Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-19
Sports
BIG SPEEDWAY
RACE TO TAKE
PLACE MAY 81
Cars From All the Allied Ma,
tons Will Be Entered
in This Event.

Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. 19.-The
Liberty Sweepstakes race for a dis
lance of 500 miles. and a. cash prize
Of $4,000. will be run on the Indian
apolis Motor Speedway on Saturday,
May 81. instead of May 80, as orig
lnally announced. Popular demand
by the patrons of the big plant and
because Of a feeling that Memorial
day will have a new meaning to the
entire country, influenced the Speed
way owners. who are spending the
winter in Miami, Fla, 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 con-
tenders of both cars and drivers, rep
resenting England. France. Italy,
Belgium and the United States. This
is confirmed by a cablegram received
from W. F. Bradley, Paris, France,
who is the foreign representative of
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
stating that two Fiat cars and three
Sunbeams are available Immediately
for racing, and negotiations are being
to be piloted by noted drivers, for the
500 mile race.
| The Sunbeams are we'll known to
the patrons of the indianapolis track,
having appeared in the 5O0-mile race
on May 80, 1913, the car being driven
by Albert Guyot, he bringing with
him an Englishman named Cross
man, as a mechanician. Guyot drove
the entire 500 miles without relief
and finished fourth, in his race. The
next appearance Of the Sunbeams sent
by the English factory vas 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 finish in second place in
the opening 500-mile ace at the Chi
cago Speedway in Jun Of 1914. OF
these drivers Guyot is a Frenchman;
he Joined the colors at the beginning
Of the war in 1914 and for quite some
time was a driver for General Joffre
and later was engaged in special work
in connection with the motor serv-
ice Of the French army.
Crossman also went to the front
with the English army, but was cap
tured by the Germans in the early
months of the fighting and no late
information has been received regard
ing him. Porporato is an officer in
the Italian army n has served his
country with distinction.
After the announcement of the 500.
mile ace for May 80, 1917, the Fiat
factory at Turin, Italy, cabled it's en-
tries for two cars to be driven by
Jack Scales. ar engineer in the Fla,
factory, and IN italian driver named
Fagnano, who participated in a mum.
Der of European events with marked
success. On account of difficulties ir
shipping from Italian ports because
Of the submarine menace, the Fla,
!! officials were sending their race carr
by trucks to Bordeaux and were half.
way between Turin and Bordeaux
when they were notified by cable o,
the cancellation of the Indianapoli.
event on account Of Americas entr,
into the hostilities. The cars wer.
Immediately recalled, shipping ar
rangements for the cars and reserva
lions for the drivers Cancelled and, l
is believed that these cars have beer
held. in the factory since that dat
and are the ones that are available
at this time.
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