The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-05
43 CARS ARE
 ENTERED IN
 AUTO CONTEST
Worlds Greatest Drivers Will Take Part In Annual Classic
 at Indianapolis.
By SID BARKER.

 ] \ forty-three cars assured, and the
 possibility of one or two more
 being added, the entry list for the Indianapolis 500-mile Liberty Sweep
 stakes on the Indianapolis speedway
 May 31, went over the top at closing time with one of the largest fields in
 speedway history, being eXcelled only by the record array of 1911, with forty-six cars, and the field of 1914, with forty-fve.
 During the closing hours seven cars
 were added to the already formidable list of thirty-six previously named. At the eleventh hour Gaston Chevro- let and Joseph Boyer, Jr., came into the fold at the wheel of a pair of Frontenacs; G. W. Johnson, president of the Uniontown, Pa. speedway, nominated a Jay-bee Special, to be steered by P. w. Monahan a new conner to racing ranks; and Ray How ard, of New York city, another novice, sent in his entry of the Peu- geot car in which Dario Resta wol. the 1916 drivers championship. The expected entry by the Indian apolis Motor Speedway of two Pre- miers and another Peugeot also ma terialized at the last minute, though no drivers have as yet been named 1 for these cars, and it is not likely that a selection will be made for some time. It will take at least a couple of weeks to put the cars ir shape, and the speedway management feels it will be time enough to an nounce drivers when the cars are
 ready to go on the track.
 In point of sheer numbers, the
 present speedway field will go down
 as one of the record assemblages in
 racing history, and in point of class
 it surpasses any field that automobile
 Ia cing has ever brought together
 either in the United States or in
 Europe.
 The advent of Gaston Chevrolet and
 Joe Boyer on the scene rounds out a
 combination of four American Fran
 tenacs to pit against the quarter
 of Ballot cars that will provide the mass formation of Europes attack.
 while the injection of Dave Lewis in
 to the fray completes a similar com
 bination for the Duesenberg team,
 also defenders of the Stars and
 Stripes against foreign aggression.
 Then there are five Peugeots in the
 field, two of these, however; will be
 fooled by F'renchmen, GouX and Boil
 lot against three sons of Uncle Sam,
 Lieut.fArthur Klein, Ray Howard and a driver yet unnamed. Another team
 of five cars is the Hudson, headed
 by Ira VoiI and Eddie PuIlen, sec
 onded by H. c. Simmons, J. M. Key
 holds and Denny Hickey.
 The balance of the field is arrayed
 in pairs and individuals, with such
 names as DePalnla, Resta, Chassa gne,
 Cooper and Hearne as guarantee of brilliant and spectacular perform
 ance.
 Nor will it do to overlook the pair of Premier cars thrown into the breach by the Indianapolis Speedway when it became apparent that Europe would be present with a top heavy field. The Premiers were just begin ming to hit their stride when the 1 speedway abandoned racing in 1916. 1 displaying their true form in the l closing 1O0-nile race on the New
 York speedway, when Frank Calvin, l at the wheel of one of the Indian 1 apolis made speed creations, was i nosed out for first only by Johnny i Aitllen by a fraction Ef a second, and l covered the century at the dizzy rate | of 105.71 miles an hour. In the hands | of competent and daring drivers, l such as the Indianapolis speedway l will be certain to select for this race, l the Premiers are dangerous to the 1 aspirations of any rivals, and are apt i without warning to step out and finish
 far in the forefront of the contest. This year carries promise of a half l dozen such speed duels, with the best 1 stars of Europe and America pitted l against each other in a finish fray i Goux. Thomas, DePalma, Resta. 1 Chassagne, Chevrolet, Guyot, BabIot, 4 Wagner, Cooper, Null 2rd, PulIen. Hearne, Durant, none of these needs ! yield an inch to the other when it | comes to a display of skill and daring | at the wheel of a fast flying car. 1 and with speed creations under them | that tax the limit of the Indianapolis l track, there is prospect of such a bat | tie royal as the world has never seen 1 before in a racing event. 1 The complete list of cars and 1 drivers is as follows:
 | Driver. Car.
 Cliff Durant-Chevro1et l Ralph Mulford-Frontenac Jean ssagne-Sunbeam 1 Dario Resta-Sunbeam. W. W. Brown-Richards. i Jules Goux-Peugeot 1 Louis Chevrolet-Frontenac Gaston Chevrolet-F'ronten Joseph Boyer, Jr.-Frontenac, | Earl CoOper-Stutz.
 Tom Milton-Duesenberg Eddie O'Donnell-Duesenbe | Dave L4ewis-Duesenberg 1 Kurt Hitke-Roamer.
 | Eddie Hearne-Durant. Louis LeCocq-Roamer 1 Ralph DePalma-Packard l Eddie Pullen-Hudson. | c. c. Simmons-Hudson Ira Nail-Hudson.
 l Denny Hickey-Hudson.