Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18

Death Christened New Speed
way AT Dedication Race
Which Tommy Milton
Won; Sarles' Car HURLED
Over Embankment, Pin
ming Driver Beneath.

"itoO ANSB SSFS' AsSfSs ~
from hospitals today indicated that
three men, injured seriously yesterday
in the dedication motor car race OF
Kansas City's new speedway, woHld re-
cover. Roscoe Sarles Of Lafayette, Ind,
was killed when his cars steering
knuckle broke and the machine
plunged off the speedway. bursting
into flames after 1t had struck the
ground rs feet below.
Eight men were injured In the series
of accidents which occurred at the
race. Christopher =. Pickup. Los Ange-
les. m~echanician for Sarles: Ed Hef-
ferman. Chicago, m~echanician for Ed
die Hearne, and Harry Henning Of
Independence. Mo-. mechanician for
Pete DE Paolo. suffered the most Sc
rious injuries.
The less seriously injured include
Jimmy Murphy.
The race was won by Tommy Milton
Of st. Paul. who covered the 900 nile.
in 2.46:52:96. Harry Hartz was second,
Frank Elliott third, Ralph milford
fourth and Jerry Wonderlick fifth.
| Driver Killed.
Kansas City, Mo-. Sept. 1S.--Roscoe
Sarles OF indianapolis, veteran auto
mobile racer. was burned to death in
the 300-mile rae d%edicating the new
Kansas City speedway. Sunday. when
his car crashed into that of Pete De-
Paolo and was wrecked.
Sarles5 car jumped the top rail at
the northeast corner Of the speedway
n dropped Is feet. pinning him be-
meath the wreckage. Searles. known as
the clown of the races" vas driving
for Cliff Durant of Los Angeles. who
decided al the last minute not to drive.
Pickup, his mechanician was injured
severely.
Four other drivers were injured Sc
verely two slightly in the race.
which was won by Tommy Milton Of
st. Paul. Milton's time was 2:46.52:96.
Harry HartZ finished second, time,
2:47:1O:2S. Frank Elliott. Kansas
City. was third. time. 2:49:46:60:
Ralph milford. fourth. andJerry Won
derlich, fifth.
Others Injured.
Paola and his mechanician. Cam
ming. sustained sever injuries when
they attempted to dodge n wheel
thrown by Eddie Hearne's car. Hen
ming was injured about the head and
upper body. The extent Of De Paclo's
injuries had not been determined to-
night. but physicians expressed the
fear that he might be injured internal
~. Joe Thomas n his mechanician
were injured in an earlier accident In
the race. The accident occurred short
" after the 50-mile mark was reach
ed, when Jimmy Murphy's car threw
a wheel and skidded. Thomas. who was
close in Murohy's rear. was unable to
steer around the disabled machine
and crashed into 1t. splitting the
frame of Murphy's racer. Thomas sus.
tanned an injured leg and physicians
thought the member might De broken
His m~echanician received slight inju-
ries. Eddie Hearne and his mechani.
clan were slightly injured in the next
accident of the race, shortly after
Searles' car went over the rail. The
accident was due to the breaking OF
a front axle IN Hearne,s car, which
swerved n turned over several times
near the point where the second &C.
cident occurred.
Was Famous Driver.
Roscoe Sarles scored several notable
triumphs as a racing driver, has hes,
work having been performed on Lo.
Angeles tracks. including the winning
Of the Thanksgiving day ace on the
speedway there in 1920 when Castor
Chevrolet and Eddie O'Donnell. driv.
ers. and Lyall Jolls, O'Donell's me;
chanician. were killed. ),
Sarles bean his career as a barn,
stcrming" driver. outlawed by tn.
AmericaE Automobile association
n won his first race on a half-mil,
dirt track in Lafayette. Ind. He start
ed driving in the A. A. A. events IL
1871. taking fourth money in the Rel
Cross Derby held on the Twin Cite
speedway at Minneapolis that year
His THANKSGIVING day victory of 1872,
on the Los Angelee track missed
beating the WORLDS record for 25'
miles by only two seconds.