The Washington times., 1920-05-29
NaeSFE May Smash Records At international Races
EXPECT BIG THRILLS
IN 5OO-M|LE RACE
American Stars Will Meet Eu-
ropes Best on Bowl at
~ Indianapolis.
y, THOMAS A. HENDR,cKs.

-I'ye got IT.. I've got IT, shouts.
Jupiter Dope. prancing around HIS
throne with most goddess lack OF
dignity. and .fiourishing his famous
thunderbolt In most reckless fash
ION ,t4 o. ,s,. 49,. 81 u a., ~. /. IA. 20
Ever since Mt. Olympus went dry
and they knocked out 2.75 per cent
ambrosia. old man Bacchus and have
been trying 10 concoct something
with a real kick In IL, and now we've
got IL. Just listen to this kick pro-
ducer. folks"
Elixir of Speed Recipe.
"Take the thirty-two fastest auto
mobiles in the world. man them with
an equal number of the finest drivers.
pour in three schooners of sports
nnanship, science and skill. Add large
portion of courage cordial along with
gameness gin. Put in the needed per-
severance punch. and a litre or luck
both bitter and sweet. Add pep and
ginger to suit taste and sprinkle lib
orally with thrills. Mix thoroughly,
pour into the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway Bowl for the big s50.DO
prize party on Monday, May 81. Re-
sult--Some Kick"
And. Jupiter Dope, supreme deity of
the world Of sports. Is right. The
1920 Speedway race will have every
element necessary to~make IL the Tea
ture sporting event OF the world; and
this, too, in a year that viii long be
famous for it's international compstt-
ton of various kinds. 1t will have
the international scope OF the Otym-
pic games, the sportsmanship OF the
Davis Cup tennis matches; the skill
full plotting of the America Cup yacht
races, plus the big thrill that belongs
solely to the May motor day at the
indianapolis Speedway. a thrill that
comes only from the sight OF the
worlds speediest cars, driven by the
worlds finest drivers on track that
makes it possible for a good driver
with a wonderful car to be beaten by
a wonderful driver with good car.
America Against Field.
As in the Olympic games. 1T will be
America against the field, but unlike
the Olympics in this instance num-
bers, past performances, records ana
dope favor the invader. For this year
IL will be the task of Uncle Sans
drivers to defeat the best that Europe
has to offer In drivers and IN cars.
Never since 1912 when Joe Dawson
drove his big blue National into first
place, has an American car won. On
several occasions American drivers
have finished in first place. but the
snorts and roars that issued from the
exhaust pipes of their motors spoke
foreign tongue.
This year there will be every COM
bination of car and driver-American
drivers in American cars, American
drivers in foreign cars, foreign DRYERS
in American cars and foreign drivers
in foreign cars. In drivers there WIN
be young ones and old ones, running
from Jimmy Murphy. the kid who
made good in a day when he rambied
home with the inaugural 2oO-mlle
sweepstakes on the new Los Angeles
track last fall. to LOUIS. Chevrolet,
who was veteran back In the old
Vanderbilt cup days, when Jimmy
Murphy's idea of speed. was FOR the
nurse to chauffeur him down to Jthe
corner in his one-baby power peram-
mulator in the breath takfng!t time lof
about twenty minutes-t4.,
Theh there will be 9the winners OF
former years, Jules Goux. Rene
Thomas. Ralph de Palma and Howard
Wilcox, each endeavoring to be- the.
frst to break throughtthe decree OF
the Fates that has stood since the big
race was first run nine years ago, that
NO winner should repeat
Chevrolets VIII he There. %
Tho Chevrolets. without whom no
speedway race would seem a reality,
will be there; Louis. the hetman OF
the tribe, and CASTOR, the youngest OF