Arizona republican., 1920-11-14
TURKEY DAY EVENT DRAWS SELECT LIST
 IF RAGING ENTRIES

The entry list for the Thanksgiving day 250-mile race on the Los Angeles speedway is more of an eligibility list than an entry list There has never been such a select aggregation of cars and drivers in a single race. There are absolutely nothing but the very fastest cars and most expert drivers in the big race as it Is the idea of the manage ment to make the climax of the 1920 championship season a championship case in fact as we'll as in name.
 There have been numerous tentative entries rejected without further con sideration by reason of the fact that nothing but cars of proven speed are wanted in the big race. The advantage of such a move was shown at Fresno recently where there were only eight starters but the race was one of the greatest ever seen. The reason was that all cars in the race were approxi- mately equal in speed and there were no selling platers" cluttering up the track.
 While the complete official entry list has not yet been released by the man. agement of the speedway it Is under stood that not more than a dozen cars will be allowed to start and in all prob ability the number of starters will be held to ten. Every car in the race will be capable of 100 miles an hour and every driver will be a known star. In other words, the management is striv ing for quality rather than for quan- tity.
 E1tries for the race will close finally on November 1T and at that time the complete list will be made public. At the present moment it looks as though there would be a team of four Duesen- berg racers, two F'rontenacs similar to the one which captured the big Indian apolish race and independent entries by Ralph De Palma, Eddie Hearne. Tom my Milton. and possibly two or three other star drivers.
 There are couple of mystery cars in the offing, the nature of which is known to the management of the race but to nobody else with the exception of the drivers. It is rumored that there is a new racing car of remarkable pos abilities now being rushed 70 compile ton for the 1921 season and which may be entered in the Thanksgiving day race if 1t is finished in time It is the product of an old time racing driver and is. supposedly the fastest 1S3-inch creation in existence.
 Also there is no word from Ralph De Palma, the secretive Ballot driver, who fs now on his way to Los Angeles from
 
 car in which he won the Elgin road race and set new record or will have something new to drive is not known Pedro de Pali. Ralph's smiling mechan- ician, is still in town and doesn't seem to be worried so that the prospects are that Ralph will have something suf- ficiently fast to worry the rest of the drivers.
 Secretary A. M Young says that the ticket sale is so heavy thFt he sees prospects of a throng big enough to completely jam the enormous plant of the speedway which has accommoda- tions for 100000 people. The rush of orders for the reserved seats has been so heavy that there is no question but that when the general admission gates are opened all the bleacher accommo- dations will be filled in a hurry.
 The track has been closed to all spectators since Wednesday when off cial practice for the race commenced. The early days of practice resulted in some very fast time being made by the various drivers and the prospects for some splendid competition for the s25,- 900 purse are growing brighter with every succeeding day.