartford;
Frank Fox, PopeHarttord; Harry
Knight, Westcott; Joe Jagerburg-
err, Case; William Jones, Case; Gil
Anderson, Stuff; Spencer Wishart,
Mercedes; Joe Greiner, Amplex;
Fred BeIcher, Knox; Arthur Chew
rolet, Buick; Charles Basic, Fiat;
Harry Grant, Alec; Charles Merz,
y National; Howard Wilcox, Nation
al; Bert Adams, McFarIan; Fred
Ellis, jackson; Harry CODE, Jack
son; Jack Tower, jackson; Ernest
Delaney, Cutting; David Bruce
Brown, Fiat; Lee Prayer, Fire
stone-CoIumbus; Joe Dawson, Mar.
mon; Ray Harroun, Marmon;
Ralph milford, Lozier; Teddy
TetzIaff, Lozier; Herb Lythe, Ap.
person; Hughie Hughes, Mercer;
Charles BigeIow, Mercer; Ralph
+ BeardsIey, Simplex; Caleb Bragg,
= Fiat; Howard Hall, VeIle; Bill En-
dicott, Cole; w. n. Turner, Am
pick; Bob Burman, Benz, and Billy
= knipper, Benz.
indianapolis, May 31-For fame
fortune and the glory Of the automo
bile one life was sacrificed and severa
men were injured in the first 5OO-mil,
race on a speedway, the greatest ties
of skill and endurance in the histor
of the sport of motor racing, won b.
Ray Harroun, driving a Marmon cal
In 6 hours Al minutes and seconds
Closely pressing Harroun for the vic
tory We're Ralph milford. with lie
zier, who finished second, and Davi,
Bruce Brown, who drove his Fiat un
der the wire good third.
One Man Is Killed.
At the end of the first $50 mile
automobile race, one mechanician ha,
been killed and driver perhaps fatal
ly injured; four Of the forty cars tina
started had been withdrawn becaus,
of broken parts, and David Bruce
Brown, driving Fiat, was leading
long grind that promised to continue
to the end.
S. P. Dickson, mechanician for Al
thur Greiner Of Chicago, driving al
Amplex car, lost his life in an upse
on the back stretch in the thirtietl
mile of the race. Greiner suffered sew
eral broken ribs and perhaps concus
sion of the brain. Surgeons at tn
field hospital would not make a state
ment az to the probable outcome O
his injuries.
The accident was due to the car cast
ing front tire. Greiner could not hol
the car to the track and it skidded t.
the infield and whirled completed
around, tearing off both back wheels
Dickson was thrown twenty fee
against the fence. His body was tel
ribly mangled. Greiner was hurle,
to the track.
Accidents Thrill Crowd.
A series of succeeding accident
thrilled the immense crowd, pitche'
high fearful expectancy and KEEP
thousands of eyes strained on tn
track for a carnival of death tina
seemed imminent whenever group q
cars flashed close to each other. Me
injured in the mishaps were as 70
lows:
Dave Lewis, mechanician for Tedd
Tetzlaff Uozier), right leg broke
near hip.
Harry Knight, driver Of Westcot'
breast bruised and possible internal IL
juries.
John r. Glover, knights mechanic
ian, body bruised.
Bob Evans, mechanician for JAG
Tower (Jackson), body bruised whe
he leaped from car In panic.
John Wood, mechanician for 10
Jagersburger (Case), run over an
badly bruised.
With bright skies and a breez
that cooled the atmosphere from tn
oppressive heat of the last few day
nothing appeared to mar the creates
day in the snort of automobile racfn,