The evening world., 1921-05-30
MILTON |SLEAD|NG
500 MILE AUTORACE
At INDIANAPOLIS
Witness Terrific Con-
test in Which Speed Tops
90 Miles an Hour. q
DE PAL M A "JINXED"
Veteran Led Up to 28oth Mile,
Connecting Rod Broke and
He Had to Quit.

SPEED WAY, INDIANAPOLIS.
May 3o.-At $50 miles. Milton, with
two mile lead over sarles, stopped for
gas. Thirty seconds later he was
back on the track and still in the lead
by a lap.
The position of the cars at 400
miles was as foIlows:-MiIton, Sarles,
Halbe, EIiingboe driving for Ford);
Murphy driving for Miller); Miller
driving for Guyot); Wonderlich
driving for HiID; Vail, Mulford.
All others were out Of the race.
Milton passed sarIes on the 450th
lap giving him a lead Of more than
a full lap, or two and half miles.
SPEEDWAY. Indianapolis, May 80.
Ralph De Palma's jinx got him
again to-day in, the Indianapolis
Speedway race. After driving a mag
nificent race for 112 laps. the veteran
Italian driver was forced from the
race with a broken connecting rod
He led in the race for 1oS laps, win
ming 500 in prize money for each
lap he won.
After De Palma left the race, un-
able to repair his broken connecting
rod, the other drivers settled down to
steadier pace. Tommy Milton was
leading at the l1Sth lap and Sarles
was second, two laps behind.
AS De Palma pushed his car into
the garage he said:
Boys. 1t couldn't be helped; an
through for this year"
Mlton's lead at $50 miles was two
laps over Sarles. with Rene Thomas
third and Haibre fourth. Hearne
dropped out at this point, leaving only
nine of the original twenty-th
starters.
Alleys car caught fire on the 320th
mile and he went out of the race.
Ralph De Palma. driving at a ter
rife pace, led in to-day's automobile
races when the drivers passed thu
$50 mile point OF the 500-mile dash
but was forced to the pits on thu
l0lst lap with tire trouble. He go
back in time to hold half lap leat
over Milton. His average for 25
miles was 1852 miles an hour Mil
ton was second, Alley third ant
Sarles fourth,
Seven drivers went out of the rac'
through accidents up to this point
but no one was injured. Fontaine'i
car turned over on the north turn
hanging on the edge OF the inclin,
and threatening the lives OF hundred.
Of persons below. The car did no
fall, however.
Thomas hit a wall on the sam
turn and was forced out with
broken steering knuckle, and Wilcox
1919 winner. had TO quit when n con
Meeting rod broke.
Jimmy Murphy skdded on N
north turn and Eddie Pullen took hi
place,
Joe Boyer. after forcing De Palm
to terrific pace, dropped out at tn
74th lap with axle trouble.
Van Ranst went out at the 87th la
with a broken connecting rod.
Chassgne lost his hood and had
quit when he could not find 1t,
Before a crowd estimated at 5000
the greatest thronS that ever pal
TO see a sporting event. the race wa
on with burst Of speed and rus
: OF racing motors.
af a terrific pace. The twenty-five
The twenty-three drivers were line
across the track three abreast q
they crossed the starting tape.
I De Palma led over the lrst lal
Sarles in his Dusenberg wars~right O
the Italians tail and Joe Boyer WI
a close third. Sarles went ahead
De Palma in the second lap by
. length.
u The average speed for the first la
OF all cars was S9,43 miles an hour.
De Palma showed his Ballot 0,