El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
MAY RULE 4 CAR
OUT Of RUNNING
Discussion at Indianapolis
Over a Name; Mystery
Car Is Identified.

geot and Maxwell teams in the next
Indianapolis 5OO-mile race are at sword s
points as the result Of Ray harroun' $
. announcement that he intends TO court
: disqualification OF his Harroun special
which is really a Maxwell, under the
rule that only three cars Of any one
make may start in any contest
! The PeugeOt crowd claims Harroun
q action is aimed directly at Bob Burman'
who entered a rebuilt Peugeot IN the
race, on top OF the regular Peuseot
trio, under the name OF Burman special
8 To remove any doubt as TO the
indemnity of his car, Bob has rechrls-
tened the vehicle "Burman- PeugeOt-
The motor of the machine is entirely
new. he says. but for the crankcase,
having been built in Los Angeles under
his own supervision, and the car IS
therefore no longer a Peugeot, but a
machine practically his own
Bob says he viii fight any attempt
to disqualify his car to a finish, not
so much for his own sake, as MS car
is fast enough to beat out two or the
regular Peugeots under any title, but
to protect AlphOnse Kaufman, the
Peugeot entrant, a particular friend OF
his. Any attempt to shove Kaufman s
third car out of the race, says Burman,
will be met with most determined op-
position
The mystery of the unknown car
in the next Indianapolis race is no
more. The machine is announced as
the Balls special. entered by Wilson A
Balls. Of Indianapolis, and driven ~
Jimmy Hill, Of the same city
Balls originally intended to name MS
car the skunk" but when ne found
out that a driver named Llmberg had
entered a machine, changed his mind
Skunk and Limberg, he thought, would
be too much even for the hardened
beeEers Of a 500-mile race going pub
lie
Balls reason for announcing his
indentity at this time is that his ma
chine is now in satisfactory shape and
that he is confident IL will make
good showing. The car is a 1903 Mar
mon, privately rebuilt. and has been
brought TO completion only this week.
Resta On the Job.
Dario Resta, winner Of the recent
Vanderbilt and Grand Prize races on
the coast, Bob Burman, the worlds
speed king" and Earl Cooper, 1913
road racing champion, have arrived
in Indianapolis and are getting ready
for the next Indianapolis 500-mile
race.
Resta took his car TO the track i'm
mediately on arrival, but RETAINED
from actual pratice work, while Bur-
man stated he would probably loaf for
a while, as his machine is in perfect
trim and needs very little attention
Cooper is expected TO report at the
oval in the near future with Wilcox
and Anderson, his teammates, for
trial spin
De Palma PractieinE.
Rene Thomas prize winning Delage
is once more reeling off laps on speed
way. John De Palma, who will drive
IL in the next 5O0-mile race, having it
out on the track for thorough work
out after having finished rebuilding
the car
De Palma says the machine was in
awful shape when he first got hold
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again as sweetly as ever. He expects
TO go in for speed in a week OF so,
after he has IL fully run in and every
part working smoothly.
Elimination Trials.
With the entry list for the 500-mile
race a closed book, the attention of
racing fans is next drawn to the
elimination trials for that contest,
May 20, q. and p, which viii reduce
the field TO the maximum OF SO.
Eight Of the Il cars nominated
INCLUDING the '-unknown"), will fall
by the wayside. either because they
cannot make the speedway's eighty
mile an hour minimum for a lap. or
else because they are not quite as fast
as their rivals A fraction Of a seconds
difference in time may prove the END
for some of them.
Added interest is attached to the
elimination trials this year, because
of the rule which numbers cars and
race day with reference to this speed,
the fastest car receiving No. 1 and be-
ing placed in first position next the
pole
It is thought this rule will make all
the entrants hump themselves to the
limit regardless OF whether they are
sure Of a place in the lineup or not.
as a position well 10 the front will
give them an unquestioned advantage, /
if they are in the first row
Trials will he hold in he
order Of entry, as last year. the last
car starting first and the first car
last This is to give the early entrants
some compensation for their prompt
ness in reporting.
PeuEeOt Team Not Out.
Frank Calvin and r G. Dasbach.
members Of the PeugeOt team. who
overturned with their car in practice
last Saturday, are but slightly injured.
and will soon recover Calvin is laid
up with a broken cOllarbone. and con-
tusiOns about the head. while Dasbach
has a broken arm
The car suffered but little damage.
the frame being bent slightly, and the
front axle stripped OF. Both injuries
VIII be repaired and the car made
ready for the race, a new driver. who
has not yet been named, being nego-
tiated for to take. Galvin's place
stories as to the cause Of the acci-
dent diher widely. The commonly
ear skidded as the result Of blowing a ]
right rear tire, and that Calvin. being
inexperienced in handling machines at I
high speed, lost control Calvin re- ]
nothing Of the accident him
self. save that the car suddenly got /;
away from him
Aiken To Pilot a Stufz.
Johnny Aitl1en, veteran driver OF 4
National cars and for the past two
years pit manager OF the Peugeot /
team In the Indianapolis race, has been
named as fourth member of the Stutz /
team in the next big HoOsier gasoline 4
lerby, along with Earl Cooper, Howdv
Wilcox, and Gil Anderson, the Cd
5tutz standbvs.
Athens nomination gives Stutz one p
II the best rounded quartets OF driv-
ng talent ever put together. The
National expert, familiar with every
rick or the trade, and intimate with
ne latest details OF racing car con-
itr Qctlop, provides the keystone Of an
irch that should stand up under the
strongest competitive pressure
Has Real Speed Mania.
grover G. BergdOu, entrant Of three
5ergdoll cars in the race is defendant
n a suit 10 test his sanity brought by
Sharles A. BergdoH, his brother. who
'ays Growers mind has been affected
" MS mania for speed. Mrs. Emma
: .Bergdou, widow OF a wealthy PhiIs-
ieiphla brewer, and mother of both