The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-01

There was n great demonstration
when De Palma stopped at the pits
af.er the race was won. He drove into
his garage and shut the doc 10 avoid
the crowd that chased him. The hero
had driven a practically perfect race.
He stopped only twice. the first time
on his twenty-second lap and again In
the one hundred and twenty-frss lap.
The crowd finally broke in she doors
Of the garage and drew DE Palma forth.
He slapped La Fontaine. his mschani-
clan. on III, back and exclaimed La
Fontaine. you're a little shrimp. but
you're some mechanician."
For the first time In the history OF
the course there were no injuries. With
dry track and cool weather, ideal
conditions prevailed.
When Bob Burman LANDED sixth place
I was the first time he ever finished
IN the money at the speedway. After
. protest Howdy Wilcox was announced
as winner of seventh place. Tom AL
ley. who drove a Duesenberg. disputed
Wilcox's claim to seventh place. He
was winner OF eighth place.
Noll Van Raalte in "A sunbeam. tenth,
was the last to finish In the money.
The Emden car. No. q, liaupt driving.
had more than ten laps TO 10 when the
tenth car finished. but rhe race officials
allowed him to finish
The great feature OF the race aside
from the remarkable tim made. near
the ninety mile an hour mark through
out. Jas the spectacular speed battle
between De Palma and Resa, De
Palma took the lead at the seven
tieth lap and held 1t until the l30th,
when Resta nosed him out for four
laps and then had to take second place
again.
The popularity Of De Palma was
shown when he took the lead in the
i36th lap, completing $40 miles. Besta
was leading by nearly a lap and COM
plant was made TO the judges by T.. c.
Patterson of Chicago. manager of De
Palma, that Resta was using unfair
tactics. Ii was charged that Itesta was
wigwagging on the track to keep De
Palma from passing him. While the
complaint was being registered Resta
struck the wall on the north turn a
glancing blow. bursting two OF his tires.
While he was stopped at the pits DE
Palma took the lead and the crow
showed its Joy.
The crowd was pulling for De Palma
20 win when he passed the AS mile
mark with an average of 1891. How
ever. the crowd remembered De Palma's
unfortunate finish two years ago and 1t
did not regard his margin of a lap and a
half ahead of Resta "A big one. The
speed last year at AS miles was SEAS
miles an hour. Anderson was in third
place about a lap behind Resta and
Cooper was about four laps behind in
fourth place, Wilcox, O'Donnell. Van
Raalte, Hughes, Burman and Alley fol-
lowed In the order named.
DE Pama and Resta provided the big
end of interest in the squirt at the end
OF 400 miles. DE Palma held his lead
OF a lap. Apparently these two were
lighting each other without paying at
tentiOn to other cars in the race. The
speed was S9.79 miles an hour. as com
pared with S2l9 miles made last year.
when the record was established. In
the Stutz pits Anderson resumed the
wheel of No. : and Aiken took Cooper's
place on No. 4. Anderson was in third
place and Aitken in fourth. Porporato.
Wilcox, Van l%taalle. O'Donnell, Alley
and Burman were running in the order
named. Chandler relieved Klein in the
nincty-oighth lap credited to the car.
Limb re relieved Harry Grant in the
liNtI lap.
At A25 miles De Palma had increased
ms lead about half a lap over Resta.
Anderson, Aiken. Porporato, Wilcox,
Van Itaaltc, oIDOnnell, Hughes and
Alley followed IN the order named.
The standing Of the other cars In
laps at ~ miles or 40 laps was az
''' ''' maui ! ASfpl, wv Nltll,
kl"inlrt, lui Grant. sunbeam. l54
Cooper, SebrinE, 1873; orr, Maxwell,
- UOup' Tandem, 1877. There were
s'St-en cars In the race at this point,
but only eleven completed the 500 miles.
The crowd that watched the start OF
the race even exceeded the expectations
OF the speedway officials and was es-
timatcd at about $1,000 to $1,000. Dur
ing the early hours there was a mist,
but 1t was not sufficient to make the
track slippery and unsafe, A number
or the drivers wore ralncoats in an
ticipation of rain, The summary
MERCEDES. De Palma. 6:33:55 so; aver.
age speed an hour, s9.9t.
s~-peueeot, Resta, J:37:2tsA sv.rava
speed an hour, SO 2s. ~
3-Stutz, Anderson. b:42:27.G7: ayerap.
speed an hour, $50.
snsd1,z ro3n"r 5;is:lsa6; average
b-Duscnhorg, ODonnell. s,os,1s -. NJ,
srhse sp"'h an. hout, sl.A7.
6-peGsra', BurHau. 6.iS.is AZ ~
speed an hour, sO.3s. "''"se
7-Stutz, Wilcox, 6:ls.as Of. an
speed an hour, ~, 50. average
o-Ducscnhcrg Alley t.,s.t-
sss speed an hour, 7sM "