Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-30
Record Breaking Crowd OF
$4,000 Spectators.
Watch Machines Speed
Around Brick Track In
500 Mile Run; Prize.
Total $s5,ooo; Murphy
Takes Lead.

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Takes Lead. z
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indianapolis, Ind, May 3O-
With roar from perfectly tuned
motors, twenty-seven drivocs, tho
pick of three nations, shot away
at 10 q. M. today in the start Of /.
the 500 mile automobile race at
prizes totalling $85, 900. There
was a record breaking crowd OF.
135, 900 spectators cheering from
the stands and inf1eld when tho
starting bomb was fired. Tho
racers were paced the lfrst lap By
Barney OldReld. retired star OF
the racing world.
Murphy Takes Lead.
Jimmy Murphy driving speciaJ
eight cylinder car grabbed the lead al
the start. plotting his car around this
treachercus south turn at a speed
that brought the spectators to their
feet. Leon Duray, driving his first
speedway race. was second and Ralph
De Palma. favorite with the crowd
WAS trailing in third place. The time
for the first lap around the az milo
course was 1:34:64, an average Of 95
miles an hour.
| Murphy continued his terrific pace
and at the fifty mile mark was fully
a half mile ahead of Leon Duray who
was second. The time was 31:2s:33,
an average of 95.27 miles an hour 40
compared with 92.62 miles an hour
| Harry Hartz was third and Ralph Do
Palma was fourth. Howard Wilcox
of Indianapolis. was the first driver
| forced out of the race, valve trouble
causing his withdrawal after he had
gone 171z miles.
E2linsboe Out.
Jules Ellingboe was the, second
driver to go out Of the race. He
threw a rear wheel while speeding
around the north turn and his car
spun completely around three times
crashing into a protecting wall
Neither Ellingboe nor his mcchan-
ician was injured.
Drivers and Cars.
! Fra aii-sD Dister- -Dncscnbers s.s'
Roscoe Sarles-l -l'rontenac.
! f. G. Baker-Frontenac.
Leroy Duray-Frontenac.
Ralph K Observation-Disclosures.
Arthur H. Klein-Frontenac.
| Peter DePaolo-Frontenac.
| Tommy Milton-Leach.
Frank r. Elhott-Leach.
Joe Thomas Straight
Harry w. Hartz = Duesenberg
Straight.
Jules Goux-Ballot
Eddie Hearne-Ballot.
Howard S. Wilcox-Peugot.
Ralph DePalma - Dueeenberg
Straight.
! Jack Curtner-Fronty-Fo Ford.
c. Glenn Howard-Fronty-F Ford.
I. p. Fetterman Duesenberg
Straight s.
w. Douglas Hawkes-Bentley.
Jules Ellingboe - Duesenbers
/ Jerry Wonderlich - Duesenbers
| Wiiber D: Alene-Monroe.
4 Tom Alley-Monroe.
i Lora l. Corum-Monroe.
Ora F. Haibe-DuesenbergS Straight
Eight
i r. Clifford Durant-Durant.
Jimmy Murphy-Murphy.
(Eote: All cars listed are Of special
,design.)
Indianapolis. May 3o.-Twenty-
seven drivers lined up today awaiting
the starting bomb to send away on
the tenth annual 500-mile race at tho
ing at 10 a. M. the racers were sched-
uled to begin a grind Of 200 laps
around the two and one-half mile
brick course. About five hours and
one-half is required for winner to
complete the race
3S5.OO0 in Prizes.
Cars from American. French and
English factories give the race an In.
ternational aspect while prizes totall-
ing sS5.0o0 are an incentive to the
drivers. @
AS in past years the race attract
ed thousands of automobile enthusi-
asts. A steady stream of automobiles
carrying motor-wild crowds filed
slowly to the track from sunrise until
the start of the contest. Shuttle
trains hurried thousands more to the
track
; Nine Rows Of Cars.
A cool niKht had lowered the tenn.
,, , perature Of the brick course and mod
crate Temperature during the day was
, predicted by the weather bureau. As
, the cars lined up for the start there
were nine rows, with three machines
. in each row. Occupying the pole
position in front was Jimmy Murphy,
who gained that position by virtue OF
averaging 1905 miles an hour during
his ten-mile qualifying trial. Along
side Murphy's machine were those of
Harry Hartz and Relph De Palma,
the latter being a favorite OF the
I speedway crowds.
Back in the eighth row and hold
ling an outside position was Tommy
j Milton. winner last year. Despite his
difficult position, he. too. seemed :
: favorite of the fans. & n
Two foreign drivers were on the
: course. They wereS Jules Goux OF,
D France winner OF the local rAce In
71913. and w. Douglas Hawkes. or
London. England. Two French CARS