The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-31
One Life Is Sacrificed /
and Several Men
Injured. &.
COURSE GUARDED ri.
BY M IL I t / A NJ EN-.
Cars Handled in Mastery Fash
ion, and $4,000 People, Wild
With Excitement, Witness
Contests-Prizes Amount
ing TO $4,000 Go to
Winning Drivers.

Motor Speedway, Minneapolis, Ind,
May 3O-Onc life was sacrificed and &
several men were Injured to-day In the I.
hrst 500 miles motor race on speed 4
way. The grcut test OF skill md en- &
durnnce wns won by Rny Harroun,
! driving Marmon chr, in GAL .0s. Ralph \
Milford, with u Lonicr. finished second,
mud David Brucs-Brovn drove Flint
tn third pfnce.
Mnny thousands of spectators wit "a
messed the race. which started at 10
o'clock this morning, with forty pilots
in the contest. p 423 ~
In the most serious accident OF tile
day, S. P. Dickson. of Chicago, r1,eclian-
ician for Arthur Greiner, driving an
AmpleS. lost his life by, an upset on
the back stretch. The Amplex was in s
It's thirtieth mile when the rim of one
OF the front wheels flew off. The carr
twisted and hoped about on the track. (
hurting Greiner and Dickson from their
seats Dickson was thrown gainst a
fence twenty feet from the car and
terribly mangled. He was killed In
stantly. Greiner was Knocked uncon-a
scious. but after he had been revived
at the field hospital. it was found that
his only injury was a fractured arm.
Then followed series OF accidents;
which thrilled the immense crowd. h
Men injured in the mishaps were:
injured In MiShnPs. BUS
Dave Lewis, mechanician for Teddy
retzlaf Lozier). right leg broken
near hip. s'5as5i
Harry Knight, driver of westcott.
breast bruised and possibly internal
injuries. li ll}f1'Els:
John T. Glover. Knights mechanli-
Bob Evans. meehanicinn for Jack
Tower tJaacclssson>. body bruised when
| /. i
John Wood. mechanician for jos
Jagersberger (Case). run over and
bruised after leaping from car. "
The crowd was too big to be con- I
! trolled BY the company of militia. and
the hundreds of special policemen
posted about the grounds. The spec
tators swarmed across the infield when
Dickson was killed, and pressed close
about his body. and that OF the un Us
conscious Geiner. Soldiers had to club
.heir guns to clear space for the sur
| Seons, when the ambulance arrived sSstr.
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 around the
-2-mile track. .
At the 150-nlile mark Bruce Brown
set a new record, regardless of classi-
tication. His time was 1:59:l2. az
against Dawsan's old mark Of 2:oI:Oe
Harroun Takes Lead. Y
Harroun took the lead in the Goth
mile, and the race took form from &
what had appeared to be parade OF 4
machines. Then cars began to cast
tires, burned out by the flercc grind
over the brick pavement Steering
gears began to give way. In front OF
the grandstond Joe Jagersburger,s
case car got away from him and
switched back and forth across the
track Wood. the mechanician, leaped
out and fell. The car passed. over
MIN. other cars were rushing on him
put all swerved safely by as his rose
and staggered from the track. eYrept
Harry knights Westcott This car
plunged to the inner fence, threw ONT n
Knight and Glover. and careened p
against Herbert Lytle's Apperson.
turning 1t over. f.
When the race was half over Louis
Oisbrow's pe-Hartford threw a tire
at the entrance of the home stretch NJ
| and swerved In front or Tetzla ff,s u
Lozier. In the collision. the rear
wheels of Disbrow's car we're torn
off, and the Lozier turned turtle. Tetz-
lars mechanician was caught under
the car and his leg broken. Hyster-
ical screams OF women started a.
when Burmans Benz cast tire into
the air. and over the retaining wall.
Harroun kept In front, earning h
| shouts of encoura cement When he
swept into tho home stretch on his
last lap, and Starter Wagner gave him
the finishing flag. the speedway rang, z
| with applause. ri, N
At the end or the first 100 miles,
Bruce Brown led. Milford second and "A
Tetzlaff third. At $50 miles, Harroun
+, took second place. From 1870 milas.
+, Harroun held the lead to the end .s{:
Bruce Brown and milford fluctuatetl Il
in the second and third places, from
| the 200-mile mark, and secsawinc be n
| tween 400 and $50 miles not even the
! Judges were certain until the last Ian.
who would take second place
/ Bruce Brown and milford were at I
all stages OF the race contenders for &
| the lead. and a delay OF more than !.
/ tire changing time by Harromn would
| have meant certain loss OF the contest
| Toward the end OF the race, tho II
three lenders were little more than
| thirty seconds apart. All three handled Il
their cars In mastery fashion, 81.
| First Ten to Finish.
| The frst ten men TO finish the race q
| with their winnings follow: ,:3ssij33
Ray Harroun (Marmon). $l0Ae0. $8Af.;3
Ralph milford (Losier). $4,000.
/! D. Bruce Brown (Fiat> $4,000 .}5ss 81,
| Spencer Wishart (N1ercedes),S $4,000
| Ralph Do Palma tSimpiexi.gsl.5o 800
| Charles Merz (Nationai). $1,000. .{ s2si
W. II. Turner (Amples), $500. RE-
! Harry CODE (Jack son) ), 1900 ,ss s.
! h Fred Beicher (Knox) " $500. u