Evening star., 1925-07-12
RECHECK OF FIGURES REVEALS
Bob McDonogh, First Reported Victor, Shown Be.
hind Italian; 1888 Average Speed Attained
i'm 25O-Mile Grind at LAUREL

with the hands of the clock. In the
fiftyfirst lap HartZ led.
Devore slipped from one of the high
turns down to the sandy bottom and
turned completely around twice. 1t
looked like a bad spill. but, fortu-
nately, no other cars We're near him.
He skidded around into position and
continued the race without even losing
his place. De Paolo took long
chance and scraped close to the out
side rail at dead mans curve and lap
ped McDonogh. He was racing mad
ly.
There was no change in positions
in the 18th lap. De Paolo, McDonogh
and Hartz running in the order
named. In the 10Th lap Harry HartZ
blew a tire and stopped for a change.
Although it took only IA 2-5 seconds
to replace A new tire, he fell back to
second place. being passed almost i'm
mediately by McDonogh. Kriess quit
because Of mechanical difficulties in
the 50th lap. He was already too
far behind the leaders, however, to
have hoped for victory.
Only Nine Left In.
At this point only 9 were left In
the race, being Elliott. Cooper. Conner
Devore, De Paolo, Morton. McDon-
ogh, Hartz and Milton. The others
had withdrawn. Conner, De Paolo and
McDonough gave the thousands the
thrill of the day when the three fought
for positions three times around the
lap. De Paolo took long chances and
the referee waved Conner, who
was hugging the highest possible
point. that De Paolo wanted to pass.
Conner gave away at the next turn,
and De Paolo and McDonogh fought
it out at close quarters.
Cooper's mechanics set a new rec
ord fer tire changing when he stop
| ped in his 92d lap for a tire change
and was on his way again in 13 2-5
seconds. At the 102d lap De Paolo
was still in the lead. followed by
McDonogh, Hartz, Conner and Elliott.
McDonogh and De Paolo were fight
| ing it out, with McDonogh only few
| lengths behing De Paolo. McDonogh
was keeping De Paolo smashed up
against the rail most of the way to
| keep from being tied. HartZ lost half
! lap. At the 141st lap Frank
Elliott had passed Hartz and was
close 20 McDonogh and De Paolo.
laps behind.
Narrowly Misses Death.
| Frank Elliott missed death by inches
when he skidded badly in the 155th
| lap on the trick back turn. Elliott
was running third at the time and
had been given a signal by the ref
cree that De Paolo and McDonogh
wished to pass him. With a sports
manlike spirit he swerved to the side
at the near turn and was noticed to
slide badly. When he took the back
turn. however, his car darted high,
and only the sharp ascent saved him
from plunging into space. Still going
at terrific pace, he turned around
twice and darted toward the dirt.
| Elliott knew how to handle the car
and let it drift down to the level, from
where he continued to his pit, where
it was learned a blowout had caused
| the accident. The tire was changed
in 81 seconds, but 1t cost Elliott third
place, he being passed not only by
| HartZ but also by Conner.
In the 175th lap, equivalent to about
three-fourths of the race. De Paolo
was leading McDonogh by a lap, who
in turn led Hartz by two laps. Fred
Conner was fourth and Elliott hfth.
| Up to this point neither McDonogh
cI De Paclo had stopped for a change