Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-30

scheduled 500-mile automobile race on
the indianapolis speedway got under
way at $3.50 O'Clock today. Chassagne,
Tetzlaff and Wilcox started at this
hour. Gilhooley, an American, dril-
ing an lsotta, started instead of Ralph
De Palma. Pullen declined to start.
Goux was the fayorite in the betting
at odds Of 2 to /. Boilot, who ser
up new United States record for 2s5
miles in the elimination trials, was as
good as 4 to /.
Wilcox covered the first lap in
LAGOS, an average OF 81 miles an
hour
Is First Accident.
The first accident came a few min
utes after the first starters got under
way, Caassagpes Sunbeam car turn
ing turtle on the northeast turn.
Chassagne and his mechanician escap-
ed injury and re-entered the race.
Chassagne took the lead in the sec.
ond lap with Carlson and Keene follow.
ing in the order named, Barney Old
tlelu crossed the tape last in the first
lap.
During the first 15 minutes many of
the drivers were forced to stop on ac.
count of tire trouble, the hot sun being
responsible for the trouble.
AT the end of the tenth mile, Chris
tizens, driving an Excelsior car led.
Brock, driving a Ray car, withdrew
at the end of the fourth lap as the re-.
suit of a broken sAlft.
AT the end of the fifteenth lap
Thomas took the lead with Goux fo,.
lowing close behind.
AT the end of 100 miles. Thomas.
Duray, Guyot, Christlzens, Wishart anu
Bragg were leading in the order
named.
Machine Turns Turtle.
Gilhooley's machine turned turtle
while he was making the southwcs,
turn during the forty-first lap in the
big speedway race today Dawson and
his mechanician were upset at tn,
same time 1t was reported that Daw.
son s mechanician was hurt.
Thomas covered the first 100 mile.
in | hour 9 minutes and 80 9.2O sec
onds, new world S record for that
distance. He covered the 100 miles al
an average of S6.S2 miles an nour. TIL,
former record was l hour 13 minute.
and 371a seconds.
The race management said that King
Dawson S mechanician, was badly in
iured. He was caught and pinned be
meath the car when it turned turtle
1t was also said that Dawson was in
Jnred, but it was not known how badly
Gilhooley Badly Hurt.
Newspaper men who rushed to thu
scene also said that Gilhooley was bad
ly hurt.
Bob Burman also ran mis- car off tn,
track but escaped injury.
Later officials reported that Dawson
probably was the most seriously in
Jured of anyone so far. He was saii
to be suffering from a broken collar
bone. 1t was said that Barnes, Daw
son s mechanician, was not seriousl,
injured
AT the end of the one hundredth lap
Thomas was still in the lead. He haC
covered the $50 miles in hours an(
5Sla seconds, new world s reeor,
for this distance. Boillot, Wishart
Duray, Bragg and Cuox followed in tn
order named.
Cooper Quits.
Cooper quit at the end of the 1851
lap and Wishart retired at the en-,
of the l22nd.
AT the end of 800 miles Thomas wa
still leading. His time for this dis
tanee was hours, 43 minutes and A
3l-l00 seconds. This was five minute
faster than the former record.
Boillot was forced out of the rae
at the end of the 147th lap when tn
frame of his car broke.
Out Of Race.
, At the end of the 150th mile, th
following were out of the race:
Dibrow, Wilcox, Chassagne, Chandler
!, Dawson, Gilhooley, Haupt, Anderson
Burman, Mason, Tetzlaff and Brock.