Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-28
Second Batch of Pilots
to Qualify for Race
Av. Speed

and slip on the turns as II light in the
rear system. This got Ralph into a
bunch Of trouble and would have fur-
nished the big crowd Of two hours earlier
the thrill Of their lives. only when Ralph
performed almost everybody had gone
home and he had nc audience
Diving into the first turn at high
rate Of speed. the FrOntenac became I'M
bued with the idea that its sole mis-
sion in life was TO scale that outside re
tttnIpC wall and Is e t. the Crawfords-
Vile road. The machine succeeded IN
getting to within about q foot OF the re
training wall before Milford convinced Il
Of its error and got IL squared away IL
was a close shave and would have meant
a bad accident for a driver Of less eX-
perience and nerve
The sunbesms and the Talbott-D arracq
showed up for their qualifying rounds
equipped with a long piping system
aIong the side that looked like these ex-
, haust- blown musical arrangements that
are occasionally seen on machine
However. as no strains OF the Marsell-
laise or Brittsnia issued from the Anglo
France cars IL was decided by the spec
tators that all this plumbing must have
another purpose. It finally was dlsccy-
cred that these long copper tubes were
beam designer and chief engineer, ex-
planned that in Europe. where the
weather is not so hat as It has been In
Indianapolis for the past week, this oil
cooling system is necessary.
Albert Guyot, French driver Of a Deu-
senberg Special, who could not meet the
qualifying test Wednesday, was back
yesterday afternoon and went over the
course for an average OF Sis.
Another Indianapolis driver gained
distinction on the big speed oval when
Ora Haibe qualified Dar1o Kesta-s sun
beam at an average speed OF $50 miles
per hour. Resta, II seems, has been com
blaming Of stomach trouble since short
" after his arrival in this country, ana
there now is some doubt as 20 whether
or not he will be able TO drive in the
great derby.
n the famous Resta should have to
stem aside, he has a capable yOungSter
ready TO step in and fill mis- shoes. Haibe
has in some Way or another, been con-
racted with the Indianapolis race course
for several years. He has worked in the
pits rode as mechanic and acted as re-
lief driver several different times. lie
knows the course like a book. as was
shown when he qualified yesterday after
noon. handling the car on the dangerous
turns as easily as If he were driving
around a boulevard.
Rene Thomas came near playing q
mean trick on himself in Qualifying
Rene got his signals crossed and thought
he had gone four laps when ne had gone
only three. He loafed around on the
fourth LLlp anu EtAACA NfEA III
an average Of 1878. His average FOR the
first three laps had been better than 81
miles per.
"slim" Corum had a tough time getting
bis Frontenac around on scheduled time
He took plenty of time on the turns, fol-
lowing his narrow escape OF Wednesday,
and came home with a mark Of 500, Just
good enough to gain starting position
in the big race
Riley Brett. designer Of the Richards
Junior specials and driver of one OF them.
and Bennett Hill, pilot of Jack Thiele's
much-talked- about, greatly kidded, but
persistent old Deusenberg. were found to
have run a dead heat when the qualifying
rounds were checked IN. They were
called together to decide how to arrange
the matter OF position and agreed to toss
a coin. Bonnie called heads and IL came
heads so he got his choice of position in
the line over Brett. 1t was a case of
now that we got il what are you go
ing to do with it," for he could not
make M his mind whether the inside or
outside position was the more desirable.
But he finally picked the Inside.
The press representatives viii be pretty
well taken care of for the big race. The
Stutz Motor Car Company is furnishing
a classy big yellow and black touring
car for the use Of the workers, and the
Nordyke & Marmon Company will be
back on the Job again this year with
their classy box lunches. and a truck to
carry the men to and from the Speedway.