The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-24

( Of a dry course.
/ Handicapped by weeks of bad
weather, few of the cars have had
the track work they need. and with
elimination trials only two days off,
pilots were getting frantic to nit the
bricks
Friday was a repetition of many
other dark, damp days. Wet track.
high wind and rain kept the cars
under cover. Elmer Dempsey final
~ could stand it no longer. and. de-
spite the rain, trotted out his rotary
valve car and ran it around for A
number Of laps.
The Dempsey car ran better Fri
day than at any time since it has
been at the track. At high speed
the oil smoke screen which has been
troublesome was missing entirely.
Although the track was in no con-
dition for real speed, Dempsey
knocked off a number of laps at bet
ter than seventy-five miles an hour.
Jimmy Murphy and Harry Hartz spent =
lot of time working over their Miller
motored entrants They apparently are
sitting rosey and seem to have their cars
IN shape TO race right now
The most discouraged bunch at the
| track yesterday were the hard worklHZ
men IN charge OF the Job OF 6alllng out
/ the tunnels and converting them from
| swimming pools to tunnels Gasoline en-
/ glues have chugEed away Tor DAYS pump
! ing out water Friday night the official
I gauger took suuudlngs and dtsmally re
/ ported there were several inches more wa
/ ter IN sight than when operations started
! Every one is pulling for the Wells Hor-
/ net bunch Under the most dlscoIUagIng
/ circumstances the Newark IN. Jl BOYS
! have kept hard at work and insist they
plugged away for a year. Thursday the
! car caught hre when a cIogged gasoline
/ crowd wasted no time lamentlng hard luck
/ They got 20 work and Friday the car took
/ the track again.
! Joe Boyer looked worried Friday His
! brand new Duesenberg. like so many
! Deusles IN the past, has encountered IN
/ won't be ready before Tuesday. Joe had
set his heart on having the car out today.
/ Pete De Paolo took few laps in the
| morning and then spent the afternoon
/ waiting vainly for another chance 10 get
/ his Deusie out The DeusIe super
chargers are proving highly satisfactory,
/ Pete said.
For. the first time IN years the face Of
! Ralph sDe Palma will be missing when the
! starting bomb eXplodes. But Ralph VIII
/ he on hand on the sidelnes to watch the
race in which he played such a leading
part in years gone by
Bonnie Hill and Jules EHingboe put in
| a lot OF hard licks IN garage work. jules
1 accused Benny of grabbing place near
/ the door so every one would know he
| was working.
The Barber-W aruock Dear-For have
been missing for several days. Rumors
| that they are being fitted with pontoous
/ and paddle wheels were denied by Art
Chevrolet.
The old Mercedes. now the Schmidt Spe
Gals was put on the operating table and
I an its internal parts carefully gone over
A lot Of the drivers believe the car viii
/ prove dangerous under Ora Halhes han
ding II never has turned a lap as fast
/ as 100 miles an hour. but has a most per
sistert habit of Keeling OF miles at
I steady 95-uile clip.
Ira Walls new car a Miller. is a beauty.
/ 1t Is rumored the car will appear in the
| race under the name OF a well-known
motor car manufacturer.