The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-30
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TN ORDER to start them It
was necessary to tow the
-Fords behind a truck
and Bill Hunt made six circuits
around the garages before he could
get his motor going.
Henry Ford. referee, got out early
He was at the track at $50 A. NJ,
pacing up and down in front Of the
pits and judges stand to see that
everything was in order. Ford and
his son Edsel walked around the two
and half mile oval in thirty eight
minutes Thursday afternoon. Henry
said he wanted TO know something
about the track if he was going to
be the official arbiter.
Tom BeaI. proprietor of the
drivers lunch stand, set an anxious
world at rest when he made his an
nual announcement of winners to-
day. He picked them in this order:
Bonnie Hill Tommy Milton, Joe
Boyer, Eddie Hearne, Earl Cooper.
Sergt. Harlie c. Sylvester of the
Army recruiting office was the first
casualty of the day. He was Sc
verely injured about the face when
the a N. bomb, which is the signal
for opening the gates, exploded pre-
maturely. He was given first aid
and went back to duty at the mortar.
$50
Antoine Mourre, the French driver
of an Amerir r. Miller, was forced
to pay 81 for the privilege of driving
in the race re left his drivers
pass at no e and had to pay adj
mission.
The first driver on the track was
Bob McDonOgh. protege of Tommy
Milton. McDonogh shot his Miller
Special out at 4:45 a. m. Milton fol-
lowed twenty minutes later in an
other Miller. Milton always is one
Of the first drivers on the track and
it was apparent his pupil had picked
up one of his tricks.
Jupe P1uv. chased away by the
sun, left his indellible foot marks
in the infield. The Speedway
chartered a fleet of seven powerful
trucks just to haul out the patrons
who got stuck in the mud.
Advance indications were that the
hot dog casualty list would exceed
an Armenian massacre. Estimates
as to the amount of the super
heated CANNES to be consumed by
the crowd ran from two to seven
tons.
Pedestrians going through the tun-
nels usually emerged heavily mud
spattered. Water from the recent
rains stayed in the depressions and
every time an automobile went
through there was a grand splash.
Some difference in the weather this
year and last. A picture Of the 1923
crowds showed the women in the
ARREST of summer sports attire.
while the men wore handkerchiefs
around their foreheads. with straw
hats perched on top. Nearly every
body welded a big palmleaf fan and
the lemonade and cOke-they fairly
swan in it.
But today women and men wore
heavy coats, many wrapped up in
steamer rugs. the lemo man got a
frigid stare and straw hats were
vastly in the minority.
When it came TO GUESSING the
weather man, though. the man who
was reported TO have bought 5000
fans Of the type which whirl around
when you compress a little gimmic,
was way out in front. Cute little
things. those fans, but about as use
full today as watches in-well. you
know.
The following relief drivers were
announced late Friday 3. r. Dutton
for Earl Cooper: r. J. Brett for
Jimmy Murphy; w. D. Morton for
Fred Conner. and Jerry Wonderlich:
Philip z. Shafer for Cliff Durant;
Salvatore Barbino for Joe Boyer;
Thane Houser for Ernie Ansterberg;
L. 3. Wilson for Peter De Paolo;
J. s. Wilkinson for Antoine Mourre;
Ford Meyer for Fred Harder;
Elmer Dempsey for Ora Haibe; Earl
Goodwin for Harry L. Ticksten; c.
W. Belt for Bill Hunt.