Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-31
Winner OF French Grand
Pnx Made An Average OF
94.48 Miles Per Hour,
Clipping is Minutes Of
Record; Hartz, Second, Is
Also Under Record.

AA4OV O0VASA ANSSVA NJ
Indianapolis. May 31.-(By the AS
sociated Press)-Jimmv Murphy. tn
smiling. boyish Los Angeles. Cal.
youth, today holds the distinction of
being the, only driver in the world to
win the premier automobile races of
two condnents-the French Grand
Pri1 and the 500-mile race over the
Indianapolis motor speedway here yes
terday.
This is Murphy's second year as a
driver, as he only graduated from the
grade OF mechanician two years ago.
BY a strange coincidence it was Cap
tain Eddie Rickenbacher. who gave
Murphy the checkered flag in token
Of victory yesterday-the same Muir
ply who rod beside Rickenbacher as
a mechanician IN the race here 81:
Some Of the glory and also some Of
the prize money that Murphy was
generally believed to have gained yes
terday slipped awav overnight. how.
ever. Murphy was credited with
holding the lead throughout the race
and winning all of the prizes offered
for leadership the various laps of HI
contest. but speedway officials early
W. oAAAAo1hSS0 ILnS- LIZA ALoA pSCI
some miscalculations and that .appar.
entity Harry Hartz. another Los An.
Eeles racer who finished second; held
the lead during part of the race and
was entitled to some Of the laB prizes
There was also some question as to
the authenticity of Murphy's record
time which had been announced as
s~:17:30:7s. which is sixteen minn,,
better h a the record established by
: KAHN THepaIYN0 in uySnnSND - $780,
here in 1915. De Palma's time was
5~:33:55:5l.
Officials said they expected to COM
plete the tabulation some time to-
day.
Hartz. who finished second, also is
Q former mechanician. He drove into
second place shortly after the sixtieth
mile and from then on to the finish
he gave Murphy a desperate fight. :.
there were 1875, 600 paid admissions,
the largest crowd that ever witnessed
a race at the Indianapolis course. AL
though official figures were lacking
! the. total receipts are expected to
reach the $780, 600 mark.
(By The Associated Press.)
Indianapolis. Ind. May 80
Leading from start to finish,
CA-, winner Of the 1921 French
+ grand prix. carved his name
deeper in the hall of motor fame
today when he flashed across the
wire . winner of the 500 mile
81 automobile ace At the Indian
f apoais speedway before . record
breaking crowd of 1855, 900 spec
a tators.
Murphy smashed all records for
the distance, clipping more than
=, 16 minutes on the best previous
record. His time was 5:17:3O:79
an average of 94.48 miles an
hour. against the old record Of
s:3:3:55:51 or 1884 miles an
hour, made by Ralph de Palma
which had never been accom-
pished before at the Indianapolis
speedway md to the knowledge
Of racing experts neve before in
. race OF major importance. He
shot into the lead at the tai
and never relinquished it during
instant Of five hours of thrill
away, vas first over the line at
the completion of the first lap
was first over the wire when
m Eddie Rickenbacker waved the
flag for his victory.
The Los Angeles driver made
only nree Stops. he made his
f1rst stop at 185 miles. pulling up
1t he pits for two minutes to
change all tires and replenish the
fuel tanks. With q lead of about
ten miles. Murphy pulled into the
pits for another tire change and
for fuel and oil after he
had Travelled 1858 miles. The as-
sfstance Of his pitnaan was MOTH
ing short of marvellous. 1t took
them just 70 seconds to chance a
right o tire and provide him
WITH f0d enough to assure his
! finishing.
Also Under Record.