The Washington times., 1922-05-30
AUTO RACERS
OFF N, GREAT
INDIANA TEST
10000 Line Course as
Speed Contest for For
tune Starts.
By BARNEY OLDFTELD.
Universal Service.

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most spectacular. thrilling. and
heart.breaking race in the history
of sport started at 10 o'clock this
| morning.
II Is the tenth runpinQ OF the
international 500.mile sweepstakes.
to see which, $4,000 persons have
packed the stands and grounds,
representing every State in the
Union and many foreign lands.
Favorite for the race are the
young fellows with radically de-
signed cars which have shown super
speed-Tommy Milton, Jimmy Muir
! ply, Harry Hartz. Roscoe Sarles,
Pete Depaolo, Frank Elliott, and
Ira Vail being among the number
Probably Milton holds first place
in the hearts of more experts than
any other, though Murphy and
Hartz have many supporters among
the dyed-in-the.wool fans who know
more than all others about the cars
and pilots. Hartz Is the youngest
kid In the bunch, being only TWEEN
ty-One.
Milton has shown the fastest
speed of any, though Murphy and
Hartz have been right on his heels.
Either can do 105 miles an hour on
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California board tracks. They are
expected to set the pace and one
OF the three to win.
Since daybreak shuttle trains and
trolleys. busses and limousines,
flivvers and "shank's horses have
been bringing care.free, colorful
crowds to this gasoline Derby"
T. E. c'Pop'D Myers. who runs
this show for Carl Fisher ct al. az.
serts the eight grandstands here
have room for 10000 space sand
wich and soda-pop consuming souls.
Out in the center OF the course,
he says, there Is room for parking
10, 900 automobiles and contents.
Counting railbirds. the works can
take care OF 100000 cash and com.
Iplimentary customers. according to
this same authority. This being
SO, there must be 10000 here or
on the way.
DePalma. having finished two
campaigns with the French Ballot,
mount. driving a Duesenberg
faith to the Peugot brand. having
won in 1919 with car hearing
that trade mark. Milton. who won
last year in one of Louis Chevro-
let's FrontenaC "eights." brought
along a car just built in Los An
geles. Goux brought two Ballots
from Paris. The famous French
man switched over from the Peu-
got in which he romped to victory
in 1918, finished third in 1914 and
1919. and started in 1920.
Competing with the Peugeot and
Ballot outfits. w. Douglas Hawkes..
of London, has on tap a likely look.
| ing British-m made Bentley car to bear
! the gonfalon OF John Bull
! Jimmy Murphy, who won the
! 1921 Grand Prix at lie Mans,
/ France. was the last driver to file
his entry. which does not detraCt
one iota from the interest in his
| performance today.
Roscoe Sarles, runner.up last
year, changed over from a "Duesey"
| to a Frontenac and is carrying the
! hopes of a lot OF Hoosiers, for he
| is a native son. Besides, he is a
daring driver and has been one OF
the most consistent finishers in
the game for three years.
Eddie Hearne and Ralph milford,
who. with Wilcox and the beloved
victim Of jinx luck, De Palma, ar,
veterans of that first five century
battle way back in 1911, are on the
starters list. And the ayes have t..
Both Hearne and Mulford are TO be
reckoned with in the final account
ing. Grandpa" Hearne. ono of the
first OF the famous millionaire driv-
ers of a decade and a half ago. is
becoming a trifle bald. but Wilcox,
survivor of that same perioI when
a bunch of today's contestants were
still in knee-jeans, still retains his
youthful appearance.
Mulford and Wilcox. bv the way,
have never missed a "0o-milG race
at the Indianapolis Speedway.
Watch This Bunch.
Among those who will bear watch.
ing today, so the dopestcrs say. are
these: Art Klein. Harry HaItZ,
Jules Ellinghoe, Wilbur dAle1e and
Tom Alley.
Klein is known as "a daring driver,
who gets speed out of a cur If there's
any in it. He is driving "a From
tenac for Louis Chevrolet. Il car in
which he campaigned the winter
races on the Western coast with sue
cess.
Hartz, baby" of the field, won the
recent San Carlos race at San Fran
cisco, where he piloted the same
"Duesey" he's slated to drive today.