Arizona republican., 1919-05-25
EUROPE: TO CLASH. WITH AMERICA IN
 RACE IF NATIONS. AT IND|ANAP PO[|S
With Europe and America Even In Worlds Race Series Both Will Try to Gain Supremacy At In dianapolis Speedway

INDIANAPOLIS, May 24.-The In- ternational 500-mile Liberty Sweep stakes race on the Indianapolis motor speedway. May 31. will be the rubber contest between Europe and America to decide 3. drawn series of six cham pionship engagements for the worlds speed supremacy fought on the huge brick oval since 1911.
 Each of the rival continents now holds Indianapolis victories to her credit, this years result being sched uled to break q tie that has existed since the last big race was run in 1916. three years ago.
 The first two 500- mile races, in 1911 and 1912, went 10 America by default. fa1rope having no drivers entered, 3uough there were several foreign makes of cars, Benz, Fiat and Mercedes. Ray Harroun, n a Marmon Wasp, walked off with the inaugural event, and Joe Dawson at the wheel of Ma gionaL, triumphed over DePalma in his Mercedes the year following.
 Tn 1913, Goux started the invasion of foreign racing stars that has per Sisted since. ronping home in the lead with his Peugeot, and in 1914 Rene Thomas annexed another victory for Europe with his Delage.
 .sIn 1915 Ralph DePalma scored for America, breaking the existing tie, but in 1916 DariO Resta knotted the situa- 5ion up again by breeding home in front at the wheel of his Peugeot. s Judging from the scale and extensive ness of her preparations, Europe is going to make her most determined bid in history to capture first nonors in the great event
 sNo less than five European stars of International fame, together with small army of managers, designers, Assistants, relief drivers and mechanic isns. are TOW quartered at the Hoosier race course paving the way to hoped for victory in the coming contest Rene Thomas. winner of the Indianap- olis five-century in 1914, Jules Goux, Nictor in 1913, Oario Resta, who tri- umphed in 1916, Albert Guyot, who finished third in 1914, and Jean Chas- sagne. former holder of the worlds hour record recently lowered by Ralph DePalma.
 Though all the Europeans are strang- CTS in a strange land, there is little Visiting between them, the camp split ting itself into three factions, accord ing to their creed, which is either Peugeot, Ballot or Sunbeam; Goux and DIS adherents championing the Peugeot, Thomas and Guyot the Ballots, and I'esta and Chassagne the Sunbeams. 2 Three of the big four among the na- lions of the allies are represented in fne Indianapolis gathering of trans Atlanta racing luminaries, Italy Through Dario Resta, France through tioux, Guyot and Thomas, and Eng land, through the aluminium bodied Sunbeam fliers.
 With America to complete the field, alt-of the chief allied nations will have delegates in the big Hoosier conflict. competing in inter-allied rivalry for the worlds speed supremacy. At the present writing Americas rivals be- cause of their advance preparations, seem to have the edge, however. the Stars and Stripes have won their way 10 victory more than once at the eleventh hour, and it is hoped that they VIII repeat in this instance