Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-01
SPEEDWAY LIST
INDICATES BIG
RACING FIELD
At This Early Date, Fourteen
Cars Are Entered and
Seat Sale Is Good.

With fourteen entries fled and the ad-
vance seat sale for the International 50O-
mile race to be held here Tuesday, May
30, 20 per cent ahead OF last year
record breaking figures, the speedway
executives are working at top speed to
get everything in readiness for the rush
of business In the final two months be-
fore the big affair.
Thirteen of the fourteen cars entered
are of Yankee manufacture and with the
definite knowledge that numerous OF the
home guard, the regulars who take a
grab each year at the approximately
100000 hung up on the finish wire, are
ready to enter and the cable informa-
ton from w. F. Bradley, speedway rep
resentative in Europe, that the foreign
entries undoubtedly viii outnumoer last
years worthy representation, the man
agement of the race has ceased to worry
about drivers and cars and Is using his
energy toward handling the largest
crowd in the history Of the annual FIVE
century grind.
Ralph De Palma, that favorite son Of
speed who turned defeat into fame here
in 1912 and then won in 1885, will pilot
a homemade car, the Duesenberg, In
the event. He has abandoned the foreign
cars he has been plotting for a speed
creation Of America, in the hope that he
can show his tires to the other drivers
at the finish wire
Our own Handsome Howdy" Wilcox,
who won in 1919. will try to repeat in
the bricks Of the local oval all winter.
Wilcox has had unusually bad luck In
the last two races, but is confident he
will have the bugs" worked out or his
French car by race time this year.
Eddie Hearne, the youthful veteran OF
American speed paths, will show his
hairless dome to the fans from the driv-
er's seat of a Disteel Duesenberg. Hearne
| is the first driver to enter the big race
and will carry the numeral l on his car.
Tommy wi ftflca
than any of the pilots, will be here.
Milton was victorious here in 1921, and
is the speed king of the world, having
Travelled 1864 miles per hour on the
sands Of Daytona Beach, Fla, at the
wheel Of a sixteen-c cylinder Duesenberg,
and last year was winner Of the a. A. A.
points championship. He won the last
California race at Beverly Hills in Los
Angeles at the wheel of his Leach Spe-
cial and has been showing great speed
in 1t.
E. C. (CannonbaID Baker of transcon-
tinental fame, another indianapolis pilot,
is the only driver so far nominated by
Louis Chevrolet, the man who designed
and built the cars which won the last
pair of 500-mile drives. Chevrolet has
entered six Frontenacs In the race, but
IS keeping the names of five Of the pilots
a secret The wiseacres claim he has
/ a fast one on the wing which will
shortly be announced. Although this
annapolis affair, he probably is as well
acquainted with the local speed oval as
Wilcox and Ralph milford, who have
driven in every race and have a flirting
acquaintance with every brick on the
course He is a bear for punishment,
being famous for his wonderful endur-
ance on the New York to Los Angeles
jaunts. He is an Old-time campaigner
who has graduated to automobiles from
the hard riding seat OF racing motor
And then there is Wally Reid, fresh
from winning q new series OF moving
picture races, who will stake his chances
for fame and additional fortune against
the prowess OF the old masters. ira Nail,
who suffers seasickness every time he
drives the board bowls, will again tackle
the indianapolis bricks this year.
Mae Harvey OF Los Angeles, the only
woman IN racing, has entered her From
| Wonderlick to drive. But Jerry says he
can't drive 1t because he has purchased
q Duesenberg. Anyway both cars and
Jerry will be in the race and there are
always more good drivers than cars ready
to face the starter.
year in the role OF mechanic for Eddie
Hearne. will drive his own DUesenberg in
the coming race He has had the expert
ence Of competing in three California
races and viii drive in two more before
he brings his car to Indianapolis.
T. E. (POp) Myers, manager of the
speedway, remarked today that Indian
apoliS people invariably get the worst
seats at the race, because they wait until
the last moment to purchase them. The
and many Of the better grandstand seats,
boxes and parking spaces have been pur-
chased and the vast majority Of them by
out-of-town persons.