Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-01
JIMMY MURPHY IS
j WINNER Of GREAT
AUTO SPEED GRIND
Hartz Comes in Second and
Hearne Third-Five Drivers
Break Records-Winner's
Speed 94.48 Per Hour

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S0.-(By Associated Press.)-Jimmy
Murphy, of Los Angeles, California,
winner of the French Grand Prix
in 1921, won the 500-mile, automo-
bile race at the Indianapolis Speed
way, today, before record-breaking
crowd of $4,000. Murphy won
$4,000 in cash prizes.
The time was 5:f7:30:7S, an aver.
age of 94.4S miles per hour, worlds
record for the distance. 1t was the
first time in the history of the event
that a winner led from start to fin
iSh.
Harry Hartz, also of Los Angeles,
finished second, four laps behind
Murphy. Hartz won $4,000. Eddie
Hearne was third.
Murphy made only three stops dur
ing the entire 500 miles, each time to
change tires and replen.sh his fuel
tanks. Murphy was fortunate in
not having any motor trouble. 1t
was announced that his total win
nings, together with cash prizes and
money from accessory companies
would reach $4,000.
DePalma, a former winner of the
event and holder of the record for
the distance, finished fourth. Jules
Ellingboe, driving for Ora Haibe,
was fifth. Ellingbee's own car was
forced out of the race soon after the
start, when he lost wheel.
The record Murphy shattered was
made by DePalma in 1914, when he
covered the distance in 5:33:55:51, at
an average of 1884 miles an hour.
Jerry Wonderlich finished sixth,
and I. P. Petterman seventh.
Eighth place went to Ira Vail, an
other veteran, while Tom Alley fin
ished ninth.
Terrific Pace
Murphy was nearly five miles
ahead of Hartz at $50 miles. The
time was 3:42:51. An average of
S4.23 miles per hour. This is a
record for the track for the distance.
Murphy made a stop of % seconds
at the pits to change tire and get
fuel before starting the final $50
miles.
Murphy retained the lead at 400
miles, covering the distance in 4:14:-
1920, an average of 94,42 miles per
hour. At times he was averaging
better than 100 miles an hour.
Hartz was second. one lap behind
the leader. Eddie Hearne was third.
The car driven by Peter DePalo, a
nephew of Ralph DePalma, crashed
into the wall at the south end of
the track, but its occupants escaped
injury. The car was withdrawn.
At $50 miles, Murphy was setting
terrific pace. HartZ was second
and Eddie Hearne, third. The time
was 4:45:25:76, an average Of 94.58
mile an hour, as compared with
S9.41 miles per hour for the same dis.
lance year ago.
Murphy started the final 25 miles
OF the grind about two and a half
miles in the lead, with Hartz second
and Hearne third. Murphy made a
stop of 25 seconds at 451 miles to
change a rear tire before beginning
the dash to victory. The time for
Ats miles was 5:01:42, an average
of 94.46 miles per hour.
The racers were paced the first
lap by Barney Oldfield, a retired star
Of the racing world.
Howard Wilcox, of Indianapolis,
was the first driver forced out of
the race, valve trouble causing his
withdrawal after he had gone II IL
miles.
Two More Forced Out
Murphy chung to the lead at the
100-mile mark with Hart in second
place. DePalna moved into third
place while Duray dropped into
fourth. The time was 1:03:14, an
average of 94.G7 miles an hour. Muir
ply at this point had won $4,000 in
lap prizes.
driver out of the race. He threw a
rear wheel while speeding around
the north turn and his car spun COM
pletely around three times, crashing
into a protecting wall. Neither Ell
lingboe nor his mechanician were in.
jured.
Jules Coux, driving French car
was forced out by a broken axle aft
er he had covered sixty miles.
The car driven by Wilbur dAlene
burst into flames as d'Alene started
his 103d mile. After a heroic fighi
the driver and his mechanician sue
ceeded in eXtinguishing the blaze,
and the car was withdrawn, making
the fourth to drop out of the race.
Murphy was nearly two miles in
the lead at the 150-mile mark with
Hartz second and Duray third. Ora
Haibe was fourth, and Eddie Hearne
fifth. The time was 1:34:37.62, an
average of 95.11 miles an hour.
Murphy, up 20 this time, had no!
paadc q stop. He led from the start
aid mad won $4,000 in lap prizes.
Tommy Milton, 1921 speed king
and winner of last years race, was
forced out of the grind along with
four others of the tWenty-ceven
starters before the race was half
finished. Millions car was damaged
by a broken gasoline line.
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