The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-31
ONE DIES AS
MILTON WINS
SPEED CLASSIC
st. Paul Boy Sets Record in
Winning indianapolis Derby
For Second Time
u. S. CARS IN TRIUMPH

ambition of his brilliant racing
career yesterday, when for the sec
Ond time he won the 500 miles auto
motor speedway, Appealing his vic
tory of 1921 before u crowd of $780,
600 spectators. 1t was the greatest
throng that ever witnessed a sport
ing event in America.
Millions time for the 500 miles
was 5:28; 0G;27, giving him an aver
age speed of 91.4 miles an hour, as
compared with the record breaking
speed Of 94.48 made year ago.
Harry Hartz of Los Angeles who fin
ished second in the 1922 race, thund-
cred across the finishing line five
minutes behind Milton, while Jimmy
Murphy, winner of the 1929 race was
third, about 13 miles behind Hartz.
Hartz's time was 5:33: 30 or an
! average of 90.06 miles an hour. Muir
ply finished in 5:40:36:64 for an
average sp1ed of Sa:08 miles an
, hour
Cooper Fourth
Fourth place honors went to the
veteran Earl Cooper, while l.. l..
Corum of indianapolis furnished one
of the mechanical surprises of the
race by plotting a specially built
''tiivver" in fifth place. Frank Elliot
a California driver, finished sixth,
and Eddie Hearne seventh. Max
Sailer, one of the three German en-
tries was eighth; Prince De Cystria
Shafer, driving an indianapolis ma
chine, was tenth. Christian Werner
another of the German entries, fin
ished eleventh, just outside of the
prize money.
OF the "a cars that roared away
in belching of smoke at the start
Of the race only eleven survived the
gruelling test of speed and endur-
ance. Eight of the survivors were
American creations, two were Ger
man and one was French. Fem of
the French machines were eliminated
because Of motor trouble and the
third German entry was wrecked in
a smashup.
Collects $35, 900
Milton who collected about $35 900
as the reward for victory, gave "a
wonderful exhibition of gamcness
skill and daring as he was pushed
every mile of the race by the thun-
dering speed marvels attempting to
defeat him. Howard Wilcox an In
dianapolis driver shared in Millions
triumph for after his own car was
eliminated he relieved Milton whose
hands were painfully blistered as a
result of gripping the wheel. Wilcox
drove 1l5 miles of the race taking
the wheel at the 26O mile mark to
enable Milton to have his hands
treated and bandaged. Milton went
back into the race at the 375 mile
mark two laps in the lead.
Millions champion car showed it's
class in the first mile of the race
it's eight cylinders being in perfect
| tune as the machine Numbered past
! the stands.
Serious Accidents
The race resulted in two serious
accidents in which three school boy
spectators from Lafayette, Ind.
were injured, one of them fatally
Christian Lautenschlager, German
entry, crashed into a concrete re.
| tanning wall on his 18th lap, but
miraculously escaped death although
his machine was wrecked. jacob
Krauss, his mechanician, was tlEer
to the field hospital, but his injuries
were not as serious as first reported
Krauss was the only mechanician ir
the race, as all other racers drove
alone.
Tony Alley of indianapolis, a vet
eran racer, was in the second smash
up of the day. In attempting t.
pass a car on the southwest turn O
the track while speeding nearly l0'
miles an Nour. Alley, car skidded
overturned and crashed through
fence, fatally injuring Herber
Shoup, 16, Lafayette. who SUI
fered skull fracture at the base o
the brain. ShoQp died at the hospita
last night. Shoup's two companion
Charles Elliott and William Goet7
also were SO badly injured that the,
were taken to. hospital. Alley, VIII
was driving as relief for Earl Coop
er at the time of the accident, sui
fered a broken left arm, cuts abou
the head and body, and fpossibl
skull fracture. He was thrown som
distance from the speeding car afte
, it turned over. When Alley regain
ed consciousness, he said his accel
orator stuck and he was unable
control the machine.
Perhaps the most disheartene
drivers in the race were the tw
South Americans, Raoul Riganti, {
Buenos Aires, and Martin De Alag
also from the Argentine. De Alag
who travelled 1000 miles to compel
drove only ID miles in the race whe
q broken connecting rod forced hi
out of the grind. Riganti was oblii
= ed to quit sitter going ~ miles y
: cause Of a broken gas tank. Ralr
De Palma, always q favorite with Il
: race fans, Joe Boyer and Dario Re
t ia, a former winner at -ths-race, wei
) among the noted asiyssss to BE for
i Cd mt hecauso Of motor trouble.