South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-18
FOUR MECHANICS
BADLY INJURED
AT KANSAS CITl
Veteran HOosier Pilot Hid
Machine of De Paola-
Bursts Into Flames.
INITIATE NEW SPEEDWA'
Tommy Milton Wins Class
at Average of los Miles
Makes ll8 Mile Squirt.

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KANSAS CITY. Sept ICY
P)-Death christensd Kansas Ciu|
new board speedway today.
one racer was fatally burned. fo,I
were injured severely. Two OF who'd
may die. and two others slightly q
jured. in the 500 mile classic ded
eating the new bowl
The dead:
Roscoe Sarles. Lafayette. Ind. 81
eran driver. killed when his machf-I
was wrecked and burned after a cd
/ lsion with the car OF Pete de PaoiI
The severely injured;
Joe Thomas. Seattle. driver. iniul
/ ed when his machine crashed n
Jimmy Murphy's car just ahead
/ him on the City mile mark
/ Mechanician Pickup, riding wfi
/ Sarles. probably fatally hurt.
Mechanician Ed. Heferman. ID
ing with Eddie Hearne. probabl
/ fatally hurt when. Hearne's Il
/ broke a front axle.
Mechanician Harry Henning. Il
/ ing with De PaoIo.
The slightly injured:
Pete De Paolo. driver. injurj
when his car collided with that
Sarles
Eddie Hearne. veteran driver
/ many races. whose car turned turt|
after the front axle broke. badly i
and bruised
The 900 mile race which ord
many OF the most famous drivers
the country was won by Tommy Ml
ton OF St. Paul. time 2:46:52 sc.
How They Finished.
The next four contenders TO fnii
and their time follow:
Harry Hartz. second, time 2:4T
! 1928; Frank Elliot. Kansas CT
third, time 2:55:46:47
The accidents occurred within
few minutes OF each other.
The first came at the fifty nd
mark when Murphy's car threw
wheel and skidded. Thomas was Il
able TO steer around the disable
machine and crashed into it. spli5
ing the frame OF the champions Ct
{ Thomas leg was injured. possih|
fractured, physicians said.
Sarles was killed at tho northeal
turn at a point where ne was vistb|
10 only a few Of the thousands III
( Messing the race. His car crash |
/ into that Of De Paolo's and jump3
+ the top rail Of the track dropplr!
about 25 fee. where IL burst n
flames. Sarles was pinned undCI
/ meath. Speedway officials said 4
night that Il had not been deteru'
ined whether sarles was killed 4
the fall or whether death vas Il
to burning
( The mechanician. Pickup. Il
thrown 40 feet. HIS injuries are 4
ternaL The accident Is SAIL TO had
F. occurred when the racers attempt
. TO dodge a tire thrown by Hearnd'
. car Hearne was driving at a II
+ rio rate Of speed when the axle
mis- car broke Ire accident 4
Cured at a point near where SarlI
had met death a few minutes 4
fore The car apparently struck
I depression in the track, skJddi
upon the STRAIGHT away 20 With
200 yards Of tn main grand stan
+ rolling over several times in
( course
Milton Leads by 100 Feet.
Milton finished the race barel
100 feet ahead Of Hartz He to1
the lead at the start rounding 4
first curve NJ an approximate sped
Of no miles an hour Murphy "a
crowding him fer second. A. 4
end Of 125 miles Elliot took =
lad but lost r. Two lars later
. Hennet- Hll
After driving 127 lars Elliott we
20 the pits for ure, losing one Il
. H7rtz nos-d into third place ~
driving the 200 miles. Milton nj
feeaincd The lead with 1lulford "a
end ON The 216th lap Har.z pasI
cd Milford and took second pad
Milton dropped for half a Up
charge t5re ~ er Er-rl-E lcr 4
Iare with The ere hrlwlHg ruob|
and smoking shorty AFTER 81
\ tering he began making up time
. terrific bursts ~ speed driving 4
4 fiv laps AZ an estimated speed
Us miles au holr Hiss who b
meanwhile gained th- l.at lrOpp
ont for gasoline. and Milton I'd
the lead gaining a lap and a b
before Hi got ou- Of -he pits.
on he 1I5th lap Milton was 81
leading b. Jap lur was bel
messed by Hartz and Eulfcrd.
The 2soth mile pce- Hlr-z ga.n