The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-31
z AUTOS
in START
OF GREAT
CONTEST
Minor Accidents Force Five
Machines Out of. Race
During ESQ Miles

INDIANAPOL MOTOR
SPEEDWAY, May 3I.-Raiph
DE Palma, In q Ballot, took the
lead from Rene Thomas. In the
same make Of car. after the
2JOth mile station was passed In
the sweepstakes here today. Boy
er. In a Frontenar, was third.
Five drivers were forced from
the race by minor accidents dur
ing the first ESQ miles.
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR
SPEEDWAY. Ind. May 31.-To
the music Of roaring motors. :,
Of the worlds greatest drivers
got under way in the 50O-mile
international sweepstakes here at
10 A. m. today. Barney OIdfie1d.
acting as pacemzIser. piioted the
drivers around the course for the
first lap. He was accompanied
by Al &. Faulkner, president 0f
the Los Angeles Speedway.
Joe Boyer. in a f'rontenac. was in
the lead as the cars dashed across
the line for the start of the race.
CASTOR Chevrolet. Monroe. second.
Louis Chevrolet. Monroe. third: Art
Kline. Frontenac. fourth: Roscoe
saries. Monroe: fifth: Jeane chae
sagne. Ballot. sixth; Tom Milton.
Deusenberg. seventh Andre Boiilot.
Peugeot- eighth: Porporato. CeRoire,
ninth. and Jim Murphy. Deusenberg.
tenth.
Z Time for first lap. i:so;5s, Average,
lSs.53 miles an hour. r.. s..l., z :. =
DePaims was forced TO stop w1thA
fiat tire In the first lap. Hs was of
again In a few seconds.
Ralph DePalma received . great
ovation as he appeared on the track.
He took the pole position by reason
OF his trial speed Of 1856 miles an
hour
A, 25 miles: Boyer. Frontenac.
first Klein. Frontenac. second: ChaS
sagne. Ballot, third: Joe Thomas.
Monroe. fourth: Haupt. Meteor. fifth
Time. i6:37.Si. Average, 1924 miles
an hour.
After II minutes delay because Of
engine trouble. John Boiling relieved
Boyd in Richards and resumed the
race. Boyd took the mechanician'a
seat
Andre BoiIlot was forced out in the
10th lap by engine trouble
At so miles the standing was:
Boyer. Frontenac, first: Klein. From.
tenac. second: Chassagne. Ballot.
third: CASTOR Chevrolet. Monroe.
fourth; Rene. Thomas. fifth. Time
ss;o5.3o. Average so.67 miles an
hour.
The track record for this distance
was s2.i4 miles an hour. established
by Depalma, Packard. in 1918.
ANDRE BOILLET
OUT OF RACE
Andre Boillet Peugot. was perm
anently out of the race. Ralph De
Palma took fifth place in the 27th
lap. After rs miles the cars were
running as follows: Boyer. F'ronte
nae. first; Chassagne, Ballot, second;
Klein. Frontenac. third: CASTOR
Chevrolet, Monroe. fourth Rene.
Thomas. fifth. Time. 4s.3s.sl Av-
erage. s0.61 miles an hour.
DE Palma. in 1919. established a
track record OF s2I2 for rs miles.
Officials announced Klein did not
finish the Tooth mile. Positions at
the end of 100 miles We're:
Boyer. first; Chassagne. second:
CASTOR Chevrolet. third: Rene
Thomas, fourth: DE Palma, fifth.
Neither he nor his mechanician was
enth; Mileton, eighth: Hin, ninth and
Murphy, Deusenberg, tenth. Time.
4 81 a
hour
De Palma's record for this distance
on this track was s2.70 miles an hour.
established last year.
Art Klein. in a Frontenac, turned
over coming out of the north turn.
Neither he nor his mechanician were
injured, tho thrown on the track.
The spill occurred on the 40th lap,
and put the car out OF the race. A
broken steering knuckle caused the
spill.
| Jean Porporato. in a Greigore. was
waved off the track by officials on
his 22nd lap. He had lost much time
in the pits and, as his car continued
to act badly. the officials ruled him
out OF the race.
THREE ARE OUT
! At Is5 MILES
! At 1875 miles the drivers and cars
! definitely out of the race were Boil
let In a Peugoet: Klein, in From.
tenac. and Porporato, in a Gregoirc.
Howard, in a Peugoef. was in the
pits for an indefinite stay.
BOYER LEADS AT
END OF $50 MILES
Ralph De Palma in Ballot went
| into the lead in the s5th lap fS7
miles). An error by the timers wis
responsible for Boyer being credited
with the lead AT that time. dc Palma
held the lead until the saith Ian
u47ia milesl, when he was forced 10
the pits for tire changes. Boyer re.
gaining first place. The standing II
$50 miles was:
Boyer, Frontenac. first; Dc Palma.
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