Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-21
ALLIED NATIONS
IN MOTOR CLASSIC
Liberty Sweepstakes Will be Held
on Indianapolis Speedway on
Saturday, May 81, 1919.

Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. Gothic Libcr.
ty Sweepstakes race for distance Of 5W
miles and cash purse Of $50, 900, will bs
run on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
on Saturday. May 81. instead Of May 80,
as originally announced. Popular demand
by the patrons of the big plant and be
cause of feeling that Memorial Day will
have a new meaning to the entire country
influenced the speedway owners, who are
spending the winter in Miami, Florida,
to make this change
The name "Allied Liberty Sweep
stakes" might we'll be applied to the great
auto classic, scheduled for May 81, 1919,
because there will be contenders Of both
cars and drivers representing England,
France, Italy, Belgium and the u. 5. A.
This is confirmed by cabegram re-
ceived from W. T. Bradley, Paris, France,
who is the foreign representative OF tho
indianapolis Motor Speedway, stating
that two Fiat cars and three SunbeaIne are
available Immediately for racing, and ne
gotiations are being started to secure en-
tres of these cars to be piloted by noted
drivers, for the 500 mile race.
The Sunbearns are well-known TO the
patrons of the Indianapolis track, having
appeared first in the 5OO-inilc race on
May 30, 1913, the car being driven by Al
bert Guyot, he bringing with him An
Englishman named Crossman, as =
mechanioian Guyot drove the entire 500
miles without relief and finished fourth ia
tins race. The next appearance OF the Sun
beams, sent by the English factory, was IN
1914, when two cars were entered and
driven by Van Raalte an Englishman, and
Porporato, an Italian. The most noted
performance OF this team, WAS Porporato's 3
finish III second place IN the opening 500
mile race at the Chicago Speedway in
June of 1911. OF these drivers, Guyot Is a
Frenchman, he joined his colors at the be-
ginning of the war, in 1914, and for quite
some time was a driver for General
Joifre and later was engaged in special
work IN connection with the motor service
OF the French Army.
Crossman also went ~ the front with
thc English Army, but WAS captured by
the Germans in the early months Of The
fighting and no late information has been
received regarding him. Porporato is an
officer IN the Italian Army and has served
his country with distinction.
After the announcement of the 500
mile race for May 80, 1917, the Fiat fac-
tory 81 Turn, Italy, cahled its entres for
two cars, 10 be driven bv Jack Scales, an
engineer in the Fiat factory, and an
Italian driver, named Fagnano, who par
III number of European events
with marked success On account of
difficulties in shipping from Italian ports,
because OF the submarine lnen>cs, the
Fiat officials were sending the1r r~ce cars
by trucks to Bordeaux and were halfway
between Turin and Bordeaux when they
were notified by cable of the cancellation
Of the Indianapolis event on account of
Americas entry into the hos'ilities The
cars were Immediately recalled, shipping
for the cars and reservations
'or the drivers cancelled and. ii is believed
that these cars have been held IN the fao-
Iory since that date, and are The ones that
are available at this time.