The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-31
ALI Track Records Shattered
Up to That Time in Indian
apolis Automobile
! Race.
DE PALMA rs OUT OF IT
Two burned to Crisp and One instant.
Iy Killed When Cars
Turn Turtle
Today.
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WAY, May 31.-Three men were
killed and one seriously injured in the
first $50 miles Of the Liberty sweep
stakes here today. Louis Lecoq and
his mechanician, Bandini, were burn.
ed to a crisp when their car turned
over and caught fire. The men were
pinned under the car and dead when
the car was lifted. Arthur Thurman,
Washington, D. c.. was instantly
killed when his car turned turtle on
the back stretch. His mechanlclan
was near death.
Jean Chassagne who relieved Paul
Bablot of the Ballot team, dashed
into a retaining wall and narrowly
escaped death. His mechanician was
slightly injured.
All track records up to ESQ miles
have been shattered Ralph DePalma
led the field practically all the way
until he was forced to the pits with
broken valve spring at the END OF
the Tooth lap. At that time fourteen
cars had been forced to withdraw
from the race.
Mrs. Thurman, beautiful young wife
of the dead driver, was in the grand
stand when she learned OF her nus
bands death. She collapsed and was
hurried to Indianapolis.
DePalma's average for the ESQ miles
was 91:66 miles an hour, This peats
his own record of 1913 miles an hour
in a Mercedes in 1915.
Louis Chrevolet's Frontenac lost a
wheel in front of the grand stand IN
the 1O3rd lap. Careening wildly the
car lurched to the pits where 1t was
brought to a stop. Barbarino relieved
Chreyolet and the car re-entered the
race after losing almost half an hour.
'sHowdy" Wilcox indianapolis dr1v-
or. was leading at the 300 mile mark.
q Cchrevolet, Frontenac. second;
Farl Cooper, Stutz, Bird; Eddie Hearne,
Durant, fourth; Boilott, Peugeot, 9Th;
cuyot. Ballot, 9Th; Alley. Bender, sew
enth: Goux, Peugeot, eighth; vail
Hudson, ninth; ~DePalma, PACKARD
tenth. 70
Time. 3:2o:2s.35. Average 1918
miles an hour. This compares with
nm average of eo.25 miles an hour
made BY DePalma in Mercedes IN
1915.
De Palma. Packard, still leading al
the $50 miles, went to the PIT WIZ
broken valve springs. Wilcox. Peu'
.peot second: l.. Chevrolet, Frontenac
third: Cooper, Stutz, fourth; G. Chre'
violet Frontenac, fifth; Hearne, Dur
ant sixth; Lecocq, Roamer, seventh )
Cuyot. Ballot, 9Th; Boillot, Peugeot
ninth: Alley, Bender, tenth. Time
o.ae.ae15 Average 9166 miles an
hour
At the end of $50 miles. Howdy
Wilcox in his Peugeot was leadlng.
CASTOR Chevrolet, Frontenac, sec
ond: Eddie Hearne, Durant, third;
Goux. Peugeot, fourth; Tom Alley,
Render. fifth; Andre Boillot, Peugeot,
sixth. DePalma, Packard, seventh;
louis Wagner, Ballot, eighth; Vail,
Hudson. ninth, and Earl Cooper,
Stntz tenth. Time, 3:53:36:90.
Average, 1899. A new track record:
DeaIma in 1915 made record or
1887, in Mercedes.
DePalma's Packard regained the
lead in the SOth lap go miles) when
CASTOR Chevrolet was fored to stop
for gas. Wilcox Peugeot was second;
CASTOR Chevrolet. Frontenac. third;
T. Chevrolet, Frontenac, fourth;
Earl Cooper, Stutz, fifth; Lecatl
Roamer, sixth; Hearne, Durant, sew
enth; Alley. Bender, eighth; vail
Hudson, ninth; Goux, Peugeot, tenth.
Time. 2:11:3470. Average, Sl.20'
new track record Former record,
Resta, Peugeot, s9.1 miles an hour
made in 1915.
In the 63rd lap Chassagne who had
relieved Bablot, of the Ballot team,
drove into the retaining wall. The
car turned over twice and the
mechanician, A. Romiguire, was
severely injured about the head.
At the hospital it was stated that
small hope is held out for Molliarno's
recovery. His head was crushed
Arthur Klein, Peugeot. left the
race in the seventy-second lap when
q connecting rod broke. Eddie O'Don-
nelrs Deusenberg was forced to quit
in the 67th lap with broken piston.
clifford Durant, Chevrolet, stopped
in the 5Sth lap when the steering
gear broke.