The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-30
|ONE MAN KILLED, ANOTHER
SEVERELY HURT IN AUTO RACE

circuit inaugurated by the American
Association. but there will
be no other event during the year that
can compare with ii either in number
and class of entrants. the severe re-
quirements OF the race. or in the prizes
offered
In addition to the $4,000 purse
which is offered by the Speedway. var
ious automobile accessory and supply
makers have made side offers which
will bring the purse up to total OF
about $4,000 so that the winner OF the
great event probably will be richer by
about $4,000 or $4,000.
Special Racing Cars.
The race is not stock car event.
being run under class "E" OF the A. A.
A. contest rules and. as result OF
this, the majority of the cars entered
were special racing cars. which are ca.
pssble of doing one hundred miles an
hour or better. One Of the require
ments of the race was that every car
must do seventy-five miles an hour.
An entry that failed in this was de
clared not eligible.
All the great winners of 1910 who
are still actively engaged In automo
bile racing were entered, including
Bobby Burman, David Bruce-Brown,
millionaire New Yorker who won the
AIS mile Internationa. Road Race for
the Automobile Club OF Americas
Grand Prize gold cup at Savannah,
November Il: Harry Grant. twice win,
ner of the Vanderbilt Cup race over
the Long Island course: Joe Dawson.
winner of the Donors Trophy in the
Vanderbilt, the Cobe Trophy. the Re
my Trophy, City of Atlanta Trophy
and the Savannah Challenge Trophy.
Jonny Aitken, the winner Of the 301
to $50 Glass race at Paramount park.
third in the Vanderbilt Cup race. win.
ner Of the 200-mile free-for-al at In.
dianapolis, 2OO-mile Atlanta trophy
race and many short Speedway
events: Eddie Hearne, winner OF the
50-mile free-for-al: at indianapolis
twice winner OF the indianapolis
Speedway helmet, and the Fox River
Cup at Elgin; Louis Disbrow. who
| finished fourth In the Vanderbilt Cup
race and winner of many short Speed.
way events; Louis Strang, who per.
formed the wonderful feat OF winning
three great road races In one season
, when in 1908 he won the 34o.mile Sa.
cannah race, the 259-milc Brier-Cliff
rece and the 250-mile Lowell race, and
from that time on has been one Of the
greatest drivers in the racing game.
and Joe Jagersburger who drove the
giant Mercedes to place In the Fair.
mount Park race.
| Elaborate preparations were made
for the policing OF the course by the
militia. to safeguard the spectators in
case of accidents.
List of Entries
The entries were as follows: Case.
Lewis Strang: Simplex. Ralph De-
| Palma; Interstate. C. B. Baldwin; Ma
tional. Johnny Aitken; Pope-Hartford.
Louis Disbrow: Pope-Hartford, Frank
p. Fox; Westcott, Harry knight; Case.
Joe Jagersbergef: Case. Will Jones:
Stutz, Gilbert Anderson; Mercedes.
Spencer Wishart; Amplex. w. H.
Turner; r. A. L.. J. F. Gelnaw: F..
A. L., W. H. Pearce; Knox. Fred
Belcher: Buick. Arthur Chevrolet; Blu
lex. Charley Basic; Fiat, Eddie
Hearne; Alec. Harry Grant: National.
Charley Merz: National. Howard VIII.
cox; McFarlan. Fred Clemens: Nc
Farlan, Bert Adams: Jackson, Fred
Ellis: Jackson. Harry c. Cobe; Jackson.
Jack Tower; Cutting. Ernest Delaney;
Fiat, David Bruce Brown; Lozier, Har.
old Van Gorder: Firestone-Coiumbus.
Lee Prayer; Marmon, Joe Dawson:
Marmon. Ray Haroun: Lozier, Ralph
Mulford: Lozier, Teddy Tetzlaff: Ap-
person. Herb Lytle; Mercer. Hughie
Hughs; Mercer, Charles Bigelow: Sim.
plex. Ralph Beardsley; Fiat, Caleb
Bragg; Verlie, Arthur Gibbons; velie.
Howard Hall: Cole. Bill Endicott:
Cole. Johnny jenkins; Amplex, Walter
Joneg. Benz bob Burman