The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-04-17
IS Cars
Entered In
Great Race
By sLARErcE E. x1cHAzD.

TsTAFF CORRESPONDENT l. n. SERVICE
lNDlANAPOLIS. April A4.-Thirteen
cars have been entered in the Eighth In
ternational 5o0-miIe automobile race to
be held al the Indianapolis motor speed
way. May 81. for a purse OF $50 00. and
numerous other entries are assured be
fore tho list is closed at midnight May l..
For the first time IN speedway history
European contestants threaten 10 out
number representatives. OF the United
states in the annual classic. European
correspondents report an unprecedented
activity on the part 81 foreign aspir-
snts for arst honors. predicting a pos
sible total Of eighteen entrants from
abroad. Il has been decided after =
country-vt dc voting contest among race
enthusiasts. not to accept entries of
former enemy nations cars.
The first entry in the race was that
OF Gin Durant, who is g millionaire in
private life He Will pilot a Chevrolet
Ralph DePalma. undoubtedly the most
popular race driver N the United States,
viii be seen at the wheel of a Ballot q
product Of the famous Ballot Moteurs,
Paris. France. Last year DePalrna
drove a Packard with the famous Liberty
motor but bad luck logged his trail all
through the race and prevented him
from coping the big prize. The three
Cherolet brothers-Louis. Arthur ana
Gaston-are slated TO drive three Mon
roe cars in the first racing contest this
factory has entered. Tom Rooney. ex-
periencad pilot. will be seen a. the wheel
OF q Revere in its initial racing appear
ance. Three F~rontsnacs. with Joe Boyer
captain or the team have been entered.
bur the remaining two drivers are I'M
named.
Jimmy Murphy. winner OF the 1920
inaugural race at the Los Angeles speed
way, and his teammste, Tommy Milton
VII pilot D~uesenbergs. while Ray How
ard has made a personal entry OF a
Peugeot. Barney Oldneld has entered
an "Oldheld Special" but. as in the 1919
race. ne will send a younger driver 70
the barrier while ne watches the race
from the grsndstsnd-
Howard "Howdy" Wilcox, who ronlped
home with the prize money in 1919 al
the wheel Of a Peu geot has not yet an
nounced his intention Of driving tins
year but his name is expected 70 be
entered as q contestant before the on
tries close. .Howdy" drove q maEnih-
cent race last year and II he shows the
same speed this year European veterans
Will have TO look 70 their laurels.
Championship points awarded the In
dianapoiis race in the contest for the
1890 driving championship conducted
under the auspices Of the American Au-
tonobYe Association. total 2.2S5 points,
Of which 1000 are for first place, The
INDIANAPOLIS race is awarded = much
heavier point total than any other rae
ing event Of the 1920 calendar. the in
~suxursi contest at Los Angeles. for IN
stance. having been awarded LIS points,
or less than half the number with 500
points for hrst place.
Winnins Of the drivers championship
carries with it an award Of a cash prize
now being made UP by racing enthusi-
asts throughout tho United States. the
probable amount Of which is figured at
$4,000. SO that 70 breeze in front a.
INDIANAPOLIS has an additional Incentive
That there will be q greater long dis
+anca attendance a. the race than has
been recorded since 1914. when more
than 100000 persons saw Rene Thomas.
driving a Delage. romp across tho 1nish
line a winner. Is foretold BY tho large
number OF out-of-town sales and mautr-
ios 70 date. Special trains will be run
into indianapolis from many distant
points and already hotels are making
preparations to handle the enormous
crowds.