The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-31

BROKEN
RECORDS
Automobile Race at Indian.
apolis Today Attended by
Thousands of
People.
THIRTY THREE STARTERS
Sun RIisterins Hot, Dust ls Thick But
Auto Race Eans arc
THIRTY THREE STARTERS

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INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEED
WAY, May 31.-Arthur Thurman,
driver Of the Thurman special, was
| killed and M. MolIinaro, mechanician,
suffered a fractured skull when their
car turned over on the back stretch
erty sweepstakes race.
Thurman, who was driving his first
big track race, lived in Washington,
D. c. Tho car in which he met his
death Is rebuilt Duesenberg. He was
travelling at approximately 80 miles an
| hour when the car turned turtle on
| the treaoherous back turn, and he was
| Instantly killed. Mollinaro's condition
Is serious.
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INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEED
way, May 31-Paced by Lieut.. Colonel
lJ. G. Vincent and Eddie Ricken-
backer in green Packard car.
thirty-three drivers "hopped off, in
the liberty sweepstakes at II a. m.
After one turn of the course the race
was on.
Howdy Wilcox, in a Peugeot, was
leading. With Rene Thomas in
Ballot, Albert Guyots. Ballot, and
Ralph DePalma were closely punched.
At the end of the first lap Thomas
was leading, with Earl Cooper, Stutz,
and DePalma closely following.
Wilcox's time for the first lap was
1855, an average of S5.1S miles an
hour DePalma jumped to the lead
at the end of the second lap, with
Andre Boillot, Peugeot, a cars
length behind At the end Of the
fourth lap DePalma led Thomas, Bal
lot, second; l.. Wagner, Ballot, third'
Earl Cooper, Stutz, fourth.
L. Chevrolet, Frontenac, fifth; Gas
ton Chevrolet, Frontenac, sixth;
BOYER, Frontenac, seventh; Brown,
Richard special, eighth; Guyot. Bal
lot, ninth; Eddie Hearne, Durant,
tenth. Time: S:12.75. Average, 1906.
Clnfford Durant in Chevrolet was
the first to go to the pit because OF
a loose hood.
At the end of ten laps twenty-five
miles). CASTOR Chevolet, Frontenac
was first; DePalma, Packard. second;
Thomas, Ballot, third; Wilcox, Peu-
geot. fourth: Cooper, Stutz, fifth;
Louis Chevrolet, Frontenac, sixth;
Bower. Frontenac, seventh; Guyot,
Ballot, eighth; Mulford, Frontenac,
ninth; Hearne, Durant. tenth. Ora
Haibe stopped his Hudson In the
tenth lap to replace spark plug.
Roscoe Searles, Oldfeld Special, de-
yeloped magnetic trouble and stopped
temporarily. w. w. Brown, Richard
special. was forced to withdraw from
the race In the first lap because OF
broken connecting rod.
Ralph De Palma led at the end OF
twenty laps fifty miles): Wilcox.
Peugeot, second; Thomas, Ballot
third loft, Toft special, fourth;
l.. Wagner, Ballot, fifth; cooper
Stutz. sixth; l.. Chevrolet, Fronte-
mac, seventh; G. Chevrolet, Fronte-
mac. eighth; Guyot, Ballot, ninth;
Mulford, Frontenac, tenth. Time,
32:33:45. Average, 92.14.
This is a new record for fifty
miles on the Indianapolis speedway.
CASTOR, Chevrolet, shot into the
lead on the sixtieth lap (150 miles,,
closely followed by De Palma, Pack
ard; Wilcox, Peugeot third; Coop
er. ,Stutz, fourth; l.. Chevrolet, From
tenac. fifth; Rene, Thomas. sixth.
Time. 1:3S:5S16. Average, 90.93
miles an hour, new track record.
Former record, held by Resta, Peu-
geot. s9.4, miles an hour.
ThIrty-three Entries
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEED
WAY. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 81
Weather conditions were ideal today
for the renewal Of the American motor
classic event. Records were expected
to drop under attack of thirty-three
drivers. among them the best in the
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