The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-06-02

May 3l.-One lie was Sacrlnced and
several were injured yesterday in the
first 500-mile race on a speedway, won
by Ray Harroun, driving Marmon
car, in hours Al minutes and sec
onds. Closely pressing Marroun for
victory were Ralph Mulford, with a
Lozier, who finished second, and David
Bruce-Brown, in Fiat, good third.
sSeventy-seyen thousand person
shouted encouragement to the forty
pilots, who started the race at 10
O'Clock this morning, and with un-
tagging enthusiasm cheered the lead
ers in the last lap and watched the
field pound around the course in di-
vision of the lesser honors.
In the most serious accident of the
day S. P Dickson of Chicago, me-
chanician for Arthur Greiner, driving
an Amplex, lost his life in an upset
on the back stretch. The race had
been on but few minutes and the
Amplex was in its thirtieth mile when
the rim OF one of the front wheels flew
off.
The car twisted on the track, hurl-
ing Greiner and Dickson from their
seats. Dickson was thrown against q
fence twenty feet away and was ter.
ribly mangled. He was killed instant
ly,
Greiner was unconscious when pick
ed up and it was feared he had a con-
cussion of the brain, but when revived
at the field hospital it was found his
only injury was fractured arm.
Succeeding accidents thrilled the i'm
mense crowd which, with nerves at
high tension, watched the cars flash
by the grandstand and momentarily
expected carnival of death. The
cars at times swept around the course
in groups at terrific speed.
Men injured in the mishaps were:
Danve Lewis, mechanician for Ted
dy Tetzlaff Oozier), right leg broken
near hip.
Harry E. Knight, driver of West.
colt, break bruised and possible in
ternal injuries.
John T. Glover, Knights mechani
clan, body bruised.
Bob Evans, mechanician for Jack
Tower (Jackson), body bruised when
he leaped from car in panic.
John Wood, mechanieian for Joe
Jagersburger (Case), run over and
badly bruised
Entries For Great Race.
The following cars and drivers en-
tered the greatest auto racing event
in history yesterday at Indianapolis:
Number car I, Case. Driver Lew
Strang, Mechanic Everett, cylinder
displacement 2S4.
No Simplex, Ralph Depalma driv
er Charles Bury, mechanic, cylinder
4. displacement 597
No. Interstate, H. Endicott driver
C. e. Sprague mechanic. cylinder 4
displacement 4S1.
No National John Aitken driver
w. f. Kener mechanic, cylinder 4
displacement 54S.
No. Pope-Hartford, Louis Disbrov
driver. Richard Ulbrecht mechanic
cylinder 4, displacement 800.
No. Pope-Hartford. Frank Fo1
driver, Scott mechanic, cylvinder 4
displacement 800.
No. Westcott, Harry knight driv
er John T. Glover mechanic, cylinder
g. displacement 421.
No. Case, Joe Jagersberger driver
Maxwell mechanic. cylinder 4, displace
ment 2S4.
No. 9 Case, Will Jones driver, Fred
Pfister mechanic, cylinder 4, displace
ment 2s4.
No. 10 Stutz, Gil Anderson driver
Frank Agan mechanic. cylinder 4, dis
placement 800.
No. II Mercedes, Spencer Wishart
driver, VIM. Pfeiffer mechanic, cylin
der 4, displacement $50.
No. II Amplex, w. H. Turner driver
Ward mechanic, cylinder 4, displace
ment 443.
No. Is Knox, Fred Belcher driver
VIM. John mechanic, cylinder 6, dis
placement 559.
No. 16 Buick, Arthur Chevrolet driver
Albert Seraye mechanic, cylinder 4
displacement 594.
No. II Buick, Chas. Basele driver
Jose Demand mechanic. cylinder
displacement 594.
No. IS Flat, Edward Harm, driver
Lindenstruth mechanic, cylinder 4
displacement 447.
No 81 National, Howard Wilcox
driver, J. P. Walker mechanic, cylinder
4, displacement $50.
No. % McFarlan, Bert Adams driver
al Adams mechanic, cylinder 6, dis