Evening star., 1914-05-03
j. S. SPEED CONTESTS
RECOGNIZED ABROAD
Automobile Club of France Grants
Licenses for Entrants at
Indianapolis.

PARIS, MAJ ..-Shatteriuc every p"ece-
dent IN racing history. the Automobile
Club % France is granting competition
licenses to all Europeans entered in the
rent Indianapolis JGo-rniie sweepstakes
race. Til" foreigners. therefore. will com
pete Under their own racing numbers at
the same time preserving those assigned
by tbs speedway 50 as - furnish VIZ
t3a,.y :, confess within a contest.
Never before mas AN American sporting
event been honored N So signal a fash
Jon. Heretofore Europeans, in their mis-
trust of everything transatlantic. have re
fused TO regard Nanhee race meets and
time trials as worthy of their notice.
The victo~y Of Goux in the lndiananoiis
contest put an entirely different aspeci
on the situation. however, SO that 70"
offie.a. recognition has been extended
Workouts Have Begun.
INpfANApoLIS. May =. Preliminary
wo~i outs for the Ii@-miie race on the III
d,an;l.a.is moJor speedway MAY 80 nave
begun. 81 t:dcrsotl. last year easlei j"
road-raciny champion. being the frs 10
take .he tvacn III StutZ, with Ho"aia
wi,cov holder of the world $ ssGck
s.-ay.btauay record OF i0.:2 seconds !or
:, mill, n close second. at the Wheel o. Il
sne,ia; CRAY Fox. Both men mace ser
satiomally fast time negotiating ,he en-
tire circuit close 70 ninety mies an iioui:
'.TerribI4 TEDDY TctZlaff. the ldoi oi
IN. Daci+Ic coast and present Worid
record road champion. is to drive IA MaA-
we'll - ,s
TIC famous foreign car driver mas
agreed to shift MS allegiance 10 d" -A''ie-
lean car ,..,
the last cars which Teddy has driven
were ne Fiat and the lSotta. :.
TetzIaff is best known as the winner Oh
two Santa Monica races. in one OF "nish
he lowered the world $ record bS rlN,iis N!'
,., bour n record which stands today.
after many onslaughts ~, =;
The driving of the Western Demon IS
Of ,h., most sensational order. ana sucii
events as the Tacoma road race. secoi,u
il, tho. Indianapolis motor speedway '"o
mn. Tace ;No wears ago. and many other
important wins and records marx nis
greatest achievements.
Entries Are Numerous.
With the entry of three Great western
,a~S the nst of contestants III the next
-ao-n,;,e race on the Indianapolis motor
speedway reached thirty. the nmie num-
ber that will be allowed to start 'hs
contest This is nine more taah were
registered at this time last year proving
that a revival of the automobile racing
game on a magnificent scale Is IN ofaer'
should any more racers enter the m
diananolis contest the holding OF elm
marion trials to determine the thirty
fastest cars is assured. This Will make
the period preceding the contest aiihoS'
&c fascinating as the race itself. the fol-
lowers of each machine pulling Tor IL 10
stay in the game.
The total field to date is as foiio"s.
Burman. Burman and one other;
Peueeot Boillot. Goux and Duray; Dc
iage. Guyot and Thomas: sunbeam
Chassasne and Grant; Mercedes. De
Palma and Mulford Excelsior. Sh1isu-
aans. St;tz. Oldtield. Cooper and Ander-
son; Mercer Bragg. Pullen and Nishart'
Marmon. Manson; Maxwell TetzlaH,
Carlson and ore other: King. kle.h'
GRAY Fox. Wilcox; Beaver Bullet. keene:
STAFFORD. Callahan: Metropol. Horan, and
Great Western. jenkins, Price and one
other.