The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-31
Panic in the Nervous Crowd Was
Nearly Perpetuated by the Faint
ine Of an Overwrought Woman In
! the Grandstand.
Winning Cars.


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Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, May
31.-For fame, fortune and the glory
of the automobile one life was sac
riflced and several men were injured
yesterday in the first 500 mile race
on a speedway, the greatest test OF
skill and endurance In the history OF
the sport Of motor racing, won by
Raw Harroun, driving Marmon car,
In the time Of 6 hours, Al minutes
and 8 seconds. Closely pressing Har-
roun for the vistory were Ralph Null
ford, with q Lozier who finished sec
ond, and David Bruce-Brown, who
drove his Flat under tho wire good
third.
Seventy-seven thousand people
roared encouragement to the forty
pilots that started the race at 10
o'clock in the morning and with un-
tagging enthusiasm cheered the lead
ers in the last lape of the race and
watched the field pound around the
course in division Of the lesser hon
ors.
In the most serious accident Of the
day, S.seP. Dickson Of Chicago. mech
anician for Arthur Greiner, driving
an Amplex, lost his life in an upset
on the back stretched. The race had
been on but few minutes and the
Amplex was in its thirtieth mile
when the rim on one Of the wheels
flew of. The car twisted on the
track In a mighty spasm, hurling the
men from their seats. Dickson was
thrown against fence twenty feet
from the car and was terribly mang-
led. He was killed instantly.
Greiner was unconscious when he
was picked up, and 1t was feared he
had q concussion of the brain but
when he was revived at the field hos
pital it was found his only injury
was a fractured arm. A series of
succeeding accidents thrilled the inn
mense crowd pitched high a fearful
expectancy and kept thousands of
eyes strained on the track for car
,nival of death that seemed imminent
whenever a group of cars flashed
close to each other.
Men injured in the mishaps were
as follows:
Dave Lewis, mechanician for Teddy
Tetzlaf (Lozier), right leg broken
near hip.
Harry knight, driver Of Westcott,
breast bruised and possible internal
injuries.
John T. Glover. knights mechani-
clan, body bruised.
Bob Evans, mechanician for Jack
Tower {Jackson). body bruised when
he leaped from the car in panic.
John Wood, mechanician for Joe
IaxersburEer (Case), run over and
badly bruised.
The crowd got beyond control of
the militia and policemen posted
about the grounds, and swarmed
across the inf1eld when Dickson was
killed, and pressed close about his
BODY and that of the unconscious
Greiner. Soldiers were obliged to
for the surgeons when the ambulance
arrived.
Wild Scenes.
The throng was wild with excite
ment after the first accident and
rushed back and forth over the field
when other accidents were reported
from one point or another. In the
stands men and women were on their
feet for hours, cheering their favor
ties, and groaning with apprehension
when cars crashed into cars or ran
OF the inner edge of the track.
In the earlier part of the race the
track was 30 filled with the whirling
cars Of the contestants that the race
seemed but an exhibition Of speed
inge automobiles. The winner was
hidden in the mass.
At the 150 miles Bruce-Brown had
set new record, regardless Of class
ii1cation. His time was 1:59:l2 az
against Dawson's old mark of 2:O1 :09.
When Harroun took the lead in
the 1sOth mile the race took form
and then the crowds interest was
heightened end divided between the