The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-08
|THIRTY-TWO CARS. ARE ENTERED IN
 BIG AUTO EVENT.

AuuihnApOlis, May E--NSpeciai. )-- Thirty two cars. the largest field since engines of not more than 1SS cubic inches piston displacement be- came the requirement.. Is the entry list for the tenth annual 500-mile i'm ternational sweepstakes of the In dianapolis motor speedway. Tuesday. May 30. This is the official list of rentries as announced by T. F. Pop" Myers secretary and general manager of the speedway. This is seven more cars than were entered 8 year ago, when Champion Tommy Milton came within .22 of a second of equallinF the track aver age of s9.S4 miles an hour establish ed by Ralph DePalma in 1915 with much larger engine. During the last II months the drivers have been able to increase the sped of their mounts and the wAseacres are predicting that now mark will he hung up by the 1922 victor.
 Four Former Winners
 Four of the nine kormer winners are to compete for the Hons share Of the s10o,0oo aggregate purse of which the track offers s5Aso0o In gold. Three of the former winners not en- tered have retired from the sport, one Is dead and the other, Reno Thomas, was unable to complete his splans to bring over a French oar.
 The quartet aspiring to be the first pilot to win two five centuries fs: Ralph DePalma, Howard Will cox. Tommy Milton and Jules Goux. Ralph DePalma, 1915 winner, after two campaigns with the Ballot has switched back to a Yankee mount. driving one of the DuesenberR straight -eights. "Howdys' Wilcox pins his faith to the Peugeot brand, having won with that make in 1913. Champion Milton has a car built in Los Angeles, which he has yet to name, entered, where a year ago he won with Chevrolet's Frontenac- eight. Goux has shipped two Ballots from the Paris factory, switching from fae Peugot to the Ballot brand. He won in 1913 finished third in 1914 and 1919 and started in 1920 with a Peu geot. Goux has not named the driver for the second Ballot. He may bring pilot from France or England. but If he does not will pick an American to be his teammate.
 Competing with Goux, his mate and Wilcox for the honor of taking the purse across the Atlantic. will be w. Douglas Hawkes.. a London engineer, who Is bringing over q Bentley car, to represent England This will be the first appearance Of this make of car in American racing and the en- try which was cabled did not give any details regarding the car.
 The Millionaire
 Every race must have its million aire, that is. every Indianapolis race, Joe Boyer. Detroit speed king. does not appear this time, but R Clifford Durant, son of W c. Durant, has named a Dhrant special for the event. Durant has not driven for two years but has decided to come back. The car he IS driving is the one which Tommy Milton used the latter part of last season to win the 1921 champion ship and which Milton turned back to him recently, when he got delivery of his new car.
 official list of entries. showing car, driver and entrant follows:
 Distell Duesenbrg. Eddie Hearne, risteel Flyers, Inc.
 Frontenac. Roscoe sarles. Louis Chevrolet.
 Frontenac, E. c. .cannonball" Baker, Louis Chevrolet.
 Ftontenac. Peter DePaoio, Louis Chevrolet.
 Frontenac. Art Klein. Louis Chew rolet
 Frontenac, Ralph Mulford, Louis Chevrolet.
 Frontenac. Unnamed, Louis chevro- let.
 Not named. Tommy Milton. Tommy Milton.
 Leach Special. Frank Elliott, Ira Vail.
 Frontenao, Unnamed. Mrs. Mae Harvey.
 Duessnberg. Hardy Harts. Harry Hartz.
 Ballot, Jules Goux, Jules Goux. Ballot, Not named, Jules Goux. Peugeot, Howard s. Wilcox, How ard S Wilcox. Duesenberg, Wallace Reid, Wallace Reid.
 Duesenberg. Ralph DePalma, Ralph DePalma.
 Fronty Ford. Jack curtner. Jack Curtner.
 Fronty~Ford, c. Glenn Howard. Chevrolet Bros. company Duesenberg, l. F. Fetterman. I. F. Fetterman. Bentley W. Douglas Hawkes.. W. Douglas Hawkes.. Duesenberg, Jules Eillingboe. Jules El1ingboe. Duesenberg. Jerry wonderlich, Jer- ry Wonderlich. Monroe, Wilbur pAlene. Monroe sIotors company Monroe, Tom Alley. Monroe Motors company
 Monroe, Lora L. Corum. Monroe Mo ----------------------------