Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-30

SQccOWdys Iu0lanApOllS, May SU-AG
the end Of the 800 miles Of the 500 mile
automobile facs today one mechanician
had been killed and a driver perhaps
fatally injured. Six OF the forty cars
that started had been withdrawn be.
cause Of broken parts and Ray Har-
roun in . Marmon had taken tho lead
over David Druce-Brown, driving
Fiat. who had led at $50 miles. Tho
grind promised to continue until $3.50
o'clock this evening.
p. Dickson, mechanician for Arthur
Grsiner, OF Chicago, driving an AM
plex. lnot his life in an upset on tho
back stretch IN the thirtieth mile Of the
race. 0Tsiner suffered several broken
ribs
Car 7hrsw . Tirs.
The accident was due to the car cast
ing q front tire. Greiner could not
hold the car to the track and IL skidded
to the infleld and wtired completely
around, tearing OF both back wheels.
Dickson was thrown twenty feet
against fence. His body was ter
ribly mangled. Greiner was hurled to
the track.
After further examination OF
e;redner the surgeons announced this
afternoon .kat he was not seriously
hurt and that there was no conclusion
Of the brain as had been feared before
he regained consciousness. His right
arm was fractured and the shoulder
dislocated.
Hsarns coss Into Ditch.
Hearne's Fiat ran into the outer
ditch when the steering gear broke
thA
home stretch in the 23O mile. Neither
Parker, who had relieved Hearne. nor
the mechanician was hurt. It was
announced that the car would be repair
ed and sent back into the race.
Harroun Takes Lsad.
After the 200 mile post was passed
several Of the pilots dropped out to
rest a few moments and relief drivers
took their places In the cars. Patsche
drove the Marmon Wasp" for Har-
roun for several laps and Parker sub
stituted for Hearne in a Fiat. Ray
Harroun led the field at the ESQ mile
mark. No time was given. Ralph De-
Palma was second and Ralph Mulford
was third.
Brown Breaks Record.
Bruce Browns time for the $50 miles
vas 1 hour, 50 minutes and IL seconds.
which, was a new record, the old mark
being hours, minute. seconds.
set by Dawson at Atlanta last year.
The cars were strung out behind the
leaders all around the two and one
half nile course. The scorching pace
burned out the tires and most of the
cars had stopped one or moro times
at the pits for tire changes.
Three Cars Mix.
In a mixup Of Lytle's Apperson,
knights Twestcott and Jagersberger's
Case. directly in front of the grand
stand John Glover. knights mechan-
the others Of the three crews escaping
anything more than serious bruises.
The Case car broke its steering gear
and sakidded from side to side of the
track. Lorrienepr, the mechancian, fell
out and The car passed over his leg.
The cars behind the Case made des-
perate efforts to escape collision and
al OF them swerved by safely except
the westcott and the Apperson. Then
ran out into the mud at the inner
boundary, Of the track and turned over.
Msohanoian Injured.
The strain OF the terrible grind
proved too great for Bob Evans, me-
cl,ancian for Jack Tower, driving
Jackson. and he Jumped from the car
on tho back stretch. Evans was hur!-
ed heavily to the ground. but at the
Geld hospital 1t was said he was not
seriously, hurt.
Motor Speedway. Indianapolis, May
80. - Eighty-tive thousand people
massed about q two and one-haif mile
oval on the grounds Of the Indianapolis
motor spSedway today ran tho gamut
Of emotions in response to the thrilling
zeats Of forty speed-mad pilots. racing
500 mileSstor fame and gold.
Carl 0s Fisher. millionaire sports
man, spresident OF the speedway 1880
\ ciation.f luperintended tho posting Of
the yaiiitla ana the loo sDeciei po-