New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-29
Racing Drivers Out Tiff
Dark on indianapolis
Speedway.
GOUX AND BOILLOT
NOW THE FAVORITEs
intense Heat SweIIs Bricks on
Conrse-"Safety First the
Caution to Pilots.

From d staH Correspondent, =, -. --..,.
indianapolis. May 2s-This was the lac.
day Of practice for the 5o-mile race o.,
Saturday, and the drivers who felt tia.
their cars required a little final tuning IN
despite their qualifying speed Of yes,s-.
day were on the biz brick track unul
after o'clock this afternoon.
Boillots Peugeot. Wncox's GRAY Fo,
Joe Dawson's Marmon. Thomss's Delay.
and two or three others were the las, %
leave the track for their quarters marx.
ing the end Of real activity until tho
thirty speeders line Up for the start On
Saturday morning.
The track will be taken In hand 10.
morrow by the Speedway managemer-
for its final grooming. and every efort
will be made 10 smooth whatever rough
places there are 10 be found Sorie 81
the drivers say that the course is les
smooth than II was last year. but TO the
inexperienced eye It looks much the SANE
as in previous years
one curious feature OF the intense heat
that has prevailed in indianapolis mani.
tested itself In the last day or two In
the gradual expansion Of the bricks along
the lire followed by the wire that leads
from the timing instruments across me
track.
This morning they had broken all along
the line. and IT will he necessary 10 make
repairs Had the break occurred on Sal.
urday. it is said. every car passing that
spot would have torn out one or more
bricks
odds on the speed masters were posted
i'm various places IN the city to-day and
by this evening there was some brisk
speculation on the probable outcome OF
the race. For some reason or other
mainly because Of his superior speed IN
the elimination trials. Jules Goux. who
won the race with a Peugeot car a year
ago. has been made the favorite over his
teammate. Georges Boillot. although the
latter is the recognized superior as
driver on his foreign record Goux Is
posted at > to !. while Boiliot IS second
choice az 10 l.
Just how highly considered the Peugeot
pair is can be seen from the remainder
Of the slate Next to them are Thomas and
Guyot. who will pilot the Delage cars al
20 1 apiece Then comes the Sunbeam.
TO be pioted by Chassagne and Bragg.
and Wisharts MERGERS. at 10 10 T.
Tetzlaff's Maxwell. which made a SEN
sationally fast trial in the tryouts. is at
u to T. along with Joe Dawson's Marmon
and Wncox's Gray Fox. while as high as
Is to / is offered against Ralph De Pslma's
Mercedes. The Excelsior. the Burmaa
pair, the Stutz trio and the keeton are
90 TO !. while the Mason and the Desen-
bergs are at 90 TO /.
These odds are highly experimental, OF
course, and varied more or less with
every wager made. There IS no doubt,
however, that the Peuseot pair will 90 10
the post the most decided favortes ever
registered in race containing so mucn
class and such large number Of starters
While he was out this afternoon Boiloi
was simply running away from every
thing on the track, and II would appear
TO be only a matter Of these cars stand
ing up.
The drivers were called together AZ the
Claypool Hotel tonight and received IN
structlons regarding the start and the
rules to be observed during the running
of the race.
Safety first" was the caution, but tnat
is likely to be forgotten in the heat Of the
conflict, especially II the race resolves ~
self into a matter Of skill IN keeping close
IN the rail on the turns.
Prior TO the meeting the ears mad an
been weighed and measured by the tech
meal committee Of the American Automo'
bile Association. II was found that all
we're within the limit OF 40 inches ana
that the highest car in the race is Durays
habv Peugeot. which has a displacement
Of only ls3 inches. 1t weighs only about
/, 500 pounds. -
While not among the favorites y is De-
lieved that Duray VIII go through the ,"
miles without a tire change and possibly
without requiring additional sasoiene'